New Britain herald., 1919-09-18

list of all disa bled soldiers who have reported at our office
 .Americanization
 Much is being written and said in these days about IAmericanizing ilo foreigner. Practically all educational and welfare organizations arc doing this to a certain extent. Home Scrv- ice in New Britain has had this phaao of it's work very much at heart. One of the SoundeSt and sureSt ways of accomplishing this is by making him feel at homo here. To listen to the story of foreigner who can speak but little English requires time, pu- tience and sympathy; yet one does not need to be a linguist to establish a relationship of perfect understand ing and confidence.
 Private N---- had just been dis charged from an Army hospital. When he came to the Home Service office first he carried a war magazine ! tucked under his arm. He opened it 1 and began 10 read in broken English, as if a new world had been opened up to him. A subtle change has come I over the soldier--a change which must he recognized in dealing with
 him and his family. The foreign 1 born soldier has learned the value of cleanliness and fresh air. It has 1 been our task to see that the family 1 keeps pace.{
 A large number of discharged sol
 diers have applied for assistance in 1 securing their natural ization papers. Through our efforts 10 ex-scrvice l DS 1nI .-i> n1.c, i,,,r ] school held during the summer under 1 the auspices of tho state board Of | education.
 The Disabled Soldier.
 Pvt. D---leaned heavily upon his l cane as he limped into the Home Service office one morning. He had
 been only a lad of Y when he went away. but at IS he had returned a man full grown Back in July at
 Chateau Thierry a German machine gun moved down his comrades and
 sent him into the world minus a leg, 1 '"They told me at the hospital to go
 to the Red Cross when I came home, .
 he said The war department has
 come to recoGize the "Grcatest l Mother" to the American soldier and
 sailor, and now without shame or
 apology the army directs the re-
 turning soldier to the American Red
 Cross.
 It is over year ago that we
 anxiously seized the morning paper tc
 read the lists of the wounded. We
 felt a special solicitation, together
 with q certain ownership and pride as
 we read the names of those from New
 Britain, even though the name or
 the list was an unfamiliar one, vel
 it belonged to our city, and repro
 scented the honor and sacrifice O
 New Britain.
 In those days many anxious
 parent or wife or brother found hi:
 way to the Home Service office witl
 a bit of yellow paper which read
 "Deeply regret to inform you tha : Pvt. ----- Inf. severely wounded il action oct 2S. Signed the Adju : tant General. How far away thos,
 days seem to those of us whose loved ones escaped without wounds! II fact we may have forgotten that Ncv Britain had a large percentage o
 wounded men. There arc over a hun
 dred homes in the city, however where relatives have not forgotten 3 the day There were the long mont h ' of waiting when no letter came iron ! the wounded soldier, weeks in Whic1 - his loved ones suffered, fearing tha . death had come. Then there fol 9 lowed weeks in which the soldier la 0 in a hospital in France. At lcnRtI = came the day when the anxious loo 0 on the face of the loved one was re e placed by an expression of relief an Q iov for news had come that the sol ! dier had landed in America. Up t