Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-12-01
SWEATERS NEEDED
BY D. c. SOLDIERS
$50 Boys at Admission SILVER
Because "Sunny South" Is
Not SO Sunny.

One hundred and fifty Washington
boys wearing the uniform of the Amer
lean Army are shivering at Camp Nc
Clellan, Admission. Ala This may be
a surprise to many of the folks back
home who have an idea that Admission
is a land of sun and warmth and that
the District boys in camp there are go
ing about without their coats. Annis-
ton is chilly just now and the soldiers
are cold. too( and an appeal has been
made for the knitters of Washington to
get busy and make up $50 sweaters
for them as quickly as possible.
The conditions are graphically set
forth in the following letter:
To the Editor of The Star:
Many people in the District prob
Camp Mcclellan. being in Alabama and
what is popularity classed as the
sunny SOUTH" is sort of tropical
paradise, with Neutrality-suspicious.
heating. if not lighting, service given
freely by Old Sol. AS a matter of fact.
just at present Camp Mcclellan Is
cold and dreary place. At about a
quarter of six. when the boys have to
get up, it is nearly pitch black, and
the water in their pitchers is coated
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cold, that causes shivers, and sneezes.
and sore threats. Not until noon does
the sun really send out perceptible
amount of heat, and by four-thirty
darkness and cold again resume full
sway.
That is why the men need sweaters
good thick swea tiers. too. ! have seen off,
GERS who were fortunate enough to possess
them wearing two sweaters beneath their
olive drab shirts. Some of the men
have already been provided for before
through the efforts of Mrs Murray
Cobb. has been supplied to man since
it has been here. But we need at
home to think of them. 1 was talking
to a boy of eighteen or nineteen at
camp the other day. He said:
IT have no family and I've been away
from home SO long 1 guess most of my
friends have forgotten me. so OF course
there's no one to care"
But isn't there any one to care for
this boy and others like him? Aren't
there organizations and individuals IN
the District of Columbia who will send
sweaters and wristlets to keep our boys
warm while they are encamped here
and when they go to France? If any
one wishes to send to any particular
boy 1t will be delivered to that par
ticular one. Or If any organization
will send in quantity. the distribution
will be made through official channels
so that there will be no duplication and
all will be provided for.
MRS. JOHN w. THOMPSON.
1901 Christine ave-, Admission. Ala
So here is a chance for the home
folks to do a bit toward making the
District men comfortable while wait
ing to be assigned to duty lover there"
The sweaters can be knit for the Wash
ington contingent at Admission as a
body or for individuals, If any one
happens to know some one soldier per-
sonally. And all the sweaters, whether
knit for individuals or for any one OF
the $50, will go straight to those who
need them and will appreciate them.
The Star will attend to their shipment
to Admission. Those who want to knit
for these District boys may COMMUNE
cate with The Star, either now or when
the sweaters are finished.
Start a sweater tonight for ono Of
these shivering District boys in the
sunny south"