Norwich bulletin., 1918-02-26

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 Death of Mrs. Henry Tetreautt-
 Men For Dexens to Assemble at
 a. m. "Wednesday.
 Gilbert F. Perry. son Of City Engi- neer and Mrs George Perry, has suc-
 cessf1l1y passed the examinations
 qualifying him for master gunner in the coast artillery service. This rap i'd advancement for the young soldier follows upon his having completed a special course of study at a school at Fortress Munroe. Va, where he was sent fast fall from Fort Terry, after he had been detached from the S8thA company, |. I. s., in which he enlist ed in Dafielson last summer, just be- Tore the organization was called into service MT. Gilbert went into the service as a private. A. the time of enlistment \ ne was just home from the Worcester l Pofytschnic institute, where he was pursuing a course of technical study. His qualifications to take up the work
 ef master gunner were quickly recog- mixed by army officials and he was
 soon given the opportunity to take Il the special course which he has just completed so successful.
 The duties Of a master gunner are Ihighfy technical and one is attached to each battery of 256 men. His duties include the laying out of ranges for 1.-the gunners.
 where Gunner Perry will be assigned from Fortress Munroe.
 I Medical Advisory Board in Session. I The medical advisory board was again in session here Monday after a Inn Ag1 a% -r,p 1n15 ~A registered men of the district who had been referred by the local board for further examination appeared before the physicians.
 Some few of the men who appeared lwere rejected as physically unfit for lmllftdry service, while others passed sufficiently satisfactory examina- ton to make it possible to qualify them for special limited service that will not carry with it the rigors of Lie in the trenches.
 Last Cali For Tax Delinquents, . Il Putnam men who are liable to pay a personal tax and who have not done So will be liable to a penalty after Friday, March 1. The personal tax assessment is 8 each year, but after March 1, upon demand, it will cost $2.4o. Neglecting to pay the collector
 on demand, after March 1, will make person liable to the cost of legal proceedings and failure to pay in court means that the cost must be
 worked out in the. county jail. Farm Work For School Boys. Farmers are going to look to the | nlgh school boys to come on to the farms and work during the long va cation that begins in June. The farm labor situation has become so eritica : that reserves must be brought up from : somewhere and the possibility of get. :, ting high school boys appeals to the ] men on the farms. The work will bs l hard. but healthful, and a great de. } veloper of physical eapability. -fea 5 ture of the proposition that should ap peal to the students who want to d. l well in athletics.
 2 Man of e1st Division Possible Forme
 Resident.
 S More than passing interest exist! 6 Tn this city in the announcement tha
 feur men of the 91st division of tn
 army are to be courtmartiaIed fo
 having, it is alleged, been parties to 1; U plot under which they were to shoo I their officers and turn the members 0 U the command over to the Germans tn . first time they got under fire, becaus e there is a belief that one of the .rne1 e lived in Putnam up to few month e ago..
 One man whose name has appeare 6 in press reports as involved in the af = fair and now awaiting courtmartia
 has the same name as a registrant c
 this city who disappeared severa l. months ago and could not be locate k when wanted to answer a call fo e drafting to go to Camp Derens, wit = one of the groups sent to the canton IT tnent from Putnam lsat fall. Il The whole theory that this man # one of those involved in the wester V division affair may be due to coin n cider1ce of names. though this regis IT trant's name was a peculiar ont e When questionnaires Were sent out
 few weeks ago his was returned a
 unclaimed, and efforts to trace hir = in Connecticut cities where he is sun IS posed to have worked after leavin l. here all failed. Developments ma d show whether the man really live ,f here formerly. i4-'