Evening star., 1917-12-05

| Letters from parents. sisters, aunts and
other relatives OF District boys who are
serving with the colors continue to de-
scend on the Red Cross gift editor in
, torrents Today's mail brought card
from one mother who has given three
sons to the service Of their country.
The mother. whose name Is added to
the heightened honor roll. is Mrs. J. f..
Walker. 1912 sth street northwest The
three sons are:
George W. Johns, Benjamin A. Johns
and James r. Johns, and they are all with
Battery A. 112th United States Field Ar
tillery. saith Brigade. Camp Mcclellan,
Admission, Ala.
|. Private Clifford Acton is a District boy
whose name is sent In by his grandmotnet.'
The grandson enlisted a week after war
was declared and Is serving in Company
G. 9Th United States Infantry, Empire.
Panama, Canal Zone.
Three Others With Co1ors.
Names Of three Washington boys with
the colors are sent to the Red Cross gift
editor by Miss Frieda Owens. 2233 18th
street northwest. sister Of one Of the SOL
diers. Tho three are:
Private John F. Owens. Medical De-
partment, 41st Division (3d Oregon). 162d
infantry, Camp Mills. Mineola. Long Is
land, N. Y.
sergt. James R. Hindman. ls4th Am
bulance Company, 116th Sanitary Train.
41st Division, Camp Mills. Mineola,
Long Island. New York.
Sergt. Clarence Cooke, medical de-
partment, 41st Division. Camp Mills,
Mineola. Long Island. N. Y.
Richard o. Melton. 2o1s LIST street
wearing . service pin with three stars
ono for . son. another for q grand
son and the third for q daughter. who
s Red Cross nurse. The name and
address Of the daughter is omitted
rom Mr.. Melton's letter, though he
son. The names Of the son and grand
son are:
Sergt. Richard O. Melton. tr.. ordnance
department. AID (Rainbow) Division.
Private Thomas Melton Monroe.
radio. U. S. s. Rhode Island. care post
master, New York city.
Mrs. B. L. Jacobs, IA T street north
west. sends the names of two nephews.
)ne Is Second Lieut.. Fenton S. Jacobs,
ary force. France. The other is Charles
B: De Shields. Aviation Corps. Camp
Clement. Mich.
Sons at Front, Seeks Work.
c. p. Cassidy, r r. D.. No. 8. Fair
fax. Va. sends the names Of two sons.
one twenty years old. the other eight
cen. and both with the colors They
are Norwood and Charles Cassidy and
both are in the I'd Company. Coast Ar
.illery. Fort Monroe. Virginia. Mr.. Cas-
sidy writes that he and his wife are
verging on seventy years old and that
the two sons were their only help and
support. Now the two old people find
It hard to get along. and the father
asks II work of some kind can be found
for him-something like watchman In
a government building or similar work
he would be able to do.
Mrs. A. Mertz, 1901 Wisconsin ave-
Corp. George Korezun. Company r. 9Th
Engineers. who was In camp at
American University last summer. Tho
corporal, she writes. saved the life of
her little boy when the child was about
to be run down by q street car. She
wants the CORPORAL remembered at
Christmas. and she wants his address.
A few letters come to the Red Cross
Gift Editor without the names and ad-
dresses of those whom the writer's ask
to be remembered at Christmas. One
such Is signed Louisa Donnelly, 2os
MASSACHUSETTS, avenue northwest" She
asks that a dear nephew" be remem-
bered. but fails to give the name of the
nephew, who is a member of COMPANY
Q. 1880 U. S. Infantry. Hampstead. L. L,
n Y.
Mrs. Maggie johnson. 231s I street,
trict boys-c. C. Chandler and Arthur
Kavanaugh-whose addresses are NOT
given.