Norwich bulletin., 1917-06-16
MAYORS HOLD THEIR
 MIDSUMMER OUTING
Heard Address on Police Preparedness by Hon. Clinton Rogers Woodruff.

Mayors of Connecticut, past and present. with their guests, to the num- Der of about 40 met in New London on Thursday for the midsummer meeting of the Mayors association of Con recticut. The out of-town committee. headed by Mayor Ernest F. Rogers and including all the living ex-mayors Of the cfty-Thomas NJ. Waller, James s P. Johnson, M. Wilson Dart, Benjamin l.. Armstrong and Bryan F. Mahan.
 4 shore dinner and a cruise on the river were the principal features of the day. This midsummer meeting is for pleasure only and all business was tabooed.
 After the dinner the gathering was addressed by Hon. Clinton Rogers Woodruff. secretary of the National Municipal league, and E. C. Ginty Of there Their, subjects were Police Preparedness, a topic they handled expertly from the standpoint of long experience in police work Speaking directly to the proposition of police preparedness in. cooperation with mil itary officials Former Chief Ginty said
 Tn regard to the preparation for war, I wish to say to those who are to make such preparation there are one or two things the police can do. I can name half a dozen high police officials of the state, who with the aid of a couple of assistants could show the soldier boys nearly every mile of ground in and around it and could tell the names of the. various factories and the goods they produce, together with the names of those who own and manage these plants: they also know, if not the names the faces of half the people in the state and they do not require any maps or figures to go by. Their years of practical cx- perfence have given them this knowl edge and the government and the gov ernOr of our state should have it at his command. The men I could select would be honest, careful and thorough officers, whose instinct and years Of training in police duties have made them practical for this particular work"
 Mayor Harold M. Meech of Middle town, president of the association, presided at the meeting. The officers of the association are Mayor Rogers J. Milton Coburn of Norwalk, secre- tary
 After the address the mayors and their guests motored to the public from the submarine base for the cruise of the river. The party inspected the submarine base, the state pier, the municipal wharf, the New London Ship & Engine Go. plant and the Coast Guard academy at Fort Trumbulf
 In the party were these members of the association and guests:
 Ex-Governor Thomas NJ. Waller Mayor Harold NJ. Meech of Middle town, Mayor George Quigley of New Britain, Mayor Allyn L. Brown of Nor wich, Mayor and Mrs. Daniel P. Dunn of Willimantic, Mayor Frank A. flag arty of Hartford, ex-Mayor Louis R. Cheney of Hartford, ex-Mayor Louis R. Cheney of Hartford, ex-Mayor Tim othy c. Murphy of Norwich, ex- Mayor Benjamin l.. Armstrong of New Lon don, exMayor Bryan F. Mahan cf New London, ex-Mayor NJ Wilson Dart of New London, James Cray, John c. Treat, Joseph A. Cooke, Dr. J. Milton Coburn, Dr. Frank King City Clerk Joseph H. Provost of Stamford. ex-Police Chief E. C. Gfnty of Danbury, P. M. Talcott, A. M Ruth erford, H. A Trimbell, Mrs. Jenkins of Willimantic, Arthur Connors, J. B. Cameron, r. A. Cole, Aldermen John F. Murray, F. l.. Wuest, c. c. Perkins and c. W. Thompson, Prosecuting At torney Daniel M.. Cronin, Clerk of the Board of Assessors, Frederic Bur rows, Theodore Bodenwein, John Humphrey, Thomas K. Egan. Alder man Henry c. Chappell, ex-A1derman Samuel NJ. Prentis. all of New Lon don. and Arthur G. Croweu of Nor uyic1