The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1917-09-06
SOLDIER BOYS APPRECIATIYE.
Letter Of Thanks TO McCOurelI,burg
Ladies for Thoughtful Gifts Sent
a Few Weeks Ago.
Fabens, Texas, Aug. 1917.

Fabens, Texas, Aug. 1917.
KIND MCCONNELLsBURG
FRIENDS: 1t lis with no little ap-
preciation that am sending the
thanks of our cavalry troop to
the ladies of McConnellsburg for
their kindness in supplying the
young men in our Troop with
Housewives" A housewife"
is sewing kit, composed of a
case of folding pockets contain
ing needles, thread, thimble, but
tons, scissors, pins, safety pins,
etc., just what a soldier would
have almost daily use for. or
a surety you have in this way,
lightened the burden that is
placed upon the shoulders Of each
soldier who has taken his place
among the defenders Of our Ma
tion, because these same little
gifts contain absolute necessities
that each soldier should have.
You can be sure OF the fact that
each man who was lucky enough
to receive one of those House
wives" is happy in the realization
that the ladies of your town have
so kindly remembered them.
These ewing kits, as | would
call them, re absolute necessities
J of a soldier, because Of the fact
that each ma is required to keep
his clothes in repair and unless
the good women who are left at
home, supply these needs, it is
all the harder for our soldiers to
have the comforts while attend
ing to their duty to the land that
we have all learned to love and
the land for whom we as soldiers
are willing and ready to defend
and if need be, to give up our
lives. When | came South and
joined this Division Of Cavalry,
| found the fellows who were
already here in need Of a great
many things and | made up my
mind that.it was my duty to at
least try and supply those needs
and so wrote to all ofmy friends
up North, to lend a hand and |
am glad to say that in every
case. the call was heard and the
many needs were supplied. |
found upon coming to the Troop,
that very few of the boys had
Bibles or any religious literature
and so | sent to the Christian
Endeavor Society and the Church
of which | was a member, and
stated my request and in the
course of a week or SO the Bibles
came and distributed them
among the boys. At first,
feared they would not want them
bat to my great surprise as well
as satisfaction, each one wanted
one and so in the next few days,
| had to send for more. 1t would
have done your heart good to see
the boys in the eventide when
their drilling for the day was
over. There to my great sur
prise, | found several of them
that were not afraid of the jeers
of the other fellows and they
we're reading the little Bibles
that | had given them.
/, Well, | was awfully happy |
that night and then a couple of
evenings later, some of the boys
came to me and told me that they |
had found part of the Bible
that they could not understand
and tried as best | could to give
them my idea of it. The verse
was Believe on the Lord, Jesus
Christ, and thou shalt be saved"
Well | was not satisfied with |
the explanation that | had given
them and so sent to our Pastor
at home and had him write an
explanation of the verse. The
boys could not see why that a
person could be saved by the
believing on the Lord, Jesus
Christ, but when read the let
ter to them that our Pastor had |
written, they began to see that |
it was not nearly as easy as it
seemed at first and that there
was a great deal more to be done
before person could be sure
that they were saved. But now, |