New Britain herald., 1917-03-15
WILL RECRUIT HOME
 GUARD IMMEDIATELY

|GUARD IMMEDIATELY Continued From First Pase.) Guard is maintained. can enlist in the Homo Guard.
 Any person enlisting in the Home Guard, desiring to enlist in either the National Guard or Naval Militia of the state of Connecticut or the army
 or navy of the United States will be
 entitled to an. honorable discharge
 from the Home Guard.
 :. Men enlistinssan tho Home Guard,
 who may becofne tliaBle for service in the National Guard or the United sakates army or nayI. at any future, tims, will be diseharSe1 .sfrom the Home Guard.
 y Men between the akes of 1T and 60.
 who have received Ai honorable dis
 charge from the National Guard, the Naval Militia or the army or navy of
 the United States. can be enlisted in
 the Home Guard .irrsspective of resi-
 dence.
 Recruits will be notified. when to appear before examining surgeons
 and when to report for equipment and
 instructions.
 Tn addition to creating a body for
 local defense, the Home Guafd will
 provide training and discipline and in
 case of needs can furnish from it's enlisted strength soldiers who are be- tween the ages of IS and 45 and 1t
 for duty in the National Guard. | ~A t~n. ixr March, 1o1H.
 Lucien F. Burpee, l. Bsnedict M. Holden, J. Moss Ives.
 Military Emergency Board EkpeCe Battalion of 500. * During the organisation discussion this morning MT. Johnston remarked that New Britain and its citixeils must enter into this thing with . zeal for the Hardware City must do its work as well as any other in the state. eNew Britain will do 1t better Mayor Quig- Hey asserted.
 That New Britain's sons will re- spond to this movesfor Home Guard there Is not the slightest doubt in the minds of any of the recruiting ofil4 cers. So sure Is Mayor Quigley that
 his city will turn out q Home Guard battalion second to none in the state l that he has ordered 500 enlistment blanks and expects every one to be used. These expectations will @ cer- tainly De realized if enthusiasm dem-
 onstrated today may be taken as . criterion. All of the general recruit
 ing committee have signthed their
 intention Of enlisting in. the Home l Guards and by personal visits as we'll ] as telephone calls number of other men have also expressed similar in l tentions. \
 Something About the Men. The men who are behind this move ment In New Britain are Ill well
 known and several of them have had 1 considerable military experiences. Col. W. w. Bullen Is an old soldier of
 twenty years ago. He was enlisted in 1 New Britain as a private and by ap- l plication to military affairs gained l promotion until he retired as lieuten- 1 ant-colonel of the First Connecticut l Regiment. Frank Traut Is former { local militiaman and 60 is Mir. John- ston. Burton c. Mercy Is likewise. be- l ing veteran of the Spanlsh- -Ameris can war and an officer at that time. l Samuel E. MagsOn Is likewise q veter-
 an officer of the Spanish- American
 war and later served as captain in the l local militia. Mir. Briere, who is to
 be the active recruiting clerk. is .algo 1 well known. He enlisted in Company l I. First Regiment. at the outbreak o1 l the Mexican trouble last summer and after doing some recruiting work in i this city, went to No9ales with the troops IS private. Later he was
 disqualified with many others for physical disability and given his hon. orable discharge. It h expected that many men like Mir. Briere, former
 guardsmen who wore disqualified by physical disability. will be enrolled in 1 the Home Guard. The recruiting ofiice will be in the
 mayors ante-room. Suitable poster l advertisements will be placed In front of City hall calling attention to the l fact that 1t is recruiting office. and inside the building other directions will be posted so that applicants can flnd the once easily.
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