Norwich bulletin., 1919-08-02
WII-sI MA NTIC

plain the stand of the comnittee inj trf1sed service me men iis tiss parAsie. Mir. Murphy said that.gthe meeting hAd been called with the sobjectzof get Etn9 the sentiment of the boys in re-s Eard to the parade Arrangenaerts state guerdsnaen to act as an escort It
 wR4 planned to have the service men l14roh as "a unit and "a t4 Recreation
 Park leave the parade ito take up a reviewing posfticns 1t would greatly
 assist the parade and bake commit
 tees If the bows were all in uniform but it was up to them If they were t8oing tD feel more at home in citi-
 tee would not presume to dictate. The parade cosnnfittee wanted to have the nearest female relative of each bf, the naen who had died in the service to ride in the parade in an auto. They
 felt that the Aervice men sfhemse1ves IthrSzzfh a ,cenmittee were the ones to handle this matter. The arrangements tor some sort Of memorial service at Che teinrsr.ry nno1unzent to- be erect ed cu Liacuan square was a matter to- abe arranged bx the zhen, themselves,
 according to the ccmndittee.
 Joseph c PauThus was elected sec retary of the meeting. Captain Keat ing eaid that the affair was going to. De one or the HneSLs Jn2Ls WlnuH1fn Hdd lever had and that he felt sure that
 those who had been in. the service
 never wanted to have chance to- march in another welcome home pa rRde for airy such object as this had been. lie said that he couldn't under stand the feeling of the service men in not wanting to wear their uniforms as that would be airnost the oTllS way of setting eff-fthefn. the men for whom the celebration was being held,. from the other societies which would be in line Mr. fMurphy.@spoke on the effect it would have on the children to ksee the men in uniform ;ihasTnuch as men in cftizeafs clothes were just men while to sehcol children men in uni form were heroes. The motion was made and carried that the service men wear uniforms. It was moved that the chairman be- given power to &p- point two committees of three men each to arrange for the invitation of the nearest relatiyeSpf the towns gold star men to ride in the parade and to arrange for services at the tenn p0rary Enonunaent. The chairman will appoint the committees Saturday. 1t was decided that the men had had enough of drill and would get together for this purpose before the parade. z | It was suggested that the members l Of the, old Co. Is-.lead the service men with the overseas men second and those who did not get across next with the navy bringing up the rear ! I Ills Td1Skau SotSiG QdCSIiOh eo whether the men who had not been Ioverseas might not feel that they l were being discriminated against if fth.-- were thus separated from the overseas men. Advocates of the origi- nal plan favored it because it would bring the overseas caps in one sec fion and the seryi hats in another instead of indiscrimInately mixing the two h was f7rsaiiy decided to march in col,iuan of squads with the Go. L. veterans leading. but with no dis :, crimination between overseas men and
 others. The navy raen~-we1iid- have a Separate division in the rear Of the
 army The sollowing committee of five was appointed to confer with the
 general committee on any develop
 ments which might arise: Edward H.
 Morris. Raymond Gates. Capt w. P. S. Keating, Joseph Roux and Thomas
 Shea One man declared that he
 would not wear his uniform and
 wanted to Know if that barred him
 from the affair He was informed that any service man could get a but ton showing his service and that
 would be his pass. It was decided to get the names of all local men who
 were now in hospitals dnd have them brought here if possible for the day. Afrer the matter of the. Welcome
 Home celebration was settled. Captain Heating brought mp the matter Of the
 American Legion. He read the ob-
 jects of the legion as set forth in the
 
 sanitation. He said that furthermore the legion in this state. would proba-
 b1y have considerable to say in the administration of the state fund Of two and a half million dollars for
 crippled soldiers. He also said that there has been preached the matter Of organizing Veterans Association of Co. l. which he thought was a good on either matter at the meeting Fri
 day night There will be a meeting
 some time after the Welcome Home celebratinn is over and action will be post of the legion here. The charter
 membership of the legion closes in
 Nov emher. ,s,..
 Walisnsatie Sunday Notices At the. Methodist Episcopal church
 there will be morning service at I045 Morning topic at Wi11imantic
 and at South Coventry (1245 p. m.)
 World Harmony Assurance. Sunday
 school at noon Evening service at. cling Mountains; -.
 At the First Baptist church Rev. G.
 c. S. MacKay of Putnam will preach
 in the absence of the pastor. who is
 on his yaeatiCn-
 Christisn Science service is held at
 sos Main street in the Woman's Club
 room Sunday at 10.4o a. m. Subject of lesson sermon, Love. Golden Text: l John 3:fS.
 At St. PAui's church the regular
 Sunday morning services will be held
 in the parish house at 10 o'clock.
 tsesrd. and Seen.
 There was no session of the police
 court Friday morning. ,as
 The boys department of the local
 Y M. C. 4. will hold their first hike
 of the season to Hop River this morning in charge of Gordon Barker.
 About twenty-five boys are expected Ito make the trip.
 Friday, the first of the month. the police officers of the local force as-
 stunned their new beats
 F. William Smith of the local ire de- partment is spending his ten-day va ca tion in Boston. leaving Friday.
 Edmund Peloquifi of Engine Co. No. II has returned to duty after a ten day vacation which he, spent at Groton- Long Point. -@- ' xr~~~xr Kolaav whn a DneTa-