New Britain herald., 1929-07-10


 T. Cameron O. Headquarters com- pany, Ignatius M. Ramsey and Will liam c. Nudge of Company E, Arthur M. Grayson and William II. Naylor of Company F. Thomas J. Quish and Hagedorn of Company G. Lieut.. Warren G. Willsey of Headquarters company. Hartford, was adjutant. Major Samuel A. Butler, commander of the battalion, reviewed the parade.
 Track Meet Friday
 Captain M. L. Strong, camp physi- elan instructor, has begun plans for the track meet which will be held on Friday.
 Headquarters company has al- ready entered men in the events. Private Haines will be in the 220- yard dash. Sergeant Rackliffe in the half mile run and running broad jump and Private Franklin in the shot put. This company will also have a soft ball team.
 Sergeant Rackliffe will also try for a boxing title. He weighs 1856 pounds.
 Company l. Bristol will also have a man in the boxing bouts weighing 150. He is Laury Andelin. This company will also have a hard ball team.
 In the aquatic meet Private Machowski. is trying for the 10O- yard free style as is Private Wilk, both of Headquarters company. Private Wilk is also entered in the 50-yard back stroke, 50-yard breast stroke and in the plunge for dis tance. With him in this last event will be Privates ''Cornie" Wells and Corporal Sura and Private Silva will be in the canoe race. The group in the crew race are Franklin Wells, Silva, Rackliffe and Machowski. The latter is cox swain.
 Companies H and I of New Britain and Headquarters company of Bris- tol have not entered teams as yet.
 Due to the fact that the Company members were on guard duty until yesterday afternoon and were tired, the scheduled soft ball game against Company K of Hartford was post poned until tonight. Headquarters company plays its first game tomor- row, Thursday, against the winner of a game between Companies A and E. Company H will not play it's game until Friday afternoon.
 Radio, Wireless, Etc.
 Never in the history of the camp has there been as much progress in radio, wireless and telephone con- nections. Regimental Headquarters Company of Hartford has done con- siderable work and a radio wireless station was put into operation yes- terday afternoon. Lieut.. Charles Wright of New Britain has been working with the Hartford company in establishing communication from air to ground. He is stationed at the aviators' camp at Groton but makes daily visits to the camp.
 Metal Mess Kits Abandoned
 It was left to a New Britain unit, Company I, to set a precedent today when the metal mess kits were abandoned to be replaced by crock cry. Captain William w. T. Squire said today that it was his opinion the dishes would not be more ex- pensive and would be more sanitary
 Col. Hunter has designated Co. as the unit which will exhibit the model bunk and the model pup tent in the field. The bunk will be shown to the entire regiment and the colonel will ask the men to have their hunks made up similarly when weekly inspection is made Saturday.
 The bunk will contain two blan- kets, a rain coat, shelter hat, one tent pole, five tent pins, pack car rier with haversack, cartridge belt, canteen cover. cup, mess kit knife, fork, spoon, bayonet and scabbard, rife which will be placed on ropes hanging from the bed, personal arti- cles including underwear, two pairs of socks, handkerchiefs, shaving brush, razor, shaving soap, tooth brush and paste, towel, comb and soap.
 The exhibition will be on Friday night.
 Go. H Blanket Sergeant
 Not to be outdone by Co. I, which appointed it's blanket sergeant yes- terday, Co. H has a blanket ser geant, Dominic Peluso of 46 Gill bert street, who finally gained the honor after several visits to the tent of First Sergeant Thomas Kilduff He has his plans made, providing for uniform inspection of all the company's blankets during the aft arnoon and final inspection at 10 p. m, one hour before the company turns in for the night. He eats at the table with the other sergeants and leads in non-coms in the mess line.
 Menu in Two Mess Houses
 The menu in two mess houses for Wednesday was as follows:: Co. H, breakfast, corn flakes, pan cakes, maple syrup, bread. butter and cof- fee; dinner. beef stew, sliced pine apple, bread and butter and lemon- ade; supper, baked beans, beet salad, iced coffee, bread and butter. Head quarters company and Co. c of combined, breakfast corn flakes, flap jacks, syrup and cofee; dinner, ham and cabbage, boiled carrots, bread and butter and lemonade; supper, potato salad, cold pressed ham and dessert.
 Camp Briefs
 Mrs. Arthur Jobert, wife of Ser