New Britain herald., 1919-01-22

mean that they were back two or 1 three miles in a dressing station, or 1 five or six miles in a hospital; It means they were right in it, and this was one of the times when everyone was right fin it. and when we got through I believe we were credited with having done a mighty good job.
 Tn the immediate cleaning up after this scrap it was often anus ing, and always interesting to note the cool way in which the boys took their casualties. There are quite lot of Connecticut boys in this com mand, and several of them got more or less mussed up at this tune. One of them who had q broken arm ana hole through one leg told me he got hurt by sfalIing off his trunk, and landing on a hay rack. Another one with a hole through shoulder, and an ear gone told me he slipped on a banana peel while looking at a girl. and fell through a trap door, while still another with a, broken leg, and several ribs stove in said to me: Say. lieutenant, you wouldn't suppose no old goose could kick me like that, would you?'
  do of the American cavalryman, strain of real genuine heroism seems to run in the veins of every one of them, from the youngest recruit to the oldest grey haired non-com. To see them going up to the circus in q cloud of dust, to hear the thunder of the horses, and the clashing of their trappings, the yells and shouts and the crashing and laundering of the guns, and the drumming and rat tie of the machine-guns, to see them come out of the ruck of battle with the glory of victory on their faces and to see gradually the set, deter mined and ugly look of the fighter give way to the smiling, confident and happy look which the American cav alryman has always with him, (when not engaged in serious business), makes it sometimes hard to under stand how the quiet boy Of the night before, writing the home letter, or very likely reading a testament, Cor even a cavalryman sometimes does this), can possibly be the hell-deVil he is when he is going after some thing in earnest.
 And, when they go west as many Of our boys have done, they go with glory and with honor, and usually with a consciousness of their going, and they are more apt to be found with a smile on their faces after they have gone than with any look of fear or of pain. I tell you, Dad, have learned to have a wonderful respect for American manhood, as eXempll- fled over here in the American vol unteer. It makes little difference whether they are Yankee, Irish. Po- fish or Italian, they get to be men, with big M after they have been here a while.
 ''If the Yankees and the Irish make the better officers it is only because they have had better opportunities, and it is quite question, if given the same chances, the Italians and Poles might not outclass US. Most of them are going home better men and bet ter citizens, and with a sense of re- sponsiblity which they never had be- fore.
 "A respect for law, a regard for discipline. and with most of us, new regard for the religious side of life, has made an impression which will not be lost when the duties of Amer ican citizenship are again taken up
 Grange InstaIIs Officers.
 The local Grange held it's instala ton last evening conducted by Minor Ives of Meriden, assisted by Miss Buckley and Miss Contact of Meriden. Meetings of the Grange will be held every first and third Tuesday evening of each month Following are the