Evening star., 1898-07-13
FREE LUNCH FOR SOLDIERS
Gratuitous Work Of the Woman's Christian
Temperance Onion.
Boxes Sent to thepFront anil Expres-
sfons of Gratitude - Letters
From Marbbehead.

ed by the W. c. T. u, department of SOL
dlers, sailors and marines, has become q
well-established and weltpatronized place,
lunches to more than one hundred being
served daily. The people have been very
liberal with their contributions, but as the
number of visitors each day increases the
needs are greater. The ladies acknowledge
courteses shown by Mr.. Muddiman, Hav-
enner's bakery, Morrison's Paper Company
and the many whose contributions have
been given without a name. Among these
are:' A gift of $50 from one friend, flag
for the front door, besides contributions in
money and eatables.
The expressions of gratitude from the
boys In blue are very numerous, letter
received from one, who was discharged on
account of illness, is sample of many. 1t
came from Buffalo, N. Y. and is, in part,
as follows:
Il wish to thank the ladies of the w. c.
t. U. for the reception 1 received at their
rooms during my stay in Washington.
want to encourage my friends to keep up
the work for this cause l wandered alone
through the streets of your great city.
without money or friends, when one of
your workers spoke to me and so nobly
took care of me. God bless you ALL Were
l there l would give my whole life to this
cause: Thousand thanks for kindness re-
cefved from you. Good-by till we meet
again" The letter was signed by "A men,
Der of Company L, 65th Regiment, Buffalo,
N. Y"
Sample of Gable.
Last week this department packed three
large boxes with delicacies and necessaries,
to be sent to the boys at the front in Cuba.
great number of boxes had been sent to
both the navy and army previous to this.
Miss L. H. Chase, the superintendent of
this work. received a letter from a boy on
crh t,,C C,,.
1t reads as follows:
Having received one of the numerous
articles you have sent to the crew of this
vessel l gladly extend my thanks to you
and your society for their remembrance of
the men who are now fighting for their
country, and am sure you are doing as
much duty to God and your country as
we are, only in another way. Such tokens
as these are greatly appreciated by all the
men. 10 show my appreciation of your
kindness | am sending herewith a piece of
the cable which 1 helped to cut at Glen
fuegos, Cuba, May IL, 1898, when one of
cur men was killed and number wound
ed. Ihanklng you again, l remain, yours
sincerely, AXEL SUNDQUIST.'
Flag on Cuban Soil.
Miss Chase has the piece of cable, and it
is treasured as a great curiosity.
Another letter received from the u s.
Marblehead by Mrs. R. w. Fernandez is,
al pat tiS ioiiOWS.
Dear Friends: We have received your
generous gift and we wish to thank you
for your kindness. The men of the Mar
blehead had the nonor of raising the first
United States flag ON Cuban soil and sus-
tanning it. We have been in five engage
ments and have lost two men and had six
wounded. Wednesday, the 18th of June,
we bombarded this town and silenced the
enemys guns and destroyed their fort. On
the way back we caught a submarine mine
on our propeller. Capt McCalla was in
him on the bridge. Two thousand five
hundred yards, he said. directing the
range. Then, Handle the mine carefully"
then! Two thousand four hundred and
fifty yards then, Haul her on the star
board quarter 1t was an act of God we
were not destroyed, the mine contained
120 pounds of gun cotton, enough to blow
ira good luck as OUR steam launch discoy-
cred another mine and cut the wires Of it.
Some of our boys are in their graves but
for eacn one that has been killed over fifty
Spaniards have gone to rest We have the
right on our side and the prayers of our
noble women and men, SO we need not fear.
There are about $50 Cubans at Fort Nc
Gala with our marines, and they both have
kept the Star Spangled Banner there with
in sight of over 5000 Spaniards. The Gu
bans have fought manfully. The men of
the Marblehead value the kindness of the
ladies of the w. G. T. u, and hope that
they may live long and prosper. 1 am
temperance man myself. l have never
kEown the taste of liquor in the twenty
six years Of my life"
Any person wishing to assist with the
free lunch can send contributions to 91O F
street any day between the hours of 8 and
o'clock.