Norwich bulletin., 1917-08-02
MANY EXEMPTION CLAIMS
Few Unmarried Men in the List.E:;-
 animation Begin Today.

Claims for exemption began to pour into the office of the exemption board for this district during Wednesday !. and if this stampede for relief from military service may be taken as an indication of what is to follow, it would seem that hundreds of men have no taste for taking part in the fight to make the world safe for de- mocracy.
 To the credit of the unmarried men who are citizens of the country it may be recorded that few claims for eX- emption have come as yet from them. The claims are coming from the aliens, and from married men, class es in which there is to be a very heavy per centage of exemptions.
 In this district the first eighty men of the double quota of 23S men sum moned for examination will be on hand at the superior court room to- day.
 The first group of forty is ordered to report at a.. m., the second group Of 70 at D. m.
 It's going to be a busy day for the exemption board members the physi- clans and others associated with them. By tonight it is hoped that the de- velopments of the day will shed some light on various phases of. the draft matter that have been the subject of every general speculation; for instance the probable number that have to be examined before the districts quota of 119 men is supplied and as to how general and how legitimate the claims for exemption are to be.
 Many of the young men have signi- fled their wish to appear and have their fate decided one way or the other.
 Others are not so anxious and some there may be who have thought of not appearing at all. This latter class, # it develops that there is such a class, will be registered as accepted for mIl- itary service.
 Criminal Session In October.
 Under a special act passed by the legislature of 1917. the session of the Windham counyt superior court for criminal business will not come in this fall until October. Heretofore this session has been regularly scheduled for the first Tuesday in September. This year the civil session of court will be in September, as usual.
 The change in the time for holding the criminal session means that per sons awaiting trial and held at Brook Iyn jail will have an extra month of before they learn the disposition of their cases. Went With Roosevelt Hospital Unit.
 Miss Ruth Daniels. daughter of Mir and Mrs. F. J. Daniels, has written an letter describing the trip across the Atlantic of the Roosevelt hospital unit of which she Is a nurse member. An American destroyer picked up their ship off the Irish coast and conveyed it safely through the | worst danger zone and safely into port | The Roosevelt unit will serve in | France.
 Registrars to Meet.
 Registrars Hermon G. Carver and | George Povin will be in session to- morrow to make a legal enrolment of | the voters of Putnam, as equired by | law, and to make such changes in the | list as may be necessary. This work | is preparatory to the fall elections.
 Prohibition camapign.
 Tn line with the nationwide prohi- bition movement. sweepng forward over wet lands with such remarkable swiftness, will be an unusual effort in Putnam this fall to place this town among the no-iicense towns of the state. The campaign this issue here is expected to be the most active in years.
 Water Economy Enioined.
 in view of the shortage of water for the supply of the city. a statement relative to the matter was issued by the board of water commissioners, Dum ping station are being kept run hing day and night the reserve sup ply in the standpipe can be in- creased. The shortage has become a natter of acute interest this week, when lawn sprinklers have been run iberally sand much extra water used about homes and grounds in an en- leavor to offset the effects of the heat wave. This cooperation of the people |