Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-07-25
EVENING LEDGER PLAYS CUPID'S
ENVOY FOR "RED'S" LOVE LETTER
Dearest Haburn," Upstate,
Will Soon Know Why
Trooper Getchell Didn't
Write"
Her Silence Now Plain to
Lad in Khaki, Once Gas
Fighter Som e w h er e in
France

Happiness has returned to the heart OF
| RED" Getchell Company A, 18th Pennsyl
vania Infantry U. s. N. G., stationed at
| El Paso famous gas fighter" who saw
| service in the British trenches. He is happy
| because he knows why dearest Haburn
| did not write.
In few hours, dearest Haburn," who
lives in western Pennsylvania, will be
| happy, too, for she will know that Red
did write and she will know why she did
not get the letter until the EVENING
LBDoBR came TO the rescue.
Back Of all this lies story of what
a newspaper can do--of the way II can
reach across q continent and bring people
into communication, who think there Is no
possible way Of finding each other.
WAITING FOR MAIL.
And this is the story Red is a gone.to.
the.border soldier, who in his zeal to get
n letter to dearest Haburn" in hurry,
threw It from the troop train en- route to
the South, without any address. Haburn
is the left.behind girl, who has been await.
ing n letter for weeks. Each waited for
the other to write-each waited for the let
ter that never came.
In the meantime James Thompson, Of
Martinvillo, o., found the letter and mailed
it to "The Captain" of Mount Gretna 1t
fell into the hands of Colonel Frank NJ.
yamling, who handed 1t over to a corre-
spondent for the EVENING LEDGER at
Mount Gretna with the words, Here, see
IL you can find the girl There Is nothing
on the letter to indicate who she is. She
is likely waiting for letter. See what
your paper can do to bring happiness to
these young people
And the EVENING LEDGER did. The story
of the gone-astray letter was published on
July H. BY the 18th copy of the story had
been handed to "Red" by his captain, r.
w Brown and Red" wrote at once to the
T..,tr,. 7 ttyitG nrn
what 1t had done and sent stamps to send
the letter to THE Girl" Her mamie is not
published to save her embarrassment
The following letter and REDS picture
in his trench suit, which he used in fight
ing in the European trenches, were re-
ceived today by the EVENING LEDoER
CAMP PERSHING, Ell Paso. Tex.
"Dedr Evening Ledger:
"I certainly was surprised today to re-
ceive the clipping about my letter from my
captain, r. w. Brown, because had rather
expected that Haburn had received the let
ter already although / WONDERED why
she DIDN'T write. She had said for me
to write first and she would answer. I did
and thought that she had become 'peeved,'
3d. of course, 1 would not write again, be-
cause 1 expected the letter had reached
her.
'I am more than grateful to the EVENING
LEDGER for its interest in trying to locate
the writer of the letter / would like to
keep the copy Of the paper have here,
but would appreciate 1t very much II you
would send Haburn copy OF the edition,
along with the original 'gone-astray' let
ter, which you say will be sent her without
any publicity. Thank you so much.
You will perhaps wish to know who
is indebted to you for your kindness am
Private Elmer r. Getchell, of Company A
of the 10th Regiment. About the middle of
January the Boston Post ran six-weeks'
story about me with eight column cuts, tell
ing of my three months in the British
trenches in France, when I participated in
four bayonet charges and two gas attacks.
The cuts were to show my trench out
fit, which brought home with me- I got
the outfit because I was honorably dis
charged. This is the only trench suit in
the United States today. 1t consists of
fur coat, gas helmet trench shoes, trench
cap, entrenching TOOLS etc
'T received my discharge because of being
a minor and an American. I was only
10 when discharged. I was born In Woburn
Mass. The reason of my honorable dis
charge was because Of my being bomb
thrower (suicide club and for service rem
dered in the bayonet charges. Ask the
Boston Post who Red Getchell is They
will verify my statements I have my dis
charge paper here at the border with me-
1t is from the Sth Irish Kings Liverpool
Regiment of England,
"The reason write this is because you