New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1917-12-21
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ADVISORY BOARD IS
ANXIOUS FOR WORK
But Registrars Are in No Haste
to Appear
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nMEANEST MAN" LOCATED

Orders His Namo ERASED From Last
of Members-soldier Sought by
State Police.
The advisory board selected to as
sist the local drafted men in filing
out their questionnaires Is meeting
regularly at the Business Mems rooms
and at other places that have been
chosen for the work. Registrars are
not appearing as they should in order
to complete the job which is long
and arduous task, and 1t seems that
the men do not understand the great
amount Of work involved in the
making out of these papers which are
important and which must be abso-
lutely correct in every detail. The
men are asked to fill out as COM
pletely as possible the questions asked
and to come to the Advisory board
with those questions with which they
f1nd any dif1culty. The question
naires are long and in one instance
one man worked almost for an hour
before he had his completed. AS
these Questionnaires are to be re-
turned as soon as possible and not to
be kept longer than seven days at
the most, little more speed is urged
by the committee in charge OF those
who have this duty to perform.
Mail Being Held Up.
Congestion in the transportation of
Christmas mail is being experienced
by Postmaster Prior. The incoming
mail Is arriving regularly but the
trouble seems to lie with the outgoing
matter which is being held up due
to the overlooking of trains and be-
cause OF the fact that they are TAX
ing only first class mail and neglect
Ing parcels which are taking a back
seat as to the matter Of classification.
Seek Absent Soldiers.
Members of the state police were
In town this morning in search of
soldiers who were forbidden to leave
their barracks, and who have taken
French leave of Camp Devens Many
have been ordered to spend their
Christmas at the camp and it appears
as though the men were not exactly
in accord with the wishes of the mill
tary officials in regard to this ruling
There is no place like home when it
comes to enjoying the Christmas ho1i-
days. -
War Department Mail.
Official war departing mail is
awaiting claimants at the post Office
and as this is matter which concerns
the drafted men it is very important
that it be called for Immediately.
Those having mail are Petro Martinez
Ii and Angelo Fornari Of White Oak.
... Plainville Briefs.
The local barber shops will keep
open until II o'clock on Monday night
and will be closed all day Tuesday.
Ressie Mcleod, who is stationed at
Fort Socum, has written to his brother
and states that he has received his
uniform and Is expecting to be sent
across for active service on the battle
front. He enlisted in the ordnance
department as a machinist.
The Plainville Trust company have
received it's calendars for the year
1918 and will begin the. distribution
among it's customers on Saturday
morning.
400 New Red Cross Members.
According to the latest report re-
Earding the progress of the campaign
which is being waged for members for
the Red Cross society, total of 400
members has been secured and prep
arations are underway for the nnal
big drive, which will be made today |
and Saturday, to endeavor to come as |
near as possible to the required num-
Der, which is 1000. 1t is hoped that !!
the public will answer the call of hu-
manity and do it's share in this most
work.
A report has been made OF what |
purports to be one of the most In