New Britain herald., 1917-09-17

HOW CONNECTICUT
 HAS DONE ITS BIT
Uncle Sam Called for Men and
 Money and Got Both
Especial to the Herald.)

Washington, Sept. 17-The whole
 state will be interested in the facts
 just compiled at Washington by Con-
 gressnan Augustine Lonergan of the
 First District, as they tell in very forclble way of the contribution Con-
 nectlcut is making as her share in
 the great effort of the war to pre- serve the rights of the nation.
 The congressman has consulted with the heads of the various departments at Washington, with view to hav- ing figures compiled, insofar as Con- nect1cut is concerned. and the results tell the whole story
 Brig. Gen. H. P. Mccain, the ad- jutant general of the army, states that Connecticut's total quota for the regular army is 2,228, and that the official figures of the war depart ment as of August 24, show Connec- ticut had secured her quota at that time, and that in fact 2,419 of the men who presented themselves in Connecticut were accepted for enlist ment in the regular army from April 1. to August "A, 1s17 The chief of the Militia Bureau, Brig Gen. Will liam A. Mann, now commander of the Rainbow Division of which some of the Connecticut troops are a part, stated that the official records in his office as of July 31, showed there were 15O officers and 5.O91 enlisted men in the Connecticut National Guard, who were taken into the fed eral service. In addition. Connectt- cut will have soon placed under arms in the new National Army, her quota of nearly 11,000 men, secured under the selective draft.
 Secretary of the Navy Josephus Daniels informed MT. Lonergan that on August 23, according to official figures. there were in the navy 140.- 870 enlisted men, of whom Connec- ticut has supplied representative quota. Exact figures on Connecticut were not available, for the annual roster is now being prepared, and as the ships of the service are SO scat tered, it will be some two weeks be- fore the work is completed.
 Liberty Loan Record.
 Of the total amount subscribed for the First Liberty Loan, which reached more than O.O0O,000 and made 1 4,0O0.0O0 government bondho1ders in 1 the country where there were but l 100000 before. Connecticut, as fig l ures secured from the treasury de- l partment and from the office of Gov ernor Aiken of the Federal Reserve 1 bank of Boston show, subscribed s2s.- l 9s2,45O or $5,00O,OOO mere than it's | quota of $23, 100000. Of the states ] total. Hartford County subscribed 1 and the City of Hartford 1 nearly s12,0OO,00O. New Britain sub- scribed 60 per cent. more than it's quota.
 The state also played a prominent part in the campaign of the Red Cross to secure $1OO,O0O,O0o. the total 1 from the state as of l August 22, last, being $2,667. 7.97S.O7, ] of which S69O,8O6.94 was contributed 1 by residents of Hartford County. The l total secured by the Red Cross from | the campaign throughout the coun- try was 12O,929,751.12, according to 1 the report of the secretary to MT. l state of Connecticut, also, there are se,749 members of the Red Cross and Hartford County has 2O,200 of 1 these. l
 The Navy league of the United 1 States, incorporated to be of every | service possible to the men of the | fleet, has in Connecticut $50 members, 1 of whom 149 members reside in Hart l ford, where Captain Francis B. Allen 1 and others in the Admiral Bunce sec l ton are doing excellent work. A. H. l Dadmun, secretary of the league in- forms MT. Lonergan that in addition l there are many thousands in the l state in the Woman's league, an aux l Hilary of the organization.
 All this shows, in a national way. 1 the place the state has taken in the l great war; and besides the State l Council of Defense. the Home Guard. 1 and other organizations are all work l isg to show the states 'bit" Is a sub- stantial contribution.