The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-07-23

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 The 20sth win leave its Cape Cod camp at 3 a. m. Friday, travelling by motorized units to Hartford. There 1t will bivouac at Colts Park until Saturday morning, when 1t will leave for Waterbury. Arrival in Waterbury is scheduled for late Saturday morning, with tents to be pitched at the stadium and trucks to be parked at the north end of the field, outside the wire fence.
 Tn Legion Parade
 The I,7OO officers and men of the regiment will march in the Ameri- can Legion parade Saturday af- ternoon. Guns and part of the motorized equipment will also be in the parade. The troops will be encaTnped at the stadium until Mon- day morning, when they will start for New Haven, where they will camp At Lighthouse Point until Tuesday morning, then start back for Camp Edwards.
 The troops, many of them hatling from this city, will be royalty en- tertained by the American Legion during their stay here. Saturday night, officers and their wives and friends will be given a dinner Q dance at The Elton, while prtvates' Twill Do entertained at a dance at Tzafnilton Park pavilion. The Ham ,ilton Park pool will be available flor the soldiers Saturday afternoon, and the Chase Park pool has been reserved for their use Sunday.
 Demonstrations
 Efforts are being made to have demonstrations of the regiments huge searchlights and other equip ment during the waterbury visit. The searchlights have Q total of more than 800 900 900 candlepower.
 During its Connecticut trip, the regiment will be commanded by Colonel Francis J. Shearer, who will be accompanied by his exect- tive officer, Colonel L. Standish Tracy.
 The regiment will travel in two gections during its trip.
 The First Battalion, under the command of Major Vernon s. Morehouse, will comprise the first section. With this battalion will be: Regimental Headquarters Battery, commanded by Captain Jonathan L. Johnson, the 20eth Band, and batteries of the battalion, all Hart for units with the exception of Battery D.
 list Battalion Headquarters Bat tery, commanded by First Lieuten- ant Stewart M. F. Luce, will pro- ceed Battery A. under Captain Ed- win R. Ledge; the searchlight unit Will he followed by two Hartford g. Inch A gun batteries; Battery B. under Captain walter Dexter, and C commanded by Captain John Peck. Battery D of New Haven is commanded by Captain Dexter A. Cargill.
 Local Company
 In Sine second section, the 2d Bat taliora will be under the command of Captain Henry J. Reis-El Bara, Formerly of the 18th Observation Squadron. These batteries are from New Haven, Waterbury and Bran ford, and comprise the automatic anti-aircraft weapons battalion of the 200th. They are: Second Bat. talion Headquarters Battery, corn- ,nanded by Second Lieutenant welles Eddy: Battery E, the 80 caliber machine gun unit from Waterbury, commanded by First Lieutenant Kenneth w. Miller: Battery F with It's 37mm guns from New Haven under First Lieutenant Louis c. Horvath; Battery c. of Waterbury under First Lieutenant Frank Jones, and Battery H of Branford under Captain Leonel c. Morris.
 officers of the Regimental Staff |who will be with the convoy are: Captains Glendon R. Long, adtu- tant: Hubert P. Carrig. chap lain; Alonzo P. Mercier, plans and training officer; and Robert O. Connor, munitions officer with First hieutenants Earl Marsha, supply officer, and Benedict M. Holden, i1- telligence officer.
 on the staffs of the two batal- hons viii be Captains Howard B. lDavis and Howard s. Ives, under Major Moorehouse, while First Lieu- tenants Richard w. Owen and John R. Nagle will accompany Captain Reis-El Bara, and the Second Bet- talion.
 Medical Unit Split
 The 2OSth Medical Detachment. under Major Francis l.. DePaSQuale Twill be divided between the two sections.