New Britain herald., 1929-07-12
Rockies Parade

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 Rockies Parade
 Approximately 150 rockies parad- ed this noon under the supervision of Major Wentley F. Aver. Since the opening of camp they have been First Lieutenant George A. Wardin- ski and Lieutenant Ignatius Ram. sey, both of Hartford.
 The regimental parade will be held this afternoon and will be led | by Headquarters Company of New Britain. Approximately 1,1O0 off cers and men will be in the parade.
 Herbert Kilduff. brother of First ! Sergeant Thomas J. kilduff of Con- ! pany H, is mascot for that company. 1 Captain Ashley J. Griffin. former l ly of Company H of New Britain, | now of West Hartford was visitor ] in camp yesterday. He is a mem- Der of the. Officers Reserve Corps.
 RegimentaI Parade
 1 For the first time in the memory | of many of the older officers of the ! l69th regiment, C. N. G., a pro- visional regimental parade or parade of more than one battalion was held at Camp Trumbull grounds yesterday and general satisfaction was expressed alike by commanding officers company officers and a group of approximately 300 spec tators. A crowd larger than on any previous day was present.
 Company I of New Britain, Third Battalion Headquarters company of | Bristol and Company L of Bristol played a prominent part in the drill of the third battalion. Other companies were Company K of Hartford and Company M of Hart ford. The speical units division con- sisted of the medical detachment of Middletown, Regimental Head quarters company and service con- pany, both of Hartford, and How itzer company of South Manchester.
 The provisional regimental parade was under the command of Major Joseph P. Nolan of Hartford. The provisional regimental adiutant was Lieut. Edmund J. Cafferty of Bris- tol. The third battalion was under the command of Captain John Will Ilams of Company K, Hartford, and the spare parts division was under the command of Captain William 1 Maxwell of Regimental Headquar- ters company. The commanders of l the companies connected with the third battalion were Lieut.. Joseph E. Zmmer of Bristol, Third Bat talion Headquarters company; Cap tain William W. T. Squire. First Lieut. Thomas E. Carey and Sec ond Lieut.. Elmer Bradbury of l Company I. New Britain; Lieut.. Clarence A. Gibson and Lieut. Bar rlngton C. Robinson of Company K, Hartford; Captain Kenneth F. Moore, Lieut.. Isaac NJ. Kicker and Lieut.. Robert W. Swanston of Com pany L, Bristol; Captain John H. I.iebke, Lieut.. Barton Sawyer and I'iNu bcoi St IT, " lllIdIllS, JI., OI Company M, Hartford.
 The special units division and of- ficers were as follows: Medical de- tachment of Middletovn. Captain Julius H. Grower and Capt. Louis o. LaBella of the Medical division, Lieut. Fobian E. Johnson of Regi- mental Headquarters company, Cap tain Richard V. Popham and Lieut.. Hathaway of the Howitzer com pany, Lieut., Helmar G. Anderson and Lieut.. Horace F. Murphey.
 There were many unusual fea- lures to the parade. Because off cers who are ordinarily heads Of battalions had 10 take over regi- mental offices, captains who have not had previous work as heads of the battalions were given an oppor- tunity. All the recruits were kept in the ranks and went through all the difficult drills before the staff officers. Recruits from Bristol and New Britain who have been the sub ject of many practical jokes came into their own yesterday afternoon when they took part in the parade,
 The West Point wedge" which was executed so well by the second battalion Of which Company H is Ia member seemed more impressive