Norwich bulletin., 1918-06-15
HAS iii MEN PASSED.
Number Local Exemption Board Has
 Accepted for Military Service.

Statistics compiled at the request of the adjutant general show that the To- cal exemption board has Il men pass ed and accepted for general military service. These men are ready for in duction into service at any time
 In addition, 75 men of the district have ben qualified and accepted for limited military service, and these are also ready for induction at any time. In remedial Group B are nine more men and five additional Class I men are in the emergency fleet list.
 There are 50 names on the delin- quent list-this list made up of men who have not filed questionnaires or who in some other way have failed to comply with the selective service law.
 The total membership of Class 1 in this district, as classified. is 505 There are 1S3 men in Class II, 43 men in Class III, 605 men in Class " and 677 men in Class V. Class V includes. of course. all men who had entered the army or navy service before question naires were put out last winter, and there are scores of such men in the district The total number of regis trants in the district is 1868. Of this number, 216 have been inducted into service through the operation of the selective service law
 The figures here given do not in- clude, or apply to, the 154 young men | who registered in this district on June 5 of this year, but to the original reg istrants.
 Canning Campaign Ahead. Miss M. Estelle Sprague, represent l ing the Hartford food committee and other organizations that are striving for the conservation of foodstuffs, ad- l dressed members of the food commit 1 tee of the Putnam war bureau at the ! Chamber of Commerce Friday.
 A great canning campaign is right | ahead and among other things it was announced that the people of Connec- I tfcut will be expected to preserve l 5,000,000 quart cans of perishable food this season. Windham county's share of that big total is 234.500 cans, and
 Putnam by itself alone is asked to l produce 50,000 quart jars of preserved foods. This seems a monumental task but it is felt by the workers that il can be accomplished if all do their parts.
 County Agent Ellis said Friday af-
 ternoon that the people of all towns hereabouts must can every quart o1 foodstuff that is possible, for next winter is likely to be a record breaker as to shortage of foodstuffs in this country, and the canned foods will be
 worth almost their weight in gold l from the standpoint of having plenty to eat, when next winters snows art
 falling and the earth seems dead.
 In the near future Putnam house
 wives and young girls will be asked tt
 sign pledges to aid in producing can Ened goods, so that perishable food , stuffS may he saved and transportatio1
 lines relieved MT. Ellis advises get
 ting jars and rubber bands ready now for the canning season is opening. : A bureau of information is to b'
 established by the Farmers association so that producers of canned foodstuff
 may know where to find customers
 and vice versa. A bulletin board als
 is to be placed outside of the Chambe
 of Commerce that will give valuabl
 information. relative to when to car how to can, and where to get the food