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STATE IS PREPARED FOR REGISTRATION § anrnnr Issues Instructions lor | Men in 18-45 Class Wartford, Sept Datailed explan- ation has heen 1 by the war de- partment for the tembe regarding -the machinery registration, Thursday, Sep date zhall have reached their eenth birthday and shall not reached their forty-sixth birthday, only excepting men previo ered and men of those he army or navy Marcus H. Holcomb will supervise execution of the registra- tion in Connecticut, and Major John Ruckley, state director of the draft, acting under the direction of the gov- as heretofore, be the cen: administrative authority of the 1tion The local boards will have imme diate eupervision and divection of within their respective ages now in Governor vegistration committees in ity of 30.000 population or over local board, similar subdi than one local juriedic- »ointed from and by of the local boards of similar subdivi- han one Nty or more ts respective the membershin seh city, county or The actual ¥ made in the « stration will be smary voting pre- cinets in the isdiction of each lo ar in places within tion of the respective local they select. and arally rily employed in 1 by ecach Jocal ch place of registration will he present allow one vithin its jurisdiction cufficient numbers to gistrar to each probable eighty reg- nd the number will be in- ased whenever and wherever ary to secure complete registration one day. Interpreters will be pres- all places of registration where local conditions require their services. The sick will be registered by per- sons deputized (o their tration Felons will he reg v the = of the penitentla trial and misde- treated as absen- except t thelr registration cards will be obtained and filled in by tha jallers Abhsentees nec- make regis- s awaiting ants will he from any lo- tration which ill be fAilled out and certified, turn over to the and mailed them to the local hoard having jur diction of the area in which they permanently reside. Persons in training camps, schools, colleges rilar institutions will re ribed for absen- tees. In all cases to the method o feference should be 1y secure eal bear cards absentees, hd othe as pr vhere there is doubt as made to the near- est local board for a ruling on the mattar It the designation’ and own, address the mayor in a city of 30.000 popa- ) clerk of county 1 city not of the local hoard is nc tion or oter: the parish or similar unit in a 80,000 population or over; the clerk of the county to which the inqu er's county pertains for judicial pur- poses in case it has no administrative organization; or the clerk of the township in case the area of the stat or territory is subdivided sions for the purpose of the adminis- tration of the selective service law FIRST T0 FIGHT, IS CONN. BOYY' RIGHT {024 Infant rv and Yale Mobile Unit Get Praise High tribute to the 102d United &tates Infantry, made up of the old iret and Second regiments, Connecti- -ut National Guard is paid by Hamil- ton Halt, Yale "94, in an article entitled “A Visit to the Yale Mobile Hospital,” printed in the summer supplement of the vale Alumni Weekly. Because this deals so intimately with Con- necticut hoys now fighting in France, is reprinted herewith: 1 gladly comply with vour 211l briefly of my impressions of the & Mobile hospital uait which I re- vigited in France. It was & o'clock Sunday afternoon, May 12 actly three weeks after the 102d Con- necticut boys had won the battle of feicheprey, the first battle that Amerts a had fought in France. General ‘larence Edwards had Jjust taken Judge Willlam H. Wadhams, '96, and myself aver to sec those boys who took part in it—mostly from New Haven, Hartford and Waterbury—and to hear from their own lips the story of their The Battle of Scicheprey. ‘It will interest all Yale men to nave me repeat here the story Colonel told me of the part Lieut Lockhart, '09, €., played in ‘When the Germans made heir great attack on that fateful aight,' sid Colonel Dowell, ‘Lockhart wes isolated with a command of 37 men when we had to fall back. After wo days of fighting, when we ined sur trenches and threw the Germans sack, Kkilling and wounding over 60 ser cent. of them, [ went to Colonel Parker, in command of th» 1024, and wggested that he and I go out and oo kfor Lockhart and his boys. Just s we left the trenches we met Lock- 1art coming back. The first thing he tid was to draw himself up and ute, apoiagizing for his two-d frowth of beard and his dishevelled \ppearance. In response to our re- s as to how he had farad, he re- ‘1 am glad to report. sir, that ave eight still alive; the other 29 article cently Dowell harlas B hat battle. of all males who on that | into divi- request | place. of registration, | i address of ! | | | are dead in the trenches, sir.’’ “Think what this meane! part in the great war. senting America fell to a regi- rent of Connecticut boys. i order was given to retreat, band in command of a modern Nathan Hale held their ground for two days, | surrounded by the | man could have heard as he told it, 8 message was brought to us inviting relieved there they ware, svary singla man of them, dead or alive, at “CONNORS-HALLORAN CO.” Cheerfully-and with considerable pride, we announce Fall Style Show-with an exhibit of all that's new and apparel for men and boys. Kuppenheimer Brand FOR YOUNG MEN AND MEN WHO WISH TO STAY YOUNG The greatest of all of temorrow. Discriminating men, the world over them, as fashion authorities depending upon their showing to be correctly dressed in exactly what is proper. Fabrics from the world’s garments, individually tailored by hand, of course. $25 to $40 BOYS’ CLOTHING Here's news that mother will welcome. Madam have you a boy ? Is he hard on his clothes? Does it take a ‘“Carnegie Book” to keep him well Cheer up ! Here's some good news for you. Durable, Stylish Well Made Norfolk Suits all lined, Knickerbocker pants, sizes 8 to 18, brown, grey, green, blue rerges, cassimeres, tweeds, $5.85,$6.85,$7.85 $10.85, $11.85 Juvenile Suits Sturdy cloth Suits for the little fellows, too. Sizes 2% to 9. $3.85, $4.85, $5.85, $6.85 Complete every loving Pocket dressed ? line of Boys’ Blouses. his post Here was one little | his story, entirely And then when they were Kuppenheimer claims to distinction is perhaps their ability, versally recognized to forecast the fashions. Each scason they offer not the styles of yesterday, or even today, but accurate presentations of the styles America never produced a braver sol- the first fight in which America took | | dier than old Israel Putnam. The hanor of [halp teeling that were the old genaral | alive today he would not be ashamed When the | of these bays from his native state Yale Mobile Unit Hospital “When Colonel Dowell has finished us to dine at the Yale Mobile Hospital | Unit not far away So, this then, is your invitation to be present at ot we will extend the courtesy of a pre-view of ali that’s ng in wearables for men. Come in Saturday morning, oh, éay afté fea and feast your eyes on just the things you have been looking /for. Elk Brand JUST FOR YOUNG FELLOWS Here too, you secure only that which is die- tinctive in clothes but the style is a bit more ex- treme, the kind that finds faver with just the young fellows, Brands uni- An extra dash of daring in shaping the coat, a belder swing to the lapel, a trifie more courage in the slant of the pocket and quite properly—a bit more imagination in selecting the patterns. Also tailored by hand with the same definite care that characters all well fitting clothes, $20 to $30 FINE FURNISHINGS FOR FALL SHIRTS “S0X’’ ar | Bagle Silk and Silkloth Shirts Notaseme Half Hose, Ex- Wide flowing ends clusive agency for New Britain. casy bands. Gauze Sk Lisle, Silk Lisle, Pure Silk 65C 35c Dr,' 3 f()r $1 Beautiful patterns in Knitted O $1.00, $1.50, $2.00 75¢ pair look to stouts, etc. is perfection. finest looms, all with slip exclusive agency for Now Bri- tain. Toom to Wearer. Negligee Shirts, soft collar Shirts, neat patterns $1.50,$2.00, $3.00 $4.00, $5.00 Cheney colors in Cravats, CONNORS- HALLORAN CO. 248 MAIN STREET, NEW BRITAIN Silks, all the new Cheney Tubular onnor-HalloranClothes FOR YOUTHFUL AND OLDER MEN These are “Qur Man of a Millien Clothes”. In these clothes are expressed the new ideas of a high priced tailor, designing ready:to-put-on clethes, Here we eeleet our own woolens and the mod- els are made accorting te what we know the men of New Britain like. Our cash buying in large quantities for three stores In two citles, gives you clothes that cannet be equaled for the money anywhere, Models of all kinds, loigs, shorts, Fabrics of all variety, HATS AND CAPS Our Hats are made by steady men, sold by rveady men and worn by heady 1men. There's no upe saying our hats are the best In the world,—that wouldn't be true. But, spenking modestly, they are the best hats in thls city for anything near the price. The man who wants the same hat as his father wore will not find it here People keep up to the times by getting ahead of it. Connors-Halioran Special Hats Stiff and Soft $2, $2.50, $3, $3.50, $4 CAPS ixed patterns and plain Inrge English styles. $1.50, $2.00 Plaids colors—Ney $1.00 Our histories tell us that bye to Genedal EdwArds and received trained nurses! There, right within a hearty cheer from the bove in khaki | range of the German guns, we had an and soon found ourselves on a little | old home week for about an hour hill where a number of oblong, un- |that was worth going all the way to painted buildings had been recently | France and braving the perils of a erected in a field of mud. We walked | thousand submarines to take part in. over the duck-boards, and entered one “‘Of course, we were given a real of the huts, where we met Major | American supper and of course Wwe Flint of the Yale Medical School, in | were shown all over the unit—which, command of the unit. And what a | while compartatively small—it has welcome we got from the 15 Yale | only 50 beds—was as finely equipped physicians and the 80 Yale boys un- | as any I saw in Europe. And of der them and even the 16 Connecticut | course the Yale chaplain asked Judge 1 cannot ting on the beds which I wish every Yale propriate—on the contrary, best of all benedictions So we said good- Wadhams and myself to take part in , tonished our friends the vesper services and bring them all | the latest messages from home. | “It was fine to see this little band | pital, of Yale men at the battle front sit- | closest to the fro: where our wounded fellows would soon rest, lis- [ and tening to the chaplain conducting the services and it was not at all inap- broke up with the long Brek ¢x cheer, which latter, no doubt, | tal in Prance the Yale poor -when we | that Major Tlint has charge of this division slenders, talloring that 18 to $25 s the enemy their trenches in the distant hilld “Yale should be proud of her| which has the honor of ine of euny hg It speaks well for spirit of service this pioneer organization has beent | cepted by the United States gow| it was the | ment as the model of #s kind been pu of the with the rank or lieutenant colod