New Britain herald., 1918-04-13
GERMANS YELLOW,
 WRITES CORP. CREAN
Mill Beat Them to a FrazzIe
 Before the Finish

New Britain boys serving with
 General Pershing in France are chafT- ing under the restraint of having a
 lot of news to tell the folks at homo
 about their doings, but the censor ship reSulat tinons vii not permit
 them. Brief references contained in
 letters received from Corporal Gerald Crean of Company I, 102nd United States Infantry indicate that Com1 pany I, had been in action at that time. The corporal gives an opinioa of the Germans as follows:
 eff the Germans act like they did against some of our boys the war won't last much longer because thev are yellow and cant stand up in front of those terrible Americans" With such spirit it is not surprising to read his comment over the receipt of a. letter telling him that his brother. John, would probably he called soon. He writes: John is going to do his bit and I feel like shouting 'hooray,, but Pm afraid I'd be hit with a shoe or something. It's going to be 2 tough proposition for him over heru in France, but l guess he'll get by.
 T wish I could write you soma news about our doings, but 1 prob ably will soon." In another para graph he writes: "Sauerkraut and frankfurts make nc hungry and if it wasn't for the fact that we had an immense feed q few days after Wash ington's birthday of turkey with all the f1xins' I'd tell you we were starvedA We are always hungry, but don't worry, we eat enough when wo get It."
 The corporals letter dated Marct 10, explains that he had not written because we've been busy and it was impossible to write" Mail service is a good and Corporal Crean acknowl- { edges the receipt of all the mail and packages sent to him. Among thes packages was one from the Ladies Auxiliary to the A. Q, H. for which he expressed appreciation. He intends to write a letter to the auxiliary also to the Red Cross. "I feel that anys attempt of mine to express apprecia- ton to the Red Cross for the work of that organization would be futile, New Britain branch of the Red Cross has my sincere thanks The memor- ies of four successive nights of very cold weather, snow and ice, when I was nice and cosy with a big scarf around my neck and the helmet to keep my ears warm madC me fedllIS how much we were indebted to them.
 "I have ever so any things to tell you, mother, but the censor won't let me tell you. Probably I will be able to give you some real news pretty soon.
 "I'm eating salted peanuts and Hopkins has his mouth jam full or them, too" Corporal Crcan notes that his mother has figured out the time of the transit of mail as he re- ceiyed a birthday greeting that came a few days previous to his anniver- sary. Yours truly feels pretty hap- py tonight Next Sunday will be St Patric5's day by our reckoning and we hope to celebrate, but not like as of old. because though we're Irish,t we're American first and in this pres- ont day Irish history must be buried with the dead past and our allies must be friends, for we are all broth- CTS over here
 The spirit of the soldiers is rcfcct- cd in the expression, You can bet that our courage never goes down, for we're going to beat the Germans 10 a frazzle." Corporal Cream closes his letter with more thanks and re- mcmbranccs to New Britain friends.