New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1919-04-30

, ing towns IL the western part of the
| state. The stretch of road from this
town to Hartford is one of the best
| in the state and it was sought bv all
| travellers this morning. II was hard
! to tell whether moro machines nasscd
! through from the south or tho wnst
| but the belief inclined to the west as
! that included the large Waterbury
! crowd. The autos passing through
! tho town WC"c all decorated and one
! from Waterbury attracted much at
! tention. as there f7oated fro the rear
a handsome silk banner with the
words "All Welcome to the Real
Heroes of the 10Th Division" An
other car from Bristol had big
welcome si2n from that city and in
the auto were members of the 1O2d.
Trains and troIleys were also
crowded this morning and Plainvillc
seemed ''dcad' with it's inhabitants
either in o" cnroute to Hartford The
local company of the state guard left
here ct 10:15 by automobile. In
their now uniforms and with many
CN-serVice men in line, the company
made Il trim appearance Command
ing it were Captain J. H TrumbuIl
and Lieutenant Peter f. Duffy. The
company took the place of honor in
the parade,
Heroes Rcturn UncxpectcdIy.
The PlainVille members of tho
102d, who were discharged yester-
day. did not wait for the transporta-
ton facilities of Uncle Sam or The
railroad administration. DISCHARGED
about II o'clock in the morning the
mon made a grand dash for home.
JitneyS were Communicated and re-
eardleGs Of The cost Games" was told
to drive right to Connecticut. Sew
oral of tho local boys arrived here
at O'Clock in the afternoon while
the remainder reached here at p.
m Carrying all their equipment and
rem en- ORANGES of France and the
struggle thew went through, the fell
lows ploddcd homeWard, tired but
ha0py One Of them returned to the
center later in civilian clothes for the
first time in two years. He expressed
the entire affair as a, seemingly long
dream and one which it was hard to
realize had actually taken place. The
local boys all agreed to be in Hart
ford this morning before they left
their commanding officers in Camp
Devcns The, discharges were not all
happy bee luSe the boys left for
good and probably forever some OF
their best pals who had come to the
companies us requirements.
Fisher Homo From France.
After serving is months in France
with the American armies, Harry
Fisher returned to his home on Maple
street last night. 10 has just been
discharged from the service, which
he entered while a student at Har-
ward Although not with any local
unit, the young man has probably
seen more actual fighting than many
of the local men who fought. Fisher
enlisted With q medical unit at Har
ward. The unit was organized and
sailed for France Immediately after
war was declared. Arriving in France
the men were assigned as ambulance
drivers with the French army. There
was an American ambulance unit with |
every French division and the Amer |
leans made good" Their duties car |
ried them into the front lines many |
times before the United States army |
entered the fighting, Fisher recalls as |
one of his most vivid experiences one !
Of the heaviest battles of the war
when the English. fighting at their
left, were terribly cup up by the Ger
mans. Their casualties were SO heavy
that their ambulance men were UNI
4 Bile to care for half of them and the
Americans and French helped in
aVacuating the wounded. 1t was a ter
rible ordeal but the intensity of the
occasion stopped all realization of it's
zeal magnitude. The Harvard unit in
which Fisher served, was transferred !
o the American army but was never
aiken from its French division be- |
cause of is splendid services. The
French loved it's members as brothers
md groomed them thoroughly in the t
speech and customs of the country. &
FiSher now speaks French as we'll as {
&c does English and even mikes the I
Wo languages. He will return to col t
eye in the fall.
With the Soldiers.
Private William Peace has arrived ! {
n this country landing two days ago
t Newport News, Va. He has been {
VerSeaS q year. He was with the en- | s
neers when leaving Camp Devens. | 7
Tpon arriving in France he met with ,
n injury and was transferred to the +
nCdical corps and was assigned to | ,
asc hospital No. II. He had many | 2
ltcreating experiences during his 2
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