New Britain herald., 1919-08-28
Ps PsszAINVILLE NEWS PLAINv|LLE BOY IS
 WOUNDED BY REDS Louis Pettinato on Siberian
 Casualty List THE DETAILS ARE LACKING
Family of Local Soldier Gets Bad NcNS-Amcrican Legion Seeking Club Rooms-Tanner-N Marks Wcd ding-Othcr News Items.

According to the news received last 1 evening by Francesca PettinatO, Priv ate Louis Pettinato of this town was wounded in the battle with the Bol- sheViki forces at ROmanovSka on 1 June p. Private Pettinato is mem- 1 ber of the 31st United States Infantry is said to have been one of the mem- bers of the company which lost twenty men, mostly Hartford boys. He enlisted in the infantry in 1915 and was sent to Fort Slocum, where he received a preliminary training, later being sent to the Philippines and other United States territories in the
 Pacific waters. His entire regiment
 was sent to guard the railroads in
 Siberian territory shortly after the Bolsheviki government was established in Russia and Siberia
 John PettinatO brother of the wounded soldier served in the 301st Trench Mortar Battery which was
 overseas for over a year. He re- ceived his discharge last January at
 3 him that he had been discharged. That was the last letter received by Louis, from home. The letter re- ceived by John notifying him that his brother was recuperating at an army hospital was written by a Catholic priest who is stationed in one of the churches near the hospital. The let ter stated that young Pettinato was wounded in the arm and that the wounds are not serious. This news was the latest received from Louis, who si still uniformed of the sad Happenings in his home here. During the past two years Louis has lost his brother, sister and mother. The brother and sister died about two years ago following an illness with typhoid fever while the mother died last January. The soldier is still in ignorance of their death.
 No. military information was dis ] closed in the letter received yesterday, | the contents dealt mainly with amily affairs. Louis wrote that this would 1 be his last letter home until he heard 1 from his family, from which he has not heard since last January. Several l of the letters written home were ad-
 dressed to the deceased brother, l sister and mother. He also stated in | his letter that he is able to be up and 1 around again. It is believed by his l brother John that he was wounded 1 more severely than had been stated 1 m the priests letter, who evidently 1 made light of the wound for the l family's sake.
 Seek Club Rooms
 The first difficulty to be met bv the ! Brock Barnes post of the America n
 Legion is the finding of suitable l place for permanent cluE rooms The l fact that there are no tenements unoc- l cupied in town the executive commit | tee of the legion will find it a hard l proposition to find a location. It is l however, being hoped that there will l be a possible chance for the legion to ! get located in the new Ncri block l which is at the present time under ! construction. The members of the 1 executive committee feel that a bet | ter and more suitable location could l not be found in town.
 l It has been proposed by several that ! the legion hold a campaign to raise | funds to be used for the erection Ot 1 permanent club rooms. A canvass ] made for public subscriptions amone I the local residents and business mer would without a doubt be a success as
 l residents of the town arc much inter.
 1 csted in the legion and have done eV. l crything possible to hold the boys who
 ! participated in the recent war. A cam.
 1 paign such as is being carried on ir
 towns smaller than Plainville would
 l be of great help to the legion.
 l Once club rooms were establishes
 ] they would be supported by the due!
 l paid by members of the legion. Al
 1 appropriation made recently by the
 state to maintain the work of the Am
 erican Legion in Connecticut, would
 affect Plainville as soon as the organi-