Norwich bulletin., 1918-04-26
LEAVE FOR UPTON
Thirty Men Going Today captained by John F. Reardon, Jr.-outftted By Red Cross,

By Red Cross.
 Members of the contingent of young men who are to leave this city for Camp Upton this morning began to assemble, here Thursday afternoon, q
 considerable number of them report ing to the local exemption board of fee at D. rn., and being given their first instructions relative to theirNmo bilization. But one man of the 30
 regulars and alternates ordered in failed to report and action immedi- ately was taken to get him here in time to get the train this morning. The men here over night were fur
 nished rooms at a local hotel. They
 were provided with a good breakfast, this morning and supplied with
 sweaters. socks and other comforts by Red Cross organizations before | leaving today. | John F. Reardon, Jr.. Fall River. formerly of North h~Grosvenordale, will go with the contingent as captain and will have charge of the men during | the trip to Yaphank, via New York l At New Haven the men will board a | special troop train that will have l aboard hundreds of men from various l parts of Connecticut.
 l Next Tuesday morning four colored | men of this district will go to Camp 1 Devens and next Wednesday morning 1 twelve more men will be sent out for i Fort Slocum, N y.
 1 Throu@h the calling of the men in- l to service in sucn numbers may seem i heavv it is not so much so as was the 1 c3se last fall, when more than no l men went out of this district within | few weeks. This years calls for men in this district to date is S1 mer. | and all of these will be in camp by next Wednesday night
 l Matter of Uncertainty. As indicating the degree of uncer- 1 tainty that exists for registered men as to whether or not they go to camp ] when called to report here to do so, an instance that developed here on
 Thursday IS characteristic
 The list of men to go to Camp Up i ton was completed when Philip Foi- /! sey of this city presented himself at i the office of the local board and ask ] ed to have his order number ad- i Tanced so that he could go to camp l today. His request was granted This l puts his name, at the head of the list and moves all the other men down | one place. Consequently the 18th man i in the list, who seemed certain to go to camp, becomes the first alternate
 But before the train leaves today
 someone else may volunteer for ser 1 vice or someone of the men may be-
 come ill or not appear, leaving doubt
 up to the last minute as to just how
 the quota will be made up.
 Governors Proclamation.
 It was stated here Thursday that | the governors proclamation relative
 to abolishing the use of foreign lan- 1 Suages in public and private schools
 in Connecticut will not materially
 change things from their present or
 der, for the French language is used
 but little in either public or private
 schools here and German or other
 foreign languages is not used at al. 1 Brush Fires.
 Brush fires have been keeping the fire department busy the past few
 days the men of the chemical com
 panfes getting several calls to vari-
 cGs places around the town
 Letters addressed to Levi Bousuuet
 Dennis Danat. Thomas Evans and A Perce are unclaimed this week at the
 Putnam postofice.
 Writes From Holland. Henry N. Benoit, a clerk in the
 American legation at The Hague and  written to friends in Putnam that he is well and that things wera quiet al his station. Tais was written befcrf , the present crisis between Holland and Germany.
 Odd Fellows Anniversary. t The 99th anniversary of the Odf t Fellows is to be observed here Sun. f day by the members of Israel Putneu g Lodge who are to attend service {
 the Methodist church at the morning ;, service.
 [ Two big motor trucks of the Amer
 ican Refining company that appearet - in this city Thursday morning indi f cate how motor truck transportation t is developing as the result of conges
 tfon upon the railroad lines.
 First Class Must Be Re- enforced.
 There are just over 1900 registere,
 men in this district and just over 2 g per cent. of that number are class Nc
 men. How soon the first class vii
 be exhausted as indicated, if the call e keep coming as is now indicated the Il will come by the fact that the me, s who are going out today have orde = numbers as high as S60. The frs : class will be re-enforced in the nex n few weeks by the influx of young me a who have become q since June ( 1T last year but even at that rate nc If many months will be required to us
 up the men available in Class L o A. o. H. Assessed For War Fund '; P. J. O'Rrien stated that A. 0. f Il members in this city, as elsewhere i le the United States, have been notifie U that they are to be assessed $2 eac '. for a war fund. MT. O'Brien said h u' was without information as the use i . which the war fund was to be put. If Victory Conference Speaker. d Mrs. F. W. Hayward of Hartford | l. to speak at Odd Fellows hall hel E.