The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-10-07
Willard
BADLY WOUNDED
Sister i'm West DummerstOn
Gets Notice from War
Department
VISITS PRIVATE
COLT IN HOSPITAL
Formerly Employed in Manley Broth
ers Garage-Of 1000 Attacking
Germans Less than 100 Went Back to
Their Lines, He Writes.

Tnelr Lines, he WHITES.
In the casualty list released today
by the war department for publication
appears the name OF Private George F.
Willard of West Dummerston as having
been wounded severely. Private Willard
is brother of Mrs. Samuel Clark of
West Dummerston He is member of
Company |, l03d infantry, American eX
peditionary force, and enlisted from
West Dummerston year ago last June.
He went to Fort Ethan Allen for train
/ ing and from there went TO Westfeld,
Mass, from which place he went over
4 seas
Before enlsting Private Willard was
employed in Manley Brothers garage
i in Brattleboro and before that he
worked at different places, including the
/ Twin State Gas & Electric CO. power
plant in West Dummerston, the d. H.
Barber farm and at road work with
/ County Highway Commissioner d. A,
Perry Of Brattleb0ro. He was 81 years
old last November.
/ Mrs Clark has been notified by the
war department that Private Willard
was wounded severely in action July -.
She also has Just received two letters
from Private Willard, in one Of which he
! writes of seeing Private Allan Colt of
Brattleboro III the hospital Private Colt,
who is member Of Company c. l03d
regiment, notified his relatives in Brat
tleboro by cablegram some time ago that
he was wounded and iii a hospital. but
no official notification has come to them
from the war department. From lack OF
, such notice it is assumed that Private
Colts injuries were not considered scri-
Gus, but evidently he was in the hospital
for some time.
Under date of August 10 Private Will
lard wrote, among other things. to Mrs
/. Clark:
Dear Sister,
just a line to let you know that | am
getting along fine, but do not know how
, long they will keep me here in the hos
, Ipital | went in one of the wards where
: Allan Colt is and he gave me Brat.
tleboro paper. and it looks good to me
to see a paper from 50 near home ever
: if il was an old one, dated June IS.
Just had to sit down and read it from
beginning to end
! l was in to see Allan yesterday ant
! he j. getting along fine and he said h,
t was going to get up. | told him to stay
! where he was a little while longer. but
: he said it was hard work Ny mail ha,
f been chasing me around for about tire,
: months. | hope it catches me befor,
. long.
: IN another letter, dated September s
! Private Willard wrote Mrs. Clark as FOL
: lows:
!. Dear Sister,
Just a little talk with YOU to let yol
= all know that ! am we'll at this writin!
: and in much better spirits than when
wrote YOU last, for | have Just received
Is letters from home
6 ! have changed my occupation. we ar
n building up the first conyalescent cam,
2 this side of the pond and it will TAX
d some time to build it all up.
0 The Red Cross is doing great worl
5 over here. and YOU can praise up the Sal
: walton Army, for they ask but littl
and give much the girls made us bow
n doughnuts under shell fire and brougA
II them and hot coffee right up to the from
l line at midnight and it was Just wha
II we needed for one gets chilly about tina
II time standing and watching No Man
II Land, and we couldn't thank then
II enough.
II ] do not think ] shall ever forget IL
II 10th Of June when | was up in the see
II tor 1t was Sunday morning about 81
II o'clock. 1t had been very quiet all night
II as | have thought since, too much 30
II last AT 3.l5 the Huns put down
II box barrage on Us. We were in a it'll
II town holding it. While they were sti
II firing about 1000 of them came over t
II take the town There were less than -
= of us in tie town, but they didn't tax
the town and less than 100 went back t
their lines, and they We're still shellin
It us with big ones which were too close fc
N comfort.
: Well. | must close With love to al
! PRIVATE GEORGE f. WILLARD