Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-07-11
FromOver There
Letters OF interest from Americas
soldiers who are with the allied
force in France.
Every Evening will he glad to receive
and print letters of this character.

Daniel T. Barnard, 3D. Lieutenant lIyn-
dnl's wife and four children are living mt
RnscllC. He had been IN the insurance
business here n number of wears before.
cnlsting He is II son of Mrs. Robert j.
Lindalc of Wyoming, Kent county, tins
State.
Some time before writing his letter,
Lieutenant Lvndall had been in London,
and while there he had n most delightful
visit with MIR and Mrs. Harry bukrnS'
OF Mr. I,ukcns lac wrote; Harry is work
ING like a slave with the American Nj
G. \ and ne has been the direct mcans o'
nv getting many, many comforts, etc
for my hir bunch of boys. .Nn excerpt
from lieutenant l.yndalls letter follows.
The proplc bncl, homo have no con
Ccption uf the great and wonderful w"rk
the Y NJ G. A is doing tor our boys, ana
can safely say that with the boys there
Is no INSTITUTION which approaches II IN
popularItv II Is their only touch whh
home II is designed for the comfort and
endowment Of the boys. IL gives them
h.scbau outfits. tcnnm outfits football
oIttits boxing gloves, shower baths,
mo,azlncS. candy, tobacco. baseball scores
tthat l., one big thing IN itself, to have the
hnu, baseball scores every dayl, musical
entertainments. courses ot study IN many
lines. enabling bows "a continue the studicS
they left back home and enabling others
to nrcparp themselves Tor bigger and
better things when thCy get back tn the
l. : These are JUS q few OF the many
things they do.
kccping the men supplied with writ
INC papcr. envelopes. pens, etc. IS q dandy
thing The BOYS would not write hume rs
often II they had thClr own stationery 10
bu,
/ cnlo,cd greatly vour account If the
llg Rcd Cross parade IN Wilmington.
and fhiuh the people back home are
responding most nuhll to the great dc
mnuds beng made upon them 10 ms
" hat vc are living. what We sCc and what
vc know ynu an Will he called upon Tor
all N,rir ~trCnuth hcfor thls war She'll
have ended The Germ Huns arc Tar from
bcInr li,lrd and SOMETIMES orr' wonders y
Il viii I've possible, Ia smash them Event
uall, ycs But how MANY things can
happen to prolong the agony and max"
rhc end uncertain Germany viii not be
awcd into defeat hy our great armies. she
vIll have to 20 down fighting desperately
and eavageiH
4 had q pleasant eNpcrCnC" lew
evenings ago Was walking up the street
whom 4 httlc corporal danced up 70 me,
ealutcd ana sand. Hello. Mr. lyndaIl,
don vou remember ma ] told INN ms
'arr was lamliar. but that could not SAY
whether knew hrm d not Ito told me
has name was lhamsS WNlsh, that he was
from Wilmington. and that hc had como
m INTO my office one day and asked my
advlcc as to which branch ot The ~crVlCc he
had hettcr cuIlS, m that | told hum the
Il /. 3, a = i,,,f fs.kI Frttr
da\ and here hc Is Am The first l1Cla
warcau he heS seen since he enlisted and
hc was very glad ~ see me hai mn
come IL my headquarters and havc =
talk with me Its squadron JUST came over
last week and he blew into thus camp lest
Mondav lIc Is not IN my squadron hu'
he come, under my command
John + Haggcrty, Nllmnngto'
boy now color sergeant of the }n3tl
| Field Signal Battalion. mas written hl:
SISTER, Miss Catherine Haggcrty Of iW>
Vest THIRD street oi his safe arrlva
in France Sergeant iiaggcrty report,
that he had a delightful trip over, Is II
c%cclIcnt health ana that All are IN cN
ccllcnt spirits Sergeant llaggcrtY. Wht
volunteered after oar entrance INTO 'hC
war. has spent many years Of hIs hi,
IN various branches of the service. il'
was IN tho Spanlsh-AmcrIcan war ano
saw hard fighting IN the Philippines
on several occasions. lie has also @'rv"c
IN the navy Before enllStlng for the
world war he was IN the transport service
and was summarized IN the Mediterranean
floating about on plank several hour
before being picked up He was stationed
et CaulD Lee. Petersburg Va bCfor,
going over
Alrs Marv T. Starr Of 1909 Pleasant
street has received q letter from hcr son
| Edward G. Starr, Battery c. 3ohh
! II F. A. who has arrived IN France
after a splendid voyage Tie says 1t Is
beautiful country over there anc
| he Is feeling hne
William \. Schofhau>cr. son Of Mr.
and Mrs. G " Schofhauscr, OF III!
/ Pennsylvania avenue, with the Amer
ican army IN France, Is one Of the Amer
lean bows who SAYS, lie expects to take
part IN the capture Of the Kaiser II
letter 10 has mother SchofhHIscr says
| the American soldiers in France ar,
getting plenty 70 eat and are well tahei
| care OF
Mr.. and Mrs Perry J Hall OF Mar
shallton have received word that then
| son. Sergeant Raymond K Hall ha!
1 arrived safely overseas He was viii
| Battery b 349th Field Artillery, for
merry at Camp Dix
I Aiillard r. Mills. formerly ol this city
! but recently connected with the Bel
/ Telephone Company, at Philadelphia
4 has arrived overseas Private Mills wa
twice refused enlistment before the frs
draft and on being rejected then, Wa
refused IN aviation. army navy am
! engineers corps, because OF weight II
was accepted, however, in the secon'
draft, gong to Camp Dix with the Apr
second quota lie is nov in Compan
L 3l2th Inf. A +. i
Ralph Mckinly Wood member q
Company +. 18th Infantry, is now j
France. lie is q son Of Mrs Frank Bursa
Of 500 Pine street and enlisted in Jun,
1917. IN the second New Jersey II
fantry at Camp Mcclellan He lei
for France on June 2, and has arrive
safely over there.