New Britain herald., 1917-06-27
NEW BRITAIN HEARS
 GALL FOR SOLDIERS
Rapid Strides Being Made in
 Recruiting at Central Park
INVITATION TO ,ELIGlBLES

oards sent to Men Of Psnper Age to
 Enlist in National Guard or Regu-
 lar Army Volunteers Re1nDe Draft
 Quo&a Here.
 True to past traditions of For City. State and Nation, New Britain is doing herself proud in the present army recruiting campaign and with the stimulus of an excellent start army omcers and members of the civilian committee feel that the Hardware City will not be found wanting when the nnal muster roll is called. v Corporal Clifford T. Baudouin. U. s. A., in charge of the regular army recruiting ofnce. situated in a tent at the north end of Central Park. Is meeting with an encoura stng response and the re- cruitan6 detail for Company E., Ma tionai Guard. Privates Sullivan and VenbsgB, have atarted with rush that bids fair to make their record for the week an enviable one. Tho civilian committe is doing its shars In a most thorough manner and this noon the first of . serass of noon day factory rallies was held. Before the recruit 1ng on1ces close for the night 1t is expected that two score of men will havs been enlisted in both branches
 Tealling on the Green. s
 Central Park last night presented . military appearance. for in addition to the two recruiting tents, two squads from Company E. relieved from out- pest duty, pitched their two tents in front of the signihcant 6oldiers' and T6ailor1 monument and went into tenn porary camp thsre. The siGht of the soldiers, with all their camp impe6li-s ments and the glow of the tent lan- tsrns within where the men lounged on their cots awaiting tho sound If s'taps wAS ' most inspirffk 8sie. Throughout the city a series of re- cruiting posters are being placed in a most systematic manner and sol- diers, while not on recruiting ssrvice, arc doing all possible to stimulate in-s terest.
 More About tl,e Draft. Mayor Quigley stated this morning that the mass meeting scheduled for tomorrow night in the Center church will be held in the Grammar school halli instead. Today invitation cards wore mailed to every eligible man between the ages of 1S and 40 years urging him to attend the patriotic re- cruiting rally tomorrow night at 8 o'clock. Already 2.000 invitation cards have been sent out. The mayor. issued .. statement this morning that should be of more than passing inter- est to all persons. He declared that he has been authoritively informed that all New Britain enlistments in. either the National Guard or Regular army will be credited to this city's draft quota. Thus, for the purpose of explanation only. should 600 men be allotted to this city to be chosen by selective conscription and should 500 1 men have been enlisted since the declaration of war 1t would mean that only 100 mn would be drafted. In other words. the information given 1 out by the mayor is that Now Britain will not have to furnish these volun- teers and full number of men for the slected army as well. The mayor states that the number of men for each city < to give to the regular army and na- tional guard this week has been de- termined by fgurtlthe proportion or population. This Ky is expected to give the regular 4fmy ninety-hve ana to the national guard 1t Is expected to give 1ss men, although only 1o6 are
 needed n s,s to i'll thsl l.n<' of Companies The speakers II the rally in the ] Grammar school tomorrow night will
 be Mayor Quigley. Rev. Warren F. Cook, Rev. J. J. Fitzgerald and Rev. Keefe of Plainfield.
 l Noon Dsy Rallies.
 ! Tho first noon day rallies were held l this noon at the Russell & Erwin Manufactuying company, the Coroin Screw corporation and the Malleable Iron, Works. the Stanley Rule and Level company and the New Britain 1 Machine company. Uniformed sol- l diers mingled with the crowd during 1 the time that the speakers talked earnestly about enlisting. At the 1 Stanley Rule and Level company the speakers were Thomas J. Smith and Ernest N. Humphrey. Rev. H. w. l Maier and Lawyer Joseph G. Woods 1 spoke at the New Britain Machine 1 company and Mayor Quigley and 1 Postmaster w F. Delaney spoke at the Russell & Erwin Manufacturing com pany. Rev. Dr. Earle B. Cross and l Police Commissioner F. r. King spoke | at the Screw corporation and the ] Maileuble Iron Works. Everywhere l tie sneakers were treated most cOur- l teously and there were many signs Of lawakened patriotism.
 Many Want to Enlist.