New Britain herald., 1917-05-26

among the organizations taking part were the Veterans, Sons of Veterans. Home Guard, Boy Scouts, Girl Scouts and the various school children. At the monument impressive exercises were held and the address of the af- ternoon delivered by Rev Mir. Dodge. pastor of the East. Berlin Methodist church. MT. Dodge delivered an ad- dress in keeping with the exercises in connection with the flag raising and also an inspiring talk to the Veterans Other pastors to take part in tho exer- cises were Rev. J. c. Bremen, pastor of St. Paul's church, Kensington. and Rev. s. A. Fiske, pastor of the Berlin Congregational church.
 Following the raising of the new flag there were several recitations and then all joined the school children in the singing of patriotic songs.
 Registrars Selected.
 At the conference between First &c., lectman W. I. filling and Town Clerk Francis Shaw held in the town Clerks office yesterday the following citizens were appointed to act as registrars on registration day, June 5. In the first district, E. W. Stearns and R. H. Deming: second district, c. w. Stevens. As VMOOT0 AHU JULIUS 0ISCOs lAlTu district, L. A. Westcott and E. w. Mill drum.
 It is planned to have three registra- ton places in the town or one for each district In the first djstrict the men will register in the Town hall: the meeting place for the second dis trict has not yet been selected; the third district will meet in the Wood ward building which is the regular voting place.
 Although the government regula- tions in the hands of the Connecticut authorities specified that only men- bers of such military organizations as were actually in the service Of. the United States were exempt from regis tration correction was received at the governors office yesterday to the effect that this was meant to include military organizations subject to the call by the government at any time. The Home Guard will be obliged to register as that organization is purely q state body
 Dr. Grjswold Answers Webster. Dr. R. M. Griswold. who has been criticised of late because of his acc tivities during the smallpox epidemic,
  tack made upon him by William H. ! Webster and in reply to comments 1 from the Berlin man the doctor has l issued the following statement: l "Hcw can one reply to a letter which shows so plainly that the writer not only did not know what he wanted to say, but did not know how l to say what he thought he wanted to ! say.
 ! Tt reminds one of puppy running ! around after his tail, one minute the i tail is ahead, and the next the head -, ! well: where is the head, and what in 1 the world was he trying to say, any ]. way?
 i CT have not found anyone who ] could tell what he was after. except 1 that like the puppy he was running l about after something he could not l quite catch. .r
 i "Thc whole trouble is so nearly fast. that I am not enough personal 1 ly interested to reply to MT. Webster s l mbling effnsion, in which he starts from the back door with club in one hand and pitchfork in the 1 other, and wanders around through E! tho muck and mire, looking for a 1 spdok he docs not seem able to locate, and go to the back door again.
 T aal wondering just how he feels .l after attacking a man who is trying .c do ,ais duty under very hard and l unp,en ant C csrditinns. and I am 2. espcciaI;y interested to know if it is mart cf his religion, or Is coincidenf !. will, hia code Of honor (?) to attack