Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, April 27, 1917, Page 7

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He was able to teil from erate plan of the highest German army suthorities. expressing his “profound grat- Itade et The acco; Telcome, he deciared, becauss: it will strike for 1 shortly o do,” he said, “I shall ook upon this evening as being to me the Iandmark in history, for I have seen areat nation rising to a great cri- General Bridges was escorted to the banquet hall by Dudley Field Malone. jeoliector of the port. As he entered the room the other guests arose and cheered his TENTATIVE BILL FOR RAISING WAR REVENUES To be Submitted to Ways and Means Cammittes Not Later Than Mon- day. Tribute. to Fitch L. Allen at First| wch - Prayer Mesting—A Good Man Widely Mourned Washington, April 26.—A tentative bill for raising war revenues during the coming year probably will be pre- Homes to be Opsned—Robert Albert sented to the ways and means Able to Leave Hospital. The subject of the Thursday even- ing prayer meeting at the First Con- mitthe net later than Monday by the ttee drafting the measure. The list of suggestions submitted by Secretary McAdoo for the information from |of congress is expected to be followed love of Christ which p‘-.(h knowl- Not since the death of A. W. Dickey have so many homes in this commu- the grief on the street where he lived, the church where he warshipped, ailied to the sorrow im his own loved e. Returns to Auburndale. Rev. Edward H. Smith returned ter WED hs gadent Save- Three S shsian’s Hours out of {ZFat Sz bares Your Horses Work by Using i i £ i f; i CASTORIA W. F. BOGUE 61 North Main St., Norwich, Co- ' ' 2 ciosely, though it is said to be uniikely that it will contain provisions for re- troactive income and excess profits taxes, consumption taxes or tariff Present indications are that the bill will carry items totalling oniy about $1,500,000,000. The s sugges- tion would have brought in $1,800,- 000,000, which, it was thought, would ‘meét half the expenses of the first year of the war. ree or four weeks may be spent in deliberation on the bill in full com- mittee. Provisions for obtaining all money immediately needed _already has been made and the committeemen are inclined to take their time about formulating a fair revenue bill. ‘While no l*lote mhmn t':km gn any proposal now e sub- its members are virtually on’ all features exgept income and excess profits These are much discussfon and the sub- committes did not meet today in order to give its experts an opportun- to prepare statistics on _excess profits for resentation There has been o great deal of ar- gument over whether the indome tax ion_shall be lowered to $1,000 men and $1,500 or $2,000 for the resent TO MARSHAL JOFFRE Congratulating Him on His Elevation to Highest Military Office. Parls, April 27, 500 p. m.—The Al- satians of the (rench colony in B express- of thanks of all Al mtinn that theis e Desn congerved upon you the highest military dignity that the government In this echo the wishes of all good French- men and Alsatians. “Alsatians of the French colony and pride ana and | thoughts of thelr redemption. When ‘weslt | Alsace shall become French soil again she will never lm 'hl( she owes hnu- of Humor. u you don‘t believe the Germans a sense of humor, how do you I N ot i and the mines are still worked in Basel | tray Food Committees. The Connecticut committes of food supply is sending out a letter to all town clerks in the siate, advising them to organize town committees for in- creased food supplies, under the au- thority they bave from Géverner ol comb, agents of the headquarters ommittes. THhey maye point the members of tl Rocording fo thelr own judgment. is expected that the heads of private. or public schools in the various towns will be inciuded in_the committees. WHAT MAKES UP A DIVISION OF THE U. 8. ARMY r the War With Consi of 28235 (Special to The Bulletin.) Washington, D. C., April 26¢—Co-l- plied from data not hitherto ed, the National Geographic m jhas issued from its headquarters in l ‘ashington the following bulletin on the uniis and equipment of an infan- try fon of the ited Stat army reorganized in the light of tI lessons Jearned during the 31 montl cf_warfare in Burope: “As reorganized for the war with Germany, an infantry division of the IUnl:-d States army will number 05 {per cent more men than a division of the Germany army as now constituted. The enemy’s divisions are made up of 17,000 men and 4,000 horses; the new Unitéa States divieion at maximum strength will be composed of 28,235 men, 6,834 horses, and 4,875 mules. “The average layman has iittle conception of the various units which g0 to make up an infantry division or the eno: us cost of its equipment. According to estimates made two years ago, the cost of fully equipping a division amounts to $7,636,560, but since that time the cost of materials have adv: 80 greatly that a ein- rervative estimate requires the addi- tion of 20 per cent to this amount making the total in excess of $9,000,- 000. And this takes into considera- tion the immense saving effected by the Council of National Defense in providing for the purchase by the gov- ernment Of munitions and equipment at a profit to the manufacturers not to exceed 10 per cent, which is far less be_composed of the following units: Three infantry brigades—18579 of- on, One regiment of enflntc‘——!fl! officers and men. of rifing horses R it "3 &d:r;:—n 4 mnflfla than 20,000 rifies required Mhl-' is still an open qum bm the num- ber which will e soon to be ’flnud s 13 forne dtris sion itself and itlomral = total of 00 for the division. “The of a division in - ing order is more than 14 miles. while the wagon trains require an addttional es, making a grand total of equipped with motor of wagon trains the ‘head of the column to rear guard is 19 miles. next few weeks detailed 'l'putry Rugs, size 9 x 12 ft Size 9 x 12 ft. It will be a long time before excellent splendid grade, mos Size 9 x 12 ft. . REPORT MADE ON THE SINKING OF THE AZTEC Impression is That the Vessel Was Probably Dmnycd by & Mine, Washington, April 26.—Lieutenant Willlam ¥. Gresham, who commanded the navai gun crew of the American merchant steamer Aztec when she was sunk off Brest, made his report in person to Secretary Daniels today and left an impression that the vessel probably was destroyed by a mine. Lieutenant Gresham told the secre tary tha the had seen nothing to in- dicate the presence of a submarine. He also expressed surprise at the com- paratively feeble shock felt by those aboard. His report lett little doubt in_the minds of many navy officials that the Aztec was the victim of a mine. The navy department maintained si- lence today in regard to the reported sinking of a submarine by the gunners Semh-‘rykqpma'oodnnge of desirable p;’ ADVANCE AGAIN of one or more 'DEPENDABLE TAPESTRY RUGS nn.-,-.afc.sin.xlon.sm BETTER TAPESTRY RUGS Size 8 ft. 3in. x 10 ft. 6in........ 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