Norwich bulletin., 1918-03-02
AN EARLIER HONOR ROLL

He also acknowledges many valuable i aids from the editor of that time, i Albert s. Bowles, now a professor in l Haverfcrdy Penn. university.
 The helpful assistance of the late 1 John T. Wait, Congressman from t1eis l district, is also mentioned. To him he Is indeDted, not only for suggestions and items of information, but also for encotrag cement and help in what was atask of magnitude.
 w. H. Campbell, former member of The Bulletin staff, and John w. Stednaarf, Of the Norwich Advertiser, also aided when possible.
 But it "a in Mr. Dana's sumnsirss up of hts obligations that references Is made to another matter. which s5s- gested the tftfe of this paper that thrilled the town, as the newer list of 1 names of men in service recently placed in the court house grounds Is, these days, proving an inspiraticfs to readers young and old.
 When Rev. Mr. Dana wanted an honor roll for his Memorial, he ina' forms Us that he called upon pr. Louis Mitchell, who from the first af nouncement of the work had taken a l lively interest in it, and had cordially 1 rendered eyeTyassistance in his
 power.
 l Now, must confess that 1 had
 never known this town or any of it's : inhabitants was under obligation 1 to such person as said Dr. l Louis Mitchell; hence. it is a pleasure l to recall, for the gratitude of the present generation, the patriotic and defective work of this forgotten ben f efactor. Possibly. the originator of a rather recent 'Benefactors' Day in Norwich, or perhaps the scholarly gentleman who prepared a certain blue l which contained list of the town s benefactors, men and women, since its founding in 165a. and whose own account of the towns celebration of 1 it's quarter -miilenium has furnished much interesting reading for this col iumn, may tell US more about this pr. Louis Mitchell.
 I Regarding him, Rev. Mir. Dana writes: His own remenl5 5.lances oi i war times, his carefully preserved rec ords of the men who went from Nor iwich, made him invaluable as q help CT and, on all matters concerning
 which there was doubt, safe eoun-
 sellor.
 | By pr. Mitchell the "Three Months
 Roster" as we'll as tl1e General Mus
 ter Roils of all in the service was pre- pared. Many an hour Of weary4ne penwork has he assumed in our be- half, doing with accuracy and readi- ness what very few would have beer willing to undertake, and fewer stil able to accomplish" writes Mir Dana
 Dr. Louis Mitchell accomplished fol
 Norwich-not alone for the Norwich , of his own times, but for the town records in perpetuity! This is oui Earlier Honor Ro1l!"
 il As a matter of course, there mus ! be among Norwich Grand Army mel men who know of and about Dr. Loui, Mitchell, and perhaps some of then
 twill have interesting facts to narrat,
 concerning one who did this grant } work for Ilis towmspeople and hi
 town.
 ! Another patriot to whom MT. Dan, expressed obligation is L. E. Pores
 Spofford, who had served with homo i, in the army, and had lost an arm il ; hsa tountry's service. My. iSpoffori
 furnished the author duplicate list i of the General Muster Roll, compile, with characteristic accuracy, an, < (which proved of special value in veri n flying the names which appeared O s the Roll of Honor.
 ], The old town has never been lack s iing in patriots, ready to give Of thei i talents, time and substance when re ! Quired.
 As Mr. Dana prepared his Ms, th e publishing firm of J. H. Jewett l.
 CIon1rany. Of Norwich, relieved th 4 committee back of the work of all fl : naneial responsibility, securing il E publication in the most attractiv n typographical manner possi9Dle,s an Y then generously offered the book a e it's actual cost to Sedgwfck Post { : 4. R. Of Norwich. Whatever profit : therefore, resulted from the sale ( O the work. inured to the benefit of tn : charity fund of the Post
 t So this history was put forth, per ii petuating the story of what was ae 0 complished by Norwich citizens in
 great emergency.
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