New Britain Herald Newspaper, July 6, 1917, Page 14

B —- UTH OF FRANGE \OT ALONE VALIANT fen of More Mature Years Prove Heroism During War orrespondence of the Associated Press.) French Front, June 29.—When proism is concerned there is no ques- pn of being “to old at forty” in the ench army. This has been demon- rated time and again among the teran regiments of the territorial iy of France—the second reserve, © youngest of whose men when they re called ta the colors in August 14 had attained the age of 34, hilc the remainder ranged between At age and 41. Many of them, [pccially among the younger classes, ve since been transferred at their n request into the ranks of the tive army, thus making the aver- o age of these regiments much her, while three years has been lded to the age of all the men since jey first put on their uniforms at eir country’s call “to arms!” [These territorial regiments, like eir older comrades of the terri- al army reserve—the third line— not at the beginning of hostili- expected to go inte the firing line h the younger soldiers of the active ny and its first reserve. Since that he many things have changed and have fought shoulder to shoulder h their more youthful comrades d have proved themselves still to s sterling value as warriors. Record Proof of Valor. [The record of one of these regi- nts .entirely composed of men pm Brittany, will serve to demon- te how great is the part these diers of mature age have taken in task of repelllng the invader, in te of the natural supposition that had passed the period of en- sm for deeds of valor. egiment was mobilized to- e ‘with the rest of the French ces on August 2, 1914. When the ops of the active army left to meet invading Germany'éFossing neutral lgium, this Brenton territorial regi- nt was sent from its depots at Innes and Saint-Malo to organize, ison and possibly defend one of sections of the entrenched camp pircling Paris. Four months it pnt there digging trenches, fixing ‘bed wire entanglements, erecting emplacements and doing all the ous labor connected with the es- blishment of strong military works. When the Germans had been driven 'k in the battle of the Marne, they re placed in charge of a front line tor to the northeast of Rheims. re ‘they stayed for 28 months, con- ntly harassed by the enemy while v ‘dug a great system of trenches h of defense and communication, 1t . blockhouses and conerete chine-gun positions, excavated e and grenade pits and generally anized the position. IThe greatest test of the soldierly alities of these tough old warriors e when they were transferred to berive in March this year. They re attached to the famous fighting feign legion and their duty was to the pick and spade work and keep b legionaries supplied with ammu- lon and food during the French lensive which began on April 17, d at the same time to hold a line trenches. When the legion went ard on its victorious attack the eton territorials were ordered .to low them up and extend the com- nication trenches and tracks across P conquered territory. They were content with simply doing this y perilous work always under fire. ey also took part by the side of p legionaries in the capture of Au- ive, and a section of territoriai pnadiers played a glorious role in reduction of the small field fort Vaudesincourt: Couldn’t Speak French éeting a couple of these Bretons ing back with a batch of Ger- m prisoners, a French/ staff offi- Inquired of them where they had ! en the captives and where they re golng and received only a broad fle in reply. He was astonished this apparent lack of discipline d was about to remonstrate when German prisoner stepped forward | A said: “Excuse me, Sir; but these n do not speak French. They are etons.” He gave the officer the in- mation asked for and the convoy rched on. [Phis is not at all surprising, for hough all Frenchmen learn French school, the Bretons soon lose the bit of speaking it, as they at all he sspeak their Celtic tongue ong themselves. This is a close proach to Welsh and has nd rela- n whatever to French. 'heir gallant deeds at pught the old territorials despatches along with the ton n were de ttle. includir although 62 vear nda of 3 Auberive mention foreign ovated ficld of majors, has kept hattalion ever since declared and has undergons men all the fatigues and rdships inseparable from fghting the front line. word must also be said for the Ncers and men of the ‘territorial Y - reserve. These men when led up in 1914 ranzed in age from to 48, and they have been en- Iged ever since in the trying work organizing the roadways behind P immediate line of battle and even netimes of construetidn cammuni- ion trenches and '‘tracks under lavy fire as their vounger comrades anced. The Asgsociated Press rrespondent has seen them at work al] parts of the line, and can vouch the fact that they never flinch bm any task them. They ply ir fields' and orchards at home thout a murmur and without hope gaining distinction or decoration. beir only thousht is that they are Iping their comrades to free France the barbarous invader. the the on me of his set while many of the officers and | "DESERTERS HAVEN IV HOLLAND Refugees From Army Service Cross Border in Large Numbers (Correspondence of the Associated Press.) The Hague, Netherlands, June 26. —Thousands of deserters mostly from the German army now are swelling the stream of refugees pouring into Holland from adjoining countries. Holland has become a great place of terrors of the German front, hardships or the German regime. B So numerous have these war re- fugees become that a weekly priodi- cal, called “The Combat” has been established at Amsterdam to carry on food military among them. has been formed .in Holland, appar- antly by German agents in order to discover the names of deserters and exert pressures on their families to induce them to return to Germany. Returning deserters no longer are shot but are sent to the front. The country is overrun by a small army of spies, persons of both sexes whose work is to spy into Dutch af- fairs, to spy upon the belligerents and sometimes to svy upon one another. These refuge deserters and, gov- ernment agents, added to escaping prisoners of war of virtually every Entente nationality, fugitive Poles and other peoples of Eastern Hurope, fleeing from forced labor and other evils have swelled the immigration flood until the problem of what dispo- sition’ to make of these foreigners has become acute in Holland. There are many decent men among the deserters who, made desperate by the sufferings and slaughter at the front, or rebelling against their go ernment’s - system, or policy, have shaken the dust of their fatherlard from their feet. Quite a number are convalescent men who were ordered back to the front. A great number are undesirables to whom many crimes are attributed. Some become smugglers but wholesale banishment from the frontier regions now virtual- ly has closed this profession to them. Police control of them is very inade- quate. Everyonc Is Welcome. Proud of its traditional hospitaity, olland opened its frontiers freely to all comers but public opinion and the government has discovered that there are formidable dangers inherent in this aggregation of immigrants. What might not happen, Iolland- ers often ask themsclves, if Holland suddenly became involved in the war with all these vast numbers of foreigners spread all over the coun- try, many of them of the worst o at least of the most doubtful charac- ter? Infectious disease repeatedly has been introduced. The great exodus of Belgians brought typhus and dysen- tery; Austro-Hungarian emigrants from Galicia, on their way to join relatives in America, and suspected smugglers from that province, brought smallpox; escaped prisoners- of-war from infected German camps and others occasionally introduced diseases like spotted fqver and men- ingitis. In each case tHe disease was quickly checked. Now, however, smalipox has a real hold in parts of Germany as well as in countries farther east. and it is pointed out how easily this and other sourges may he brought across the frontire. The Prime Minister, Cort Van Der Kingdon Gould, 29, son of Mr. and | Mrs, George J. Gould, and Miss An- nunziata Camilla Maria Lucci of New York were married in New York. i Miss Lucci, who gave her age as 31, was born in Italy. She is an ar- tist. Mr. Gould is George Gould's eldest son. His mother was Edith Kingdon, an actress. Kingdon Gould's sister, Miss Helen ien Gould, married Baron Decies, colonel of the Seventh hussars on ¥eb. 7, 1911, since which time she has made her home_ in England. An- other er, Miss Marjorie G. Gould, the wife of Anthony J. Drexel, Jr., former Philadelphian, Xingdon FIND A |awi refuge for fugitives fleeing from the ; a revolutionary socialist propaganda | A society ‘of deserters | i I | NEW BRITAIN DAILY HERALD, FRIDAY, JULY 6, 1917. T Ky New York, July 6—The aviation branch of the United States army seems to have a great fascination for the leading athletes of the country. The attributes for a successful avia- tor are daring, and skill, and it is conceded that in these qualities many men who have won their spurs on the athletic field excel. In the accompanying illustration, taken at Mastic, Y., many former college stars are shown in aviation -ostume grouped around a flying ma- chine. seated, dre Haskell, Princeton; Thompson, Pennsylvania: Evans, Cor- nell; Gardner, Yale, and W. L. Bon- ney instructor. In the middle row are Mitchell, Harvard; Johnson, Yale; Laird, Princeton; Cummings, Cornell; Backus, Yale; MacNaughton, Yale; Feuchtwanger, Lafayette; Howe, Yale, and Pumpelly, Yale. In the top row are Forbes, Yale; A. Feucht- wanger, Yale; Paris, Yale; Mitchell, Yale, and Thomas, Cornell. resourcefulness Linden, announced a few days that the increased influx, and bodily condition of persons entering the country, had necessitated more tic sanitary measures. Barracks are to be erected at five different points of the frontier, where all Ger- mans entering the country, of whom the great majority are deserters, will be disinfected, while a camp is to axo be erected for the accommodation of | dangerous or undesirable elements among deserters. As vyegards the na- tional danger, the minister for war, Major-General General N. Bosboom, endeavered to reassure public opin- fon in parliament a few days ago by declaring that, if Holland became involved in the war, it would be made evident that the government was far more conversant with the vosition In the front row, left to right, | the | regards foreigners, and had taken far | more adequate precautionary meas- ures, than most people thought. Buy an Indiana truck.—advt. KINGDON GOULD SELECTS ARTIST FROM ITALY TO BE HIS BRIDE | { Gould has taken an extremely active part in the management of the rail syMem founded by his father and grandfather, Jay Gould. The bridegroom is president and director of the Consolidated Coal company of St. Louis, a director of the Denver and Rio Grande railway, a director of the International and Great Northern railway, vice pres dent of the Te and Pacific rail- road and president of the Utah Fuel company, the Western Coal and Min- ing company and the Western Pacific railway. e has been an extensive traveler and a few years ago took a course in Arabic at Columbia uni- versity. In 1908 he went to Cripple Creek to work in the mines. ON BRANCH OF ARMY ATTRACTS MANY OF LEADING COLLEGE ATHLETES CORNER CORNER MAIN AND CHURCH STREETS. 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