The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-05-07

be representative files from his. toric regiments of the old army bound together by ties stronger than color, race or creed. Then the vans rolled on.
 steindel turned to me and said: "They got plenty of empty sad- dies In Mexico, those dusky lads." Steindel stopped . slug at Brownsville, and thls damp weather causes twinges in old wounds. Empty saddles?" There was more to it than that, at Car. rixal. There was more than any civilian can understand, unless he has watched cavalrymen month in and month out, through . cam- paign.
 At Carrizal, two troops of the 10th U. s. Cavalry, under Major Boyd and Captain Lew Mercy, charged an entrenched brigade of Mexican Federalsl Major Boyd was killed; Captain Mercy was sadly wounded. (Sounds simple but 1t was really one of those glor. ious gestures that makes men proud to have been in the cav- alfy). The Mexican commander rode out to meet Major Boyd and to warn him. T don't want to kill you, son." he said, and then he showed Boyd the hostile positions, dry irrigation ditches crowded full of Mexico's best. But the major had orders. He blew the chargel Two troops of colored lads rode hell-to-leather into eternal peace! That's why Steindel stood at sal- ute the other day when men of the old Tenth went through the Pomperaug Country un-noticed and unannounced. Captain Lew Mercy was my first troop com- mander, so l was glad to be with Steindel when 0 detachment of the Tenth rode through.
 Flash! .. Hold your hat! .... Watch the news releases! Second only to the British backout In Norway Is the latest from Yale University Press. (We caught . Yale man wandering around the village the other day and got the l0wd0wn.) It seems that Yale University Press has sponsored one of those exhaustive w. F. A. studies" of the ethnic origin of man. In Q few more years, # the dope is straight and something doesn't happen, the Connecticut cell of the Federal "Writers" Pro- ject will deliver some alleged copy entitled "The Peoples of Connecti- cut" compiled from the telephone books and city directories of the Nutmeg State. (It works as simple as milking Q Brahma COW, making an "ethnic" study WPA-wise. ... You get . city directory and sort out the names and label them as to racial origin; all the Murphys are Irish, all the Stones are Yam kees, (except those who are Jew ish), the Newfields are English, (iS you've never heard of the to. bacco NcwfieIds), and so on. The probable error only runs about 67.S9%, and that's closer than many things from either the c0l- Ieges or the streets.) Make your reservations now! Order . copy of this ethnic masterpiece of misin- f0rmatiOnal what t-have-y0u! Avoid disappointment and learn more about the social background of the State that used to be called The Land of Steady Habits! You'll be surprised when you find what the taxpayers money will buy; you'll be shocked at the changing I. Q. of the general public who tolerate such productions.
 That's how 1t goes. We know one man who fishes in an old cellar hole beside the Housatonic after every freshet. He read that fish sometimes get stranded, so he turns the cold shoulder to genuine opportunity and makes himself ap- pear foolish. The Housatonic is full of fish; the cellar hole is simply make-believe. Some folks have gotten away with hare brained figuring for so long that they belive the results themselves. Professor Schenker