New Britain herald., 1918-12-10
LOCAL BOYS BACK
AFTER RED CROSS
SERVICE OVERSEAS

O[nvlU[ UVLnOEAO
CONTINUED from First Page)
| ter AillainNille and never will he for
get the reception given them there.
II IS town situated high up on the
top Of mountain and despite the
| war 1T was a wonderful sight to the
American boys
Ill With Typhoid Fever.
Buell. was out of luck for While
Tor he was confined to the hospital
with typhoid fever. He had been i'll
with the fever for some time but
had been so busy driving an ambu-
lance and caring for the wounded
that he had no time to think of being
sick. When he did rest however. the
fever gripped him and he was forced
to go to the hospital. He called it
''out of luck because it meant that
he had to stop his work for humanity
for short while. It was about this
time that the ambulance corps to
which lie belonged was taken over by
the governm ent. He went to Paris
and not desiring to stop his work at
the time he enlist ed in the Red Cross
transportation department. He re-
manned in Paris about four weeks
when he was sent to Neufchateau. It
was here that he remained for II
months.
Adopted BY French Mother
He did not stay at the one place
for that length of time but it was his
headquarters. He also won another
mother while here and his French
mother was a real woman according
to his explanation of her. She had
boys in the service herself and when
the opportunity to house an Amer
lean volunteer came to her she was
oVerjoyed. Buell. lived at her home
about nine months and became at
tached to her. He spoke touchingly
of her kind deeds this morning and
stated also that she was the medium
for host of other French friends
whom he had made while in that sec
ton of the country. He once took a
trip while at Neufchateau which
took three weeks and the use of the
grand little L. s. A. car the Ford,
which goes everywhere and any
where.
Tours Entire Battlefront.
His trip took him on the entire
would tell the reporter He went
from Nancy to Verdun, to Rheims to
scissors to Noyonne to Compeigne to
Amiens to Montdidier to Beauvais to
Paris and then to Neufchateau. A.
look a. q war map will prove the
statement that the trip included both
the British and Franco american
fronts. At the time the Germans took
Noyonne he was just out Of the city
and was leaving with others who fed
when the Germans took the town.
His hatred for everything German is
plainly evident and if all the return
ing heroes are like him there will be
little use Of the Germans ever think
ing of doing business in the United
States again. This is his opinion of a
German officer: "He is nothing but
a big stiff. Give MIN a smash in the
face and he is gone. He is f1ere,
(French probably for our word AFRO
gant) and has no courage. He is like
a brutal master and when his men go
over the top he is in back of them
driving them on
Tells of Paris Celebration.
The one greatest feature of his
whole experience Che would not tell
of his own personal experiences at the
'front.' was being in Paris the day the
armstice was signed. He and the
soldiers knew of the event at o'clock
hat morning. Tt not until II
o'clock that the people learned Of it
and then things started. Almost |
simultaneously every door and win !
dow was opened. The people poured |
fourth into the streets. Flags were |
hung out of every window and the |
people just went wild. The scene was
indescribable and no one at home can
realize what it was like. The boys
that received the real attention were
the Americans and especially those |
who had volunteered in the French !
fighting forces.
KiSseS-Oh La La.
When Buell. made his way through |
the lrowded streets his way was
blocked by the French. Men, women |
and children chung to him and it
seemed that everyone in the city
kissed him. Old men and women and |
the little children kissed him accord |
ina to French custom. The beautiful |
French naldens of gay Paree" were |
not backward either and kissed him !
on both cheeks. Needless to say Buell. |
waa a real American and took all |
these marks of friendship, AS he said !
this morning he was never kissed so |
much before In his life and he just |
couldn't miss 1t,
Sails for Home November ~.
Tie sailed for the good old u, S. |
from bordeaux OH Sunday, November |