Norwich bulletin., 1913-01-27

At a regular meeting of the Officers association of the Rhode Island Na- tionai Guard. held in Providence, Mai or Arthur N: Nash, of Westerly, pres ident of the association, in response to vote adopted. appointed a com mittee. on amendments to the militia, composed of AdgataAs- GeneraA. Abbott. Colonel 7'i1izngAast Major Gatchell, Captain HaAafHtoaf Captain Mare{aant and Captain RsttznaTh At the meeting suggestion Was made that 4t would be better for the service to have aH off, eezs above the grade of second lieu tezsaat appointed instead Of elected. This Is practically tile rule in Con- neetieat. 1t was stated where all va cane3es from first HeutenaRt up are filled by appointment by the adjutant general from the highest on a list of candidates. who mast be een,!aais- stoaed officers, who take a competitive examination Thus 8 company in Harferu might be ofieered by a cap tain from New Haven a first leHten- ant from New London and the sec oaa lieutenant from Hartford. the lat tes office being the only one the mem- 1ers of the conapany are permitted to have vote in filling. This is the way the Connecticut militia law is inter preted ia the adjoining state.
 Dr. Harris M. Wilder. of Smith col iege, has placed on exhibition in the Park naGgeusza, Providence two models of the heads of NaTTagansett Indians. They were T7ecoHstructed from the skulls of two NarraganSett Indians, one a male found at Jamestown, and the other a female from Indian Bury Ing hill in CAaE1eStowTs. The latter is of special Interest because it is that of the daughter of Ninigret, the NJ antic chieftain, and is an exact dnpli- cate of the model that pr. Wilder re- ceueay presented the Westerly Memo rsaa and library association and which fn5a tt,a
 The chiefs daughter died in 1860 and was buried 1n log sarcophagus, surround ed by articles of vslue in a parcel of land set aside for the pur- taken in 1856, came into the posses sion of the Rhode Island Historical society in 1862 and was later placed i'm Brown university The model in Westerly attracts much attention and the green cloth that now gIrdles the head is to be replaced by the head gear worn by the Indians over two hundred and fifty years ago.
 Four residents of the town of North Kingston died Saturday night within a few hcusrs of each other, John H. Rockwell of Nhckford, Henry M Key npllS of -A1lEntOn, Mrs Lydia. M Gar dinner of North Kingston village and Mrs. A. Iinwo0d Northup of the same Village Mr. Rockwell was born in Lfeban0n Comm, seventy years ago, and WAS d 6llIk9lN U6stkzI40f GCI Ifz11iy but later enHeRed the grocery and gen Nraa st1Hss business. He leaves widow and oLEe sDn-
 MT. Reynolds WEBS r1ty-seven yeears of age and a retired mill oper- efiwe. He WAS newer married.
 Mrs. Gardiner was eighty years of age and widow of John B. Gardiner She leaves two sons and two daugh- tsna.
 Mrs. N0rthup was thirty-three years of age, the dauganter of MT. and Mrs Henry JosneE. Besides her husband and parents, she leaves child born five days ago.
 Oliver Perry Searie, civil engineer of Prov4deace. who recently talked on sewerage before the members of the Westerly board of trade. and who aid ed in preparing a plan of sewerage for the town several years ago, has been invited to resign his office as engineer of the state Sshahfksh commission, which he has held for tBventys-tWo years He will be succeeded by Walter w. Mas sic on Feb. 1, with salary of &, 800 a. year. his work to include inspection of stakes and btIoy's
 Mir. SeaFle as engineer had been paid Q sort of sliding scale and some years Received for services to the board nearly $5500o. He also did work for the oyster men for which he received additional compensation. ~ The commission has decided to put the engineer on a salary basis, and special service for the oystermen will that the pIats which are in the pos of -i,