Norwich bulletin., 1918-05-15

According to announcement by Captain George H. Webb, director of draft for Rhode Island, the large in- crement of 1863 will entrain at Prov idence, with two district exceptions, on Saturday. May 25. at about 10.30 in the morning, on a special train. or special section, going direct to New York. There transfer will be made, to the Long Island railroad and the men will go to Camp Upton. Yaphank, N. Y. State Division No. 1, West erly), and No. 2, will probably be en- | trained at East Greenwich and Appo- naug, but it is possible that the train | will stop here and take aboard the 1 26 men from Westerly.
 l Provost Marshal General Crowder has directed that the deficiency in | State Division No. (BristoD, where 1 there are not enough Class 1 men to | fill the quota, be made up by appor- i tionment to other boards. The deficit 1 will amount to between 30 and 10 1 men, towards the quota of 96. In l vestigators who are examining the boards records, have summoned 66 more ne,i for examination who have | pee1 exempted as aliens, although they have taken out first papers, and from this number about 40 per cent. are expected to qualify for the pres 1 ent call.
 1 The two Pawtucket districts will ] furnish a quota of but three men i nach, the number being reduced by
 arge number of credits for volunteer army eniistments.
 Captain Webb has been advised that to accomplish uniformity in all states, questionnaires should not be distributed to the young men reaching q since last June, who register uu- der the new draft amendment. Cap tain Webb had planned to effect both registration and classification at the same time, but this plan is disap- proved In the opinion of state draft officials the date of the new regis tration will be June 5, the same as g year ago.
 The United States EmnIoymeni Bureau office for Rhode Island ha. received a request for 200 ship car. penters, or carpenters accustomed tt rugged work such as heavy construc ton bridge or dock building, and a! many caulkers as can be secured
 The request is from the Groton Irol
 Works, with plants in Groton ant
 Noank. The pay offered is 70 cent
 an hour for first class carpenters, 6
 cents an hour for second class and 5
 for third class. For cauIkers, 70 cent
 an hour for first class, 65 for secon, class, and 50 for third class.
 The present draft hits the West
 erly post office hard, as it will crip
 pie the working force to the extent c
 three carriers. James A. Kane, c Pawcatuck. is ordered to report a
 New London, May 23. to go to Cam
 Upton with the increment from tn
 Eleventh senatorial district Harle,
 Chase and William J. Ouinlin, C
 Westerly. although not officially nc
 tifed, will undoubtedly be among tn
 Rhode Island boys from State Divis
 ion, No. 1. who will leave for Cam
 Upton, May 25. Their names al
 among the list in order, as publishes
 in the 69 who are to go from the d.
 vision which includes Westerly, tf
 town furnishinr 26 of the total nun | ber It has !>aen the custom to deta
 two carrier "-~v~ +tn Westerly offit 10 V-@t-'- IF " the surnn,
 soa~or - office force has been 1T
 adfauata for some time. and the q, nartu~A of +'--e~ three young men
 ''i '---' " eo..e:,.iy cripple u
 mail delivery service.
 Their places must be temporari Tiled. by men either above, or belo
 the draft age. presumably the formei .7s it is not considered efficient polio -- ? engage young men soon to alta
 heir majority and subject to u a terms of the seleetive service law. e mended. It is understood that DO , 0ffice employees when called still r, ', tain their rating in the departmen l. "1hich is open to them on their retul Y rom military service. It is al; .a ','a'n. that if men above 31 are CT ""%ed for the carrier service, the tl rust undergo the prescribed civil SC .tf vice examination, which includes ph. : sica1 fitness, and therefore shows the
 are eligible for military service
 enlistment. In any event, the tallir .r of young men from the post oftfc for military service, and filling the ' places with men physically fit f
 military service, is an exchange th .d is detrimental to the post office q sr partment and not a very marked ga T. for the military service.
 In the first draft Clerk John NJ
 Cuire married and dependents. al
 Carrier Edward Montagne for Ii " cause, were not classified in Divisi, Y l. by the Eleventh district board 5. Connecticut, Richard T. Butler, J Tn another clerk in the Westerly pc l. office. originally chased in Divisi sd l! Class A, by the board of State T
 vision No. l. Rhode Island. was q 10 er1nted and placed in class tn
 will not he reached. as an indisre ID sable employe