Norwich bulletin., 1917-09-21
CROWDS SEE NORWICH BOYS LEAVE
Fortyesht Sturdy Young Men Enr.ned for Camp Devsns Thursday Afternoon-Two Thousand People Thronsed Station Platform and arcks-Local Plants Closed in Honor of Future SoldeFs.

Two thousand men, women and chil' | of the New York, New Haven ant Hartford railroad station here or Thursday afternoon to see the forty l eight drafted Norwich men start fol l Camp Devens, Aver, Mass The trair l was scheduled to leave at 2.07 o'clock
 but a freight car off the track a shor1 distance north of the station delayed l the troop train nearly a half hour. The l forty eight men walked in body from l the exemption headquarters in the | Thayer building to the station. The men were in charge Of Webster D. Copp, one of their number named for this of1ce by the local exemption board. = Surrounded by Frisnds. . It was sight such as Norwich has seldom seen. Half a hundred sturdy young men surrounded by hundreds of friends, relatives and sweethearts, pushing their way through the crowd for handshake and a last word of lected by Uncle Sam as the best fitted to protect the country's honor and up- hold liberty and justice. ....
 It was not demonstrative. crowd in the strict sence of the word, but rather a ufet gathering of sober faced men and women into whose homes the war has already entered.
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 As the train pulled into the station as many wished to be as near the train as possible. The drafted men had kept together on the platform and they immediately filed into the car reserv- ed for them. The New London draft ed ns,n occupied the rear car of the train and there were two or three npty cars ahead for the men who were picked up along the line. tf,eer was a warning clang of the en- zine bell and the train started. This was the signal for the shrieking of whistles on the locomotives in the yard and seyerS> of the whistles on local manufacturing plants poined in the farewell. U
 Big Crowd at GreeneviIIe. 2,
 At the GreenevilIe station there was a large crowd on the platform to greet the boys. many of whom live in that section of the town. and as the train was running through upper Greene vile Engineer John c. Brooks of the Norwici, Belt Manufacturing Company blew the whistle at the e.plant for sew eral minutes.
 Many Parting Gifts.
 The boys carried with them from Norwich many tokens of esteem, the gifts of aduairing friends. There were wrist watches, military kits, boxes of cigars and many other articles. In addition to these gifts there were two boxes of cigars from Ring & Sisk. an. mother box from the local Red Cross, l peaches- and other deli l cacies enough for the whole forty- 1 eight men from the Mohican Company, Frank G. Aubrey. manager. P. J. Nor l ley sent sandwiches and J. c. Worth | l large bunch of bananas.
 The Forty Eight Mon.
 Those who made up the forty eight I nea were as follows:
 Charles Olson (first alternate), Jo- seph Czprner, James J. Fleming, John Shea. John Thomas Evans, George W. Carl E. Lyons, William c. German, Silzito shillo. stanislaw- oieokeyk' Frank wyrod, David Frost. Henry our, Henry l.. Plante. vasil Haralam- ,on, Adeiard tafiesh, John J. Mcintyre, IT,, Charles Zdancewiez. James L. Sul- ivan, Ardzei zysk. William Booth, | William l.. Huntington. John, T. Dun- on, John Danilowiez, Johnston B. Ban- leld. Joseph Doucek, Francesca Laran- e, Michoiaj KozAk, Ferdinand Brod- UT, .JG1n ". Mullen, Mike J. -Stami- les. Thomas Labbee, Benjamin F. sullivan. Webster ID; Copp. Heigo F. on Wunderlick. Dahis MurAd Francis, faxin1e A. Confer George Fulton, Jo- eph Rondeau, Lewis J. Bolton, John I. Wood.
 Forty Per Cent, Of Quota.
 Among those present when the boys oarded the train was His Hcnor, fayor Allyn l.. Brown. The 4s men Tho left Thursday comprise 40 per ent. of the Norwich quota. 126. For g-five per cent. of the quota has now eparted for camp.
 First Alternate Goes. t Charles Olson, first alternate, was 2iled on to take the place Of Paul F. ospital, who was notified by tele- ram Wednesday evening from the ad- ltant general, war department, to , ,main at his present address until ! lrther orders. Local Piants Closed. Several of the local manufacturing T ants closed down Thursday in or- < sr to give their employees a chance f bid the drafted men Godspeed. f monS these plants was the United : Martin company of Taftvilfe. Miss r ay Kilday. head stenographer at the v s. Finishing company. in behalf l c
 the company, presented the boys a z .ckase of thousand cigarettes. .
 In New London. New London had the grim fact of ar brought forcibIy to it's attention t thursday when it witnessed hundreds I
 young men leaving for Camp Dew f is, to train for service in Europe. utside the hundreds that passed rough the city from cities and towns F
 western Connecticut, New London ,thered together the quotas from c lvision No. II and Division No. g. fl Division No. strikes at the heart c
 New London people for 45 men C om that city and Groton formed the S
 per cent. of the quota. These g ung men met at the municipal V Hiding at 12 30 o'clock and were met ere by Mayor Ernest p. Rogers. Col.
 L. Avery and Dr. Harry M. Lee. sfense council was also on hand V Id distributed 3he few remaining l il Id pieces which the cifty of New tf ,ndon gave to it's drafted men. W The men were lined up on the steps F,
 the municipal building where roll A IS called. and all but two respond ;y
 to his name. The absentees were n, orge B. Rodman and Manuel Con- ia les. r., GoIzales is employed on the City of r,- well and Detective Hammond was ti,