Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1918-06-28

radical change in the pay and INJUSTICE
roll system, recently authorized by
the War Department, is now under
way, the necessary paper work being
done by qualified detail in each d.
visional organization. The new
method is expected to prevent delays
in the receipt of monthly checks to
relieve much embarrassment and
even hardship, particularly to the de-
pendents of soldiers. Under the new
order the regulation army payroll is
to be abolished and in it's stead will
be used card index system whereby
the daily status of each man in the
service will be registered and kept
up to date.
That quarter of million Ameri-
can soldiers are being shipped over
seas monthly, despite the German u
boats, was the message brought to
Boston by Lt.Gen. T. Bridges Of the
British army, veteran of many of
the principal battles of the present
war, who has lately succeeded Lord
Northcliffe as director of the various
British mission in this country. Gen.
Bridges came to Boston from Wash
ington where he makes his headquar-
tiers in the British embassy with
Wilson of his staff.
The following Massachusetts ap-
pointments in officers reserve corps,
national army and national guard,
have been made in the Office of the
adjutant- general from June 8. Ma
jor, ordnance-aBllard, w. D., box
1877, Holyoke First lieutenant avia-
ton section, signal mon fying)-
Evans, E. L., II Perkins street, Mel
rose. Captains, medical reserve
Devices, J. H., 463 Audubon road,
Boston; Maynard, H. E., 80 Church
street, Winchester; Stevens, c. B., 81
Pearl street, Worcester Hall, F. c.
Massachusetts General Hospital, Bos-
ton; King, D. S., Children's Hospital,
80 Longwood avenue, Boston; Knowl-
ton, E. A., GA Pearl street, HolyOke;
Parker, C. c., Jr., % Catawba street,
Roxbury; Shaughnessy, T. A., 60 Mer-
RAM avenue, Deominster.
Massachusetts girls among the WIN
ners of fellowships and prizes at Vas
sar's commencement were: Alice
Hayes, vocational fellowship; Helen
W. Evarts, II, Cambridge, Marten
in music; Catherine
Mount Holyoke, '16, Stotes-
bury scholarship in medicine; Eliza
beth A. Kittredge, IT, Vineyard Ha-
ven, Virginia Swinburne Brownell
prize. By the history department.:
Harriet Moulton Bartlett, '1S, Cam
bridge. BY the economics depart
ment: Harriet Moulton Bartlett.
Although one or two of the sword
fishermen of Portland, Me-, have left
for the Banks to start the season, the
of the dozen vessels com
prising the local feet will stay in port
until they are assured of safety from
the U-boatsa, and the shippers have
asked the chamber Of commerce to
send a petition to Washington re-
questing that cruiser be sent to
guard the schooners while they are
out after the big fish. The Portland
operate principally
on South Shoal and Georges Bank, to
the southwark and westward of this
port and it is for that reason that
they believe they might be exposed to
danger. There are about 100 men on
the vessels and the season continues
through July and August.
A. G.. Skinner, sheep specialist at
the State Agricultural College, Storrs,
Conn, has informed the Windham
County Farmers Association that
sheep growers in Connecticut should
this year receive about 70 cents a
pound for their wool, varying little
according to quality. He states that
buyers are now offering what may or
may not be a fair price for the prod
lct.
Capt. George w. Langdon Of New
bnuryport, a retired militia officer has
received word Of his appointment as
captain of the United States guards.
He took an examination for the COM
mission at Governors Island few
weeks ago. He was lieutenant in
the Co. A, Sth regiment. during the
Spanish war and was retired as cap
tain. He has two sons, Capt. George
W. Langdon, Jr., and 1t. Duncan
Langdon with the American expedi-
.ionary forces in France.
The entire staff of nurses at the w.
B. Plunkett Memorial Hospital,
Adams, Mass, have resigned their
positions. The nurses gave out the
statement: 1--WE the under
signed, complete force Of nurses at
he w. B. Plunkett Memorial Hos
oital wish to notify the public that
We have resigned our positions for
reasons OF personal nature. Edith
Forget, Maude NJ Curran, M. Irene
Burbank, Winifred ]. brisbane, Ellen
). Curran."
A gift of $500 to Mount Holyoke
college South Hadley by members OF
the graduating class was announced