Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-10-01
From Over There
t.ettess Of interest from Americas
Soldiers Who Are With the Allied
Force In France.
Every Evening will In glad 20 receive
and print letters Of this character

Mr.. and Mrs Frank Simmons Of 2l0
Jefferson street have received a letter
from their son, Bauduy Simmons, Of his
safe arrival ovcrseas. He Is with Motor
Truck Co No. AGO. Motor Supply, Trnin
No. ai1 The letter states tina. the trip
across was great. with not one day of
! sickness, plenty OF good things To eat, and
trip that will never be forgotten. He
never felt better in hi. life thnn he ~
feeling now. hc SAYS He also stated that
on landing they WIRE greeted by crowd
Of children singing Hail Hail
John and Howard lewis Of sla Kirk
wood street have arrived overseas. H.
is believed that Howard, who enlisted
at the age of II md will BIZ rs on DC
tober i6 is the Youngest American in
'hc s~rvice overseas John lewis Ell
listed three years aRo with Company
+, Twelfth Cavnlry, and saw active
service with the Delaware boys dur
ing tho trouble with Mexico He u now
member IT = machine gun battalion,
stationed along the Marine oward
~ with thr Delaw Pioneer REGIMENT
somewhere ia France
Fred Conner Of $50 kirkuood street,
n member Of Company Nj. Tcaware
Pioneer Regiment. has arrived ~ Irsncc.
Friends Of Barney FrnnL vho for
merely lived =. 2O4 last Second street,
havr received word of his eafo .rival
in France with the thrrc Hunjt"3 and
Fortv-hfth Infantry
Mn. ~. J Inrham Of 100 Racr street.
has received word that her ,plc w,
Sergeant Norman r Craig. ~ the
Fifty-ninth Pioneer Regiment has
arrived safely overseas Mr. craig
enlisted in 1917
Mn. carlcna Cloud has heon - armeJ
Of The safe arrival Of her snt lillsm
IL Cloud. somewhere an ran,"
William J logan Of a}0N West
Eighteenth street. who sailed ovrr
sras in tho National ARMY about two
months ago. Is now in camp N England
according 10 letter to Miss Marguerite
Henson. s27 Clayton street fIr a-~crss
that tho conditions in England ar~ worse
than anyone. in this country has ever
imagined On their arrival IN England
hc writes the Rcd Gross served ihe
suIdicrs coffee and crackers
Mr. and Mrs Frank Marine RI 80
Rennntt street have received letter
from their son, Private Llovd Marine
nf Company y, Thr-e Hundred and
Twelfth Engineers. Fighty-s~vrnth IL
vision. telling her Of ms safe ARRIVAL
overseas
Mrs Sarah stark If Az Grant ava-
me he's = letter from her son. Melvin
T. Francr, telling Of HIS safe arrival
overseas Melvin il in Company A.
Three Hundred and E,ghtyfourth In
fantry. EichtY-ervrnth DIVISION.
Mr.. and Mrs. ". !. Johnson 81 Har-
rington. formerly If los Fast Eighth
street, this city, have received word
Of tho safe arrival overseas of ther son,
D. kervin Johnston, who enlisted April
m master engineer with the 6Sth En-
gineer Co.
Friends III Robert n K.lton of
infantry. have received letters of hrs
aafe arrival overseas.
Mr. and Mrs William Briggs, OF No
COZ West Tenth street, received letter
from their non. Clarence, who has re-
Gently arrived over there Mr. Bngg.
wa1 employed nv the Kansas City Star,
Kansas City. for several years. He re-
turned 10, home in this city short time
ago and within y month after hrs arrival
he WAS drafted He Is a member Of Comp
any A, seth Pioneer Regiment.
Mr. and Mrs. George Ingram Of Dos
South Harrison street have a letter
from their son, Howard, from France.
lie went away with the Fifty-ninth
Pioneer Infantry Band.
Sergeant Medford White Of Camp
Wsdsworth has gone TO France.
A week after old Bobbin departed this
land for one of heavenly bliss. or-or-
we'll, heavenly bliss1l do-his devoted
spouoe came into the office of the insur-
ance agent TO claim the money.
'I'm awfully sorry, madam TO hear of