Norwich bulletin., 1917-06-19
STATE Is DISPLAYING
 ITS PATRIOTISM.
Every Town Doing its Bit in Fight for
 PemooraeY.

S1ble even to guess the exact num- Der of people within the state conscien- tiously endeavoring to do their part,
 replies received by the Connecticut l State Council of Defense to circular
 recently sent out. indicate that vast
 number are working along patriotic l lines and that there is not town in
 the state which has not some organ l 1zatfon or group of persons trying to serve to the best of their ability. The l defense council has a committee, of which former Governor Frank B. | Weeks is chairman, which will have as its work the great task of co-or- dinatiug the many agencies which are doing war work of one kind or anoth- 1 CT and to this committee the many re- | plies to the circular already received have been referred.
 How to serve Without Waste of Time or Energy" was the title of the message sent to all parts of the state | by the defense council. 1t outlined the objects of the state council and its relations to the federal government as | an arm of the Council of National De- fense, and urged individuals to report to the council the various activities in their communities, so that needless Implications might be avoided and Connecticut be put in a position to go ahead with its war work in the most en1cient manner possible. The re- | plies have made it plain that the pa- tI lOblSiii SOUHHCIlCuI 1dS D6Gn aroused and that there are a great number doing their bit' to the limit of their time and ability.
 The defense council is anxious to hear from all organizations or groups
 which are engaged in patriotic work, in order that the replies telling what each is doing may be referred to
 Former Governor Weeks committee, of which Rev. Dr. J. J. McCoolS is a
 member, and for witch several addi- tional members soon will be named. few of the replies aiready receiv- ed indicate the spirit with which Con before them. For instance, Rev. Ly- l man s. Johnson of New Britain, Civil War veteran who served with General Joseph R. Hawiey's famous Seventh C. ", has written the coun- ell that, although he is in his eigh- teenth year and has been forced into the retired list under the advice of phy sicians, he has taken up the work of Captain Clarence M. Thompson of Company IT, First Connecticut In- fantry. allowing Captain Thompson to join the colors without reeling that his work will not be taken care of in his absence. Captain Thompson is secre- tary of the Connecticut Prison associ- ation and his duties consist of talking
 with the men who leave the state J1ris-
 on at Wethersfield and starting them
 on the right track when they regain their freedom. MT. Johnson, in his
 letter, says, "I deem this a temporary appointment, but for the time being
 it releases one for active service. If
 there is anything else I can do to aid
 the country in it's present crisis,
 hope to be responsive to your call"
 Dr. R. NJ. Griswold Of Kensington, who represented the town of Berlin in the legislature of 1915. has written
 that he Is GA years old but is ready to serve in any capacity for. which he is
 fitted. He says that he is enrolled for service as coast pilot between Bos- ton and Stamford and is ready to take
 up that line. of work if he can take so somewhere elsc. He is also quail
 fled, he says, for work as instructor in target or rife work, or service in base hospital. His son. pr. M. IT. Griswold, is with the Medical Reserve corps at Fort Benjamin Harrison.
 Judge Epapnroditus Peck of Bris- tol has written, "f the Connecticut Council has any work in Bristol Cor out of iD to which they would like to assign me, I shall be glad to un- dertake it, if within my powers"
 F. c. Buckland of New Haven. an official of the New Haven road, b all ready acting a chief of railroad trans portation for the Home Guard under appointment by the Military Emergen- cy Board and writes that he is ready to offer his services for any place he may be able to fill.
 D. A. R. in State Active.
 The council or detense has received a long letter from Mrs. John Laidlaw Buei of Litchfieid, state regent of the Daughters of the American Revo- lution. in which she outlines the splendid work being done by the fifty chapters of the D. A. R. throughout the state and says. "I should be glad of any advice that may assist me in CO., ordinating our work with that of oth- CTS and that will avoid confusion and duplication"
 Ministers Helping.
 Rev. Dr. William Horace Day pas tor of the United church of Bridgeport, has written the council. enclosing a copy of the blank used for the census of resources which has been taken in his church, and offers cooperation with the council.
 Rev G. Whftefeld Simonson, minis ter of the Methodist Episcopal church 1 of Seymour has sent to the council a | request for suggestions as to what he | can do personally and what his church can do. of the Bridgeport Business Mems as letter in which he says that his organ | lzation will assist in any way which | the council may indicate.
 Tn addition to tsese, scores of let | ters have been received from individ- | uals in all parts of the state, outlin | ing what they are doing Tn Red Cross | work in connection with the National | League for Womens Service. for the | comforts committee of the Navy | Lea gue of the United States and along other important war work lines