The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-03-29

been received, ana what mas not al
not already been distributed is being
sent to the units of the guard as
quickly as is possible. With that dis
tributed or to be distributed, there is
more than enough for the peace
strength of the guard, including rifles.
! The matter of tentage will be in the
| hands of the government when it
calls out the guard.
! When the president calls the Ma
! tionaI guard into the service of the
| nation, it will be a guard that numbers
| half of the required war strength, a
| guard that is we'll equipped, and a
guard that has a good morale and that
] is efficient. It's training at the bOr
! der last summer made it more eff
cient than it had ever been before;
the work which it has done since has
| increased that efficiency. Some COM
panies have held more than the re-
! quired number of drills, which is "a
| in months. AS a>result of it's train
| ing at the border, it will need a short
er period in camp.
That there will be training camp
for it seems a matter of no doubt.
Although it's movements after it has
been called out are purely matters of
|
will be- held in it's armories for a
while, and then sent to a training
camp. The machinery of it's mobiliza-
| ton, except that it passes from the
states hands when it is drafted into
| the federal service, will not differ
greatly from that of last summer, ex-
cept that the oil of experience will
cause it to run more smoothly. Its
distribution and its destination are
| things about which no officer of the
guard has any knowledge.
| Orders which General Cole has re-
ceived from the war department, say.
! however, that all the units of the
guard are subject to call. They say
further:
| ."The mobilization and muster into
the United States service will be under
the direction of the department COM
manders. The latter will designate
the point of mobilization of the
troops of their respective departments.
which will not necessarily be the pre-
scribed mobilization camp sites. They
will also make provision for shelter,
recruitment and the formation OF bat
! talions, in the eventuality of war.
/ 'sThe maximum strength at which
organizations will be accepted will be
! the maximum strength authorized by
act Of congress approved June 3, 1916,
| for like organizations of the regulars.
Members Of the state administrative
staffs designated in the letter from the
militia bureau of December IL, 1916,
will be accepted and utilized for the
purposes of proper camp administra-
ton, and for organization, recruit
ment, supply and administration Of re-
serve recruit training battalions.
'eWhere recognized brigades of di-
visions exist and all components of
such organizations are accepted, the
HEADQUARTERS and staff officers per-
tanning of these units, in accordance
with the tables Of organizations, Uni
ted States army, will be accepted.
! ON RECEIPT Of the presid is call
the division commander will report
for orders by telegraph to the COM
mander of the eastern department.
| The commander of the easterns de-
partment is Major General Leonard
Wood.
In one thing there will be a strik-
] ing difference from last year, the
| dependents Of National guardsmen
will be cared for by law. The mill
tia bill provides that whenever the
national guard, naval militia or volun-
| into active military service in time of
war, reasonable apprehension thereof,
riot or rebellion, the state of Connec-
ticut shall pay separation allowances
weekly to actual and bona-fide de-
pendent of any members of the ma
tional guard, naval militia, or volun-
| teer forces so called into active SER
vice" These allowances will be on a
basis of not more than $40 a month
to the wife of each soldier and not
more than Sc a month for each minor
child under 16 years, the total not to
exceed $50 a month. A state board,
consisting of the governor, the sec
rotary, the treasurer and the comp
| troller will have charge Of the pay
ment of allowances.
The main thing now is to get men.
| eve want to get them now" the adj
jutant general says. He recognizes
the fact that six years of service in
the National Guard is repugnant to
some young men, but he believes new
ertheless, that mans duty to his
government is greater than his selfish
interests. He believes that, if the
guard is called, it will be recruited to
It's war strength, but recruits are de-
sired before the war comes. The Ma
tiona1 Guard is the military force of
the state; it will become part of the
military force of the nation. It needs
men.
The governor is commander in i
chief Of the National Guard, except
when it is called into the active SER
vice of the United States. Under him,
at the head of the guard, is the adju-
tant-genera1, George M. Cole, with the
rank of brigadier general He has
an assistant, Major Edward Schulze
The acknowledgement is also acting
chief quartermaster. His assistant, as
such, is Major Michael J. Wise
Colonel Richard J. Goodman COM
mands the First regiment, Connect.
cut infantry, National Guard; Lieu
tenant-Colone1 Edwin E. Lamb is next
in command. The majors are John l..
Purcell, Second battalion; and Geo.
III. Rau, Third battalion; William J.
Hascall has been appointed major for
the First battalion, but has not yet
| taken his examination.
The Second regiment is command
ed by Colonel Ernest L. Isbell, and
the ieutenant-colone1 is George e.
Hall. Major Henry A Beebe, Third
battalion; Major Daniel W. Lanouette.
First battalion, and Major William F.
Alcorn, Second battalion, are other
regimental officers It's Headquarters
are in New Haven