Norwich bulletin., 1918-08-06

Corporal E. E. Miller Writes Home
 -EmpIoyes Urged to Loyalty-John LePase Drowned While Fishing Four Alleged Non- Workers Arrested
 Death of Mrs. Mary E. Farnum. Writing under the date of July g from a hospital somewhere in France, Private Richard J. Healey of G com uany. 102d infantry, tells James R. Walsh in letter received here that he is recovering from wound in the leg. near the knee.
 Private Healey's wound is not seri- oa1s. he writes, and he mentioned that his hope was to get back with his company, wherever it is" within a week or two. The wound was caused by a piece of flying shrapnel during a German bombardment of the trenches which company was holding.
 Healey expresses in the letter his desire to get back into service, be- cause "it is slow around the hospital, and you know I never cared for that" Healey mentions the fact that he had seen Sergeant Carl Anderson. John Dove, John Horton and other Daniel son bows within short time and that they were all looking fine and feeling well.
 His reference to the wound he re- ceived is only casual and from the little he did say about it the fact seems to be established that it is not at all of serious nature.
 Healey was one of the first two se- | lected men to leave this district, in | September, 1917. His partner at that time was Private Adelard Barbeau now a prisoner in Germany.
 Letter from Corporal F. E. Miller.
 Corporal F. E. Miller, Dayville, c NJ. C., with the Goodyear mills at the time he enlisted, has written the fol- lowing letter from France to Mrs Miller, who is in the office of Back & Darbie here:
 Where is France? Today my friend Kelley and I took a walk around one of the large cities over here and the Il things we saw lead me to ask this question. We crossed a railroad bridge and hearing the whistle of an engine looked below on the railroad tracks An American locomotive of prominen make raced by drawing a long trair of American tank and fiat cars, th' tanks probably contained American 1 gasoline and the fiat cars were loaded T with American aeroplanes. We step ped aside to let a train of American motor trucks which were probabl! carrying supplies to the front, pass and continued our walk.
 There are still quite a number O French people here, it seems, for WI passed a few of them amongst a lot O soldiers in khaki in a park. w crossed street near the park ar1( were nearly run down by a number O American autos and motorcycles whicl carry American soldiers back and fortl from the front A baseball game wal at it's height over in a field, so w stopped to watch it a minute Mint of the players wore a familiar lookins suit with a large Goodyear" across the front of it. Sure they were Amer jeans and the suits a present from thu Goodyear Tire and Rubber company. A little farther along we came upoI a large warehouse with American guards stationed at intervals around it l One of our big depots for supplies and in the rear we saw thousands O auto tires piled up, both solid anC pneumatic, a good part of them were of interest to me, for they were Good years.
 Even most ot the houses in sections i of the city are occupied by our boys Our soldiers give shows and enter tainments in the theatres, our band; play in the park, and our military DO lice are on duty in place of the gen darms, the traffic is governed by. ou regulations and the "chic" Mademoi selle is no tin sryle at all if she doesn' promenade avec un soldat Ameri caine."
 Just outside of the city a large To comotive works is being erected by al American engineer company, soldiers I of course, and will soon te turnin: out a number of engines each da. similar to those which grace the iro1 in the United States, for they will sur be American sixteen wheel drivers.
 I do not think that the magnitud of the accomplishments of the Ameri can troops is realized in the States but from what l have seen so far can honestly say that Kaiser Bill i up against a pretty stiff proposition when he bucks Uncle Sam.
 One of the chief amusements of tn American soldier over here is to pla. with and ''try to talk" to the children They have all been taught to love u and they delight in climbing up int the lap of one of the boys or to pla, ball with him. The first thing the. say is Gum Americaine." Do yol folks at home know that chewing gun was absolutely unknown in the greate part of France until the arrival of tn American forces
 l Yes, this is "LaBelle France" ant truly the country is beautiful, fin farms, gardens and chateaus. Her are the ideal cozy homes, homes whicl have sheltered generation after gen eration, a beautiful little stone hous surrounded by roses of many hues, garden in the rear where vegetable and fruits are grown in abundance.
 Of all the sights I have seen sine my army life began, there is on l which will never be obliterated iron my memory. When on the evening 0 March 18th, 1918. the transport whic brought me here started her engine and gradually moved away from m America, and the Statue of Libert faded from sight. then the picture c that great shaft of stone was printe