Putnam patriot., 1917-06-29
CALL TO C0L0RS
Nation and State Urging Young Men to
Enlist for Service
Connecticut Making Drive to Fill lis
Quota

All over the country there is a drive
on this week for securing volunteers
in the Army and National Guard.
Connecticut is behind in its quota but
hopes to have it filled and to that end
an intensive campaign isbn through
out the state.
The President of the United States
urges enlistment. The Governor of
Connecticut urges enlistment. Plans
are afoot to mobolize the state militia
under canvas for training practically
equivalent to that given at Plattsburg.
instructions have been given for all
militiamen to be Withdrawn from
guarding factories and bridges in this
state before July 3rd. The result of
the intensive training plan will be
that national guardsmen will have an
| opportunity to secure officers berths
in the new army which is TO be raised
by selective CONSUMPTION.
"rhere is no reason why men of the
National Guard,who show particular
aptitude for the military life and mill
tary work should not benefit by the
training they will have and qualify to
| be officers in this great national army
said General Cole.
s'Though | speak with no official
| authority, | personally believe that
the young men who enter the Nation
al Guard now and show themselves to
be qualified for it will be selected when
the time comes that the officers ale to
be picked for the army which soon
will be drafted. The man who enters
the service now will have distinct
advantage over the man who comes in
later or who is taken for the new army
because of the fact that he has had ad-
ditional training of the intensive var.
iety which we plan to give all recruits
from now on"
When volunteers were called for in
49, the response was so general that
the question became not who is going
but who is willing TO stay at home. Is
this county to be found lacking at this
critical time?
In regard to the Wind ham County
Volunteers in 1862 the Windham
County Transcript OF August Z, 1862,
says:
The question now is not who is GO
ing, but who is willing to stay at
home. Windham county, the home
of as pure a patriot as has fallen in the
present war, who's blood crys from the
ground for vengence, will have no
conscrirts from her borders.
The windham County Transcript
also enthusiastically records:
We can inform the people abroad
that our county is awake to the de-
mands of the country, and the people |
are stirred with an enthusiasm that |
declares she will honor all calls upon
her patriotism. Besides the company |
that leftTuesday we have other squads |
forming in this vicinity, Willimantic |
company is full and expected to go to |
Norwich yesterday.
On August 5, 1862, a company of 10 |
men led by their captain, Thomas X.
Bates, marched through the streets of |
Danieson as noble corps as has en- |
tered the contest from any state or
county in the land. Their tread was
firm and solid, almost speaking the
firm resolve to conquer or die. There
were 90 volunteers from Killingly, II
from Brooklyn, q from Putnam, IL
from Woodstock, from Plainfield and
from Eastford. OF this number 81
were married, "a were under 80, be
tween 40 and 40 and 20 were farmers.
John q. Adams of Brooklyn, farm
err, aged 10 and married was the first
volunteer.
The news Thursday morning that
American troops had been landed safe
ly on French soil caused thrill of
pride in every patriotic American
heart. The awakening Is beginning
1t is coming slowly, butionce aroused
to the seriousness of the situation and |
to the fact that the country's plea for
men is serious and critical calling |
there will be the same rush to the !
colors as back in '62 and again the |
question will be "Who is willing to |
stay at home when the country needs |
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Recruiting Drive Roll of Honor
The following Putnam young men |
added their names TO the honor roll by |
applying for enlistment ;up to Friday |
noon:
Frank kalbinsk
Raymond Franklin
Leon A. Talbot
Oscar st. Laurent
Albert Bibeault
Peter st. Clair
Eugene Beaupre
Jean A. Magnan
Joseph Brodeur
Emele Desaulniers
Joseph Goyette
Joseph Cordier