Norwich bulletin., 1917-08-30

Corps at Jail Farn1-Supplies for
 Home Guard Camp Arriving-con
 necticut Mills Company to Have
 5oo,ooo Gallon Reservoir.
 Harry F. Back. Jr. and Samuel Back left Wednesday evening for Get | tysburg, where they are to be guests, ct the great army cantonment. of their U. s. A.
 To Addres. D. A. R.
 At an open meeting of Sarah Will Hams Danielson chapter. D. A. R.. in the vestry of the Congregational church this afternoon Mrs. Angie War ren Perkins will speak on The Russia of Yesterday and of Today.
 Securing Tents.
 Captain F. O. Huntingdon said We'd nesday that tents are being secured for the over Sunday and holiday camp of the Home Guard company. Up to | Wednesday about half the number of tents that will be required had been secured.
 Holiday hours will be observed at the Danielson post office next Mon close at 11.so a. m. for the day.
 It is thought that the registration at the high school this fall may be l somewhat reduced by reason of the | might otherwise continue their studies | will be lured into industrial lines by | the nigh wages obtalnable.
 Electric Welding Machine
 The Shore Line Electric Railway i company has sent to Danielson an l electric welding machine, which will do 1 the bonding work on the new line of rails being laid in a section of Main | street. The machine is so mounted as | to run over the trolley line. Married Men to Appeal. 1 In view of President Wilson's com ment on the taking of married men 1 for service in the draft army. a mum 1 Der of men of that class who are res | dent in this vicinity are to file ap- peals with the district board Laying New Track. | A force of men of the Shore Line 1 of laying new ties and track along Main street. northward from the Con 1 Sregational church to the borough line, l this being the extent of the new con 1 crete roadway to be laid by the state. It is expected that this new section of l track will be completed within the next ten days The work being done makes a trolley transfer necessary. Can Go to Aver. Men in this district who have been called and accepted in the draft and who are cooks or former members of a military organization may have the privilege of going to camp at Aver, Mass, with the first of the contingents,
 
 application to the exemption boarS. Some men who are not cooks or who have not had military training are all ready pleading for opportunity to be among the first away from camp.
 Two on Roll of Honor.
 The current issue of the Telephone l Bulletin, official publication of the S. l W. E. Telephone company, prints a roll | of honor of employees who are to leave i it's service to do their bit for Uncle i SaTR ator-s 1f [ In this list appears the names of two | members of Wire Gang No. 14 with l headquarters at Danielson-Nincent E. | Gartland, lineman. and R. E. Lane l driver.
 Messrs. Garland and Lane are still | On duty here. but expect a call for . service at any time.
 This vicinity. during the past few days, has witnessed two fragrant usur- pations of authority by men who have taken upon themselves privileges that belong only to officers; It may become a fad hereabouts to invest 1 ones self with the right to do things that only an official really has. but it is fad that isn't going to be pop ular in some quarters and will bring retribution on the heads of the over CfficiOus.
 Biq Corps at Jail Farm.
 The Windham county jail farm is producing a large crop this season, | probably a larger one than in any of the years IIldl nave gone DcIOIt 1 Hde1 l careful management. many acres of the farm have been kept highly culti- Vated this season and the returns from these acres within the next few weeks will be surprisingly large, although no definite information to the pros poets are being given out. Thirteenth Company in Fine Form.
 Sergeant Charles Rapp. who visited at his home here from Fort Terry, says that the Thirteenth company is rap | idly developing in knowledge of and efficiency in things military and that it is fast becoming splendidly fitted command. When the company went away from here many Of the recruits were with 1 cut uniforms or other equipment. but : they are fully equipped for service now and are fast becoming acquainted with 7 the multitude of duties that devolve l ' upon them soldiers. The general health of the company , is al a very high standard and there f has been vast improvement in the : health of some young men who have come from inside work to the open and vigorous life they are now leading. insulting to Defenders of the Country. ' The printed statement that Kill z ngly may get no-icense because so many rum votes have gone with the , soldiers" doesn't read well to the rel | atives and friends of men who have \ given up home and almost everything = lear to them to fight for their coun-
  nave read the statement have said | hinSs that wouldn't look well in print. Insulting to the defenders of the l. is the words in which one F business man of the borough charac- ] eriZes the slur members of the Thirteenth company.
 The irony of the whole proposition, hough. lies in the fact that the men eferred to supposedly supporters f a license policy in Killingiy have nlisted in the service that comes un- er the rule prohibiting the sale of liquors to men in the uni orm of the United States army. These nen, therefore, who have voluntarily V laced themselves under real prohibit | V ion rules. are gladly wished away so ~ hat they won't help Killingly to li- s' ense vote. o The man who wrote the line that u as caused such adverse comment 1 youldn't get any gold medals from al he patriotic members of the Thir- I< senth if they were passing out dec m ratiOnS, no indeedy. e