Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-06-11

Company.
Friends in this city OF Corporal j G.
Jackson. Co &c, !" 32Sth RegiWent. A.
f. f., will be glad to know that he il safe
in France He has written TO his WIFE
living At 1923 Lancaster avenue, OF his
safe arrival Somewhere over there
CORPORAL jackson. before entering INTO
the service of Uncle sam was employed
IN the accounting department of the
du Pont Co Mrs Jackson also has two
brothers in the service, one serving with
the 35th Engineers somewhere in France
and another serving III the I. ;. Navy
on the | = s. Charleston
A letter has been received from Ernest
Webb, an Every Evening boy, who IS
| on the t. s. : Bushnell and ls now
over there, stating that he IS in London,
on week 5 leave Of absence, and that he
is having a fine time
Charles Mcggnson, formerly president
Of the New Castle County Levy Court
and retired farmer of New Castlr
hundred. received letter from his niece,
Miss Mary Ilodgson who has been ~ the
military service AS a trained nurse over
there for the past year She IS now
attached to the Sixteenth Philadelphia
H. ) 4 General Hospital. Il +. France.
| She tells II the letter of the patience Of
the wounded soldier and Is delighted
that SHE Is able 10 do her share IN hu-
manltys cause Miss Hodgson Is \
| Delawarcan. her home being IN FELTON,,
where her cousin. Professor Rohert
Schllng was superintendent Of the
! FELTON, High school, hut who now is IN
| the service At Camp lhx
Miss Hodgson expects leave OF 40
sencc shortly, when she Will VISIT ing
land and call on relatives Of Mr.. Meg
GIBSON
Rev James l. Nichols pastor Of the
| Scalord Methodist Protestant Church,
who is well known IN Wilmington be-
| cause he was pastor Of Second NJ. /.
| Church. AT Fifth avenue and Anchorage
street, about ten years ago, has written
| al Interesting letter 10 Rev llliam
Main Schall Presbyterian chaplain at
the Philadelphia General Hospital Mr..
Nichols is On wears leave Of absence
| from his church and has joined the
Y NJ C. A. forces
MIR and Mrs Henry Garden, OF Edge
Moor have received a letter IRON their
soldier son, George W Garden, telling
OF his safe arrival with the United States
Infantry in France George wrote that
be had enjoved the ocean trip greatly
and thought France was a lovely country
He could not praise the kindness OF the
French people too highly, SAYING they had
done everything fof the soldiers.
Mrs Clinton G Martin of 23l Walnut
street has received information OF the
tfe arrival overseas of her brother
| Henry Van Lenten L. ;. A. j..
William Strlnger Of los King street has
| received a letter from his brother. Joseph,
stating that he had arrived IN France.
| Srtinger. who enlisted at Syracuse, \. :,
| is u member of the Cavalry Troop :, ON
! pany b.
Rev. Charles Bratton Dubell, on his
| way from military camp IN Georgia,
visited his father. Charles r. Dubell, IN
this city Saturday He Will leave for
| France, where he is assigned as chaplain
with an American regiment.
Friends IN this city OF Corporal John
| G. jackson, of Company I, 32Sth Req
ment, A +. f., viii be glad to know
that he is safe in France. Mr.. jackson
while at home, was employed by the
du Pont Company He has written to
| members Of the family, living at 1886
| jackson street. of his arrival Somewhere
| III France
| relative of soldier boy IN France, OF
! Mothers DAY, May u. at the sugges
ton of The Stars and Stripes, the officla
| newspaper of the A. l.. +. in France, TO b'
| received in this city, was that written Il
| Edward NJ Smith of l0l4 kIrkwooC
| street. by his brother, Walter H Smith
who IS with Co d, 10Th Engineers, Rail
way, 2 0. 708, A. +.
A cheering report Of the thoroughnes
of the American preparations IN France
and an expression OF the spirit which
| marks the American forces are contained
in & letter received by Mrs Joseph II
| Martin. from her brother, Lieut. G. G.
Upton of the Sixteenth Engineers, Ry.
who was in one Of the first of the expedi-
tionary forces TO go abroad.
Bernard L. Hughes OF 1915 !Iowlan,
street who is with detachment from tn
59th Pioneer Regiment, has been assignee
to military duty In Paris, France, accord
ing to a letter to friends here. lie en-
listed in the Delaware Regiment shortl,
after the outbreak of the war and wa
with il in camp at Admission, Ala Sool
after the regiment was reunited an,
transferred to Camp Dix, he qualities
as n shipw0rkcr and, with detachmen
of soldiers, was sent to France severa
months ago.
Mrs Charles Lloyd, Of S1l IL jeff
erson street, has received card announc
ing the arrival in Franceof her brother, w
Oliver Goslin Mr. Goslin was formerl
employed in the mechanical depart
ment of the Morning News Mrs Lloy
also has a son, Earl Lloyd in the servic
of the government, at Fort dupont
A II. Rittenhouse who is serving i
the United States Navy, has write
his sister, Mrs James Mahoney of Nc
3l2 South Adams street, that he is j
Italy The young man entered at tn
outbreak of the war and has since bee
with the feet in many ports. The youn
man is delighted with life on the sea:
| Mr. and Mrs. L. v Kirk, Of Middle
town, have just received word that thei
son, Julius n Kirk has arrived oversee
He was attached to the 3l2th Infantry