Norwich bulletin., 1917-09-07

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 in9 in honor of the Norwich ner dr4fted for the national army. The
 Aeefing was held at New London i'm
 medtately following the meeting of the lcounty committee of the state defsnss
 council. ;Th4 local cslsbx1tton is belna
 arranged in compliance with Governor
 Holcemb's recent prpclamaticn. According to the plans made Thurs
 day afternoon, the -oeiebration will be- gin at 6.80 in tho evening, when a ban quet will be held at Buckingham Me nnorfal The supper will be provided by
 the local branch of the National League for Woman's Service: of which the conclusion of the supper there will be . brief parade headed by- Tubhs' Military band. The procession after passing through ltermina.c at Union square, where a speaking program will be held with Mayor Allyn l.. Brown presiding. There will be band concert and. ps- triotic singing led by Charles D. Geer. Flags and Badges.
 Then will come the speaking, whicfa will be followed by moro patriotic with a band concert Flags will be furnished the drafted men in line and in all probability there will be attrac- tive badges with the letters N. "A. .(ndtlOnal army luScTlRGQ. !. An invitation has been extended by the committee to Captain CharlessA. Hagberg of Company K and Captain Grosvenor Ely, of Company I, Homo guard, to have the two companies act as an escort in the procession. & mittee are Mayor Allyn L. Brown. chairman, Casper K. Bailey, Charles P. Bushnell, Robert W. hscNeely and Herbert R. Branche. The committee he T. TrS ,( Uncas National bank, treasurer to take care of the money which. it will be necessar., to raise to !defray the eX- penses csz1nected with the celebration. have to be raised to take care of the expense. This money will ba raised by popu,ar subscription and there will be no soliciting.
 Honor List Board.
 The. committee has voted to have erected an honor list board in an en- closure on the easterly side of the city addresses of every Norwich man in the service. rational army, coast defense. regular army, naval reserve, navy, en- gineerinE and signal corps included. by six feet and the names will be painted on it. The letters will be two. inches in height. sf
 To Erect Bulletin Boards.
 It has also been decided to erect four bulletin boards, one at Yantic, one at Norwich Town, one in the center of the city and one at Taftville. All bull letins covering war problems with which the state has to contend will be posted on these sfgnboards through the CO., operation of the state council of de- fense. tn estimate of the committees expenses for one year places the figure at. approximately $500. which sum will be raised through volunteer subscrip ton.
 The management of the Breed the atre has extend d an invitation to the local drafted men, the two conps of the Home guard, tce town commit tee and .Tubbs Military band to at tend a sI ecial performance at the the when the picture Tire Man Who Was Afraid will be shown. The invitation has been accepted by Herbert R. Branche on behalf of the committee.
 County Committee Meets.
 At the Croeker house in New London Fhursday noon the New London county council Of defense and the New London was the regular weekly meeting of the Rotary club and as the cOugcH of de- ,ense was also meeting es the hotel the two sessions were merged. Both | and the speeches that followed were of very interesting character. For 1 ner Sta.e Senator Joseph w. Alsop of l Avon, a member of the state council 1 ,f defense, and Mayor Ernest E.. Rog ! ,rs were the speaSsrs-
 Conference Held
 After the speeches there was a con | erence at which plans were discussed l Or the purpose of educating the people I n all the towns throughout the county l n the varied lines in which all can 1 york for the benefit of the country in 1
 The following guests were present: 1 Louis 8. Lincoln of New London. Frank | ,. Doo'an, New Haven railroad; ! Thomas Kirkup, New York city; Capt. ~ A. Edgar, commander s. Naval 2eservest R. N. Smithers. Boston; w. a. Clark Bridgeport: Julian D. Moran. A S. Mckay. New London, and Mayor Alyn L.. Brown of Norwich.
 Neon A. Sprague, pree.dente of sthe Sew London Rotary club;- Introduced 'atriotic address. referring to- the fact he battle of aroton Heights.
 TslIs of State Work |
 E-state Senator Hon. Joseph wi Alsop Of Avon, who Is member of the tate council of defense, appointed by ;overnor Holcomb as chairman Of the committee, delivered an address, describing to the lotariane and defense council the york already being done by the state ouncil.
 He said:
 'In England they learned that every ,an, woman and child had to con -ibute in some manner to the war. We Till find out here that we, too, will ave to do our portion in enc way or mother. There are probably today five lillion eop1e in the United States to help along the war and is our job to get the other ninety five , ir hot an he <JA;, t- | 4 We are up against the iggest task we ever have been con .onted with. The state council is epdeavorinE to Y et the state of Connecticut to double { 2 grain crop another year. We want { increase the crop of grain. princi-t ally rye, from 5000 to 1s,e 900 bushels >xt year We have already more than oubled cur potato crop. The percent-i Ee of Increase over last year is al- { .ady 230 DOT cent"
 Senato- Alsop touched OH the coal tuAtion, referring to the appointment