Norwich bulletin., 1917-03-05
DANIEL SON AND PUTNAM NEWS
DANIELsON

Thirteenth Company Gets of for
 Bridgeport Guard Duty Amid Ex-
 citen.ent and Citizens
 May Organize and Driit informally
 Sergeant Percy Brown Follows
 General Putnam's Exampie--ouar-
 teriy Conference This Week.
 Clad in khaki, with blanket rolls and kits. the officers and men of the Thirteenth company, c. A. C., got away from Danielson on special train early Saturday afternoon for their tour of guard duty along the Shore between Bridgeport and Cos Cob.
 About 50 men made up the conn., mand, which included a number of re- cruits in civilian clothes and campaign hats. Where the companys headquar- ters is to be during the tour of duty was not given out before the organ ization left here. but it was known that sections of the command will do York state line, where the big electri- cal plant of the New Haven road is located; at the drawbridge over the Housatonic river, at the Westport at drawbridge at Bridgeport. Cap- tain F. E. Withee said he expected that his headquarters would be at the state armory in Bridgeport.
 
 along by the company was many hun dreds rounds of service ammunition, so the boys will be prepared to do business should occasion require.
 Interest at Armory.
 Interest in the departure of the company reached surprising propor- tions. While the company was held at the armory during the morning hours. making final preparations and awaiting orders, men, women and children came and went in dozens. Mothers, wives and sweethearts of the guardsmen showed not a little emotion and men looked on with thrilled in- terest. The scene bore a near ap- proach to one that might precede the leaving of troops for war.
 Children toddIed about the big drill shed floor, waiting near their fathers, who were busily engaged in forming blanket rolls and attending to a score of other details of making ready. spectators were men who have seen service in the company and more than one of them showed wistfulness as the. work of preparation proceeded: themselves for recruits and some were accepted.
 Oaly Seven Absentees
 Captain Withee said that 53 men out of a total of 50 were on hand for the morning roll call. The other seven
 
 at points where they could not be reached promptly. These men will join the company at once. The re- cruits will be fitted with uniforms and among other things each man will get pair of arctics. Warm quarters have been made ready for the men at the points where they are to be on duty. Each officer of the company will have charge of section and the men will be so spread out along the line to be guarded that it is probable one section will not see much of the members of the other sections Noth> ing is known here as to how long thel men will be kept on guard service, and what may follow will depend on it is said Hundreds packed the square about the station as the company's special | train pulled out at 1.30. The men en- trained with precision and got away with the well wishes of every person | present. though there was little dem 1 onstration. A group of guardsmen l and, while broadly grinning waved | fareweils- There was every indication i that the company was pleased to be l called out for service.
 Company Roster. The roster of the company, exclusive l of the recruits who filed names at the | last hour is as follows: Captain F. E. l Withee, First Lieutenant Ira A. War l ren, First Sergeant Percy Brown, | Quartermaster Sergeant Arthur W. Logee, Sergeant Chester V. Brown, l Sergeant John E. Casey, Sergeant l Kenneth H. Hamilton, Sergeant | Charles G Rapp, Corporal Howard M. 1 Corporal Earl L. Geer, Cor poraI P. Henry Dubuc, Corporal Hugh G Nolle, Corporal Edward Clements, Cook Cassius A. Hamilton, Cook Mi- chael McShane, Machinist Louis c. | S1oales, Musician Arthur Wells, Mu- I sician Albert Piette, Privates Edward l R. Barker, Louis E. Caron, Walter E. l Clark, Peter w. Collins. Alexander Blackmar, Leon N. Blanchard Joseph | Burton, Efzear Cotnoir, James T. Day, | Howard Dixon, Robert Dragon. George | sette, Charles Geldard John H. Gil- nan. Valmore J. GSertin, Nelson | Greenwood, Raymond B. Hamilton, David c. Herbert, Ovide Jarvais, Peter | Ragan, Charles B. Lucas, Joseph Lal- | -ecque. John Mayhew, Anthony Mi- l !: Moran, Ovila Mitchell William H. l Marquis. William H. Pike, Ledore 1 Poirier, Joseph Raille, Julius A. Rain ville, Henry Roberge, Henry Rondeau, George D Stone, T J. A. Tetreault, l Fred Vandaie, Frank Vandale, Stephen ]. Wood, Theodore Roireau. The command includes members | rom a number of places outside of | Oanielson, including /Wauregan. Plain 1eld, Brooklyn, Attawaugan, Williams vile. Dayville and Putnam.
 Two weeks hence Sergeant Casey is | % take the examinations for second 1 lieutenant and-will probably be filling | hat place when the company returns | 1ere.
 CITIZEN SoLDIERY.