New Britain herald., 1926-12-11

when his bill comes up for action, a bill which. If passed, will insure him of government compensation.
 He has been the guest of the Herald during the time he has been In New Britain and he is grateful to the residents of the city for the sin- cere interest they have shown in him.
 "Jerry" will carry on. God speed.
 Surprises Company l Men
 Convincing evidence to men who served in the 26th Division in the World war that the man known as Jerry Tarbot" served in France during the war, was given yesterday by "Tarbot" when. upon talking with men who were in Co. I. 102nd Inf, he asked If any of them knew the headquarters of unit of the division that was stationed at farmhouse near Bouresches in the first week of July, 1918.
 "Tarbot" was asked what farm house was meant and he started in to describe the place. His descrip- tion was vivid and as there was only one farmhouse in the locality in which the headquarters of the 1o2d Inf. was station, his word picture of the place showed conclusively that he was there in 1918 to see the place as it was then.
 The farmhouse was and probably is situated about a quarter of a mile west from the Chateau-Thierry- Paris road, just before the town of Vaux is reached about three miles from Chateau-Thierry. Travelling west, one passes through the south ernmost point of the Belleau Woods. made famous by the bloody stand of the Fifth and Sixth Marines against the hordes of the German army as they swept down through Soissons, Chateau-Thierry on their great drive for Paris in the last week of May and the entire month of June, 1918.
 The 26th Division. with the 1o3rd occupying the town of and having liaison with the 102d in the Belleau Woods, re- lieved the units of the Second Di- vision on this sector on the night of July 3rd. Regimental headquar- 'ers were set up in the farmhouse n question and Tarbot's description of the scene Is so realistic that 1t could be given by no one except one who was there at that time.
 "Tarbot" described the place as being located several hundreds of yards behind the front line of the American forces. He told how the machine guns were clustered in the ,orner windows in the building and n emplacelents before the house; low the one-pounders were set up o ward off thy impending attack on he position and how the house it. self looked. He told of the east section of the roof being caved in rom shell fire. He described the iard with it's stone cobbles and its 'mall pond where members of the french cavalry watered their horses on their advi nee in back of the American troops.
 He recalled the paths, camou1aged 1 'y stunted b. tes which led to the l woods and into the town of Bour- ,sches in front of which was located | he first of tht .erican graves in france, started by men of the 26th | livision in the burial of IS of the | allen in the first drive on July IS. |
 His narrative carried him out to 1 he lines where the wheat grew to | . height of four and a half to five | eet: how 0 ground sloped up- | yard how the German lines laid | n the fringe of another woods just | few hundreds of yards away from he crest of f miniature hill.
 "Tarbots" memory contains only | his picture, which must be vivid to | .nyone ho had seen it during those | tirring and bloody days in the first | week. in July. 1918. It remains with
 i'm that the headquarters of an utlt of the 26th division was To- ated in this farmhouse, but what . vent before or after is gone.