New Britain herald., 1917-10-18
NEW BRITAIN BOYS
 AT AVER ARE HAPPY
Larry'S Chow and Kind Officers
 Are Clouds Silver Lining
(By Herald Correspondent).

(6y Herald COrreSpOnQenL).
 Camp Devens. Aver. Mass. Oct. IS. The progress of construction at this cantonment Is amazing. Yester- day I visited the barracks where we were stationed on our arrival here Sept. 20 and was surprised to see 35 stables now occupying what was our first drill grounds. It seems that no matter wheres you go you will see construction. At present we are hav- ing heat installed in our barracks, and when that is finished we will all be happy. One of the hardest tasks is to tumble out in the morning for roll call, and that is the time we all join in Harry Lauder's chorus, with. Tt is nice to get up in the morning but it is nicer to lie in bed"
 Company c is fortunate in having Sergeant Larry Sullivan as overseer of "vittles." The "chow" as we fond- ly term it is the kind to build one up, plain, wholesome and plenty of it.
 No matter how wearily a recruit has dragged through the morning drill, his pace quickens and his eyes brighten. as he hears Larry's silvery whistle sound the chow call. It ap- pears that the way Walter Campbell and Doc Fay relish the mess, that they must have side bet as to which one will be able to carry the most machine guns on their back at the end of the month.
 A non-commissioned officers school has been established in the battalion and the following New Britain men are actively interested every day in staging a one-hour skit entitled, School Days: Sergeant Kiniry, corporals McDonough and Sullivan and Privates Tyler. Tompkins, veley, Steiner, Bonenfant, Miller, Camp bell, Bailey Sanders. Hofer, Cook, Steinman, Andrews, Hartman, Fay, Hamilla, Kolodney. Kelly, Apelgren, Lynch, Robinson, Roche, Reilly, Mo- Carthy, O'Brien, Serguis and Bloom
 The heart and soul spirit which our officers are showing while working shoulder to shoulder with the men is surely destined to make the bat talion the finest in the division. Kind ness. justice and firmness are the three attributes that the officers are making use of in meeting the enlisted men half way, and in turn the re- SI uitS are expressing Lnelr appreCta- tion of this attitude by coming half way with obedience and loyalty
 Like the men at the front the fol- lowing bit of soldierly philosophy ex- presses our optimism:
 You have two alternatives; either you are mobilized, or you are not. If not, you have nothing to worry about; if you are mobilized you have two alternatives-you are in camp or at the front. If you are not in camp you have nothing to worry about; if you are at the front, you have two aternat atives-either you are in re- serve or on the fighting line. If you are in reserve you have nothing to worry about; if you are on the fight ing line you have two alternatives either you fight or you don't. If you don't you have nothing to worry about; if you do you have two alter natives-either you get hurt or you don't. If you don't you have noth- ing to worry about; if you get hurt you have two alternatives-either you get slightly hurt or you get badly hurt. If slightly, you have nothing to worry about; if badly you have two alternatives-either you recover or you don't. If you recover you have nothing to worry about; and If you don't you can't worry If you want to so what's the use?