Norwich bulletin., 1913-10-15

Na7or Arthur N- Nash of Westerly
 arded .the first battalion. with
 f.lu Lester S- Hill as adjutant and
 5ourdon \. Babcock, also of
 ~tr. commanded the second bat
 with Captain Clarence W.
 H-il as adjutant, in the first regi-
 la. parade of the season of the
 et district Coast Artillery corps,
 lde Island National guard. in Prov -.- nee Monday night Colonel Charles r TiuinghaSJ was in command, with waller T. Sweet adjutant In addition Io The parade there were company drills. me Fourth and Fifth (Wester- lsn companies united in their drill, which was devoted to marching, man usi of arms, bayonet and set-up exer- cises-
 The Second. Third. Fourth and Seventh companies held a battalion drill under command of Major Nash, with Captain Henry R. Congdon as ad5utanL
 The annual meeting of the board of control. consisting of the field officers and company commanders, will be held Thursday evening Important matters that are to be considered will include the freasurer's report the election of a treasurer and the advisability of hold ing company competitive drills The EI1Lh company, WesterlS is privileged to bs rspresented by one of the Tesi- dent majors
 aaaator Louis w. Arnold of the state commission of the new courthouse has delivered that section of the building designed as police headquarters to Thomas E. Brown, chief of police, and the comfortable quarters were occupied for the first time Tuesday The old quarters in the basement of the old town hall are vacated and now the work of remodeling the whole building for training school purposes will go forward under the direction of the school committee
 The courthouse has not yet been formally accepted by the state, as sat ssfsctory title to the site hindered, psr1 of the land owned by the fire dis tTict being required. Now all obsta- cIes are removed and Q clear title deed will soon be transferred Senator Ar mold recently opened the building for court purposes and decided not to de- lay the occupancy of police headquar- 1ers any longer Although the quar- rers are in the state building the town has supplied all the furnishings the light and the heat, and the state has rile privilege Of using the cell room whenever occasion requires, so the matter of rental from the town to the sta1e Is not of material consequence.
 The police headquarters are in the basement of the building. with entrance af the resr end. To the right of the entrance Is the squad room and to the left the chiefs office, with a small room adjoining to be used in emer- Eency accident cases. These rooms are large and extend the full width of the building. The cell room in the rear of the squad room is large, light and airy in the center is a group of eight steel cells. with all sanitary improve ments The whole quarters are com pieteiy furnished and designed for the comfort and convenience of the police officers and the unfortUnates who are in their temporary custody.
 Two Italian ~orl<men engaged in building a cessPooi in the rear of the nrei1oUSe in Union street had a re- markable escape from serious injury Nj fonday afternoon The cesspool is about ten feet square and ten feet deep built of granite and was almost completed: in fact, One-half of the big capstone was in place. Two labor CTS were at work in the enclosure when uddenly an entire side caved in. the varied sized pieces of granite being bottom Of the cesspooi. How the two men escaped being caught in the fall ing mass is beyond explanation The shOveis the men were using were smashed and the croWbars were held tightly by the mass of rocks.
 The cave-in was so sudden that Colonel Albert N. CrandaI. general standing near the edge was carried 1 along with the gravel that followed the falling wall into the excavation. He, i too. escaped injury.
 William Q. Bacon, supervisor elect l Of the schools of Westerly, Is a mem l