Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-10-24
From Over There
Letters of Interest from Americas
Soldiers Who Arc With the Allied
Force in France
Every Evening will be glad to receive
and print letters of this character

Private William I. Eliason 60. i,
156th Infantry, somewhere in France
with Incle Sans fighting doughboys.
writes under date of September 23, to his
mother. Mrs Hattie II Eliason. OF 1907
West Fifth street most interesting
letter
He says: We had fine trip coming
over as the weather WAS fine | certainly
did enjoy the trip Some mornings the
sea was as smooth lake and the sun
rises and sunsets at sen are beautiful
when We landed IN France We hiked
to a rest camp where We spent nearly y
week We left the rest camp one RAINY
morning about O'Clock and marched Ia
q railroad station where we boarded
those funny little French box cars |
laughed when | saw a picture Of the first
American troops riding IN them IN the
movies, little thinking | would do the
same so soon We were wet and tired
when we reached them. but were having
50 much fun with~our first experience IN
them We almost forgot about ourselves.
we passed thousands of German
prisoners on our journey, some IN prison
camps and others working along the way
guarded by American boys, They seemed
very happy for prisoners and quite a few
OF them would wave at us as we passed.
We are staying AT 4 farmhouse al
present and everything IS very nice. |
have Just finished n dinner Of becfAtcak,
gravy rice soup and bread SO you We
are not missing much in the way of eating
| always have sugar In my coffee now
and | can remember last winter at home
when we couldn't buy IL
DO not put too much hope in this war
Il. - Ia
while longer unless the unexpected hap
pens that is the Germans throw up their
hands and quit We Will be doing fine If
We can end II by this time next year
Private Frank T. Bachman writing
to a friend in this city from the front in
France saws:
Several OF the fellows from Delaware
are in ambulance companies and some
OF them have been shell shocked gassed
or wounded The next push We make
however, if ! pul! through all right.
] will send YOU some German notes or
something.
Private Howard Wood aged p years.
son Of Mrs. Sarah Hendrix OF 702 kirk-
wood street, died OF pneumonia al Camp
Meade last Friday lie Wa9 a member
Of the Eighth Company Second IpKelop
nent Battalion OF the Gne Hundred
and Fifty fourth Depot Brigade He
Was sent away from " Wilmington with a
contingent Of draftees on June u
Lieutenant Afred Withers of the
Merchant Ships ard Guard has been
transferred 10 Wilmington and Lieu
tenant Eugene Duffield has taken his
place at Hartman
Private William Swcetman. al the 59tli
Pioneer Regiment, has written from
France to his mother Mrs John Sweet
man, of Cooch Bridge 10 say that he is
well His brother Thomas Is a member
of the 345th Regiment which IS also
overseas.
Lewis " Preston of the fifty-itnth
Pioneer Regiment has written 10 his
father, Ellis II Preston, announcing his
safe arrival in France. With 70 llacss on
ttc way His station is nesr enough to
thc line To enable him TO hear artillery
FIRE.
large numner of wounded sailors are
, c!ng treated in re 1 = Naval Base
Hospital at Frcs, France, according to a
letter from Ass Alice l. IIarshaw. re-
Gently received - William $ Anderson
0t this city Miss Harshaw is Philadei-
phia girl, Ii graduate of the Methodist
Hospital Of that city, and has ncen ii
France "A year