The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1918-07-09
Co. Fl, 47th Infantry, N. Y. g.,
Provide for Comfort Of
Soldiers Abroad.
HORSE TRAINERS AIDING
"Sun" Tobacco Fund Hears
From Old Friends and Makes
Many New Ones.

Forty Infantry. N. y. c.. sixty
strong who have combined to make a
little present to their pals" who have
SO lately gone "'over there"
Tho sixty" are busy preparing for
their smoker. TO be held this week In
the armory at Marcy avenue and Hay
ward street. Brooklyn However. In
their hustle to make the affair, big sue
cess tho williamsburg guardsmen did
not forget that their comrades in France
nced smokes. too. In recognition OF this
fact they did a little collecting the other
evening. and their commander, Capt.
Malcolm Baxter. TAD the satisfaction OF
turning over n check for $50 for THE
Sun Tobacco Fund.
This is only a starter" remarked the
Captain. I'VE intend to do better the
next time. and that means shortly. We
consider 1t a duty ~ send tho fragrant
weed to the boys in France"
Capt Baxter added that the regi-
ment wants men within the DRAFT age.
and pointed out that a dozen or more
Young men who had been in the Forty
seventh only a short time have been
made non-commissioned officers at the
environments TO which they we're sent.
This nuGu-s well. he thinks, for others
who may Join the Forty-seventh.
Horse Trainers start Fund.
The horse trainers have manifested
an intention to get busy for the smoke
fund Without any solicitation they
have started a subscription among
themselves and mean to bring II up to
handsome figure. One OF the first to put
his name down followed it with the
figure, $50. Tho news came in yester-
day from Queens, l.. J., OF what they are
Doing, and tho check when 1t has
reached n dimension to suit them will
come from the same place.
Tho knickerbocker BOYS OF Alderman
Farley's district (v!cinity OF Queens
horo BridGe) added a handsome do
nation TO the sum that the Alderman
TUNED in from the Fourth of July pack
age party held In the block of Sixty
second street, between First and Second
avenues A report of what was then
collected Cor the smoke fund appears in
the new contributions to-day and will
receive important "addit!onals'' later.
Here ia the text OF the letter of the
Knickerbocker Boys which accompanied
their check:
"itirdly accept the enclosed s57 as a
contribution TO the party run by you and
your organization for the benefit of the
American soldiers al the front. You
can rest assured that by donating same
We appreciate the spirit in which you
ran said affair and we're only too
pleased to do our little bit to help you"
Ben kutcher Waiting for Smoke.
As It would seem from letters sent IN
by the soldiers who are in environments
or en- route TO the battle grounds they
are confident that THE SrN Tobacco
Fund is going to take care of them after
they get to France In fact. they Fiow'
II from the letters they have themselves
received from the fighting men abroad.
recent letter of this kind came to
the fund yesterday from Ben Kutcher.
a famous young illustrator. whose book
Illustrating Oscar Wilde's House OF
Pomegranates" is soon due from the
press of Moftat, Yard g. Co. He says
81 hope and expect to share some
smokes in the trenches due to the fund,
I shall write THE SUN about EN- as soon
az J light up"
Earlier the artist writes: IT was
four weeks at Camp Upton and two
weeks at Camp Meade. Now I am on
the way with Company c, 3l6th In
flntry. over in France 1t is strange,
hut have turned into real soldier,
and fighting one at that I'm anxious
20 do what can for the worlds future
't's a great principle to fight for While
] was still in civilians clothes 7 could
scarcely believe that 7 could so easily
get accustomed 10 the working and rest
inC hours Of a military life. Now ]
advocate military training for every
young man.
From the Thick Of the Fray.
So much for the soldier who has as
yet everything to learn. In tho came
mail came a letter (censored) from a
man who has been in the thick Of Il
since the fall of 1914. It will be inter-
esting 10 compare the two The latter
Informant is the Rev Ralph l.. Bridges.
for many years incumbent as rector OF
the picturesque church and rectory
given TO the village by Mrs. w II. Van
derbilt
With tho outbreak OF the war he hur-
ried to France with a Canadian con-
t'ngent; he has since been transferred
10 the British army, and with the ex-
ception Of a week end now and then in
England he has been throughout on the
firing lines
Mrs Rrvdges. who has for the same
length Of time done hospital service in
London, writes under date of June 10:
Mr., Bridges writes Inc that he has
seen, several distributions OF SUN to-
hacco 10 American troops and IL a wit
ness Of the joy and gratitude they feel
TO the paper and TO Its friends who
give the money He adds> that the
Americans have been doing splendid
work IN France. lust now he Is acting
~, evacuation officer and has to sec "a
the loading up Of the ambulance trains
with the poor wounded men, who lie in
rows waiting their turns to be >sen,
dow n to the general hospItal or IN