New Britain herald., 1918-09-19
ROWLAND PROMOTED TO MAJOR
 AND OTHERS TO 2D LIEUTENANTS
New Britain Men Come Back From Plattsburg Wearing Gold Bar After Course of Training.

W. S. Rowland, formerly head chemist at the Stanley Works who left several months ago to enter gov ernment work, has been commits stoned major and will be stationed at American University In charge of small, scales work experimental sta ton. Major Rowland's home is on Lincoln street.
 Emory Corbin and Gleason Parker have been awarded commissions as second lieutenants in the United States army, having completed the prescribed course at the student army training camp at Plattsburg. Lieut.. Corbin is the son of MT. and Mrs. Albert F. Corbin of Vine street. He graduated from the High school in 1917 and last year studied at Dart mouth college. He has been assigned to the students training camp at Syracuse college as an instructor.
 Lieut.. Parker is the son of MT. and Mrs. Clayton A. Parker of Vine street. He graduated from the High school in 1916 and has been a student at Middlebury Academy for two years. He has not received his camp assignment.
 Three sons of Mrs Mary Kerwin of 3 Sexton street are doing their bit for Uncle Sam. William J. has been commissioned as a second lieutenant in the chemical warfare service re- search division in the small scale mfg. section of the American univer- sity experiment station, where he is also the purchasing agent. His brother, George, will enter the Cath olic University at Washington as student for an army commission. He graduated from the High school last year. completing the four years course in three years. To his class mates he was known as the class 1n- fant. Both boys were formerly em- ployed at the Stanley Works, William as the buyer and seller of machinery and George was in the electrical de- partment. Sergeant John F. Kerin, who iss in the medical corps, sailed overseas last Saturday.
 Mr. and Mrs. Louis Nelson of 14O Jubilee street have received word that their son. Louis G. Nelson, has been promoted to be 8 second lieutenant.
 Lieut. Nelson was among the first draftees that went to Camp Devens in September last year. He was Tn training for only a short time when he was promoted, being made a non commissioned officer with the rank of sergeant. In June he was transferred to the officers training school at Camp Hancock, Georgia.
 Previous to his induction in the army he was employed as a foreman by the New Departure Mfg. Co. of Bristol.
 William F. Lamb, son of MT. and Mrs. Joseph F. Lamb of Park place, has been commissioned second lieutenant in the army and is spend ing a few days in this city after which he will go to City College of New York to act as instructor in that school in the S. A. T. c. Lamb went from Syracuse to the Plattsburg training camp which opened this summer and is one of a. class of 600 l second lieutenants graduated.
 This is the second time that Lamb ! has donned the uniform. Last year 1 while a student at Syracuse he en- 1 listed in the American Ambulance 1 Corps and was sent to France where 1 he drove a French army ambulance l for six months. He returned to this in the early part of this year. 1 While in France Lamb drove his car in the thick of the fighting and at all l times was but a short distance be- ! hind the lines.
 Leo St. Thomas, formerly of this city. who went to Camp Upton several months ago with a draft increment is home on a. 10 days flrIough. owing to illness to his family, After
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