Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1918-02-06
BOYS SEND THANKS.
Barton Red Cross Get Many Words
OF Real Appreciation.

If any are still skeptical Of the use
and appreciation OF the Red Cross
organization, That person should Pc
ruSe the following extracts from let
ters received from boys III our train
ing camps from all parts Of the coun-
try, who received Christmas Red
Cross packages from the Barton
branch.
One comes from France and says:
Il received the parcel sent by the
Red Cross of Barton tonight at 1Z.3O
and nothing could have pleased me
more. Just the very things l needed
and everything was in fine condition.
| wish you would thank all of those
who have helped you in the work for
me, and many thanks to you.
81 had just come in from a patrol
to get lunch and dry myself as 1T
was pouring rain and it does rain
most of the time here. On my way
in l was wishing that l had some dry
socks but didn't have until l opened
the comfort bag and found those you
sent. They did feel awful good.
Thanks to you just the same for
asking about the sweater, we have
them already. / think if all the Red
Cross societies were like yours,
things would be different over here"
A letter from a commanding officer
at Fort Adams says:
81 am sending on behalf of the
men of the Ninth Company, their
sincere thanks for those Christmas
packages, which the Barton Chapter
have so kindly sent them.
IL &c ir1lN
a great work and the men appreciate
all of the good it is doing"
Upon receipt of one of the Christ
mas packages another boy writes:
81 received one of your Christmas
bags yesterday for which l wish to
sincerely thank you.
at affords a fellow a great deal of
pleasure to know of the interest
taken in the men of the service by
the people of civil life and l assure
YOU that all the service men greatly
appreciate it. In the bag l received
were two notes. One unsigned and
the other signed "A senior of Barton
Academy If you could possibly
thank the writer's of those notes
personally for their kindness l would
greatly appreciate 1t"
A fourth says:
"It is the knowledge that you at
home are ever ready and willing to
help and cheer us that makes life
seem brighter than it might other
wise be.
81 wonder if you ever realize our
feelings when we receive gifts such
as this from the folks back homeE
1t is at such times that we truly feel
that YOU are with US in thought II
not in body"
"I am the lucky sailor boy to re
ceive your Red Cross bag and l
thank the Barton Branch very much.
I don't know if I can thank you for 1T
but I may meet you some time and
then l can thank you. We boys IN
! the service certainly do thank the
Red Cross very much for what they
| have DONE says a sailor boy.
Still another sailor boy writes:
"You will notice by the stationery
| that the Christmas bag to the sol
der boy went to a sailor instead. L
am in the naval hospital school and
have been here five months. Expect
to finish school about Feb. 7th.
"My home being in South Carolina
| / could not be there and but for the
| bag you were SO kind to send my
Christmas would be dull, indeed. Let
me thank you a thousand times and
/ wish for the Red Cross society New
Year full of success in their work.
A soldier training at Fort McKin-
| ley in Maine, says:
"It is with sincere appreciation OF
your great kindness that l am send
| ing these few lines. Words cannot
express my feelings, but l assure you
that all the boys appreciate the great
kindness shown to them by the Red
Cross, and with such kindness at
home, we can stand most hardshlps,
or rather all hardships abroad"
One of the boys at our own Fort
Ethan Allen received one of the
Christmas packages and wrote:
"My dear CD friend of a soldier
Not knowing who the sendee of the
Red Cross Christmas package which
received was, do hereby wish her, he
or it Happy New year and hope,
spent a very Merry Christmas. The
package was received O. X. and be-
lieve me all the boys greatly apprecl-
ated the gifts from the Red Cross
society. It was a complete surprise
to all of US. It would greatly sur
prise you how the toys, especially the
Tiddledy Winks, I think that is how
you spell it, amused most of US. 1
must say I also joined in the above
oame much to the amusement of all.
We spent a merry Christmas here.
We had a dance Christmas eve at
tended by a good bunch of the girls
from Burlington and helped us cele-
brate, as we now call it, 'our best
Christmas ever"