Putnam patriot., 1917-04-27
FIRST ROSTER OF
 HOME GUARD
First Reprot by Military emer- gency Board Shows 13O
 Units.
LACK EQUIPMENT AND ARMS
Small Part of Total Enlistment Can Be Used as Active Forces-Selec- tive Plan Adopted for Military
 and Strategic Value.

Hartford According to the first re- port of the military emergency board submitted to the governor, Bridgeport has sixteen companies of Home Guard units, New Haven has fbeen com
 panies and Hartford mas but nine companies The total for these three largest cities in the state is practical Iy one-third of the total number of companies in the state. The report tells the history of the formation or
 the guard and the work that the board has done since the call was first issued, March g. The first line of 5. GOO men was to have regular mill tary equipment, consisting of uniform, rife. poncho, etc, but 1t has been found that the guard already contains many more than 5000. so either some will be without equipment or further
 provisions will have to be made.
 The first line consists of 1000 in-
 fantry, 250 machine gun men and
 750 men in the river patrol. medical
 and supply corps and other units They
 would require about 5000 uniforms,
 1000 rifles. twenty machine guns and
 800 to 1000 reyolyers.
 The companies that will make up
 the first line of the Connecticut Home Guard have been assigned, as follows:
 Hartford County-Hartford 4, New
 Britain 1. Plainville 1, Bristol l, Sims
 bury I. Windsor Locks l, South Man
 chester 1, total 10
 New London Ceunty-New London 3. Norwich 2. Mystic 2. Stonipgton l,
 Old Lyme 1, Putnam l. Willimamic l,
 total II.
 Honsatonic Valley Danbury l.
 Newtown 1. Bethel 1, Lakeyille l.
 Norfolk 1, total ,.
 New Haven Ceunty-New Haven
 g. Meriden 2 Wellington I, Hamden
 1. West Haven 1. East Haven and North Haven 1, total IF.
 Fairfield County - Bridgeport s, Stamford 2, Stratford l. Norwalk l,
 Fairfield 1, Greenwich 1, total IA. Naugatuck Valley - Waterbury 3.
 Torrington 2. Ansonia ?. Seymour l. Derby 1. Hhelton l. total 10. Middleeex County-Middletow 7,
 Portland i. Haddam l. East Haddam
 l. saybrook 1. Middlef1eld l platoon.
 total companies. platoon.
 Summary county 10, New
 Haven county F, New London county
 10, Fairfield county IA. Litehfield coun-
 ty 5. Naugatuck Valley 10, Middlesex
 county s, l platoon. total 67 com
 panies. 1 platoon: total number or
 rifles 4050.
 The total enlisted strength of all units in the state in the Home Guard is as follows:
 Hartford County-Hartford, in fantry. 1 machine gun, supply, l ambulance. transport 1 river; Glas- tonbury. 4: Avon. 1 Berlin, 1; New Britain ?: Suffield. l. Bristol 2; New Hartford |: Simsbury 1; Tariffville, 1: Windsor Locks, 1 South Manches- ter. 1: East Hartford. 1; West Hart ford. 1; Plainville, 1; Unionyille, T.;
 Pennington. 1: Collinsville, 2; Granby' 1; Southington. 1; Wethersfe.d, l tall infantry). Total, 30 infantry. New Haven County-New Haven, 10 infantry, 1 cavalry. l supply, l trans port. l machine gun. 1 ambulance; Waterbury, infantry. machine gun 1 supply. 1 transport. l ambulance; Meriden. 4; Seymour, 2; Wallingtord'
 ?; Ansonia, 3; Derby, |; Madison, : Stony Creek, 1 tall infantry); South
 bury. 1 platoon; Cheshire, l; Milford 1; Guilford. l: Orange, 1 tall infan- trvl. Total, 90 infantry, l p@toon.
 Fairfield County-Bridgeport l2 in fantry. I supply, l machine gun. l
 ambuance. l transport, shelton, 1 in
 fantry. l machine gun platoon; Nor walk. ?; Danbury. 2; Greenwich. l.; New Canaan, 1. Stratford. I; Fairfield 1: Bethel. 1: Newtown, 1 Bedding, l Gall infantry). Bloomfield l platoon; Darien. 1 infantry Total, 2S infantry,
 l platoon.
 New London County-New London. {; Norwich. 3, Stonington, ?; Mystic, ?: Montville l. Colchester. l tall in fantry). Total 1s infantry. Holland County-South Coventry 1 infantry.
 MiQOlNSCA Q infantry. 1 machine gun. cavalry. 1 river patrol: Cromwell. 1; Durham, 1: Haddam. 1; Essex 1; Saybrook l: Clinton and westbrook. 1; Portland. 1: Chester. |: East Haddam. |. Deep River, l (sll infanry), MiddiefeId. l platoon. Total. 13 infantry, l platoon Litchfeld County-West Cromwell. I infantry; Torrington, infantry, 1 transport. l machine gun. l ambu' Soions Favor conscription- All of the Connecticut delegation in Congress favor compulsory military traiaing. says Congressman James P Glynn of Winsted. in statement tele- graphed from Washington to fhe Win sted Chamber of Commerce. His mes sage was in response to 8 telegram sent him by the chamber notifying him of the adoption of a resolution favoring President Wilson's selective draft or conseription plan for raising an army Congressman Glynn said he was glad 10 know the views of winsted concerning conscriptien.