New Britain herald., 1917-04-04
|H. LOW OUT 0F
 MILITARY SERVICE

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 Fsmile of a man trying to crush In his disappointment.
 Wanted to Undergo Operation.
 hptain Low has known for a long D that he might be unable to pass srigtd physical exenlnEtson of the Pral service, and his fears have n realized. Captain Low has been iering from a serious hernia and. twing that this would probably dis
 shin1 from acceptance in the fed- &serNice. he applied for sick leave.
 Ad been his intention, if leave had N granted. to go at once to hos b for an operation. after which he led to be able to pass the physical |s and again take the field for ac-
 service. At the time of this crisis. lever, the headquarters department
 unable to grant him the neces- SAOA 1OSbtCp 0Au Al0 "eSS oANSAA AAAe7
 orable discharge. In addition to
 serious hernia, Captain Low had
 ther bad physical handicap to
 rcome. He Is partially deaf and
 by the closest concentration has
 been able effectually to do his tk. He Is an expert rifle shot and |a match about ten years ago a
 was accidentally discharged hin a few inches of his right ear.
 ear drum was partially shattered
 an ulcer developed, which tm- red his hearing.
 Has Been Prominent Officer. Eaptain Low is one of the best kwn military men in the state and
 been in the service almost con- haily since the close of the Span war. Last summer he Company B out of New Britain
 commanded that detachment He along the Mexican border. He E born at Killingly. Connecticut. 6 first enlisted in the Second Con- eticut regiment as a private in mpany H of Middletown on March E1899. He was given his honorable kharge because of non-residence on huary 15, 1900. On December l, S1. he again joined the Connecticut |honal Guard as a private in |mpany E and was given a com ssion as second lieutenant and was Ide battalion quartermaster of the eSx regiment on April 25, 1904. On |cember 23, 1904. he was commits he'd first lieutenant and battalion }utant and on December 13. 1910,
 was assigned to Company B of [e city as first lieutenant. It was
 April 13. 1911, that Captain Low 2 given the commission which he Id until today.
 Johnson who Is now ,aiting further orders, first en- ted in Company B as a private September, 1911. A year ago last ,nth he was commissioned a second utenant and last week received his nnission as first lieutenant. after ying successfully passed the officers 
 10 Take Omcers' Examinations. rf has been iunohicialiy reported at in CompanysI about fourteen men ve been recommended for discharge cause of physical disability and in mpany E, it is unofacially stated, zen have been placed In, the same tegory.
 Private Irving Dawson of Company has applied tostake the examina- ms for second lieutenant in Com- ny E. He has seen previous serv- ;. having been stationed with the ,urth Company, Coast Artillery. in node Island. This is the largest ast artillery command in thes United ates.
 Company E men. headed by Cor raj Queeni1, have contributed suf- ients funds for the purchase of and this gives them much joyment. They intend to take ii to camp with them.
 State Match Shooting. Under the supervision of Range Off. rs Rand and Johnson. the rifle ans of Company and Company E. .rticipated in the state rifle match day. All over the state the team: oot in their own galleries and thei1 Idorsed and approved records ar' rwarded to headquarters. Compan! team is composed of Captain A. H riswold, Lieutenant Ashley J. Grif n. Lieutenant Rodman w. Chamber in, Sergeants Connors, Norton an' overs; Corpora1s Kowall and Living on; Mechanic Bjorklund. and Pri tie Whitten. The alternates ar ,rgeant Ezekiel and Corporal Beck |. The range is at fifty yards an' le men shoot five shots sitting, fiv aeeling and ten prone.
 Company D team is composed c srgeants Smith, Veley. and Bober orporals Scheutze, Queenin an ecker; Sergeant Olsen; Private dams and Olsen and Bugler Duplir Some excellent marks were mad v the men.
 Although all the necessary equip Ient for the new recruits have no it arrived, 1t will be here before tn ay Is over. Then all men will b outfitted.
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