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Show NEW ENGLAND IS NOW PREPARING BOSTON', March 22.- New Kng-land Kng-land s inoblization for preparedness proceeds rapidly today. New llamp-shiro llamp-shiro appropriated $500,000 for de-fensp. de-fensp. and Maine and Vermont. i through their governors, appointed committeea on public safety. The legislature leg-islature of New Hampshire and the Vermont house of representative jn dorsed universal military training. Governor Graham of Vermont announced an-nounced that he would ask the legislature legis-lature lo vote a credit for defense Throughout the New England coast line the greatest activity was shown I So prompt has been the response to the calls for recruits that the heads of official and c ivilian commit! e s had their hands full in examining, enrol) ing and assicning those who could be of service. Men, women, boy scouts and girls made up the volunteers. In Boston preparedner-s campaign-ers campaign-ers were particularly busy. W bib- those in authority are not betraying secrets that might be of value to an enem. tne ;re openly courting such harmleaa publicity as may serve to arouse further public sentiment for preparednc - -Several interesting developments are announced One armed boat patrol pa-trol manned from the crews of the I ships at the navy yard is to be established estab-lished to patrol Boston harbor and the waterfront of the navy y;ird from sunset sun-set to sunrise. Guards at the navy ' yard piers were given rifles in addition addi-tion to their pistols. Another call for aviators was made and five new units of coast defense j reserve men from Tufts college were added to the force already being trained. A larce group of telephone girls offered their services without pay for evenings, Saturday afternoons, Sundays and holidays. A unit of thirty thir-ty experienced wireless operators, all 'women and girls, already h& e been enrolled in the coast defense reserve corps. The latest Harvard unit to enroll in the naval coast defense reserve is headed by John Parkinson. .lr . a former for-mer football star and one of the quarter quar-ter deck men of the cup trial boat Resolute. Bluejackets from the battle ships Georgia, Virginia and Nebraska brouKht 250 applicants into the line as a result of their day's work at recruiting. re-cruiting. Enrolling officers are anxious to obtain more men holding masters', engineers' en-gineers' or pilots' certificates, and on Monday nicht Captain William D. Rush, commandant of the First naval ' district, will address a meeting of the ' Mastor Pilots' association, r.t which v H ! time it is expected fresh impetus will ,r .H be iven to the campaign. M Tonight a bis preparedness meet- ( ing was held at the Boston City dub. 1 |