Norwich bulletin., 1917-09-05
FAIR TODAY AND
 ToMoRRowt WARM
GERMANS WILL SURRENDER
 OR BERLIN WILL BE REACHED Before Many Months, if Allies Con- tfnue Offensive-Opinion of Staff Sergeant Edward Marriott in Ad- dress at PIainfieId-Fighter of Three Wars.

dress at PIainfieId-Fishter of Three ] Wars.
 Plainfeld, Conn, Sept. 4-After Canadian ambulance unit, on various battlefronts of Belgium and France, Staff Sergeant Edward Marr1ott mas returned to his home in Pla1nneid with an interesting account or the great war; This man is stauncn patriot and believes in upholding the honor os ones country, and this same spirit of loyalty seems to run through the veins of his three sons, Edward 21, Frederick, 19, and Albert, IS. Two Sons in Service. Albert, the youngest of the three, enlisted in the U. s. navy in Novem- Der. 1915, was sent to the naval tra1n- on board the U. s. s. Chester since last February. He has won distinction as a marksman and now holds the rank of second class seaman: Frederick enlisted in the 18th Co.,, C. A. C., N G., and later received per mission to transfer into the regular army He is now stationed at Syra- cuse, N. Y., and is acting corporal because of fidelity to duty. He expects to receive his chevr6ns before long.
 Edward has applied for enlistment in both the U. S.. and Canadian armies but was rejected because Of defective vision.
 Enlisted at 1S.
 The father of the three youths is now 51 years old. At IS he enlisted in the English army, was despatched to India, where he remained for over engagements. A veteran of the Boer war; he came to this country a few years ago, coming to Plainfield shortly after his arrival in America -
 His Third War.
 When this great war broke out she left for Canada, where he enlisted in a branch of the Canadian ambulance corps Leaving Canada with the sec ond contingent. he arrived safely in France.
 His first destination on the march was at Lochere, in Belgium. where he underwent his first baptism of fire in this war against kaiserism.
 carsd for 573 Patlsnts.
 For three months he remained at cared for over 173 patients whose in Jpurtes were chiefly caused by gas, trench feet or shrapne1 wounds.
 Leaving there, his next stopping tured his first German prisoner. He was then sent to Utterdam, . place where observation balloons arc in use.
 A Danger Spot.
 Mfr. Marriott relates that this held was . very deadly place and that work was carried on day and night, 50 great wes the number of wounded. as In telling recently of his experiences while on duty. he said:
 A Soldiers Story.
 Leaving Utterdam, was despatched to the Ypres battlefront, where I re- mained for nearly eight months. I was stationed at Bedford house, which | has received prominence in this strug- gle due to a little incident worth men- | This place was possessed by a man named Rosenthal, who happened to be the first German spy shot in the l London tower. While stationed here was never sure of seeing the end of one day or the beginning of another.
 Machine guns were set out on cer- tain places of the battle line by day and were worked at night. was de- 1 tailed to visit these posts each morn l ing and would find five or six unfor- | tunates dead from the enemy's Sire | While making these rounds I was al- l turn or Tot. 7 His Only WounG.
 It was while stationed here that | my only injury during my | many days on the battlefield. A shrap- l nel shell burst near me and pieces of | it lodged in my leg. I remained on | duty after being ordered to leave the | line. Later.I went to a dugout I1ne | 1ugouts in this section are so large l that three regiments can easily secure l shelter, and they are absolutely she'll | proof, thereby rendering them safe | places fer rendezvous.
 Introduction of Tanks.
 Leaving Ypres, I arrived at Somme, where I witnessed the introduction of | the famous. tanks which proved so successful in battle.
 BeheId Miracle.
 Here :. beheld a miracle and wonder ,requently about it's significance. A battle and the German artillery direct ed the fire of their heavy guns upon it. Most of the building was blown to atoms, but a statue of the Blessed Vir- gin and Child, suspended from the in- ,erior, remained unhermed.
 Battle of the Somme.
 I was in my first battle on the somme Sept. 14, which I did after a seven day march with 126 men under ny charge. l was continually working with my stretcher bearers, bringing n the wounded, for over. three days ,eived only four hours rest Forty six ambulances and Il doctors were engaged in treating the wounded.
 Deadly Gas.
 Sergeant Marriott then discussed he poisonous gases introduced by the Germans. Gas as a method of warfare Is against the modes of the civilized na- ions and was one of the most deadly instruments ir use by the Germans. for supremacy, it is one of he most inhuman of methods ever be- le1d by mankind. But today if the Germans used this deadly weapon as heir only means of existence they would be defeated because of the use " the allied troops of gas helmets. A ] natter of about seven seconds for ad-J usting, the neglect of the soldier in fsing his helmet would mean instant ] ieath or lifelong suffering.
 Safeguarding Helmets.
 The recruits today are taught the lse of the gas helmets. Gas filled 1 ;hambers are used and soldiers are or Iered to remove helmets and rush out 1