New Britain herald., 1917-04-13

will receive more financial aid with her son in the army than out of 1t, she declared she didn't want the aid but wanted her son. Inasmuch as the young man has made no application for discharge. and because he did not enlist until after the troops had been mobilized the mother was informed that nothing could be done for her. as an added argument she said that her soldier son was her only boy. Subsequent investigation showed that she has two other sons.
 Another former member of Com pany F has just wired Lieutenant Griffin from Lima. Ohio, stating that he wishes to rejoin his old company and if transportation will be sent him he will take the first train for New Britain and enlist. This is impossible as there are no funds for such pur- poses, so the former soldier has been advised that he will have to enlist in Ohio until he can collect the carfare to New Britain in some other way.
 Sergeant James Kelley of E Com pany experienced some little trouble last night with several young men who were attempting to interfere with his outposts. The young men came
 
 conversing with the guards while they were on duty. It was finally necessary for the sergeant to give strict orders to prohibit anyone from talking with the guards while on duty.
 Members of Company E have been notified that the surgeons of New Britain have offered to give their ser vices free of charge to the dependent families of soldiers doing duty at pres ent.
 Col Richard J. Goodman of the First Regiment will be married on April 19 at Trinity church in Hartford and the officers of the regiment have been ln- vited to attend.
 Notice From Headquarters.
 The orders received by the regimen tai commander relative to beginning active recruiting state that the First Infantry, in common with others. shall recruit to United States peace strength which is 100 men to a company and 1,342 officers and men for the regi- ment, according to figures furnished by Captain Edward c. Harrington, regimental adjutant. Recruiting was ordered stopped on April 2, when de- tails were first sent to guard various points in the state.
 The regiment at present has strength of 1,13O officers and men but with discharges for physical dis ability and other causes it is ex- pected that the regiment will need 300 more men in order to reach the figure demanded by the war depart ment. Colonel Goodman states that recruiting will start immediately and if there were not a sufficient number of volunteers. drifting might be re- sorted ito in order to get the required number of men. United States Army war strength is 1860 officers and men but no attempt will be made at pres- ent to bring the forces up to that limit.
 It became known yesterday, while but one Company E man has applied, scores of members of the Connecticut National Guard had applied for dis charges under the soldiers dependents law. Adjutant General Cole said that the law was not fully understood by soldiers having dependents and that they must make application for dis charges in order to receive their papers. The war departments orders only authorize such discharges and do not make it compulsory for the de- partment to drop the men from the roles. Unless the soldiers apply for their discharges, he said, their de- pendents will not be entitled to the benefits as prescribed by the law