Norwich bulletin., 1918-08-08
REGULAR ARMY OFFICERS
 GAVE INSTRUCTIONS
To State Guard Company Officers at
 Niantic-Norwich Men Return.

Returning home Wednesday evening after four day tour of duty at Camp Locke, Mantle, the officers of the two State guard com panies of this city said that the camp was one of the most successful ever held there. The camp opened at 4.30 o'clock Saturday afternoon with about 200 officers and men of the Third and Sixth regiments. The Thin d regiment is made up of eastern Connecticut men, while the Sixth is located in Middlesex county The Third regiment had the best per centage of officers attending of any of the regiments in the State guard. It is c6ft.manded by Col. E. T. Kirk land of Noew London. Colonel Elliott of Middietown is in command of the Sixth regiment. Both colonels were at the camp.
 On their arrival at the camp satur- day the men were divided into three provisional companies, but these units ! were combined or divided in order to take up various phases of the work, which included infantry drill, tactics, 1 battalion and regifnental formation, bayonet work and guard duty. The guard details were selected from both regiments, so that nearly all the off, cets had chance to secure practical experience in this important feature of l their work. Guards were on duty night l and day.
 The men were kept busy at their | drills al! day with Majors Leland, l Thomas and Bowman of the regular l army acting as instructors. Between 1 drills and in the evenings the men had l lectures on their work. This course l of lectut es included lectures on the administrative work, that is, the bus 1 mess end of the military organization and the Conducting of company as 1 a military organization as well as in 1 it's contact with the civil authorities in event of its being called out, by Brigadier General Schultze of Hart 1 ford, and lectures on cah1p sanitation and personal hygiene by Major Glider sleeve of the medical corps A lecture
 on the care of the feet, with demon strations, was an interesting feature of the camp.
 As the officers of the various com panies held their position for only 2
 Gay each all the commissioned officers of both regiments had a chance tC
 hold all the offices in the company from private to captain. The rner bunked in one of the mess halls whicl was divided into sections, each il charge of a commissioned officer. Nlel
 outside the military organization pre-
 pared the food. The sanitary corp
 had little work, although they main
 tained a hospital at the camp am treated a few cases of heat prostra
 tion.
 At the close of the camp Genera Burpee expressed himself as highl pleased with the work of the men an
 considered it remarkable that the mer
 most of whom are of middle age wer
 able to stand the strain of drilling i
 the sun, which at one time sent tn : mercury 10 110. without more prostra
 tions. Only three men were forced { ] fall out, and these were able to re
 turn to the drill in the afternoon. Gen
 efal Burree said that a great improve z ment was noticeable in the work of th : men. All the officers were invited [ | witness he field day exercises in Ne
 London wednesday and a section {
 the grandstand was reserved for then
 There is no doubt but that all u - Norwich men will derive great bent T fits from their tour of duty at u l' camp and all learned many new wri1
 kles in their work Among these w; Il the riot drill, which consisted of :, hollow square with bayonets out, al u some of the latest bayonet movement ' as taught in the army now.