Norwich bulletin., 1909-09-24
CHANGES PERMIT SALE
t'- OF INTOXICATING LIQUORS
Near State Camp, Which Commanding
officer Had Previously Had Power
to Forbid.

Copies Of the changes in the militia
law of the state made by the last sen-
eral assembly have been printed and
sent out by order of the adjutant
general While the changes are num-
erous they are mostly unimportant and
were made simply for the purpose of
making the militia laws of the state
conform to the federal statutes. In all
cases the word governor" is substi-
tuted for the words commander in
chief" and as each change is made
the subject of a separate section, the
new act is somewhat bulky. The
change of the most Importance to the
lay mind appears in section 80 of the
new act, which reads as follows:
Sec. 49, Section 30S9 of the general
statutes is hereby amended to read as
follows: The commanding officer of
any encampment or parade may cause
those under his command to perform
any field or camp duty he shall re-
quire, and may put under arrest dur
ing such encampment or parade any
member of his command who shall
disobey a superior officer. or be guilty
of disorderly or unmilitary conduct.
and arr other person who shall tres
pass on the parade or encampment
ground or in any way interrupt or
modest the orderly discharge of duty
by the members of his command.
The amended section ends at this
point, while the original section, 3039,
went on with this important clause,
which has been cut off: "And he map
prohibit the sale of all spirituous and
malt liquors within one mile of said
parade or encampment." 1t is said
that this power was generally exer
cised by the commanding officer in
charge of the state encampments at
Mantle. In any event. it has disap-
peared now. The act of 1909 was
probably not read in its entirety by
many members of the last general as
sen1biy, and, In the house at any rate,
1t received but little attentifl, where
Representative Rogers Of Danbury,
chairman of the committee on military
simply in the line of making the mil
tia laws of the state conform to the
federal acts.
Other changes alter the old laws so
that the president may call the ma
tional guard into the service d the
nation for a period in excess of nine
months; one strikes out the provision
that, in case of drafts. this selectmen
may give oral notice to persons sub
tect to military duty and provides in
lieu of it that notice shall be published
In some newspaper in the county One
gives the enrolling officer of the towns
from November l to February in
WHICH IC~ make up lHe lSl VI JuOSe
liable for the military tax instead of
limiting the time to one month. 1t
provides further that copies of the
enrolment lists shall be sent to the
tax commissioner and gives him power
to apply to the courts for new en-
rollment if he has reason to believe
the one returned is defective. 1t pro-
yides fine of 500 for any person who
shall give false information respecting
any reason for exemption from the
communication tax.
Owing to salary increases the allow
ance for clerical assistance for the ad-
jutant and assistant quartermaster
generals Office is increased frsm $4,000
annually to such sums as shall be
biennially appropriated. The old law
provided that no person shall be dis
honorably discharged except upon the
sentence of courtmartial. and the
new one takes out the words court
martial and substitutes summary
court or general courtmartial." The
words organized militia" are substi-
tuted for the words, active militia
wherever the latter occur in the old
law. There are many minor changes,
the most important ones being those
given above.