Evening journal., 1918-02-23
Get HIS TOBACCO
While Guns ROAR
tContlrued From FIrst Page.l


France Tobacco Fund with your name
enclosed. wish To thank you for the
tobacco and hope every one who re-
celyed a box will acknowledge the re-
ceipt OF same, both to thank the donor
and to leave the people in the States
know we are getting the things which
they are nodating towards.
1T may interest you 10 know where
your package found me. | was in hear
ing dis ance of the roar Of battle
Somewhere ia France ! have been In
France since June 2Sth of last year, ar
irving with the first contingent OF
American troops TO set food on Euro
pean soil to make battle with the Kali
ser's war machine / belonged TO the
18Th Infantry Co NJ, at that time, but
am at present attached to the 4th Co
Machine Gun Battalion, ist Brigade
have had the honor OF being one Of
the first to represent the u. s. In
France and one of the first in the
trenches giving battle to the Germans
The American troops have won the adj
miration of all who have come in con-
tact with them and / feel safe in say
ing we carry the necessary knock out
for the Kaiser. All that is necessary
is little patience. While there is no
doubt of our winning, we must real
lie we have a crafty opponent who has
held off the allies 10 years. We
have no complaints to make Of our
treatment, being fed plenty eveniunder
these abnormal conditions IF THERE
IS ANYTHING WHICH WE LACK
PLENTY OF AT TINES, 1T IS TO
BACCO.
Again thanking you for your kind
remembrance of us and wishing you
every success, / remain, sincerely
yours,
PRIVATE ]. D CHRISTENSEN.
"4th Co, Machine Gun Battalion,
list BRIGADE, Annex Force, France
"P 5 II you have any questions to
ask, ] will gladly answer them provid-
Ing they do not concern military mat
ters"
Mr.. Marvel also was asked for an
Interview bearing upon the Tobacco
Fund and the letter he had received
In response to that request he said:
u regard the appreciation which is
expressed by Mr.. Christensen as being
typical Of the appreciation which our
taken by you in advancing the Tobacco
Fund IN their interest. His suggestion
as to answering questions leads me to
a further thought as to the desirability
Of encouraging the folks at home in
corresponding and sending newspaper
clippings or otherwise personally to
our soldiers over there The touch
II home from time 10 time, ! know,
would be Of great benefit In maintain
ing the home character and home in
clinations and home retraints in the
boy who without these things feels so
far away from the home ties and home
,y1luenccs.
"1tis matter was brought home TO
me yesterday at Camp Dix. where the
members Of our regiment are only a
frw miles from home, and yet their
isolation seems very complete, inde'd
except as il Is mod fed by furloug's
VII icl' our soldiers In France can not
ger am by the personal visits from
| home people which our soldiers in
France can not get and by the personal
co~resp ordence which is just as avail
able to the man in the trench as it is
TO the man at Wrlghtstown.
II fear that we folks at home do not
think enough Of the personal element
that enters into the soldiers situation
| fear that there Is q very general feel
ing that il Is our lighting machine and
our duty is ended when we furnish
them with the material and equipment
TO tight with fear that we lose sight
Of the human side Of the soldier which
Graves for the human personal touch
as greatly when in uniform as when
out Of IT,"