New Britain herald., 1917-03-26

he Is an expert marksn1an. having been a member of various prize winning rifle teams and also 8 coach of several teams that have won prizes.
 Second Lieutenant Arthur Johnson joined Company B in September of 1911. He was quickly appointed as corporal and sergeant and in Septem- Der, 1914 was honorably discharged. He re-enlisted in January. 1915, and was promoted in turn to quartermas- ter sergeant and@to second lieutenant last May.
 Awaiting Further Orders.
 Until further orders come from the war department, through the adjutant general, the local com panies will not know what is expected of them. As yet they do not know whether they will be. expected to bunk at the ar morX or will be permitted to go to their. homes. This noon both com panies had dinner at 2 local restau- rant. Company E at 11:30 o'clock and Company at o'clock.
 Each company Is we'll supplied as to equipment. such as guns. uniforms, etc. This morning and this after, noon men with experiences have been
 
 various squads have been busy drill ing on the armory floor and at Wal nut Hill park. The ,men are taking hold in earnest and are working with a will.
 cers and men that when Companies I and E march out from New Britain to do national police duty''-it will be. e HAt . ~3~ them home again. These men feel that if they are sent out of town to do duty they will be kept out until such times as permanent peace is re- sorted and all signs of possible disor- der have disappeared. It is this feel ing that Is turing many of the young men to the recruiting office for a majority of the youth of New Britain is willing to enlist for active service. or field duty, yet has heretofore hes-t itated about joining either company because of the sometimes irksome drills connected with it in times. of perfect peace.
 To Recruit on the Green.
 This afternoon Captain Griswold called upon Mayor Quigley and secured permission to establish a re- cruiting station in Central Park. It Is the plan of Captain Griswold to set up full military tent, with all equip- ment. in the park and have it in shares of a detail of uniformed men, including the recruiting officer. It js thought that such an office will att tract more attention than would one in store. It is expected that this station will be opened at o'clock, this afternoon.
 Corporal H.. P. Burgess of Plainville has suggested the advisability of open ing a recruiting station in Plainville and this will probably be opened in the morning.
 Additional recruits this afternoon in Company E were H. J. Bretsnider and H. F. Gregory In each company a large number of men have filed ap- plication blanks expressing desire to enlist, but other than the men named none have been examined and taken the oath of enNstment.
 Lieutenant Arthur Johnson of Comtany B has been the officer of the day at the armory. At 3 o'clock this afternoon the men were excused and permitted to 50 to their homes. They had orders to report again at o'clock, but all who wish will be per- nlitted to return to their. homes for sleep tonight.
 Captain Griswold spent the morning in Hartford in conference with the regimental commanders. On his re- turn he stated that no additional orders have been issued relative to the place of service, but, he said, work of mastering the soldiers into pnHA as possible.
 Men Working Hard at Drills.
 The scene at the armory this af- ternoon was even more impressive than this morning. Squads of men, platoons of soldiers and full com ranies were on the floor at various times. The drill sergeants were put ting the men through their drills with vim and snap and the older en- listed men showed themselves to be we'll trained soldiers. The recruits, although as yet unfamiliar with the moves, show a most gratifying apti- tude to learn and pay strict attention to all orders given them. This after noon's drill was confined chiefly to squad and platoon movements.
 Shortly after 1 o'clock would-be recruits began to flock into the of- fees of Company I and Company E Some were accepted. pending physi- cal examination, and a number were disqualified on the spot. Several of the men who were disappointed were foreigners. several of them not hav- ing taken out their necessary papers Others were below the age of eight cen and could not obtain their par ents' consent to their enlisting. Dis- appointment was keen in each man who was turned down and one youth. whose physique is such as to disqual- ify him, made four different attempts to enlist during the day. He applied