Norwich bulletin., 1913-10-03
INTERESTS OF WESTERLY
Verdict For Alvin Champln Both Cases Against William A. Wilcox - Wheeman Sues Alleging lnjuries-A Few Fresh Soldiers Bring Discredt Artlerymen and Dis gust Townspeople-D. A. R. Chapter Meets.

cavalry organized into a squadron with a major and staff, but the new orders require four troops to 8 squadron, and another troop must be added or the
 office of major abolished, and the three | troops designated as separate com mandS.
 1 The state has seventeen companies of coast artillery divided into two dis 1 tricts each with a colonel and staff According to the new regulations no
 unit of less than twelve companies will be entitled to a colonel and staff and where there are less than twenty four companies only one colonel is allowed Either this branch of the service must be increased bX seven companies or | one colonel and staff will be eliminated l have 8 staff composed of 8 lieutenant ! colonel, three majors, three captains three first and three second Heuten- 1 ants for staff duty
 The members of independent char l tered commands will be deprived of the l use of government rifles, ammunition l and targets at the rifle ranges. Miss Julia Arlcine Berry died at the l home of her brother, John w. Berry, i in Newton avenue. Wednesday eve ming, in her seventieth year. She had l three years and has been weak men i tally for the greater part of that time. Soon after being confined to her bed, l three weeks since, she became men 1 tally strong and bodily weaker until 1 near the end. Miss Berry was the 1 daughter of the late MT. and Mrs. ] Weeden H. Berry. She was born in 1 Westerly and always resided here, ex- l cepting a few years when she was en- 1 gagged in the millinery business in Nor ! wich, about forty years ago. She was cousin of Eelmore Berry of that ! city. Miss Berry is survived by one 1 brother, John w. Berry, and a half ! brother, Stanton P Berry. She was ! favcraoly known in Westerly and was 1 member of the First Baptist church. 1 Twelve companies of coast artillery 1 from the island forts arrived at Fort | Mansfield, Wednesday, and for the next 1 ten days will be engaged in field man. l euVerS within an area of ten miles of 1 Westerly, remaining in the vicinity of l Watch Hill for the first four days, pre- 1 liminary to hikes, bivouacs, and gen. 1 era1 field work as infantrymen. With 1 so many soldiers mObilized several 1 miles from active civilization at this f season, it was no surprise that about { four hundred of them made a visit to l the village of Westerly Wednesday
 night Those who came were not all l of the real gOodygoody class and in i punches they did things that have l meant court martial to commissioned f~ofncers on the charge of conduct un- becoming to gentlemen and officers and preiudicial to the good name of the uniform and the service, or something along that line.
 Some of the brave boys in khaki freed from their island homes, remind ed by their acts the return of the old 1 time whalemen from a long voyage. who freed from what was considered long confinement, attempted to cele-
 brate their coming, just as they saw nit, and without regard to law, order or the conditions of regular residents
 But the old-time Jack Ashore never did what the soldiers did Wednesday night, for there were no trolley cars in the days of free rum and sailors rights
 In the trips to and from Watch Hill
 the soldiers practically took possession
 of the trolley cars. Some paid their
 fare and behaved like soldiers and gen
 tlemen en route and during their stay
 Tn Westerly Others played we'll the
 part of hoodlums, smashed car win
 dowS, purlOined framed pictures and
 other articles from saloons. smashed
 street lights and did some other things not countenanced by the great major ity of the troops.
 The members of Phebe Greene Ward chapter, Daughters of the American
 Revolution, held meeting in the as- DulIO1n2 for the last time Thursday afternoon As the hall is to be converted to the use of the junior department of the public library, the Daughters will se- cure meeting place elsewhere. There was a large attendance at the meet ing. A feature of the social session was @ musical program under the di- recuon of Mrs. Emma, s. CTitcherson
 There were piano solos by Miss Irene
 Nose, vocal selections by Miss Jesse Capron and an address on Colonial
 Music by Miss Daisy Peabody.
 Officers Of Narragansett command cry, Knights Temp!ar, were elected as follows at the annual meeting: Albert H. Spicer, Jr.- eminent commander; Arthur N. Nash, generaIissimo; Lewis
 Stanton, captain general; Harry L.
 Boles. senior warden; Louis J. Reu- ter, junior warden; Thomas McKen- zie, prelate: Russell B. Smith, treas urer: Archie c. Thompson, recorder: Randall B. Smith. standard bearer: Otis L. Burdiek sword bearer; Robert c. T1ackeray. warder: George H. Harper. captain of the guard: Will liam St, Onge. third guard: Farduhar Smith. second guard: Francis N. John son. third guard: William H. Goodyear crganfst: Robert ]. H. Bethel, assist ant organtst: Abel P. Randall. mas ter Of ceremonies: Russell B. Smith senttnei: Charles W. Willard. Thomas Mckenzie, trustees of permanent fund.
 The officers were installed by Past Eminent Commander Albert Fl. Spicer Sr A collation. and social session fol- lowed the installation