The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1918-10-21

G.. street, have received letter from
their son, Joseph, who is in the engi
neer's corps in France. He says he
| is located in pretty camp, which is
the third one he has been in since
landing over seas.
81 think we will be home this time
next year for we are giving the Huns
hell" Moss says. He is anxious to
hear from more of his friends and
gives his address as Private Joseph
F. Moss, Co. R, 116 Engineers, A. p. O..
733, American E. F.
Stanley Barnett, who has been sta,
toned at Vancouver Barracks, Wash
ington, has been transferred to the
clerical department of the aviation
section at Washington, D. c.
Harrison Wooters and family OF
Fountain City received word Friday
morning that their son, Orville, is III
with pneumonia at training camp In
Georgia. Mr.. and Mrs. Harrison
Wooters and Mrs. Orville Wooters
left at once for the camp.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. C. Harvey, of Foun
tain City, received a letter from
War Mother in Indianapolis telling OF
the illness and death of their son
Harry, who died Of influenza at the
training camp last week. The letter
was written by Mrs. Martha ]. Stubs
of Indianapolis, War Mother who
cared for the boy night and day dur.
ing his illness.
Sometimes really think he
thought l was his real mother" the
letter says, for once he said to me-
Take the mask off your face, Mother
SO you will look natural The wal
Mothers of Indianapolis kept him be
tween nice warm sheets and provided
him with warm blankets and night
shirts, pillow from my own home
supported his head. He was well
nursed and faithfully cared for,
know"
Mrs. Stubs said that Harvey had
often said that he was willing to give
his life in such cruel war. because
it would do SO many people good.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Clawson, for.
merly of Richmond, but now living
in Modesto, Cal, have received word
that their son, Charles Howard, Jr.,
has arrived safely in England with the
319th Engineers, Company D.
John Quesenberry, son of John
Quesenberry of College Corner, O., is
listed in Sundays casualty list as Sc
verely wounded.
Mr. and Mrs. A U. Moore, 908 North
H street, have been informed that
their son, James w. Moore, who is
located at Hampton Roads, Va. has
recovered from an attack of influenza
Philip Starr and Seldom Philips of
the aviation field at Dayton, O., spent
Sunday with relatives here
Omer c. Williams, who is stationed
at Fort Sill, Okla, has written an
interesting letter to his parents tell
ing about his visit to the School of
Fire there. His letter in part, follows:
81 went to the School of Fire yester-
day morning and served as colonel's
orderly. In the afternoon l was de-
tailed as telephone operator for A
battery. l went with the battery to
fire and put my telephone on the wire
at about ten feet behind the guns. The
operator at the other end of the wire
is stationed at the battery command
er's station, where student officers are
taking the job If firing problems.
In firing problems the officers fig
ure data for the guns, firing on a GER
tain target as near as they can. Then
they send 1t by telephone to the guns.
The operator at the guns, which was
myself, gives the different commands