Norwich bulletin., 1918-08-28

venordale; Aldric J. Choquette, Dan ielson; Omer L. Buisstere. Danielson; Thomas H. Warren, Putnam; Eugene 1 Perreault, St. Charles. P. e.; Arthur J. Maynard, Goodyear; Chester A. Terwilliger Danielson Ernest J. Bardier, Putnam; Herman Bernier, of l Dayville: Willie J. Safranski, Daniel sen; konstanty Grala, Putnam: Ed ward J. Ahearn. Putnam; Arthur R. Anderson, Putnam; Edward George King, Putnam; Patrick c. Tracy, Put nam; Nicola T. Maris. Danielson; John J. O'Neil. Dayville; Otis C. Morrar- ty, Putnam: Earl E. Meade. Quine- baug.
 pr. James B. Kent, chairman of the local exemption board, has a letter from his son. Captain James M. Kent, M. D.. who is serving as q member of tke United States Medical Corps in France, and the letter contains some Interesting facts as to the fighting abilities of American divisions that were at the apex of the salient which the Germans had driven into the al- lied lines northwest of Chateau Thier- ry, when on that historic day of last rconth these sons of Uncle Sam reso- lutely set themselves and said They shall not pass" and they did not | struggle and eventually turned back toward Berlin. whence they are still travelling.
 Captain Kent was ordered up from a base hospital to which he has been attached for months to aid in the care of the wounded at the front He tells of shell falling like hail as the brave American wounded were at tended in the trenches by members ot the medical corps who afterwards es- tablished a field hospital in a wheat field, where the doctors worked fol CS consecutive hours. using five oper- atlng tables all of the time Captain Kent speaks particularly ot the bravery and fighting qualities o1 the New England division and char acterizes the part they took in the kattle as beyond praise
 In the base hospital, where Captain Kent has been doing duty, are two colored infantrymen who have re. ceived the French Legion of Honor fer bravery on the field These two men, while on duty in a listening post out ahead of the American lines ant in No Mans Land, were attacked b1 a patrol of twentyfour Huns Thougl outnumbered twelve to one, these twt colored fighters, who hail from Nev York city, where Captain Kent wa. practicing his profession when thr war broke out, fought them to standstill, literally and fguratively for not a Hun escaped death O wounds.
 At the time Captain Kent wrote h. said that the two colored heroes wer recovering from their wounds an, soon would be fit for active servic again.
 Patrick G. Tracy, the boy who ha fought with the British army, wh has been over the top with battalio of HOO men and was one of only 25 that returned, seemed hapyy Tuesda. morning when he was leaving flo Camp Greenleaf to get into the ser Vice under the American colors. H had previously told of how & soldie detests the trenches as he leaves ther after a tour of duty. and of the feelin of never wanting to see them azair but of the hungering to get back int them after a week in a rest cam and of the uneasiness of the soldie until he again gets in the fightin line.
 Tracy has the want to-get bac 4 feeling. He has been gassed an wounded by shrapnel and knows th fighting game from A 70 Z, but
 doesn't worry him a bit to be anticj patlng getting whaek at the Hur while he wears the uniform of h. native land. Perhapss Tracy's mo. remembered experience while in tt British service was that of bein chained to Roger Easement while th< peculiar figure of war history WE confined in London Tower, awaitin execution. Tracy, who had recovere sumciently from wounds to do hon