Norwich bulletin., 1917-07-30
ARTILLERYMEN LEAVE
 AMID CHEERS AND TEARS.
Thousands Assemble For FareweIIs to Thirteenth Company, Saturday Morning.

With cheers of several thousand peo- 1 pie ringing in their ears, the members 1 Of the Thirteenth Company, Coast Ar | tlllery corps, left Danielson or the 3e
 train Saturday. The guardsmen | crowding every window of their cars | and the platforms, yelled back in Ius- | ty chorus.
 They looked back on a scene that | many of them never will forget and che that made clear to them that the l townspeople had found it hard to say goodbye. Hundreds of women out in the crowd where every soldier bov had a feminine relative or friend were weeping without attempt at restraint and brave and strong men there were.
 too, whose eyes were dimmed with
 tears as the train rolled out of the station.
 Stout as oak though their hearts are.
 It was mighty solemn company of young men that marched forth from
 cne sIaIe armOry Tor the short nlkv
 to the railroad station. The com mands or the officers were sharp and terse, the response of the men snap py and Slert as they swung into line and it was at once apparent to all mat the ordeal of getting away was hard one for the artilierymen Some of them afterwards said at the station that they would rather face bullets than the parting with loved ones and friends.
 Escorted by St. James hand the company covered the route to the sta t1on between solid banks of humanity. croWdlng every inch of space on the streets, while the roofs of buildings offered vantage places for others and still hundreds of others viewed the spectacle from the seats of touring cars, the top of box cars and score of other stations that offered an op- portun1ty for good view.
 Business was suspended in Daniel son and some of the mills closed to allow the employees the chance to cheer the boys at departure. It was esti- mated that more than 4,0oo crowded apout the station and it's approaches
 Cheer after cheer rolled out as the company marched on and scores of automobile horns added to the din.
 The crush about the station was such as to hamper the handling of the command, so anxious were hundreds 1or chance for the last farewell. There was heart strain a-plentv for all who. watched the touching scenes company's stay here, and some of the soldier boys, than whom there are no | braVer anywhere, broke down and l Wept under the emotion that the ex- per1ence was causing them.
 Mothers and sisters were pulled and | damned through the crowd that they might get to some dear one in the | company, and men fought their way the mass to get a handshake | with some pal of many years.
 There were trying minutes for the men in the ranks and many a one of them found it hard to bear up under the strain Scores of women broke down completely as the men started to entrain. but as the train pulled out of the station, a roar went up from the crowd and responsive cheer came pack from the khaki clad men, at last 1ntheir way to work of war
 It was an once an occasion of pride md sadness for all concerned-'sthe 1roudest and most sad day of my ife," as one man put it.
 Indications are that the company will De at Fort Terry on Plum Island for