Republican farmer., 1918-08-16


 Burr, has enrolled in the Nurse Re- serve class, to be trained for hospital service under government auspices.
 Grand Juror Warner took a swing round the circle last Thursday in Q canvass for delinquents in the matter Of keeping their dogs tied up pur- suant to existing state regulations. He found g. number of technical of lenders, all of whom had some kind of an excuse and were warned not to offend further.
 Corporal Bart Sanford, Jack O'Keefe and Lyman Dunnel are members of the 27th Division which has been engaged in the battles now going on in the Picardy section in France.
 The local Home Guard are plan ming for a shore outing of two or three days in the near future. Compo Beach will probably be the location chosen.
 Capt. William B. Clafin of West Bedding, is home on a furlough from his training camp in Louisiana. H. is in the Engineer Corps.
 Mrs. Hardy of Pittsburgh is visiting her sister, Mrs. A. G. Barnett in hometown and last week went to West Point to see her son, who is a mem Der of the U. S. Academy Freshman class.
 The second performance of Cousin Jimmy at the Mark Twain Library last Friday evening netted about S25 for the Red Cross.
 The following extract from an or der read to Company D, State Guard, by Captain Barnes at a recent drill is of general interest to the town:
 'The strength added to the com pany by the considerable number of recruits enlisted last spring, is be- ing largely offset by losses in the ranks chiefly caused by men entering the National service. This company has already sent many men to the front, and is ready to send more when ever they are called for; but it Is | incumbent on every one of the men remaining in the company tou SC his 1 utmost effort to secure recruits to | supply these losses. The importance | of the service performed by the State Guard has been recognized repeatedly by the National and State govern | ments. It is impossible to say how. | much disorder and disturbance have | been prevented by the organization | of the Guard, and by it's continuance as a drilled and efficient body of state | troops; but there is no question that the amount is considerable. Service | in the State Guard furnishes an op- portunity for military service of real | importance to the state and nation 1 by many whose age; physical condition l or family circumstances make it inn | possible or improper for them to en- list at this time for foreign service. | The record of this company since it's | organization is one in which every member is entitled to take satisfac- | tion, and 1t should be the earnest en- | deavor of each one to see that the standards of strength and efficiency | heretofore established are not allow ed to fall off by reason of the losses in membership which we are facing, but rather are raised still higher through the united effort of the whole membership.
 Every man and boy in the town whose age is between IT and 60, the limits for enlistment set by the regu- i lations, ought to ask himself whether | 1t is not his duty to apply for enlist ment in the local company. The maintaining of a full company in a town as small as Bedding has been 1 one striking proof among others of the towns patriotism and earnestness | in furthering all war time activities. | Doubtless there are many in the ranks | who would not think of eXpending the time and effort involved in ser | vice in an ordinary National Guard | or Militia company in time of peace. | This however is not a time of peace. | The men who made up the former National Guard are now shedding | their blood and adding luster to the | name of the state in foreign lands. The State is left without any mili- tary force except the new State Guard, ! organized at the outbreak of the war in response to Governor Holcomb's call. These busy or tired men have said to themselves that since it was impossible for them to enter the reg lular army for foreign service, they could and would do what was not inn possible for them, even if it involved some small extra effort and sacrifice of time; that is they would enlist and serve in the local company of the State Guard and so do their part
 to give the State a trained and eff cient military force for it's protec- tion during this critical time. The
 men who have done this are entitled to high commendation. The earnest
 ness with which they have taken hold
 of the work have led to the develop
 ment of a company in which the town repeatedly has had occasion to take
 pride and which has received the praise of observers from other places. The strength of the company has i, been drained and is being constantly
 further drained by the loss of men
 who find that it has become their
 duty to enter the national service or whose business takes them away from
 the town. There are many men in
 town who can step forward to take
 the places in the State Guard com
 pany of the men who have left and
 are leaving 1t. It is a small measure
 of service compared to that offered
 by the men who are leaving it to join the national forces. Any mar who feels desire to perform this war time service is urged to commur. icate with some member of the re-
 CI CIulL4HSt coIHLH1llee ol company U . The chairman of this committee is Lieut. Charles H. Ward and other members are Sergeants E. P. Sanford 5 M. H. Burr and H. Sanford Osborn } Privates J. B. Sanford and R. V. Fle- : wellyn.
 ) Any man who is likely to be called to service in the National Army here after, will find it much to his advan- . tage to secure some preliminary train 1 inrr ir, tho Cta+a Guard cnrn ny C.lnl1