The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-07-25
HOME GUARD WILL
 DRILL DRAFTED MEN UNTIL CALLED
Those Selected for National Army Can Get Rudiments
 In Next Few Weeks

Bridgeport young men who are lia- ble for service with the selected army do not have to enter as raw recruits according to announcement from the state Home Guard headquarters at Hartford last night. Companies of the state are instructed to receive men for preliminary drilling if they apply and such men will thus get in toucn with the rudiments of the service. The general orders follows:
 Headquarters
 Connecticut Home Guard. General Orders No 16.
 Hartford. July 19, 1917.
 Upon approved acquisitions, ammunition will be issued in the fol- lowing &uantities;-
 To each infantry company armed with the Springfield rife. caliber .45. 1.500 rounds of ball cartridges; and to each infantry platoon so armed, 1000 rounds of same,
 To each infantry company armed with the Krag rife, 7,200 rounds of ball cartridges caliber 80, 1898.
 To each machine gun company, s. 800 rounds of ball cartridges, caliber 80, 1906: and to each machine gun platoon. z.80o rounds of same.
 To each officer and man armed with Colts revolver, caliber .3s, eighty rounds Of ball cartridges.
 1.-The commanding officer of each organization will receive in his issue certain sealed ammunition" in cases which shall not be opened except in great emergency or by order of this board or of his military district com mander; and which he e shall store and keep with great care The mum Der of such cases will be one con taining 500 rounds to each organiza- ton armed with the Springfield rife, three containing $500 rounds to each organization armed with the Krag rifle. four containing 4.So0 rounds to each machine gun company. and two containing 2,400 rounds to each ma man having Colts revolver will al- ways keep on ,hand at least one box of cartridges. caHber, .38.
 3-The remainder of the ammuni- ton issued will be used only in target practice, and the regimental inspec- tor small arms practice. or by such other officer as may be designated for such purpose.
 | 4-During the month of August next, each military district commander shah cause each organization in his dis trict, except machine gun companies and the naval divisions, to be inspect l ed, giving attention to the condition of arms, uniforms, equipment and the reserve ammunition, to drill, target practice, discipline, and to armory and storage facilities; and shall cause a duplicate muster roll of each such organization to be made in proper form, bearing the names of all men belonging to such organization on the day of such inspection, and shall properly execute and return one of each such muster rolls to these head quarters before September 8, 1917. | 6The commanding officer of the Naval Battalion and the commanding officer of the Machine Gun Corps shall do the same with the organization in their respective commands.
 eThe names of men in the Re- serves, who are not members of or ganf1ed Reserve companies, shall be I placed on the muster roll of some ac- | tive company dn their respective towns after the names of the men in ;s1cf active company and under the word Reserves
 l. T-The many changes occasioned bs enlistment or drdft Into the United States service. and by transfers ol men to or from the reserves of ths Home Guard, make 1t necessary tha these new muster rolls be accuratel, prepared, so that they may furnish reliable records of each organizat1or in permanent form for information and use in the future.
 Per order of the
 Military Emergency Board.
 LuCIEN F. BURPEE II tSt President