The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1908-12-18

q guest Of honor. A rousins welcome Il n
ss"ir TOT The new senator and 10 this ena
an interesting program 70 being prepared
| Editor Stone al the Caledonisn, Who la.
4 strong PETITION from his townsmsn, Wal
We spf.inlel 10 the vacant poslmasiershit
at u, Johnsbafy.
The arrangement for ealosies IL the lais
SENATOR Pnsior had to 90 over until Jan
oi W. owing 10 the pressure of business
70 the eonsress. The date fxed BY ths
house Tor y. memorial 10 the senator was
also 81 aside 10 conform 10 that of the
senate. When the time comes, besides
those Of our own REPRESENTATIVE. other
.loquen. tributes will be offered in both
houses by personal friends Of Mr.. Proctor
IRON various localities.
Geonge !. Wales. who came here 70
years ago from Middlebuy, has been sp.
pointed by the president chief examiner
OF the civil rrfyice commission. Mr.,
Wales was former assistant chief examiner,
having been Transferred from the war de
patmeni,
The act Of the legislature in changing
the name Of Barton Landing TO that oil
Orleans, necessitates change Of the name
OF the posioiiiee there and reappoint.
ment Of the Postmaster.
The foundation for the proposed new
hNhth w t1ln rtlttts Nntit VIII
be located the court OF appeals, Of which
Charles II. Robb is one OF the associate
Justices, is being completed, The supreme
court of the district, Of which Wendell 7.
Stafford Is associate justice. will probably
continue 10 occupy It's present quarters in
the old court house.
Postofiicc employees. ns well as the gen.
eral public. will be interested in little
automatic stamp vending machine which,
after a thorough testing by the depart.
ment here, has been sent over 20 New
York 20 be further tested. IL is said 10
be the only thing Of its kind that is work.
ing successfully in Germany, France, Eng
land, Belgium and other European conn'
tries. The postofiice department approves
the device which only requires the placing
Of coin in slot when the purchaser pro
cures stamp OF any desired denomination
II can be placed in postoiiices, hotels, drug
stores and even in the streets and II like
" TO be ready for public Use in short
time.
The report Of the secretary Of war fur. |
nishcs TO your militia boys food for
thought, where he suggests increasing the |
annual appropriations for the equipment |
II the militia and for general manoenyrcs
II the militia with the regular army. That |
We may be prepared for any attack on
one or both OF the coast lines, he recon-
nends that the general scheme Of national
lefense shall provide force OF organized
militia Of approximately 10000 men.
700 900 Of these in combination with the
cavalry and field artillery Of the
regular army to constitute a field army oil
IOO, 900. lie estimates that about 10 per
,ent of the lll,O00 officers and men in the
,rganized militia would respond to call
o arms, and of the number responding
mall percentage would be eliminated
by physical disqualification. II
: estimated that little more than 90 per
ent; that is, about 5000, would be avail
bile at present in case of emergency. 4
A bill before congress provides for the
obstruction OF Lincoln Memorial High
gay from Washington to Gettysburg by
ray of the battlefield of Antietam.