New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1917-12-22

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Somewhere in France.
September II. 1917.
To-day the army division we served
at Vcrdun came In to the village 'en
rcpas also. When the men saw US
We were again Ss~amped as the chill
dxnh had swanaped lis the day we
In. Each one wanted to shake
tsS34s with us. and there we're 16.-
.O00 mon! We know personally the
huncardiers (stretch0r bsarers) as
thA1 had our cars vt the roste. Each
bunrardier would shake hands with
~ and cali liz by the number Of our
car. and introduce uA to his particu-
lar friends. shook more hands in
ono afternoon than have In lny
whole life. livery one who succeed
I'd In GettinE close enough to shake
hands with us passed around ciga-
ro.tes. had all my pockets full
whom We got through.
You would be surprised to SEQ how
old everybody looks. A Boche pris-
6ner carried the other day Che had
i piece OF edat in his leg) was only
is years old and yet he looked so.
The war makes everybody grow old
guess 'e.
Yes. L miss tho sweet corn. We
ret about everything else. peas, toma-
toes, plums. peaches. egg plant. pota-
toes. peas. strawberries, raspberries.
apples, etc. The Strawberries are
like our mild ones. very small but as
sweet as the best we have in the
States. never liked egg plant be-
fore, bat our French cook fixes it up
! nne. and 4 have learned to like 1t.
Il 10 lucky do. as we get lots Of it.
We also have caulinower and VARIOUS
kinds OF beans. We have plenty to
eat. ana the food Is OF good quality
The only hard food for me is the
war bread and the pinard. We get
fairly good water here, so We are
laying OF on the pinard for while.
Yes we get plenty Of reading. The
4. M. G. A. furnishes US with all the
reading we want, and are doing {.
wonderful work here among the men.
And from my observation, there Is
much need for the work OF the Y. NJ.
G. A. ana they should have the sup
port OF everybody in the States.
fs.z s., September %, ffs17:t@
".At tho front we never meet the
men In the trenches except those
wounded. It was funny yesterday, we
would be walking down the street and.
one buncardier and six or eight of
his friends, mon from the trenches
would stop us. The only one we
knew would be the buncarGier but
he would introduce us to all of his
friends. Then the next time, If we
4 hapeened to meet any Of the friends
ef this buncardieY, we had to shake
hands again and with all the new
friends we had. 1 write Of these
Things to show You how the French
appreciate what the Americans do for
them. The cook At Camens Sud, our
Advance poste, grabbed Dix and and
pulled us into the kitchen. The kitch-
ens are on wheels. Then he laid out
one wonderful feed and when we took
of one mouthfui, he would put on
three more. He sent PoUu out for
bottle Of wine and he brought out
tarts. cakes, etc. We certainly had
. feast I think we are going to get
that citation I spoke of in a previous
letter. Some French officers were
around yesterday to look us over and
count the edAt holes in our cars.
This morning the priests and the
doctors at Chanapouillat, one of our
postes, came over to see us while we
were eating breakfast They thanked
IN again for the way we took care
OF the wounded and have invited us
to have dinner with them tonight. I
bet that will mean another banquet
and believe me these French-fried po-
tatoes-+well We have them almost
every day. Look at all the good times
We get. In the army one Is ordered
to do things Ours Is all volunteer
When We roll we roll in order. The
first car at the poste, leaves first. and
when he returns he takes last place,
etc. ST.. ''.., ...
Somewhere in France.
september 10, 1917.
~ am writing pretty early in the
mo3ning g .. mo- and as we are
en- repas wc have nothing to do to
speak Of. We sure are glad OF tho
rest as ali Of us are in poor condi-
tlon. After such heavy ana nerve
racking work we need the rest. One
OF our men has broken down with
nervous prostration from our work
4 ana all right though. Yesterday
afternoon two Of Us walked about
eight miles. We had some French
rifles and went hurting wild boar
There lArA . great many Of them
around here but we only saw one
small one. We both fired but we are
not expert marksmen, so didn't score
hit and the boar beat it for the
thiclet
We tramped ali over the side Of
? mountain all the afternoon and we
discovered an old chateau. It Is de
serted now, only tho tower and oute1
wAlls are standing. We could see thu
port hotes for shooting at tho enem,
and the hot water da6rs ana hr.
4 places, next to them. II was the Gus