Norwich bulletin., 1918-04-10

v
 The Danielson coast artillery com pany is lover there."N Messages re- eeived here Tuesday morning brought the information that Captain F. E. Witness command has passed safely through the submarine zone and that the ship that carried them safely through the dangerous seas has dock ed at an allied port e -.- TheA cards and letters that were re-, ceived here Tuesday were mailed at an Atlantic port immediately upon the receipt of a cablegram telling of the safe arrival of the ship. The cards and letters were written, of course,r before the men sailed from these shores and have been. held pend- ing their arrival on the other side.
 The receipt of the news of the safe crossing of Battery B, as the com mard is now known, was received here with feeling of relief.
 All" interested in the company have known for the past two weeks that tfe company was en route to France, but nothing has been published reia- tive to the matter because, of the dan ger that might result to the men from publicity. Just two weeks ago the company. which has been quartered at Fort Terry, Plum Island, since last July, was brought over to New Lon- don and sent away on trains that took them to Camp Merritt Very soon thereafter the men embarked for the long ocean voyage, which now has been safely completed and brings the. men of the Danielson company close to the scene of actual hostili : ties. This brings to the men their wish. They left here late last July and, completed a long and arduous | course of training at Fort Terry While there there were numerous changes of the personnel of the com pany from the makeup when it left Danielson, some sof the men being transferred for special duty, others to assignments for which they were par ticularly well qualified. New men | have been added to the command which now has strength of approx imately 250 men.
 When the command left here it was known as the, Thirteenth company, C. A. c. Later it was redesignated as the 3Sth Company, 1L. L S, and still later was incorporated into mobile artillery regiment as Battery B of a certain command. In France the company will be known as Battery E ' and will fight under that designation Before leaving here. men of the com mand were convinced that their oper- ations lover there" would be as mem
 bers of a regiment operating guns mounted on motor trucks, but nothing l definite is known about this. The men are also equipped and train as | infantry, so will be able, in case ol {! emergency, to take their places witt the valiant foot soldiers of France and England who have so successfully held back the German hordes in tht
 drive through Picafdy
 What may be described as the loca
 contingent in the command is mad up .of young men representing Dan I ielson, Dayville, Goodyear, Elmville gan. Putnam; Brooklyn, Moosup, Cen
 tral Village, Plainfield, Sterling ant other places in this vicinity. Ever, man is a volunteer and many of then
 are mere boys. under the draft az
 and in a number of cases just eve IS years of age at the time of enlist
 ment. A few of them are believed t
 have stretched a point in telling, o
 not telling, of their youth, in order t
 be accepted.
 I Today they make up a thorough.
 trained group of soldiers, brave, pa Etrfotic, anxious to be at the German I ana cerlaln to make record Of Wnlcl tall the towns they represent will b
 everlastingly proud. Their fortune
 in France will be followed with tn closest attention and there will b
 many prayers that. each and ever, one of them will safely return.
 | Presented Farewell Purse.
 Howard S. Wood has resigned a Iagent of the Whitestone Worsted com
 pany,- which operates the brick mi
 near the state highway at Elmvillt l Agent Wood has been very popula lwith the employees of the plant an
 they. have indicated their regret a his departure by presenting him
 purse of $60. MT. Woods plans fe ! the future are not announced.