Norwich bulletin., 1911-03-23
DONOVAN OPPOSES
ARMoRY APPROPRIATIONS
Willimantie Delegation Makes Strong
Argument for Ono in Their City.
Especial to The Bulletin.)

Especial to The Bulletin.)
Hartford. March 22-Senator Jere-
miah Donovan threw a bombshell at
the appropriations committee. Wednes-
day afternoon, when he dropped in
while the hearings on bills providing
Tor the erection of state armories at
W1lHnantic, Winsted and Branford
We're under way and going as smooth
~ as zephyr on summer day.
Too Much Spent for Armories.
Unabashed by all that the senator
heard as to the desirability and neces-
slty Of such structures in the cities
named, he opened up with a broadside
that set everyone in the room to the
task of listening to what he had to
say.
There has got to be limit to this,
numbered the senator; too much mon
ey has already been spent for state
armortes; you have got to stop it.
There are now more armories in the
state than are needed. You are spend
ing the states money and you haven't
got it to spend.
More Necessary Things Than Armories
There are more necessary uses for
the states money than building of ar
mories, continued . Senator Donovan,
with great veflemence, in reply to a
question from Representative Dunn Of
Willimantic. member of the commit
tee, adding that two wrongs do not
make one right whiclis was said with
reference to the suggestion that state
money goes for other purposes less
necessary than Arnories.
Would Disband Military Companies
Asked as to what he would do with
military companies in Connecticut thai
are inadequately provided for in the
way of quarters. the senator snapped
back to Senator Peck, chairman of the
committee, that he would disband
them. We are overburdened with COM
panies, continued Senator Donovan.
The plan seems to be to plant armor-
les all over. the state that the people
of the communities where they are
placed may lay claim to having a state
building. He thought 1000 national
guardsmen, out of the 1,o00, 900 people
in the state, was sufficient for Con-
necticut.
favor OF having an armory at Will
mantle was as less spectacular as it
was different from the opposition which
SO unexpectedly developed.
Big Delegation from Willimantie.
Willimantic sent a strong deIega ton
to state the need of the armory, these
men being representatives of many i'm
portant interests in the city. All were
not heard because of lack of time.
L .
Sullivan, Attorney E. Frank Bugbee,
all Of Willimantic, Adjt. Gen. George
M. Cole, Col. John Hickey and Col.
r. j. Goodwin Of Hartford all spoke
for the armory, presenting evidence to
show that the quarters at present oc-
scupied by the Willimantic company is
inadequate for its use and that new
building is quito necessary.
Company Now Drilling in Hall.
The company now drills in a hall
that is rented for only 1 hour and Is
minutes each week and is in many
ways unsatisfactory and undesirable
for use for military purposes.
The speakers presented to the COM
mittee the fact that the Willmantic
company is one of marked efficiency,
and deserves to have quarters such as
are essential to it's best interests The
difficulties under which the company
now does its work We're strongly set
forth.
Representative Dunn Urges Bill.
Representative Dunn, being a mem
Der OF the committee, spoke but brief
ly on the bill, but urged that it was
measure that should receive favora-
BILE consideration.
The Senator Donovan furry came at
tho Close nf tho h