“Should a Young Man Volunteer 1n the Regular Army or National Guard When the Selective Draft ls Coming? Because your President and Governor ask you to. 1. - Be use Connecticut, your own state, is woefully short of > its Quota in these two branches of the service. '7 ”Because your state, 11 .-.111;r in every past war, and a leader in this war up to the present 1:10ment,hasaproud record to live up to. Beeause volunteers for the regular army and National Guard are credited to your home town and the draft from that town correspondingly reduced. Because you have only until June 30th to volunteer in the regular army and because volunteers after that date to the National Guard are not credited to your home town. V hat Advantage ls There Volunteering 1’ Instead of Waiting for the Selective ii Draft? :1 11a) The, honor of offering one’s services 1 Kb) The greater chance of promotion. The 1111113! of 11111111,: '7 " will furnish the offices of to=m0rrow. 0111 1111111111 111111y will run into the mil11'ons. Who will coifimand it? Out of the regular army and the National Guard must be taken the officers whowill train and command the raw re= .. , cruits of this huge force. ’ Kc) In the regular army, the advantage of being under the pick of our officers at once; and in the National Guard, theadvantage of likewise being under officers of experi= ence, of choosing one’s regiment and company—and with the especial advantage of being with one’s neighbors and friends, who will be by ones side in case of sickness or casualty. ' ~ Who Can Enlist? In the regular army, anybody between the ages of 18 ‘ and 40, whether a citizen of this country or not, provided that he is not a subject of Germany, Austria=l1ungaryr, Bulgaria or Turkey. VON—Sherman W. Eddy. ERLIN—Claude W. Stevens LOOMFIELD—Oliver D. Filley. _ ,FARMINGTON—J. A. Skoglund. . 1 RISTOL—Joseph F. Button. 1 :_ - -W. W. Robotham. URLINGTON—John A. Reeve. GLASTONBURY—Lewis W. Ripley. CANTONéMun'roe E. Mitchell. GRANBY—Edward H. Shattuck. 158T GRANBY—Frank H. Dibble. HARTFORD—Frank A. Hagarty. EAST HARTFORD—Edwin E. King. ' . g ' . ENLISTMENT WEEK! Connecticut’s Call to Her Sons! Native 31111101 Adopted! THE CA TECH/SM OF THE HOUR For further information, apply to Arthur L. Shipman, chairman of the Hartford County Auxilary Committee of the Connecticut State Council of Defense, at No.2 Central Row, Hartford, or to the following chairmen in the several towns: EAST WINDSOR—Howard A. Middleton. 7 America Calls You ; to ’ ' the Colors! ' ' x .11 -..1 g.‘ ‘g‘>-‘—o‘g of. v'. ., .‘y , I _a.“ ‘fig‘w‘. . 1 ~ '0 (b) In the National Guard, anybody between the ages of 18 and 45, who has taken hut his “first papers,’ ’declaring his - intention to become a gitizen of the United States. . i (c) Registration by personsi between the ages of 21 and 31 is no bar to enlistment in ?either the regular army or the National Guard. _ (d) Enlistment and serviceOin the Home Guard is no ha r to enlistment in either the regular a1 mv or the National Guard and furnishes no excuse for not enlisting therein. The quota of Connecticut might be filled either from the . ranks or by the efforts of this body of men—a spieriditi - service to their state and cotintry. For How Long Muét You Enlist? (a) Onlyilfor the duration of the War. (b) Probably you can remain in thes you desire so to do. What Is the Pay? ervice after the war, it - (a) Thirty dollars ($30.00) amonth and found, for privates: and for officers, higher .wages in proportion to the rank; and a probable pension in case of disability. Our country always has taken care of its veterans. (b) An opportunity to visit strange lands, mingle with allied comrades, and face an alien foe—a satisfaction of that instinct of gallantry and adventure which warms the blood and quickens the emotions of the young men of every great race. (c) A heritage to your children, an hon or to your family and an unfailing source of satisfaction to your own self= respect. 9 (d) The satisfaction of having defended from invasion your mother, father, family and native land, and of having served the cause of human liberty throhghout the world at an hour when it is threatened as seldom before. Where 11111111111 to Enlist If you want to enlist for either National Guard or regular army and don’t know where to apply, telephone to this newspaper and get the informa-‘ tion. \ SIMSBURY—Henry 1C. Ellsworth. SOUTHINGTON—C. C. Chamberlin. SOUTH WINDSOR—Bud C. Grant. WEST HARTFORD-C. Edward Beach WETHERSFIELD—E. Hart Fenn. ’1 WINDSOR—Albert ll. House. WINDSOR. LOCKS—Frank E. Healy. HARTLAND—D. N. Gaines. MANCHESTER—Emil L. -G.. Hohenthal. MARLBOROUGH—John C. Vergason. NEW BRITAIN—George A: Quigley. NEWINGTON—E. Stanley Welles. ‘ PLAINVILLE—Stanley S. Gwillim. ROCKY HILL—Leon E. Taylor. \ Published by Order and Authority ofConnecticut State Council of Defense, State Capitol, Harford -..1--o7'. _ , ‘ 11 '““""‘r""".» *- . '.._._.’.1.. - r . vw-~5 1.49...- .1: .W- _ M‘
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