New Britain herald., 1917-05-14
%. E OFFICIALLY
 HEAD Of REGIMENT
Has More Enlisted nen Than
 Any: Other Command

i've 6nllSIeQ men ana two 0oN0mt8- stoned officers, Co. B, First Connecti- cut Infantry, today officially heads the | First Regiment in man power. This !! Lieutenant Grifan states. Is, as | far as he has been able to learn, tho first time this command has headed the regiment since the unit was first or ganized. Company I, in charge of Captain A. H. Griswold. has lost . number of men through rejecttons for various causes, and as a result the ranks are depleted so that the com- pany ranks sixth with eighty-three men. detail from Company is expected here today or tomorrow to unite with Co. B men in recruit ing soldiers. Company E needs at least five men and Company I needs about seventeen. The two recruiting details will work together for new men. Company .E sent one new appli- cant to Hartford Tor examination this morning. The standing of the First Regiment yesterday morning was as follows:
 Company B, ninety-five mon: Com pany G, ninety -one men: Company D, ninety men; Company c. ninety men; Company H, eighty-seven men: Com pany. I, eightythree men; Company K. eighty-two men; Company, A, eighty men: Company F. seventy-one men: Company M, seventy mon; Company L. sixty- eight mon. and Company B. sixty live men.
 Co. F Doing Duty.
 About half of the members of Com pany F are now dong outpost and guard duty, another detachment iB encamped at Elmwood. Sergeant Queenin has another squad at Park ville and Corporal Mckay has a detail of mon at the Hartford Machine Screw company while Sergeant veley's men are at the the Pratt q Whitney factory.
 Equipment for all the men. new recruits included, has arrived at the armory and was sorted out by ser- geant Bober. It will be given to the mon immediately, Tho recent dis-. charges in this company make some additional appointments necessary and lieutenant Grimm will soon appoint two new sergeants, three new corpor-. als, four first class privates and q new cook
 The general health Of the mon re- mains good, although Private Farr is confined to quarters with an in- jured foot and Private Rainsford is sick with the grip. Private Joseph Carroll was taken suddenly i'll last night and was delirtous for. a time It required the services of several men to hold him while his comrades tried vainly to secure the B6fytcos Of doctor, but had considerable dinlculty. They say that several doctors either refused to go to the armory or gave some excuse. Dr. John Purney was
 finally located and save the soldier treatment. He is not seriously i'll and will be all right In . few days, 1t h expected. k, sss Other Armory Notes. Private Julius Lorynec has re-
 turned to duty having recently gone to Rhode Island to attend the funeral of his broher. K Sergeants J. F. Connors and Cedric Powers of Company and Regimental
 Sergeant Major Harry Hargreaves. all of this city. left last night for the Plattsburg training camp. Six moro be appointed to this camp by May IT to complete the number of mon scheduled.
 In order to transport the quantity of clothing to mon doing guard duty between here and Hartford 1t will be necessary for the officers in charge to secure the loan of an automobile truck or light delivery car. It is hoped that some business man will loan his car for 8 couple of hours to- morrow afternoon in order that the soldiers may get their equipment at once.
 Howard Barnes, brother of Private B. B. Barnes of Company I, has en- listed in the coast defense radio ser vice and has gone on duty at New Haven. He went to the border last
 summer with 8 New York regiment, having enlisted from tthe Renssaelaer Polytechnic Institute at the outbreak of the trouble last Juno.
 Sergeant Rober Cn,.nnyal rawN0ra