Norwich bulletin., 1917-05-24

President Maurice W. Flynn, of the
Westerly town council, Town Clerk
| Everett E. Whipple and DR.. Frank
c. Pagan, the committee in charge of
registration for the selective conscrip-
| ton in Westerly, attended a meeting
| of like committees in Providence. on
| Tuesday, at the state capitol. Instruc-
lions We're given by Colonel George H.
Webb. director of consumption regis
tration, and Charles w. Abbott, Jr
| the adjutant general of the state The
duties of the committees on registra-
| ton do not close with registration day,
| but continue through the CONSUMPTION
period. All details in connection with
carrying out the proposes of the act
| of congress, subject to approval of
| the governor and adjutant general, are
placed under the direction of Colonel
| Webb. The state has been divided in
to 6S areas and a committee has been
| appointed for each to carry out such
plans as have been devised by the
| provost marshal general of the United
States through the bureau of regis
tration. This system has been planned
| for Rhode Island, there is no county
organiza ton, but the system a
system that will prevail in other states
where county organization exists.
General Abbott advocated the broad
| est publicity for the work of registra-
ton day, emphasizing the fact that
June is to be considered a day of
opportunity for young men to register
their willingness to serve their nation
| in whatever manner the country may
need their services. rather than to
consider that day as a registration
day simply for drafting men for mill
tary purposes.
The committee appointed for Hop
kinton: John S. Cole, Edwin r. Allen
and DR.. A. 3. Briggs: for Charles
town, John C Tucker, George {. Cross
and DR.. Milton Duckworth; for Mar
ragansett Henry B. Kane w. Heroert
a EnPnaE
North kingstown, George W. Sherman,
John p. B. Pierce and DIR. Harold
Metcalf: for Richmond. DIR. John w.
Saunders, Oscar F. Barber and DR.. Il
E. Rouse: for South Kingstown. Chas
Dean Kimball, Howard d. Perry and
DR.. Rowland R. Robinson.
Rev. Howard n. Benedict. pastor of
the Methodist church in Bloomfield,
and chaplain of the Connecticut house
of representatives, has accepted TIE
joint invitation of Budlong Post. Grand
Army of the Republic, and BrUcksr
Camp. United Spanish War Veterans
to deliver the address at the exercises
in the town hall on Memorial Day eve
ming. Rev. Mr.. Benedict will deliver
the memorial address at a big dem
onstration in Unionville in the after
noon. He will leave Unionville by au-
tomobile for Hartford in time to leave
on the $40 train for New Haven, ar
irving at 4.4S and leaving there at 454
Rev. Mr.. Benedict is popular with the
representatives. and it is expected that
the menu ers from Stonington, North
Stoningtor, Groton. and some other
towns in New London county, will be
present to greet the haplaIn.
Commander Shelby Nichols and
George leonard, marshal. are in
charge of the Memorial Day arrange
ments, and propose to make the pa
rade a feature of the observance. AS
the Fifth company is in the federal
service on duty somewhere in Rhode
Island" that command cannot act as
escort, as has been the custom, but
they may be supplanted by perhaps
platoon of soldiers now on duty in
Westerly, or Naval Reserves. The
procession. headed by the Westerly
band, will include, besides the Civil
war veterans, Brucker Camp of United
Spanish War Veterans, PawcatucE
Home Guard, Westerly Constabulary,
Boy Scouts. Westerly Veteran Fire
mems association. the Camp Fire Girls
school pupils, and all organizations of
a patriotic nature