Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-10-30
MOTHER OF 5 MARTIAL
SONS PROUD OF THEM
Mrs. Ballantyne Patterson, of
Haddonfield, Rejoices in Their
Service to u. S.
TYPE OF HEROIC WOMAN
Four of Her Boys officers in Army,
Youngest a Student in Avia-
tion School
BY M,LISS

1T is a great privilege 20 be the mother
Of my wonderful sons and it Is a great
honor to have them do service for their
country 1 do not speak Of giving my sons
to my country, as though expected 20 exact
gratitude"
distinguished mother spoke the words
with a proud majestic air, worthy of
Spartan matron. She Is Mrs Ballantyne
Patterson, recently of Washington, n. c..
and Manassass, Va but living for the time
being in Haddonfeld. ~ j.
To know the fun reason OF her pride,
and its Justification. you must know that
she is the mother of five siX-footers who
are serving i'm the United States army. four
Of them as officers; the fifth, her nineteen
year-old baby. as n student aviator at
Princeton She Is the mother of;
First Colonel Robert w Patterson. the
eminent surgeon who took the Harvard
Unit TO France and is the administrator Of
Base Hospital No. 5. fifty miles from the
firing line somewhere" in that devastated
country
Second. Major William Lay Patterson,
just recalled from the Philippines to take
command Of the United states Aviation
School at Langley Field, Hampton Va.
Third. Captain Fred Patterson, Camp
Meade Admiral Md.
Fourth. Lieutenant Jeffrey r. Patterson,
Fort Monroe, Va
Fifth Private Lyman Patterson, Mill
tary school Of Aviation, Princeton, n. J.
PROUD OF HER SOLDIER Sons
When | arrived at the charming little
house she has taken in Haddonfield, Mrs
| Patterson had just arrived from a walk
\ taken she admitted when the point was
pressed to keep her spirits up.
please do not think that I have been
| blue, or that | permit myself to NOPE Il
| she said In voice that blended the harsh
| accuracy of the Moth with the winning
| mellifuence Of the South, because that
Is not so. But when / find myself thinking
| too intensively about whap might happen
brisk walk on beautiful day like thl.
pulls me up again"
She held her white head as high as a
dowager's when she told me of Colone
| Patterson, whose adjutant, standing not fal
from him. was blown to bits when the Hur
recently picked Base Hospital No. s. will
its great red cross marked upon it, bis
enough for all humanity to see for bombing
you have read Of it in the paper" sh,
said. with repression that was eloquent
| Il have had a cable from my son assurinl
me of his safety, which was miraculous II,
had just left the building. The adjutan
| was torn limb from limb--he had beef
standing in a doorway directing the placinl
Of the wounded. Many. many wounde,
were being brought in from the front at tn
precise moment that the Germans chose
Base Hospital No is very close to tn
st. Louis hospital, which also suffered Sc
verely in the raid.
Both this son and my son William, m,
eldest the major, have seen service in tn
Moro wars in the Philippines. The latter
transport has just got in from Manila AM
| have not yet seen him. 1 will see him Il
a day or two.
GERMANY WORSE THAN MOROS
we thought the Moro wars were mast
ones" this mother of a martial fami