New Britain herald., 1917-12-01

remodled and converted into a very
pleasant home.
On June 3, 1873, Mr.. LeClair mar.
rted Miss Catherine Flavin OF Middle.
town. the daughter Of Mr.. and Mrs
William Flavin.
Mr.. LeClair is survived by his wife
and seven children, Mrs. D. F.. Brad
ley of Hartford; Agnes LeClair, Leon
L. LeClair of Hartford; Mrs. c. e.
Brown of birmingham, Mass, Flor
ence LeClair. Sidney LeClair and
Maude LeClair. He also leaves one
brother. Harmidas LeClair of Canada.
The funeral will be held on Monday
morning at 9 o'clock from St. PauIs
Roman Catholic church, Kensingtcn
and Rev. ]. G.. Brennan will celebrate
. requiem high mass. Intermenu will
be in New Catholic cemetery, Now
Britain.
Lieut.. Griswold Writes.
In a letter to his parents, Dr. and
Mrs r. M. Griswold, Of Kensington,
Lieut. Matthew H. Griswold, stationed
at Fort Ethan Allen on the staff OF
the base hospital at that point, writes
that the people in this country have
not yet realized that we are at war.
The letter follows:
II trust this will find you as we'll
and happy as people can be in a coun-
try which is at war.
'tAfter all, few of us seem to realize,
over here, that we are at war. The
people do not seem to know, and many
of them do not seem to care, that we
are in the greatest war the world has
ever seen, and that it will never end
until it is fought to g. complete and
final finish
'"N'ot yet do they realize it, but
everyone must realize it before We are
through and the thousands of
'slackers' with yellow streaks down
their backs, and their brothers, the
'slickers' with pull enough to land In
the soft places, will be forced to take
UP their share Of the awful load before
we are finished, for the feeling here
is that this thing has only commenced.
Just at present things are looking
! better, but I think it Is only on the
! surface, and there Is more trouble
brewing than is generally thought of.
1--WE shall probably wake up some
morning and wonder what in
| hit us, and when that comes we shall
| begin to realize that America is not
| fighting for an abstract principle, nor
! is she fighting for France, or for Eng
| land or for Italy, but to preserve her
own life as a. nation, and before we
get through we may be fighting with
y, our backs against the wall: but there
! is never a thought in this army that
the job will not be thoroughly cleaned
up. We shall wipe the slate clean
and when that time comes Uncle Sam
will sit at the head of the table and
the other people will be paying very
respectful attention to what he tells
them they must do.
| 1T only occurred to me yesterday
| that tomorrow was Thanksgiving, anC
it looks as though it would be as bus,
as any other day for us: for we ge
no holidays in this army, at least, no
in this part of it.
1.-The enlisted men may get fur
loughs, and many Of my boys are leav
ing for their homes tonight. but W.
fellows who have the work to d.
know little difference between Thanks
giving, Christmas, New Years, Fourth
of July or Sunday. All days are alike
with plenty of work at the base hos
pitfalls.
IT do not remember that I hav
ever been away from home before n
Thanksgiving, except one year when
was in Indiana. But as it is not like
ly that shall spend another Thanks
! giving or Christmas in this countr.
for long time to come, we must ge
used to it and lose no time shedding
| useless tears.
ut is a. time to push, and not tt
make a big noise and you know, al
my dear people, that If had not gon'