Norwich bulletin., 1915-11-06

| feel mere secure with such compe- tent ana untiring health officer as pr. J. Torrington Black.
 Now that big increase in the salary of a city official has been started, let the good work go on and be extended to the police department and every other department in the city, including the salary of the mayor. which is | about one-third of the amount of sal- ary which small majority of the court of common council has voted to Dr. Black. Then, perhaps, all the tax payers will rise up as one man and call the city fathers blessed. While in the salary raising game it has been suggested that all the members of the present city government get together and try to arrange by some hook or l crook way in which they can get pay their fellow citizens. It seems all wrong for any of the city officials to serve without pay, and all ought to get tl.eir full share of the city's in come by another increase in taxation, and to this the true citizen would not object, especially in these times when | the cost of living is so high.
 The officers sand men of the sub marine base in appreciation of the hearty reception given them by the people of New London met in mass
 
 to maintain the reputation already es- tablished for sobriety and good be- havious. There were talks by the commissioned and. enlisted men of the station and there was tacit under standing that there would be no drinking to excess and that all would he on their honor when on leave in , the city, and that all would be in as good condition as when on the duty at the station or on duty on the sur face or underneath the surface of the waters Under these conditions if any one the sailor men should get un- der the influence of strong drink they would be drowned upon by their ship mates and not considered to be fit as- 1 sociates. There was no attempt to form a general total abstinence so- eiety or even drinking to moder- l ation society. but just a plain under standing that they would behave like men, and not like hoodlums That was all. and with the honor string at- tached it is enough.
 The tackles of the submarine base will endeavor to have the annual BIueiackets' ball at New London. in stead of at Newport. in the early part | of next year. For many years this has been an event of considerable so- eial importance even in fashionable Newport and it served as social | 6dIIlSf1HS sWAeTc the TfCn CldSS com l mingled with others and for the oc- casion at least all present were on l the same social plane. This ball is not a money making affair and all l the expenses are borne by the naval men and the sky is the limit in the l expense of making the annual bali l the biggest kind of a big social suc- cess The very best of music is ob- 1 tained. the decorations are not stinted l and there are always some entirely new features. It is a reception of 1 the jaelzies to the people. and with 1 the sole purpose of cementing friend 1 ship between the officers and the en l listed men. and the good will of the especially the ladies. The annual con certs and balls given by the. Steamer City of Worcester association, years l ago, were noted for their splendor and no expense was spared in theii preparation and in the Introduction oi some novel features in decoration or | in beautiful souvenir, or both. These I annual events have ceased to be such I many years ago, and they have never been replaced
 But when compared with the bic 1 concert and ball of the tackles, they i are lost in the halo that surrounds that of the boys of the United States navy. If that event is transferred 1 from Newport to New London the the tackles at their best as public en- I tertainers and give tie public a clear. CT conception of the general character of the young men who wear the navy blue. Plans are now well under way