New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1918-12-11

eraD what will be done with the reg
ular army organizations, but we shall
probably have to stay here as long as
anything is going on.
You have no idea how nice it is
to be able to get about at night with
all the light you want after riding
night after night in the dark, and
mud and rain. when you could
not see the man or the horse
next to you. and it is also some
what of a relief not to wake up in
the night and hear the drone of a
Fokker over head and lie still and
wonder if the darned inconsiderate
cuss was going to drop a Darrell Of
He on you.
But those days are over for the
present, and the only chance l shall
have Of being hurt, from this time on
is from getting kicked by my horse,
who is an ugly little devil, but about
the smartest in the whole Reg't, or
getting run over by truck or Rugged
to death by some nice old French
woman when go into a village
where what people are left have
lived in misery and daily fear for the
past four years.
IT suppose it has been pretty busy
years, but if you want to see people
really work, you should see things
over here. I used to think the corner
of Broadway and 14th ST. or the
corner of Asylum and Main Sts about
the most busy places in the world,
but they are tame compared with a
little back country lane over here
when something important is going
on near the front If you can
imagine twice the traffic going on in
lane about half as wide, with the
roads all ripped up by shell fire, on
rainy night, without the light of
even a cigarette, you may get some
idea of what traffic means in war
times when the circus is up But
they get through, or they get off the
road and when it is of vital impor-
lance that the road be kept open,
you can bet that a Cadillac limou-
sine will go into the ditch as quickly
BIS a side car if it can't. keep the
grade.
The mess sergeant has just come
to me and said that the cook shot a
rabbit coming through the woods this
afternoon, and was going to give the
Capt. and I a rabbit mulligan for sup
per. SO I am going to finish this later.
Later. LOU DSt tndL IdUDll was
good. We have fine cooks, and a
mess sergeant who has a wonderful
faculty of always finding something
good to eat, which keeps the men
happy and contented
IF I could tell you where we had
been and what we had been doing
the past few weeks, you would not
wonder why you had not heard often
err from me, but when I say we have
been too busy that is an actual fact
and in addition, most of the time
there has been no place from which
we could mail a letter. [ had intend
ed to write Joe Wilson and some
others whose addresses you had sent
me, but a lot of my stuff got lost a
while ago, and the addresses with
them.
II had hoped to run across some
of the Berlin or New Britain DO VS.,
but have not seen one of them since
left Fort Ethan Allen last May. Our
work is such that it does not bring
us very closely into touch with the
line troops.
With kind regards to every one in
the neighborhood, including the new
est baby I am
Your affectionate son.
First Lieut.. Matthew H. Griswold,
Second Z. S. Regular Cavalry"
Naval Reserve Discharged.
Many of the Naval Reserve sta
toned at Pelham Bay are being dis
charged, owing to the cessation of hos
tilities, and the local boys have writ
ten home telling their parents that