The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-05-22
LOCAL BOYS ARE
. STANDING UP WELL
/
Some of Those in France in
the Thickest Of the .
Fighting =
SAD TIMES ALONG
WITH PLEASURE
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Sergeant Bernard Dunleavy Writes In
terestingly of Experiences in France
Pays High Tribute to Lieut.. Lang,
Formerly Of D Company, 1st vt.

rays dQ&n II1putc 20 40euC. Lang,
Formerly Of D Company, LIST vt.
Maj. L. D. Taylor has received an in
teresting letter from Sergeant Bernard
Dunlevy of this. town, who is mem
Der of Company d, l0lst ammunition
train, with the American expeditionary
force in France. That the boys of this
unit have been in the thick of the fight
ing is evident from the references made
in the letter, which follows:
q have received both your letter
and the package of cigarettes which
you have been so Kind in sending me-
wish to say that the boys to whom I
have distributed them and myself are
very grateful to you for remembering
up so literally. AS far as possible l
have distributed them among the boys
from Brattleboro, but there are some
of the fellows from Bennington to whom
have given a package. l have sent
Guy johnson, who is in another organ
izati0n where there are few Brattle-
boro boys, a package of the cigarettes
to distribute among those whom he
may see.
cit may interest you to known
J fact / know it will-that the boys from
Brattleboro are standing up in excel
lent shape and seem to be for the most
part in the best of health. They are
! doing their bit willingly and well, but
! you would be amused if you could hear
the everlasting question, so many times
: asked: why the h. didn It they leave
; us in the First Vermont together9'
} Most of the fellows never realized how
much they liked that regiment until it
was busted up. But you may be sure
they do now.
eve are in the thickest of the
! serimmage at present and are having
our laughs our good times and so on;
I but we are having also our tough times,
! and last but not least our sad times. If
E you could have seen the unloading of a
j eartload ct dead the other night. as.
Z did, you would have felt the sensation
: / did. One by one these poor fellows
t were hauled off the cart, covered with
: their overeoats and laid in their last
: hunks. Again when you see. bunch
7 of fellows huddled together in some old
0 barn where dampness and cool winds
are not prohibited, and with nothing
t to eat for perhaps 10 or II hours you
e certainly would call it tough.
! .'But getting back to the good times
, If you could see a bunch of happy.
: go-lueky Americans strolling into @
! French cafe, asking for beer, receiv-
e ing the answer pas bierre' and de
Gliding to become Frenchmen and begin
drinking wine, and singing and talking
both French and English sometimes
half of one and half of the other) yor
could not for your life help but remark
D Well, if they re not the happy buncl
l want to hear of it,
do you remember Lieutenant Lang
. formerly of ID company, 1st Vermont
infantry9 Well, he has been command
ing this company for the past thre,
months. He is but second lieutenant
at present, but has been doing the worl
y of captain; yes, two captains. He ha'
y been commanding the company and ha
N been agent officer of the train for tn,
IT past three months. This speaks well 70
his efficiency, and best of all, he is
g. lprince-well liked by the men an,
a. square as q brick. There are Vermont
at ers and Massachusetts men in the cbn,
t. pany and both agree that they hav
le never met finer fellow than Lieu,
IN Lang. He is Vermonter and one tina
r. Vermont may be proud of. He is du
for rise and IN sure it s coming t
eh him. - =.