Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-11-20
LAST DAYS Of WAR
vV|DLY PORTRAYED
In Letters Written From the Front
by Lieut.. M. r. Mitchell, Son
of President of Della
ware College.

Special Correspondence of Every Evening
Newark. Nov. 20 Two interesting
letters have been received from Lieuten-
ant Morris H. Mitchell, son of DR.
Samuel C. Mitchell, president Of Della
ware College, during the past Icw days,
one by his mother and the other by
Rev. Walter G. iIaupt, rector Of Sc.
Thomas Episcopal Church, Of which
the officer is a member The letter was
written the middle Of last month and a.
! that time Lieutenant Mitchell was IN q
| hospital under treatment for stomach
trouble after having been through some
hot fighting The letter to Mr. lIaupt
follows:
My Dear Mr. Haupt This Is . real
| war scene We seen good many of them
! lately But this IS more like the picture
! kind than the others 4 large room of
shining mirrors, Persian silk drapcree
| marble mantcl5, graceful cornicc and
ceiling mouIdings II used 10 b. q French
| dance and cabaret hall, but now it ls
| lined with rows and rows 0f army cote
and Is 4 hospital There ls nothing the
| matter with mc They sent me here for
| q rest after D blt 0f scrap We had.
Most Of the men are hero with ugly
wounds Sharpncl - cruel stuff But tho
doctors do great work and each day show
Improvement IN every man. You ought
TO see how We look for news these days.
Every day means 50 much 10 the men
ut the front After one has had about
four days IN a hard drive, The thought
Of peace fakes on neW importance A. a
matter Of fact, though, thcY are every
one anxious to gcc the thing brought
to tho right conclusion They are fhink-
my more about victory than they are
about peace Ii We get victory then Sc
have with It Il lasting pc3cc
You should -ee theso men iight
II is rs splendid as If Is terrible I iuy q
the edge Of Z woods With nv four guns
ready 10 protect their advance and
watched about one thousand men 70
forward to take strongly fortified
woods An hour before nearly as many
men as we could seat IN our church had
been wounded or killed in the same
field, but there Was no necd 10 urge a
single man On II Is an insprafiont o aeo
their manhness come ont and makes IT,
donbly hard, with m their willingness
TO lead them On and on 10 more danger
and destruction
Lieutenant MitchcPs letter to hig
mother III part follows How / wish
Mother, that / could finish this letter
without mention ng the fact that I was
in the big drive But now that that
much Of If II over il doesn't make 50
much difference There 4 no fflrv 10 ID.
but | WAS in the front of II and saw al
there Il to sce. The details are too horrible
10 describe and ! trg not ~ think of
them At all The hand of God seems to
guard me and | give Him hanks hat
! am safe TODAY and he brave men that
| led who were 80 loval and trlc I
went into It tired. having had uit one
hour sleep or rest in iortv-eight he
last night Was one If nervous strain
had eaten some food that evidently vas
not good. for my stomach vas upset
50 the doctor sent me 10 hc hospital
where | an now. / have moved from one
to the other having been ID three he
last week and am Just about well Once
| had d good tram ride with iine gr,iD.
and nov | am IN 4 swell place where
YOU bathc in aDoillnaris water All he
nurses are from Richmond and q l0t 81
the fellows too. I'll be back il my outfit
IN 4 week or 50, as soon as | an thoroughly
rested Up.
Il have seen the work of the American
soldiers and | have seen the spirit 0I he
enemy and botn make me happy They
make me still more confident of what
the outcome of the war viii BE- and more
confident II will not b. long eiO-e we viii
all be sailing nome. tried the Tommy ;
method Of the very limited Objective
OF fighting from one hole 10 another and
then sitting tight and listening to shells
burst TIL il came time 10 move gain,
| got just few good tastes Of II. But
like the American Hay better It's ne
chance for rhe individual and il SHOWS
up the greatest weakness in the German
system