Norwich bulletin., 1918-02-25
FUN ERAL.
Edward Duffy.

At the undertaking rooms Of Louis B. Kennedy, Furnace street, at s1.30 Saturday. ], afternoon, funeral services for Edward Duffy, who died at Day vile, were conducted by Rev. Albert Jepson of St. Afban's church. Friends acted as bearers. Burial was in West field cemetery.
 Few Recruits for Merchant Marine.
 Few recruits are being obtained here for the merchant marine service, although this branch of the govern ment's organizations intended to win the war is one of the most important. A. w. Williams has been appointed recruiting officer for Danielson and vicinity. MT. Williams has received 9 number of inquiries relative to the service some of these coming from Norwich, but up to Saturday no re- cruits had been obtained. This seems peculiar in view of the fact that there are scores of young men in this and surrounding towns who during the past year have tried to enlist in the navy but have failed to meet the 1 physical requirements and have been ! rejected for service.
 If these young men, even if they are registrants in Class 1. are still ambi- ! tious to serve Uncle Sam on the sea,
 
 | fled for service, they can get permis sion from the local board of this dis trict to go into the merchant marine service, where they can discharge their patriotic obligations to the govern ment with as much satisfaction to | themselves and to the country as they can in the army.
 1 The government needs 50 900 men to man the ships of it's new merchant fleets, which are being launched at 1 shipyards on many points of the Att lantic and Pacific coasts. The men who enlist for the new merchant ma rine service will be really serving in the navy. for the ships will be under the control of and operated by the i government.
 Men who sign up here will be sent to Newport for a 30 days period of training and then will be sent into active service. There will be no long waits in the merchant marine branch before getting a chance to do some thing of real value in the war. These ships will be in command of experi- fenced officers and will have naval gun crews aboard, so they will be in the nature of ships of war, able to, defend themselves and to put up a stiff fghi against any submarine that may ven. ture to attack them
 Danielson registrants in Class ] have passed their physical examif1a. tions for army service in sufficient number to assure the fact that more than 100 stars may comprise the tota that will appear on the service flag 0, St. James church by early summer This is record of which the nearly 5000 members of the parish are very proud, and the spirit of those tlaar remain behind assures that another hundred. and yet another, will be add ed to the flag if need be to aid sir making victory certain, that libert! may be triumphant in the world.
 Members of the Workabit club heit a meeting in the vestry of the Con gregationai church Saturday after noon. and Miss Charlotte Embleton county demonstration of methods o !; preparing war menus, was in attend ance.
 Clifford H. Starkweather chairman 1 of the Killingly committee, and Her ace Turner, superintendent of schools
 were in Hampton to address a grang meeting relative to investments il
 war stamps. the baby bonds that ar ] to help Uncle Sam and the allies vii
 the war. -