Norwich bulletin., 1910-06-20

Island National guard has issued or ders for the annual tour of duty of the Coast Artillery corps, the Signal corps and the Hospital corps. Colonel Til hnghast, commanding the First Artil- lery district, with his field and staff, (Westerly), Sixth Seventh and Eighth companies, will report to the com manding officer at Fort Creole Sunday. July IT, for eight days tour of duty. The First and Second companies will be assigned to Battery Sedgwick, the Fifth and Seventh companies to Bat tery Mitchell and the Sixth and Eighth companies to Battery Hale. The Third and Fourth companies will report to the commanding officer at Fort Getty and be assigned to Battery Toussard.
 Colonel Mulhearn of the Second dis trict, with his field and staff, the band and the Eleventh. Twelfth, Thirteenth Fourteenth and Sixteenth companies, will report to the commanding officer at Fort Wetherill on the same date for a like tour of duty. The Eleventh and Sixteenth companies will be assigned to Battery ZoOks the Twelfth and Eff teenth companies to Battery Welbach and the Thirteenth and Fourteenth companies to Battery Wheaton. The Ninth and Tenth companies will report to the comma nding officer of the artil- Iery district of Nara gansett bay at Fort Adams, and be assigned to Bat tery Edgerton-
 The companies will act as artillery reserves and will encamp in the rear of the batteries to which they are as signed. The Signal corps will report al Fort Adams and the Hospital corps al Fort Wetherill. All troops will re- port in service uniform and not take with them any blue uniforms, dress caps of russet belts. Maj. Charles A. Abbott U s. A. retired will attend the encampments as inspection officer of the Rhode Island National guard. 
 Israel Clark Chapman, over 90 years of age, was fourd drowned in a brook a bout quarter of a mile from his home on the Pendleton Hill road in the town of North Stonington Sunday morning His cows failed to return home Thursday night and he went in search of them at Il o'clock Friday morning. The cows put in an appear ance that night. but MT. Chapman did not. He resided with his daughter, Mrs. Nathan Brown, a cripple. who lost her foot in a railroad accident some years ago. She went to the residence of William l.. Main and reported the facts. Mir Main and John Geer fn'sti- tuted a search until after midnight but without avail The search was renew ed Saturday morning. the searching c1uding MT. Cha pman's son Alonzo of Mystic. This party made search in the swampy and rocky section of the farm with the aid of lanterns but found no trace of the missing man. and the search was abandoned until Sunday morning. when the search par ty was reinforced by many Solunteers from the surrounding country.
 About o'clock Sunday morning the body of AIr Chapman was found in the brock. which is located in southeast erly direction from the house. It is evident that he stumbled and fell into the brook~and was unable to rise: prob ably being stunned by his head com ing in contact with a rock. Dr. George D. Stanton, medical examiner, after in vestigation, gave verdict that cause the remains were removed by the un dertaking firm of H. E. Gavftt & com pany of Westerly.
 Although 90 years of age Mir. Chap man was able to do the small chores about the house. He was generally known throughout the section where he resided. Three years ago he be- came lost in the woods while in search of the cows and remained out on cold and stormy night. At that time it was feared that he would be found dead but he arrived home and fully recovered from the severe exposure.
 Local Lsconics.
 Westerly Nasons visited Charity lodge of Wakefield Saturday night.
 The Shaw children. three in number. who were struck by E.. H. Buffum's automobile, have fully recovered from their injuries.
 Thomas Kippox, aged 72, died Fri day afternoon at his home in Fall River. He was father of Mrs. John G. Dutton of Westerly.
 The state board of public roads is to hold session in Westerly Monday for the purpose of registering automobiles and licensing operators.
 Joseph NJ. DusseauIt, who has been chauffeur for Miss Hattie P. Babcock, now in a sanitarium. is now in the em ploy of Bradford Shink1e of Watch Hill.
 The graduating class of the Wester- ly High school attended services at Christ Episcopal church Sunday after noon. The baccalaureate sermon was preached by Rev. William F. Williams.
 Large quantity of working materials to be used in connection with the re- construction of the Pawcatuck Valley trolley road arrived Saturday. Over