New Britain Herald Newspaper, September 14, 1918, Page 3

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Conditions are so disturbed in Mex- ico that the state department refuses to issue passports to American women %o travel to that country. This fact de- veloped today when Dr. John E. Bail- ey of Middletown, Conn., sought pass- ports for himself and wife to go to Tuxpam, Mexico, where he has bus- iness that calls him for several months. Dr. Bailey took the matter up through Representative Tilson. The latter was informed at the State #epartment that it has a rule against passports for women to Mexico and that it could not make an exception to the rule in the case of Mrs. Bailey. It is understood, however, that Dr. Bailey will obtain his passport and will himself go to Tuxpam. Another matter of special interest wto Connecticut is believed to be the understanding that this government is to raise a third forestry regiment. Lieut. Col. H. C. Bowlby of the Amer- ican Expeditionary forces has arrived In Washington to take c rangements for the new reg o which he desires to enlist 10,000 pr tical lumbermen, woodsmen and for- est Uncle Sam: has already two for- estry regiments “over there,” one of ‘“them called the 20th forestry engi- neers, containing 20,000 men and be- ng the largest regiment in any army in the world The joy of feeling fit and .Aresh rewards those who heed the laws of health, and keep the habits regu- lar with EECHANS PILLS Largost Sale of Any Medicine in the World. Bold Everywhera. In boxes. 10c 25c. OVER THE TOP WITH ONLY THE BAYONETS Local Soldier Writes of Daring of One Amerwan Regiment Howard W. Woods, son of M ind Mrs. William Woads of 474 Stanley street ving with a regiment of engl- neers in the American Expeditionary has written to his parents of great Franco-American offensive, part of which description is here- h printed We were working on an excavation trench about three kilometers behind the lines for two days before the sur- , attack delivered by the Ameri- ns was started. We went out on a Wednesday morning and after a hike of five kilometers went to work. We had not been working more than a couple of hours when we received or- ders to return to our billets. At 9 o'clock that night the order came to fall in. Our commanding officer, a new one, told us we were going into our first scrap sometime that night or the following morning. Now if thero were many in the outfit like me they did some thinking, T'll tell you. However, as we marched out I came back to normal and could laugh and the rest without forcing it at had gone scarcely three-quarters of a mile whea it began to rain. It was al- most a cloudburst, with the intense darkness only broken by the blinding flashes of lightning and the fla the guns flaring in the trenches. marched to where we had been pre- working and threw off our We stayed there until morning, when we had kfast from our rolling ki na started on the march again. had been sitting there only a few min- utes when all around us guns began to k at the same time. “Talk about the russh and roar of shells! It was’continuous, now one gun, now two or three all at once. I certainly felt sorry for those poor Gier- mans that were on the receiving end. Whea we started out again we marched through the first place in France that I have seen in ruins. And that was not ruined so badly as some that I was to see later. sees Boys Go Over the Top. “We finally came to a hill about as high as the Kel street hill but great deal steeper. the hill the French had dug little recesses into the ground large enough to hold one man. That was their froat viously packs to r line trench and we got there just in| time to see them go over the top. Right in front of us was a couple of | companies of a machine gun bat- talion awaiting their turn to go over. They were part of our division. We continued our march aong the base of the hill, with the guns still keeping up their music. Looking off in the dis- tance, on the crest of a hill, we could | over the top.| Wave after wave went across our line ! af vision until they seemed to mergo | see the troops going into one mass of men. The first couple of waves thinned out a trifle, but the | rest didn't seem to be affected by the | shells at all. We were strung out along the road when the shells began | First one would drop coming over. short of the road. Then another would overshoot it. time I heard the whistle. It was of course a silly thing ta do but I couldn’t help it then, though I got over it later. Luckily none of these shells found their mark or we would have been missing quite a few memb regiment. At this point we saw our first prisoners. Two of them came down the hill and gave themselves up | there direct- | ‘When | ed us they were stepping high | to a Frenchman who ing the Americans where to go. they p: and free, glad to get out of it, I sup- d down on that road for {an Tonight I kept ducking every | of the | four days, wondering when we would be sent up. We made several trips for souvenirs over the battlefield and some of the boys obtained some pretty de- cent remembrances. The battle ground surprised me, though, for from all 1 had read I expected to see men lying all over it, but I was agreeably dis- appointed. Over about two square miles I saw only about half a dozen men, but there sertainly plenty of German, Irench anld American equip- ment scattered all over the field. The Germans left their helmets, ammuni- tion aad personal equipment on the und so that they could make better time, and so did the I'rench and Yanks. Our boys must have discarded everything but their rifles, bayonets and bandoliers ta t ind catch up with the Huns. I was talking to some of them later and they told me t went most of that day without sightis a single Jerry. The barrage drove them out of their positions and kept down our casualties Barrage Sweeps Everything. “For two nights while we were rest- ing on that road we worked at trenches. During the day we slept In holes we dug into the bank beside the gutter. One night we were where we could see the trenchs and we could s the flares go up and the shells hurst- ing around. When the bar started in the morning it was a won- derful and terrible sight. 1 don't see how anyone could live through it You would see an explosion that would seem to roll a hundred vards over the trenches. It must have been terrible i ly moved up front after the and got in front of the obser- vation balloons. There we worked on roads far a couple of days. While out working we saw five of Jerry's planes come over. They were the only ones we saw in a bunch all the time we were up there. The Allies certainly hold the air all right. One of those planes came for the American observation halloons He came dowa straight as an arrow. One of the balloonists waited until the plane was almost on top of him be- fore he jumped out with his parachute. The German circled avound, came back and then shot at the observer. That wa ther a rotten trick in my esti- mation. That same night we counted about 60 Allied planes returaing from work behind the German lines. They must have raised cain back there. Goes Over Empty Handed. Our entire division is now back at this town for a rest and from what T hear they did some wonderfully fine work. One infaatry regiment went over the top twice with fixed bayonets and no ammunition. Talk about nerve! | Their ammunition hadn’'t come up to Just below the top ot ! them in time.” BABY HAD RASH GUTICURA HEALS On Forehead and Neck. Itched and Burned. Caused Disfigurement. “‘My baby broke out about her fore- headand neckwitharash. Itstarted like small red pimples which seemed to itch and burn, and they started to spread. She was cross at night, and the rash later grew into large sore eruptions that caused disfigurement. heard about Cuticura so I sent for a free sample. The rash seemed to partly disappear so I purchased more, and after using two cakes of Soap and two boxes of Ointment for two weeks she was healed.” (Signed) Mrs. Roy Dingman, Durham Rd., Dover, N. 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A cordial invitation is ex- tended to the citizens of New Britain to calj and inspect this plant at any time. We also sell all brands of Flour at wholesale and retail. TEL, 628, Schneider & Rubenstein 111 HARTFORD AVE. WHOLESALE AND RETAIL, BAKERS Last Time fo See | The | Unbeliever The most Stupendous Military spectacle ever produced made in co-operation with the United States Marines. BIG ALL STAR VAUDEVILLE BILL KEENEY'S THEATRE Positively No Advance in Prices. Ladi $1.00, $1.4 Tndeed,! for yourself¥ The New Britain Herald has se- cured a limited supply of Maps on which the Battle Fronts are clearly shown and these will be sold to the public for These Twenty Cents Apiece. Maps measure 36 by 27 inches. If you desire one of these maps call early at the Herald Business Office as we were able to obtain only a small supply and there is certain to be a heavy de- mand. General Pershing and his men are now on soil which the German Empire claims to own. They have struck a stag- gering blow for Democracy and you will want to follow the flag as they blaze a path through Germany. Each map has a key by which the location of all towns mentioned in press dispatches can be easily found.