Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1917-03-29

Montpelier. March ee.--A $1,000. 900 appro-
priation by the General Assembly for
the purpose Of carrying out the pro-
visions OF legislation already passed ana
now pending In the Vermont Legislature
relative to military affairs. such part or
all of the same TO be expended a. neces-
sity requires. was recommended In reso-
luton adopted this evening at a meeting
OF the executive committee Of the YER
mont committee OF public safety, at which
all members were present. The resoiu-
ton further stated that this action was
taken after careful consideration OF the
existing military necessity and upon con-
ference with the ad5utant-general of the
State.
NINE SUB-COMMIrTEEs.
follows:
Clothing and equipment Of troops. ex-
Gov John A. Mead OF Rutland (chair-
mani, r. H. Babbitt Of Bellows Falls.
|C. 8. Skinner OF Orleans. r. 8. Page Of
Hyde Park and Charles g. Lord Of Winoo-
ski.
Transportation. ex.Gov. +. g. Smith Of
st. Adams (chairman), George II. Prouty
Of Newport. II. B. Folsom OF Lyndon
Vile. s. 8. Cotton Of Rutland. J. J. Flynn
OF Burlington and /. II. LaFleur Of Mid
dlebury.
Military organization and recruiting.
Col. J. G. Estey Of Brattleboro (chair-
mani. H. s. Foster Of Calais. the Rev.
d. J. O'sullivan OF st. Adams. Alexander
Ironsides of Barre. DR.. II. c. Tinkham Of
River Junction.
Food production and conservation. ex-
Gov. Charles w. Gates (chairnan). Har-
land B. Howe of st. Johnsbury, W. N.
Cady Of Middlebury. A. A. Dunklse of
Vernon. John g. Sweeney Of Island Pond
and H. N. Mattison Of Chelsea.
| Publicity. Frank r. Howe OF Ben
nington. (chairman). F. G. Fleetwood
Of Worthwhile. George f. Root OF New
port. r. W. McCuen Of vergennes and
II. r. Baldwin Of Wells River.
Finance. Ex-Governor A. NJ. Fletcher
of Cavendish. (chairman). C. p. Smith
Of Burlington. E. A. Darling Of Burke.
II. r. Cutler of Barton.
Home protection, Charles H. Darling
Of Burlington. (chairman). Josiah
Grout Of Derby. w. B. Mayo Of North
field. A. ]. Cooper Of Bennington and
X. r. Brown OF Lunenburg.
Industrial survey. James Hartness
Of Springfield. tchairman). r. G Part
ridge Of Proctor. M. 4. Brown of VIII
mington. q. r. varnum Of Barre. w. !
Jones Of Arlington and A. M. Hall Of
Isle La Motto.
Coordination Of aid work, sx-0ov
W. w. eticknsy OF Ludlow. (chair'
mani, John H. Watson OF Montpelier
DR.. James N. Hamilton OF Rutland. A
lC. Orvis Of Manchester and o. 9. Mich
OILS of Essex Junction.
The entire committee will meet at tw'
o'clock Friday afternoon at the Capitol.
SHORT SNsMoNs.
Neither House or Senate session laste'
an hour to-day and the House has q
; extremely light calendar tomorrow. Tn
, House passed in concurrence the Senat
bills to establish State detention farms
relating to the siimins ling of grade cross
linss and relating to primary elections. I
, refused TO concur In the proposals Q
! amendment regarding the act to provtd
for an annual census of tho maple suga
crop and Of certain domestic animals an
asked for q committee of conference.
HIS MAIDEN SPEECH.
. Mr.. Whitney Of st. Johnsbury made hi
, maiden speech Of the session regardin
, the bill to repeal the act creating tn
= Fifteen-Mile Falls Power company. whic
. was established in 1911 to build pows
plant there. The act contained Pre-
= vision that II the company did not e1