Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-12-04

This is The second day Of tho arTnIsticc,
and We are just resting on orr oars aua
ready to 20 ahead Our guus are vi reaoy,
our ammunition dumps and TRAINS hlird
aud waiting You sce IL IS all so bard ~
realize nI believe hat Wo arc only using
the cessation ol firing 10 complete our
DIVISION fnr fight or frolic Tic end ot
hoztiAieH pas most thrilling I had arirtn
that Morning before davFroak, tn th"
tune i fierce artillery barTagr |o'r.J
and knowing the order pf battle. J kn
that, armIstico or not, there would be
much fighting before II ~ the h"nf
gwen bv Marshal Foch for the 5oeh'
to reply I hlla writes Major Thomas
" Miller in = lctter home he wrote on
November Il, iust two dave after the
armistlcc, and Il brings that day ni day
rs Il was on the firing Inc, back to those
~ horne. glyug tbn impression mat =
made on the men who until The daY sud
'he hour. had be"n fighting the Hun "fh
~ the spirit and dash tha' Amefc1n@
put INTO he war
Major Miller continued Was pil
from my headquarters before davbrcak,
and up to ouT very advanced lines 4ou
zee We bad chased the Boche 50 ~ that
Il was hard 10 keep up With our artillery.
oar ammunition, and supplies cur dl-
vision had taken two pivotal towns during
the night and were holding ou ualn
road leading mp a valley easf Il n"
Wciiee | forgot All about O'clock, i0r
when | gof ~ tho brigade front, found
the pnat sanVi'nary fighting 80 far
harrape ~ .hrapne Dixed With phoegenn
gas was falling where otr ncs Hore mug
gInR hc lope u the bill ! saw o'r nrn
kIlled and injured within few minutes
~ cessation The artillery on our SIDE
ga.r HON moro than wr 1of i.li ~ ~.
hen away bark mics We heard o'd
admiral Pilukett (the l5-jprh gun -
VerdinJ ~ If AZ . final swat hcn aIl
wa.} Gliet as death an alTno@f Unpch"v-
able stiffness and calm
Last night will long be remembered
sd along The line, the skv vas lllumlncd
by fires and -ignal lights, while N Ncrdnn
II sas jny lnbounded All IN al / was 2
div long 10 ~ remembered, and an
thankful 10 have bern privileged 70 takr
part IN his great fight and ~ 500 thr
Roche whipped m he appears ~ De
MAJOR MILLER a on General Joseph
/ Knhns staff and his division, the 18th
+ has bcen IN action SINCE september >
/ lieutenant Waiter II Haley who va'
graduated IT Camp Zachary Taylor Or
/ November 27 as an officer n the tIelr
/ artillery. held m reserve for FIVE years
/ il AZ home ztavlng with his parents Mr.
and Mrs Frank II Haley Tie has WITH
| him his rIasernate, Lieutenant Robert J
/ Wannon of Washington, ID C., who aisf
was graduated from Camp Taylor
Lieutenant Haley went IN August r
Camp Tavior He Is a graduate Of Della
ware College, and Of the Wilmington
High School.
Miss DaInhan returned sunday iron
4 fortnight stay 10 Cleveland, y
The JUNIOR League has not been yer
| active lately, owing 70 Is members Dem
80 very busy at Red Crnss ana other kind
Of war work, and also because lts leader
have been called aWav from Wilmington
Miss Elizabeth Edsali gn0 was madi
| president when the league was iorme'
last spring, is now taking nurslni
course at Mt sinai Hospital, Brooklyn
! and Mrs. William ) Bergland. VINO mex
assumed leadership. has removed 70 ok
| Hickory, Tenn Miss MAnon Dunhan
ls nou president, and At a meeting, aei
al ber home Monday evening, alIno>
evsrv member was present, and they ~eT
willing 20 enter upon the winter WIr
he idea OF carrying out the plans ~
service which brought about the torna
ton of ne league.
Ii Is now supporting 3 c2nteen IN "a
Jones building, 81 Market street, WheI
soldiers passing through the city On mote
,.l,a .|r 30
brief stops AT night This wee1 they nav
had from 20 to 80 men every night. The
are gong 10 lake up AmeTlcanl1atlo
work. and had talk from Miss Hal
of the Council OF Defense al thelE meetlnt
mother plan IS TO send q Unit TO "a
Northfeld Conference, IN June, an
their most immediate work vii be n th
approaching BED Cross campaign
The other officers oI the league n ~
dition to the president are, vce-preslden
Miss Mildred Hoopes, secretary, NL'
Marv Curtis; treasurer, Miss Mar
! Pllrdv. The committee having charg
/ OF the canteen consists OF Miss Susann
Speakman, chairman Mrs Thomas Y
| Miller. Mrs. TIlghman Johnston, Ms
Alice Bush, Miss Julia Johnson, Nj,
| .luiia Townsend, AGCe Sattert hwalte, Mi
MARY Armstrong. On the committee
help In the Red Gross campaign Arc VIZ
! Constance Moore chairman, Miss LhZabet
Reese. Miss Nargery Pyle, Miss Nlarger
SpeakInan, Miss Jean Evans Nj
Madeline Owens, Mrs 7. ClarSsQ
Tavlor, Miss Esther Bancroft. Mrs. PAT
| WiSner Miss Anne = Garrett IS chaJ
man Of the Northheid committee and Il
| other unenl ers are Miss Mary Curtl