Putnam patriot., 1918-07-26

1000 miles. and round trip was made every 20 days.
 Young Brunelle enlisted January 29th, 1914, and was discharged Jan uary 12, 1918. His first military training was received in Putnam in old Company G, C. N. G. He was member of the company at the time of the Spanish-American war and went south with the company.
 Sergeant Brunelle has taken part in hard fought battles on the French front, as evidenced by his wounds and medals. He has gone over the top time after time, and claims 47 Huns as the toll of his bayonet
 Sergeant Brunelle tells of how one Hun begged to be spared, but with the excitement of battle running through his veins the appeal was re- fused He was biz fat Fritz" says Brunelle. He made a lunge at me which parried l made a quick shift and ran him through the shoulder and he dropped Then he began to beg for his life, and mercy. He offered me his watch and chain. said, good bye, Fritz, I'll get them any way and ran my bayonet through l him."
 The medals Sergeant Brunelle wears are badges of honor from the French and English governments. With each of the three went IA days furlough and $100 in cash, This time and money was utilized by the Sergeant in sight seeing and he has been in Paris and all over England and Scot | land
 It was September goth, 1915, that Sergeant Brunelle first went into the trenches, and it was the 27th day of the same month that he received bad shrapnel wound in the neck that kept him in the hospital for a month.
 September proved to be an unlucky month for the sergeant, for a year later, September 29, 1916. he re- ceived bayonet thrust in the side just over the right hip bone. but even after being impaled on the Hun bay onet the sergeant remained on the job and finished his task by killing his adversary and securing the bayon- ct as a souvenir with which he has since killed two of the kaiser's troops.
 This bayonet is a savage looking in- strument even when looked upon as a souvenir. While it is called a bayon- ct, it does not attach to a gun. 1t is about IS inches in length with n hilt and handle similar to sword. One side has a knife edge, while the other is much thicker and has double set of saw teeth pointed in opposite di- rections, so it will cut both ways.
 Sergeant Brunelle also has belt to which is attached 42 relics picked in No Mans Land while removing dead bodies He also has many other sou venirs, including various pieces of money. One is five mark piece and is inscribed on the obverse side, Wilhelm II Deutscher, Kaiser Kong V, Preussen. On the reverse side, Deutscher Reich 1900 Funf mark This is of silver and worth $l.20 in U. s. money. He has also ring made from a French bullet and Canadian seal, a mark of identity, taken from the wrist of dead soldier.
 Sergeant Brunelle is decorated with the D. c. M. of honor from the Eng fish government, an honor medal for bravery in going into No Mans Land and bringing in wounded soldiers, and also French and English military med als.
 In the operation after the injury to his hip, two pieces of bone were re- moved and silver tubes put in their place which caused the sergeant to walk lame, one leg being shorter than the other
 Sergeant Brunelle told of finding women in the German trenches with
  babies in their arms. The women were armed with revolvers and to protect themselves the allies had to kill them
 He tells of the treacherous acts of the Boches, and when it was suggested that it must be hard to kill human be- ings, smiles and says that it is the easiest thing in the world to kill Ger deaths too easy, either.
 The sergeant told one story that was interesting, for it was unusual He said: While at rest camp back of the firing lines l bought phone graph and some records, and it help