Norwich bulletin., 1912-01-01

Sergeant Abraham L. Riley Of Fort
Adams, detailed with the Rhode Island
National guard will begin his course
Of Instruction in second class gunners
work tonight (Monday) and continue
tGr the balance of the month and will
have three sessions With the coast ar
ullery companies. The district COM
pany commanders will see that all nom
commissioned officers receive this in
struction which will be conducted by
weekly schedule. The instruction will
be Followed by first class gunnery anu
gun commanders work and il is eX-
pected that all non- commissioned off,
GERS will avail themselves OF the OPP
portunity 10 acquire the knowledge
necessary for their positions. lnstruc-
ton Will be given to tie Fifth company
al the aTmery in Westerly Jan. IL and
Jan. "a.
The present strength of the national
guard Of the state is 113 officers and
1888 men, a total Of 1881. 1t is di
vtded as follows; Headquarters and
staff departments, IA officers and four
men; First district, Coast Artillery
corps, SO officers and 40 men; Second
district, SO officers. 453 men; cavalry
squadron, 1 officers, 176 men; Battery
A. 3 officers, 81 men; Hospital corps,
3 officers, 40 men; Signal corps, off,
GERS rs men. This latter organization
has just been disbanded and the men
transferred to the Seventeenth COM
pany, Coast Artillery corps.
Articles of association have been
filed in the office of the secretary Of
state Incorporating the Westerly Sun,
10 be known as The Utter company.
The incorporators are Congressman
George H. Utter, his son, George Ben
jamin Utter, the present manager of
the newspaper and plant and another
son. Dr. Henry E. Utter, who has no
direct connection with the newspaper.
Attorney General elect Herbert A.
Rice has announced that Immediately
following Inauguration, Tuesday, he
will appoint Harry P. Cross, the pres
ent second assistant attorney general
! to be first assistant; Abbott Phillips
| second assistant, and A. A. Capotosto
| third assistant. 1t will be the first
time that Rhode Island has had a third
| assistant by appointment from the at
torney generals department 1t has
! been the custom to engage lawyer as
| needed to aid the other assistants. Mr.
| Cross has been connected with the de-
! rartment for three years. The others
| are new appointees and all are resi-
dents Of Providence.
Michael Shea, hard drinker, who
| reformed, and after three years Of
| total abstinence, but who fell from
! grace about two months ago, was sen
| fenced Saturday by Judge Williams in
! the Third district court to q term OF
1 six months in the state workhouse as
/ a common drunkard Shea was con-
/ victed of the charge three weeks ago
/ but sentence was suspended on his
! promise 10 reform. Friday night he
was arrested for drunkenness and the
! imposition Of the sentence was the re-
! suit.
What led to the arrest of Shea Fri
day night was the theft Of a hen. a
I fancier had purchased a Plymouth
| Rock Of high breed for 81 and had tht
| hen in a bag en- route for home, his
intention being to prepare the bird fol
| exhibition at the show next week Of tht
South County Poultry association. FL
| stopped in saloon, placed the bag anC
hen in d corner while transactins
/ business with the bartender Whe1
| no came into the saloon Shea wal
there AS he was about to depart i
was noticed that Shea. the bag and tn,
hen were missing The facts were re
ported to Chief Brown and in q shor
time Shea was arrested and the heI
| recovered from a person who had pur'
/ chased it OF Shea for 80 cents. NJ
charge was preferred against Shea il
this transaction, sentence on thu
charge pending being deemed punish
| ment sufficient.