Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-11-07
oUARTERMASTER HARRY SALMON

QUARTERNASTER HARRY SALMON.
Mr. and Mrs. Charles III. Salmon
of Summit Bridge have received
letter from their son, Harry saying
that he is well and happy. and al The
date OF the writing was travelling
somewhere in Italy.
Harry is WhM is known as sub
marine listener. being quartermaster.
second class in the navy. He enlisted
al Philadelphia last March
Mrs Richard G. Fox of 1914 West
Sixth street has received very interest
ing letter from her son, William. who i
with the Marines over there
Young Fox Is with the Sixth Regiment,
and he l., strong for Is at the best regiment
in the Second Division. Of which il is 4
unit He's seen fighting, too. having gone
over the top tor the first time when the
devil dogs cleaned things UP At the
St Alihel salient in the Toul sector Tie
says il wasn't near 50 bad as he thought
il was going to be, only q few men wounded
and only a couple Killed
The regiment captured several hundred
prisoners Later the regiment moved to
the Champagne sector. whore the BochCS
were driven back about 10 miles. and
incidentally where he casualty list WAS
heavier 'Rill when ic wrote on October
l3. was III i hospital, having trouble with
his feet, hut expected To reJoln soon tic
SAYS the Second Division i now due ior 2
good long rest of i month or 50. as i has
been the most active Of the marine
divisions sent over
Private Harry \ .IpIn~on ha@ been
over thr top lie L<CrlbutcS hiS safety
10 the prayers ii his parents. Mr. and
Mrs W!lham~I Johnson, oo3 Van Buren
FTIvare JoInlson i with The Goth
Company. 61h Regiment. I ; Marine
Corps lie sent the following letter 70
his parents
Dear Mothcr and Father | Am
glad ro have tEis opportunity ~ write
you a fox lines. rs know .ou have been
waiting patiently to hear from me The
reason you did not hear from INC sooner
is because | did not have a chancc g
write
Would you be surprised # ] told Sou
and DAD was over the top since being
here lce ! have had that eyfe- e1cc,
and believe NE, viii have some great
news to tell YOU and Dad about il when
get home We accom- piished some great
work against the iielnit~ You probably
read III the newspapers about samc
"AlIl ask Of YOU mother and dad. ls
not to worry about me. a. ! know your
PRAYERS saved me. aud viii IN the future
Our Lord ~urc> did answer them. ! am
praving for YOU and dad always that lie
will kccp vou IN good health and that
viii b,. home soon with you
.MotLer. sure do believe this terrible
war Will To- over soon W. are resting
now for a while because & man cannot
last ami 90 a. w did for four days.
The German prisoners told lis that they
are sick uf tins war and they SAY il must
end soon
Il am in the best Of health and hope
you are I'LL the same How are Edna and
Polly, aleo Uncle Will and ali the n lgh-
bors3 Tel All was asking for them and
hope to be with them soon
Lewis Dom, of thc independence Fire
Co. mas received {. letter from over
there from Sergeant Harry { Messmer,
who j. with Pcrshine- army. He reports
himself IN fine physical condition and
enjuving the war among other things
he SAYS nat shortly before writing he paid
q Freuchman s to take hlm III an auto
I
see ii friend from Wilmington named
Wanfredo, bur failed TO find him whore
he expected AIessmcr desired 10 be
remembered to all o. his FIRE company
friends and others.
Private Larkin Giles who has host Of
friends In this city has written from
over there 10 one Of the warmcst Of
them. Edward A. Carr of 1920 Tatnall
street. giving some interesting thoughts
concerning h- trip across and what he has
seen since lauding Giles letter shows that
the Fifty ninth Pioneers Delaware
ONn. went across III the Leyiathan.
formerly the liner Naderland. the largest
ship afoa Ills letter says
Just /. lev lirc@ u let YOU know hat
haze arrived safely III France and now
aul Is > miles behind the firing line.
Tho t.ip across was fine. We came over
ii til, largest ship unoat The food was
}cfE good and wc had plenty of i There
Na> Nor} Ittle rough weather bul quite
i4t ~ rln x. vc ucarcd the European
coast
France j beautiful country, but /
cannot -ay thar like the people very
much Ihcy hIuk chat al American sol
der + a millionaire, and charge u, about
three tnlc- l4o price ior an article that
tiltl a~.> Il, French soldiers Tho children
arc alR..- bcg2ing ior money ard the
poorer GLASSES viii take anything Thar You
throw aUay They are clothed III the
remains of former days The boys wear
old army uniforms, cut down to fit them
Two-thrd- of them wear wooden shoes,
and the dress shoes contain hob-nals
Now We are located in small TOXIN
which val once held by the Germans and
until F,H days before we arrived, was
under shell fire The battle line IS nos
located well ott of reach ii lis We have
got them on he run
Now that Bulgaria na, yelled for peace
think hal the other countries Mil DO the
Same At least ! hope sp because the
nited States looks good I'd me Quite a
eU German prisoners are passing through
hc town and they still seem to have con
idrncc in the German nat ion
Giles Il attached 10 the headquarters
.olnpany of the Pioneers
.Io~rpt Jenkins of 9lZ Orange street
la- received au inter sting letter from
li- -ru Sergeant J0-rp Jenkins sno Il
II fn .,!4i pdnrs.r. iurJd pia[ty Tie