Norwich bulletin., 1918-06-08

I Camp Upton, May 25, yet made upon Rhode Island. The quota for this new increment is based on the number of smen left in Class l, and therefore af- fleets most heavily the districts with the largest number of reserves. Only 7 116S Glass 1 men will replain. and in StAte Divisions , and 6, Cranston Central Falls and Providence wards 2, and 2, only: the new registrants will be available for the additional levies
 The Westerly constabuIary, which was practically a command of special eonstabies, subject to the orders of the chief of police, is now known as the Fourth Company, Rhode Island State Guard, the. fourth company in the state to be mustered into the new state guard. Under the law there is authority to form eighteen companies Of a minimum strength of 100 men. Colonel Baker, of Newport, in com mand of the state guard, was at the armory on Thursday night and mus tered the Westerly constabulary into the service of the state The com- pany has a membership of, 1G4 and these commissioned officers, all of military experience: Charles H. Led ward. captain; Everett E. Whipple,
 
 ond lieutenant
 The company is equipped with Erag rifles, but these are to be re- placed with the Enfield rifles made in this country for the Russian govern ment, but which have been taken over by the war department, and are to be distributed to the citizen soldiery of the several states At the outset the Constabulary drilled with borrowed muskets of almost every known type . until the Krags were furnished by the state. under loan from the federal government. The uniforms are fur nished by the town of Westerly.
 The Fourth company is, with a few E. exceptions, composed of residents of Westerly proper, and is an indica- . ton of the prevailing patriotism. In , the membership are a number of for nler national guardsnen. active men , past middle-age, and younger men who are in deferred classes under the selective service law.
 A monument, surrnounted by the ! figure of Iife-size fireman. was re- gently unveiled at the f1remen's burial 5 lot in Pine Grove cemetery, Lynn d Mass. The erlonhment is of fine cut z " Westerly granite with 8 seven foot q base and is surmounted by the statue Y of a fireman holding the nozzle of a line of hose. The monument is flf- 2 teen feet in height and on g. bronze ( plate is the inscription: 'In Memory . of the Lynn Fire Fighters. Erected s by the Relief Association of the Lynn < Fire Department, 191S."
 ,s In the absence of Chairman Samue 4 H. Davis, James M. Pendleton presided ss at the meeting of Westerly chapter P, Red Cross. Reports were made by the .s heads of the several departments showing the great work accomplished during the past month, which included the shipment of 2,G00 Pershing packets sz and S,210 dressings and bandages The S membership committee reported a to- 7 tai of 6,344 members during the = month. Thomas Perry submitted the .s report of the Junior Red Cross, wficl s- showed that I2 were visited and ser. z. vice rendered to P. Treasurer Pendle.
 tons report showed balance O $2, ,6s1.43, exclusive of the recent drive . at the conclusion of which S31 25o. .St - had been subscribed.
 At the meeting of Phebe Green'
 Ward chapter, D. A. R., Mrs. Samue H. Davis read an affecting letter iron
 the mother of a French child whom
 the chapter is aiding in her support Mrs. Asa Hoxie read paper on Hov
 Women Are Revolutionizing the In
 .dustries of Europe. Members wer
 urged to attend the summer confer
 ence in Newport Wednesday, June Il -' Local Laeonics.
 Sunday will be observed as Fire
 mems Memorial Sunday in Westerly The anti-ioafer law has been in eff
 feet for a month. No arrests are re
 corded.
 t., No cases were tried at Fridays ses
 sion of the Third district court il
 Westerly