Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-09-11

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Messages From Front
DR.. Bagnell is high in his praise
of the American boys, and of the
work of the Red Cross and Y. NJ. C.
A. OF the part Harrisburgers and
Pennsylvanians are playing he has
| learned much, too.
81 have a pile of communications
I from boys from Harrisburg and
vicinity 20 relatives and friends here
and as soon as possible / will give
their names to the public and COM
municate with the persons whose ad-
dresses they have furnished NE.
There are many hundreds of them,
| the majority communications tell
ing the folks that they are well and
happy. They, too, have the spirit Of
every American soldier, to win tho
war now. All are anxious to get into
service at the war front, officers and
men making every effort to get there.
In the hospitals, in the camps at the
great military headquarters and Vari-
Gus bases the same feeling exists
Then there is the inconsistencies, too.
Frequently I spoke to the men and
they said, France is all right, but
to get this fight over
Talk of Home
You couldn't talk about America
tc those boys but that they appre-
ciated it. l conducted a service one
day at which many songs were sung,
the boys selecting them. Finally
one of the crowd called out a num-
ber. 1t was Home, Sweet Home
None of us could sing it,"
Ty- Do
ers while in France and in England.
but could not get to see them all.
Before he left he took the names ard
military designation of all local bows
as furnished by parents and friends
here. AS soon as he landed in
France he wrote to all these boys,
getting answers from practically
| every one of them. Some he SOW
later and got personal messages from
them also.
Meets Harrisburgers
In explaining his difficulty in
reaching the local boys, DR.. Bagnell
said: LAS soon as l left this country
L was just as much in military serv-
ice as any officer or private. / had
TO observe every censorship rule, and
for any infringement on the military
regulations | was liable for court
martial. You can readily see that
did everything possible to retain all
privileges. In. writing to the Harris
burg soldiers l could not tell them
where | was unless in Paris, and
they could only give me their mill
tary unit and head their letters
Somewhere in France the same as
when writing home.
while art one big meeting at
which | spoke one of the men came
forward and told me that there was
captain in his regiment who was
from Harrisburg. | investigated and
met BILL" Calder, having a nice
talk with him.
Praise For Miss Watts
''At one of the large American dis
tribution points l met another en-
thusiastic war worker from Harris-
burg, Miss Marian b. c. Watts The
work she and another woman are
doing there is remarkable and TIE
boys almost worship the ground
those two walk upon. l had long
talk with Miss Watts also.
Later | learned while visiting a
large bakery at, this same place that
Lieutenant CurZon Eager was there.
/ met him. Among those who an
swered my letters announcing my
arrival were Captain Nicodemus,
Lieutenant Wallower, Captain E. j.
Stackpole, Jr., and Ross Jennings"
Admiration For Yanks
DR.. Bagnell then gave a brief ac-
count of his trip. During his three
month tour he made fifty-five lee
lures and addresses, speaking to
thousands of soldiers, talking 10
many hundreds of them personally.
He also studied the attitude of the
English and French toward the
American people and the American
troops.
Everywhere there is the greatest
of admiration for our boys. Two men
the most talked of by these peoples
are General Espch and our own Pres
ident Woodrow Wilson. The work
of America, too, since it entered the
war, is another thing which the
British and French never cease talk
ing about The great spirit of our
people backing the President and
the ideals for which we stood in en-
tering the war have aroused a spirit
which l have never seen anywhere
before.
Twice Eluded U-Boats
Going over DIR. Bagnell sailed
with twenty-four other Y. NJ. G. A.
workers on troop ship carrying
100 men. 1t was chased twice by
submarines. but escaped both times
because of wireless warnings 1t
carried military cargo valued at
&C, ,000.000 francs.
II did not go to the front lines on
any of the battle fronts while an at
tack was on" DR.. Bagnell continued,
in speaking of his visits in the war