Norwich bulletin., 1918-12-12
PUTNAM

a mQtofbuS service IS to be estabHSh- 1 ed between Putnam and Danielson A big enclosed car.s of the passenger transport type and with a capacity of l. passengers. has arrived at Willi- mantle and soon will be delivered here. This service has been made possible by the present lack of ade- quate trolley transportation between the two towns. which transact great deal of business with eaah other.
 The resisnation of Captain Joseph A. Ryan as captain of the Putnam pe lice department was accepted at an adjourned meeting of the common council Tuesday evening. Captain Ryan's resignation has been in the. hands of Mayor Marcy since last spring. but no action en it was taken until Tuesday evenings meeting, when the council voted that it be aceented. Mayor Marcy said Wednesday, after noon that he regfetted the necessity of accepting Captain Ryan's resignation, as he recognized in the active head of the citys police department man of unusual ability No one has been named to fill the vacancy caused by Captain Ryan's resignation. Sergeant Julius Cerdier will do day duty dur iEg the time in which the city will be without captain of police
 Corporal Leon Talbot, E Company, 18th M. G. Battalion. has written this letter, under date Of November 15, to bis uncle, Mark Wilson, of this city: Just a few lines to let you know that I am fine. This is the first time that members of my company have | had chance to write in four weeks, as we have been on the go ever since we left the Alsaee front, where we spent five weeks in the trenches. From 1 there we went to the Argenne sector 1 and I suppose you have seen where l cur division, the 9th, took rart in the i greatest drive in kfstory--in the Ar | gonne woods. I went through the l Chateau Thierry, Grand Pre- and Yer 1 dun fghting-and all of these places are shot to pieces"
 Uncle Mark, I sure have been 1 through hell in the past six weeks.
 Lucky if I had puddle of water only
 six inches deep to sleep in, and hil1- 1 ing through mud a foot deep. Believe l me, sleeping out in pup tents at this
 time of year. and with only two blan- i kets, is no fun. 1 am stiff as an old horse when Ifget up mornings. T should like to see that doctor in ] Worcester who would nol accept IHe for enlistment, Believe me, he'd i change his mind. I bet the poor simp l couldn't stand what I have been 1 through even if he got a million dol- lars for it." Corporal Talbot was turned down as physically fit on his l first try for enlistment).
 1 In closing his letter Corporal Talbot l sends Christmas greetings to all his old friends in Putnam. and says the
 when he gets pack here.
 John Lindsey Wright, who is with 1 E battery of the 55th Coast Artillery Corps, one of the organizations order ed home from France, has written to l Mrs. Wright as follows:
 It is, of course, unnecessary for me l to say that the war is over, for un- | deubtedly people at home knew of the end as quickly as did we who were or the very firing iir.e,
 1 I'll never forget how unnatural anG yet how good it seemed when at Il l o'clock the ceaseless boom of the grns and distant tattatat of the ma, l chine guns broke off. All was a dea silence. How strange it seems even now no to hear the shell hum over our head: and explode. Some so near that it is necessary to duck to escape the flyins
 shrapnel and fragments while other:
 
 wood or near some active battery
 Thank God those days are over ant
 We long need to worry about shell:
 and that d--i
 Time already in spite of the ferna. tions and routine begins to drag. Wi are all waiting for the word to pacI up and move. How wonderful it would
 be if the move were to back from thu . lines. It will be our first step towarf home and would mean that part of tn winter, at least would be spent il , the U. $. A.
 Of course it will be necessary fo l soldiers to hold the country unti . peace is signed and everything is set } tied. We are waiting with ahatet l breath to hear the Verdict-Thethe | t will be to push on back of tie rap 7 idly retreating Germans CT to turI back for a rest, bath, new clothes, al of which we need most sorely. I think in the next few days we vii know our fate. Without much pon [ dering you can undoubtedly gues r what my wish as well as the wish 0 US all is,
 I can imagine the entire U. S wen
 wild over the joyful news that peac l had come. I should like tc have ca f bled you I was o. K. when the en = EclH4Sf IDI AItON ltdl you VIII NOII , until you receive these few words. Pc : fear that at the eleventh hour some , thing might have happened to brea a the luck of good fortune that has see ;. me through, I have squeaked throug !, without the least bit of a scratch ( even the slightest sickness, and te 1 day, though tired, I am physically ia I better fit than ever before.
 f The thing which seems to occup F the attention of all the boys is SOU !, venirs. I wish you could see the heaf Q of German, French and equipmeI . which they have collected. There = everything from 8 button to an ail n plane. To bring it all home would r. a quiFe all the ships in the world for = year. I have saved only a couple e buttons knife and myself Perhal . will send home 8 helmet if I get . chance. Just as soon as I can 2 back across the pond, believe. me, I
 be there.
 el JOHN LINDSEY WRIGHT.
 Mrs. w. j. Bartlett, one of the fer l. most of this states suffragists, e leaving here Friday morning f d Washington, D. C.. and will be one n those seeking suffrage rights who " $ be in the march to the capitol l. Monday next. Mrs. Bartlett still ca S ries fresh in her mind the sentence n 60 days that she received and serv,
 for picketing in Washington last yea
 but she is undeterred and says sl ', will be in on this last opportuni demonstration if she has to crawl = get to Washington.
 H "The next session, ending in Marc
 offers the last opportunity for obtai
 ipg suffrage in this ccngress,' Nil
 Bartlett said Wednesday afternoon.
 If it does not pass the senate du ig ing this congress. the victory in t Fl house of representatives will ha