Norwich bulletin., 1918-03-20
ELEVENTH MAN TO VOLUNTEER
Complete Quota Going to Devens Wilt
 Do So By Choice.

The receipt by mail Tuesday after noon of request from Francis Re- nault of DanieIson that his order number be advanced rounded out complete quota of volunteers who wilt leave this city March 2e or soon after for Camp Devens Eleven men are in the group that is to go out and each man $ going because he wants to go. having formally made the requests that are required in such cases The three men who were needed to make 8 complete quota of volunteers sent in
 their names from Danielsorl Tuesday. they being James Owen Kelley, Jo- seph Arthur Leprade and Francis Reneault Not one of these men or the eight others who will make up the quota were due to be called for months yet and some of them probably not for a year. One. man in the group has an order number in excess of 1900, and was very close to the foot of tl1s list of Class No. l.
 It is believed that the loyal young men who make up the group that is going are the first complete quota of men in any district in the state to go out since the draft was made oper- ative at their, own request
 EIks at Danislson.
 Many members of Putnam lodge of Eiks were in Danielson Tuesday even ing for the opening of the toatna- nents in which teams of the local
 lodge competed at billiards, pool and whist against teams of the Bohemian club. The local men, who have many fraternal brothers in Danielson. made 1 the trip in machines. The Elks will 1 have teams of the Bohemian club for I more games on the evening of March 2S.
 Wage Advance at Waterman Mill. Soon.
 While notices to that affect have poi l been posted at the mill, 1t was stated 1 Tuesday afternoon by c. Fred Water I man, of the Waterman Worsted com. ElaTfy, that wages at his plant are tt be advanced 10 per cent over the
 present schedule and that the new rats of cornpensation, which is in line witt anneunced advances in many parts O.
 New England. will be effective Marcf 25, which is the date when the othe, advances become operative
 It was understood Tuesday tha other plants in this vicinity, engaged in wooden and worsted work, will an. nounce advances soon. Junior Alumni Vaudeville Entertain | naent.
 At the assembly hall in the higf school Tuesday evening what was de ! scribed as vaudeville entertainment 4 was presented to we'll pleased audi
 ence by the members of the .Junio, Alumni. The proceeds of the enter.
 tainment are to be used toward defray. ing the expense of having Junio-
 Winter Chautauqua leader. Mis-.
 Dorothy Powell, the junior leader, wa
 present at the evenings entertainment I Debate Friday Evening. Il Many members of Putnam Higl
 School are planning to make the tri, to Danielson Friday evening. wher
 the annual debate between the teams The question to be debated is relatiy, to ownership of railroads by the Unit II ed States government. The Putnam
 team will upheld the negative side. | No Letters For to2nd Men. ,t No letters have come throueh iron the eastern Windham county mem
 bers of the 162nd infantry. since pres despatches announced, several week ago, that the organization was .l.trj front line trenches in France and a death grips with the enemy. Nc
 names of Windham county men an peared in the casualty lists