Norwich bulletin., 1918-09-05
WESTERLY

| SLNle, an OutS10e Sn1rt or mercer1Zed cotton, with two blue armlets. had dark brown striped trousers, brown stockings, and black shoes. The body was so badly decomposed that no body marks of identification could be found The man was Catholic as evidenced | ly the scapular which he wore. In lis pocket was wallet that contained six bank notes. two of $10 denomina- ton and four of $1. The wallet also contained a Third Liberty loan cou- pon bond. No. 1.233.324. denomination ei $50. Dr. Scanlon had the body put into an air-tight metallic casket and placed in local morgue.
 Then the doctor commenced his ef- fcrt of identification of the body through the liberty bond. taking the ruent He received in response con- munication from C. M. McGroarty, the acting chief of loans and currency, that the bond was sent with a large consignment of other bonds to the Federal Reserve bank, of Boston, and that the bond was delivered by that bank to some bank for the subscriber, or to the subscriber direct
 Dr. Scanlon then communicated with the Boston bank. and on Wednesday received a communication from L. D. Sweetser, assistant cashier, that the tracing of the bond was taken up with the police department of Boston, and ascertsined that this bona had been delivered to Thomas A. Phalan, 59 De- catur street, CharleStown, Mass.
 Police headquarters gave the infor- nation that Thomas Phalan was cook on the schooner Pilgrim which was torpedoed off the New England coast and that the body found at Weeka- naug is undoubtedly that of Phalan. The family of the man was notified and are expected to arrive in West erly at any time to view the body.
 A New York party would have claimed the body as that of a man who disappeared from a Sound steam CT, but for the fact that the scaprlSr was found on the body. However, the body would not have been delivered by Dr. Scanlon until the completion of the tracing of the Liberty Loan bond.
 The members of the recently ere ated boards of instruction met at draft headquarters in Providence Wednes- day, and the active and associate members of legal advisory boards will meet at the same place on Friday There meetings are preparatory to the large draft registrations on Thursday of next week when all men from IS to 45 years Of age, both inclusive. ex- cept those already registered or act ually in the army or navy service must enroll. At these meetings the work of these draft auxiliary organi cations will be outlined, and the part explained in which they are expected to take in accomplishing tie registra- ton of perhaps S3,000 Rhode Island CTS, and then their classification. Le- gal advisory boards will be called up on to assist registrants in making out questionnaires and arrangements vii be made for having convenient places where registrants may consult these leeal advisors.
 The following instructions have beer issued for men who will be away froN home registration day, termed as ab sentees in the draft rules:
 If you are away from home nov and will be on registration day, go a!
 soon as possible to the nearest loca
 board. You will be given registra
 ton card to fill out there. Then mai it 10 your home board in time to ar rive on or before registration day I you do not know the address of you
 home board or it's designation. mai
 the card to the mayor or town clerl , l pl NOuI ucHtt GUY UT lONH,
 If you are planning to g> awa7 and will be away on regisfr<,>lon day i, either follow the abcve- described
 course or else go to your home loca board before you leave ard registe beforehand. It is important In eithe
 case that you register in time for you
 registration to he properly recordet : by your own home board on registra ton day"
 , It is estimated that e6 per cent. 0 , the automobile owners in Rhode Isl and complied with the government l request and did not operate their car Sunday. As there are 24,257 registered
 pleasure cars in the state. and allow
 ing five gallons of gasoline as th
 amount normally used by each on Sunday, the saving was approXimatel, Il 5,225 gallons. To this add the non
 use of motor boats, and the quantit,
 of gasoline saved probably reached
 125,O00 gallons.
 The state board of public roads vii soon announce the result of the au , tomobile traffic census taken at spe , cified points. showing the actual mum Der of machines counted at thes , points.
 An appeal to the patriotism of tn , qualified women to offer themselVe for war service, has been made b, Governor Beeckman, to those in Rhod . Island eligible for enrolment as stu
 dent nurses unGer the national cal . for 25,000, at from 19 to s5 years o ( age.
 Following the institution recentI,
 of suit by Jerome Connor, of Wash Ington, against Mrs. Ellen Ryan JoIh . of Pawtucket, and other officers o the Women's Auxiliary of the Ancien Order of Hibernians, the organizatio
 has filed a demurrer. MT. O'Conno
 has been commissioned to design monument to Catholic nuns who serv cd on the battlefelds of the Civil wal
 and which is to be erected in the cit of Washington, on site which ha
 been officially selected, and to be pal
 for by the voluntary subScriptions c
 members of the organization.
 Members of Company B, PaweatucI
 Third regiment, Connecticut Stat
 Guard, are spending spare periods a
 the rife range in Stonington, compet
 ing for place on the company tear i or seven men. The members of tn
 two Mystic companies and the Ston . lngton company are doing likewis
 The four companies comprise the bat
 talion commanded by Major Charle = P. Williams. Rife practice will | = completed with the present month an 5 the company teams selected.
 F Commencing with October 1, thel will be series of official shoots fc = the battalion trophy, and also fo1 con IT pany and individual shooting. In II
 finals there will be general tourns
 rent on some day not yet designate . Major Arthur N. Nash, of Westerl Y, Was relieved of the command of Fo 2. Adams, Saturday, and Tuesday he a:
 sumed the command of the Eft. - Eighth Ammunition Train, Unite s States Army. now mobiliZing at Fo n oI