New Britain herald., 1917-06-23

orders to report or he takes the fed eral oath, whether he remains at home on leave or goes into camp, The uniform of the drafted men will probably be the same as that of the regular army and national guard, ex- cept that there may be some collar insignia or a distinctive button such as now distinguishes the national guard from the regulars. 1t Is Mke- wise understood that in assembling this vast army care will be taken to Keep districts together. Thus men from Connecticut would not be likely to be mixed up with batch of men from California. The law directs that insofar as it Is practical men from the same communities shall be kept together. Men from the ranks Of the selected draft will be eligible for officers positions and 1t has been announced that the third series of officers training camps will be made up of men from these ranks.
 Washington correspondent has the following to say regarding the disposition of the selected army. but 1t may be only his personal opinion gleaned from conversation at the cap itol:
 In official circles it Is privately ad- mitted that the chief purpose of this se1ective service army is for the de- fense of this country. Much has been said and written about sending men to the trenches in France.
 Men are going to France now and it will not be long before General Pershing has a couple of divisions there. but 1t probably will be . long time before the men now about to be- gin their training will see active serv- ice of any kind.
 This does not moan that America is not to take its full part in the war. It merely means that ono of the most important tasks this country faces Is the preparation of large reserve army, mobilized, equipped and trained to be used. if necessary, to defend this country from foreign aggression.
 As much as we would like to send large bodies of troops abroad, the shortage of transports makes this an almost impossible task in the near fu- ture. Feeding the people in France burden which must be shared at once by the United States and every man sent over there from the United States
 
 munitioned and transported by the workers at home.
 Selective service men who will be tive fighting at once will do well to enlist in the navy, the marine corps or even the regulars. lective service army. This army may Ak AA a epn 1a4A %~ hAA future to determine.
 From now on, until December 20. tho sun will drop lower in the heav- ems each day, for the longest day of the year, according to the scientists, was passed on June 21, when the sun rose at 4.1e am and set at 7:s0.
 The last few warm days have been the days of real sport for the young sters and the well-known and justly popular or swimmin' hole looked just as attractive as 1t did last summer.
 This past week has been ono to enjoy. Several consecutive days of bright sunshine have not heretofore been the general order of things. And how the gardens have grown! It's . pretty good old world to live in after all.
 All naval men enlisted from this section of the state through the head quarters station at Hartford are be- ing supplied with neat bronze badges stating that the wearer Is "One of Hartford's 6o0." We salute the cap itol city. When 1t comes to hogging credit those from the neighboring community are certainly there. We are inclined to believe. however, that a goodly percentage of these Hartford sailors are New Britain boys. Naval records show fifty or sixty coming from here at least. Other nearby towns also furnished their quota. yet they are "Iartford's 60o." It is to laugh.
 Especially acceptable at this time will be the increased state appropria- ton for the New Britain General hospital which becomes effective with the beginning of the state fiscal year this summer. In years past the local ton of 5000, but at the last session Of the le8lSlaIuT0s AdrBoAy eAEou6A SAo individual efforts of State Treasurer F. s. Chamberlain, Senator G. W Klett and Representatives B. F. Hall, the appropriation was increased by $2, 300, making . total of $7,b0O With the increased cost of medicines, equipment, foodstuffffs and other sup plies this additional money will he used to advantage.
 
 In the matter of state appropria- tions. the Berlin State Fair this year wil. have to get along with less money from the state. Where in past years the state gave $2.500 for the Berlin Fair. this year, following some agri- crlturalfsts' argument at the capitol,