The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1916-05-12
A. sULzBACHER IN BRITISH NAVY

Some interesting reading matter il
contained in two letters recentlv "a.
ceived BY Mrs. Hannah Sulzb.cher
of Nashville. from her sor, Aaron su,z,
bacher. who is now in the Rr;,;.h
transport service. Aaron is we'll known
IN Nashville, having been connected
with the firm of L. Jones & Co. Al
last accounts he was in Bombay, India.
from which place he wrote his mother
on March q, as follows:
Bombay. India. March Is, 1916
Dear Mamma-Just arrived here
today and find it very warm, after
coming from Solonica. Greece. where
It's very cold. Have seen lots of fight
ing, and that's much as / can saw. "A
L l write too much the letter is de-
stroyed. l am enjoying the hest of
nealth' as the sea life surely agrees
with one.
When you come to think of il T
am a few thousand miles away from
nome. have w monkeys which I
nave tanned, and they are great com.
pany, especially when one is lonesome.
l can hardly write, as the water is lust
rolling off me, it's so warm.
This is a very pretty place, everv-
thing being so green. This country is
very thickl'- populated. People sleep
IN the str It's and wear very few
clothes. Sometimes l wish | could
dress the same way, but l wear very
thin underwear. a white suit, low
Shoes and a topay-a very large hat
winch keeps one from suffering sun
stroke.
Il hardly know when to say that the
war will be over, as no one really
knows at the present moment. but
what lave seen with nv own ewes 7
am sure the Germans are losing ground
ana thousands of men every day. OF
course. you know the papers get very
little news, and what they do get they
generally make into a large tale.
1--WE came in contact with a sub
marine on our way and sank it. Some
excitement, believe me. 1t would
have been all off with us if we hadn't
MT her first above the water line. max
ing her SO she could not submerpe.
When they can't go below the water
they cannot fire their torpedoes, so we
counted ourselves very lucky.
well, l could write more. but as
they won't pass it, will close. Hoping
this finds you all enjoying the best of
health, with love, your boy.
AARON"
On February 10 Mr.. S%ulzbacher wrote
his mother from Shanghai, China. "a
follows:
Dear Mammal have written you
several letters, but doubt that YOU
received any of them, as they
censor all mail and if there is anything
pertaining the war they destroy it, and
If you are in the war zone and are send
the mail to some other country
they won't let it 60.
II sure have had some experiences
and have been through adventures that
| Will never forget. / was in the evac
lating of the Dardanelles and the Gal
Ipoll. There sure was some excite
tor about ten days. We landed
troops In Egypt, Alexandria and Cairo.
am on a transport ship, upon which
s carried nothing but soldiers and sup
plies. l am fifth officer. Living is
very good and l am in the best of
health. If l get a chance l will send a
home.
we are here for a ten-days stay in
Try dock. | have been in a few coun-
,ries, such as France, India, Egypt.
'ersla, Japan, China, Russia and Tur-
icy. This is n great war. People
ont realize what is going on. Ger
many Is getting weaker day by day.
This is a money war, and England
as 1t. Germany's finances are get
weaker every day. l have been
shore In quite a few ports, and all
Europe Is against the United States on
ccount of the way President Wilson
ShS olIdlIS WIFI NSrInADV.
his port of Shanghai is the only neu.
port in the east, and there are all
n of people here from the war
ones for safety-even Germans.
1T is useless for me to ask YOU to
rite me, as l am always at sea and
ever know where we are to 90 next.
. u orders are received by wireless
nd then we proceed to our destina-
on.
This is some great climate out here.
day in whites and next day in
lues, spent Christmas day in Colombo,
a very beautiful place. Was
1T sightseeing one day and had a
cry nice dinner. l don't know when
be at home, but it will be some time
the next few months, as the war ia
to come to an end.
well, as l know of nothing else at
'esent will close, hoping this finds
~ all enjoying the best of health.
With love. AARON"
Aaron is a brother of Will Sulzbacher
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