Norwich bulletin., 1918-09-13
PUTNAM

The assistance of Clerk Edgar M. Warner of the Windham county su- perier court has been sought by Soldat Horace Garnier, S8th infantry, French army, in order that he may be trans ferred from the French to the An1eri- can forces now fighting in France
 Garnier is an American citizen and has blind wife and two children liv- ing in Wauregan. his former home, his l letter represents. The circumstances surrounding his getting into the 1 French army are not fully understood 1 here in Putnam, but he was taken as
 French citizen on the ground that i his parents were French. As matter i of fact, however, he was born in
 Brooklyn, Connecticut, and is, there
 fore, citizen by right of birth.
 Garnier does ask for discharge from
 military service, although under the
 United States Seleetive Service act
 he would be a Class A man and not
 subject to immediate call All he
 wants is a transfer into the U s forces fighting abroad and then would
 be able to make an allotment from his
 pay for the support of his wife and children and also could get additional
 aid for them from this government
 A certified copy of his birth certifi- cate was sent to France to aid him in getting his release, but it did not avail, so he has sent it back and ask ed that further action in his behalf be taken. It is probable that the at- l tention of Congressman Richard P. Freeman will be called to the case.
 Registration day in this city opened
 with rush of men anxious to comply
 with the governments call for men to
 enroll. As soon as the registration station in the superior court law li- brary was opened men began to pour
 in and the first hundred registrants
 had fulfilled their first obligation in a
 very short time. It was early indi-
 cated that the registration this time would surpass the figures made in was passed early in the afternoon. By 6 'clock. practically 300 men had reg 5 istered here and more came in during the evening hours.
 Under the direction of Chief Reg
 istrar Mahlon H. Geissler the regis tration work in this city proceeded without a hitch. The staff of regis tratrars numbered 24. and all worked with accuracy and speed. There were times during the day when they were I kept very busy, but at others a luIl came , and they had opportunity for relaxa- tlon and a chance to discuss little in l cdents that were interesting and al times, amusing. For instance, one mar vehementiy insisted that his wife was 3 not his nearest relative. though it was 8 explained to him that he should name
 her as such under the seleetIve ser, I vice instructions. He didn't think 50 9 but he had to stand for it. Anothe' e man became so 1ustered that he en T tirely' forgot his own name for thu Q moment and could. not possibly recal \ it for the registrar. but it came bacl
 to him promptly. Some of the fereigl = names with generous sprinklings 0 . z's, ks, KS and y's bothered some, bu g efficient interpreters were on hand ant t all of these little difficulties Wer Il promptly straightened out
 d One of the little incidents of the da, d that was of special interest was tn t registration of Jan Kczcelk, and An a ton Kczcelk. twin brothers. 36 year
 of age. In each case the wife's nam IS was Mary. The men and their fami k lies live on PoWhattan street in thi