Norwich bulletin., 1917-02-15

| Ices or both political parties of each council chamber Tuesday night. Theo- Idore BodenWein was chosen to pre- side and George A. Sturdy acted as
 Every ward was represented and fconsiderab1e enthusiasm was mani tested. Reports from the various wards showed that practically all Preliminaries for the canvass had Each ward has been plotted out ira- to small sections. and canvasser as- signed to each section. These sec tions are so small that it win not take a canynsser long to cover it. The canvassers will be provided with book and in this he is to rec ord the number of each house in his
 section ana the number of males over
 male over Is he is to leave a military
 list to be filled out. Next day he
 will return and collect the blanks If any male falls to turn in his blank 1t
 will be necessary to hunt him up and
 get the deeired information.
 "Wednesday morning the conznnis-
 sions or warrants for the canyassers
 arrived. It was decided at Tuesday rnittee to issue 1o.o0O cards to be dis
 tributed with tl1e blanks. bearing some explauatory matter for the benefit of those who will be asked to sign the blanks. The cards contain two sec tions and are signed by the name of Mayor Rogers.
 The cards read as follows:
 ..g,s whO ,ad Is naahing snis esasusg s,.,s ,v -, thority of the law.
 .'How will these lists be used?
 The information contained in the blanks will be tabulated by competent to the personal care of the governor. Each person whose name is filed may, rest assured that the information con tained in the census will be used in case of necessity solely for the pur- pose of placing the nations burden fairly upon all. taking into account the situation of each individual, his physical condition. whether he is mar ried or single. and whether he has de- pendents Each. person may assume that he will be expected to do no more than others will be asked to do whose classification is substantially the same as his.
 Answering the questions of the blank is not an enlistment
 NA ready response Is expected from the citizens of New London"
 The canvass will be divided into wards, the two ward committees of each ward directing the work Each as soon as he has collected the blanks in his section will turn them in to one of his ward chairmen, and the latter will in turn deliver them to Charles B. Douglass, chairman Of the executive committee, in the mu- nicipa1 building. Here the blanks will be tabuiated upon card system. the then the original blanks will be for warded to the governor at Hartford. During the progress of the canvass the returns will be telephoned to Hartford fully informed as to the progress being made.
 The Connecticut legislature, which meets in Hartford every second year to
 fox- he -&1 n2hA 2 new law on Feb. by which it directed Governor Marcus H. Hoicomb to have 3 census taken of all the men In the state The law was passed after the Islature and told the members that the state should know all about every man living here, so that, if there should sver be need of men to defend their homes and the homes of others living Tn Connecticut. the state would know all about it's resources
 This is to be known as the Connecti- sut military. census, and Governor HoI- comb has appointed large number of nen to assist in taking it. The work s now being done. Governor Hoicomb las explained that the information col ected will be carefully preserved and hat it will be put into a code before | is filed away so that no one but an ,ff1cial connected with the governors ,fffce can tell what it all means. Ev- 1 .ry man in the state will be asked to | i've this information. Every good | ,ftizen will give it willingly. The law | passed by the legislature makes it | necessary for all to answer the census l akers' questions.
 The census is only to collect know 1 edge that would be of benefit to the | tate in a. critical hour; no man will 1 ,e called upon because of it for any nere than he would be called upon by | he government of tho Jrr'ted States l ven though no census had been taken.
 It will save much time 1or the census aker if every reader of this paper eads over the questions to be asked | nd is ready to answer when the cen us taker asks him for the informa- ion.