The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1918-05-30

as his scripture lesson, Joshua the 4th
chapter and used as the text of his ser
mon the 21st verse, what mean these
stones" Special music was rendered by
a chorus choir. Effective decorations ar
ranged by Maurice Dolliver displayed the
conventional wreaths with ported plants
and flags. Fifteen Camp Fire Girls in
white MILDLY suits and scarlet ties mar
shalled by Miss Isabel Frame, acted as
honorary escort for the veterans.
The Red Cross room is open for the en-
tire week for the purpose of inspecting a
shipment, and as the work is well syste-
matized much is being accomplished.
Vote has been taken to adopt the 70 hour
system for winning the Red Cross En-
blem for the service veil. A majority Of
the members have worked many hours
more than this requirement; but it was
thought best to all count the time from
last Friday Miss Margaret Pendleton
was appointed Monitor and each worker
desiring to win the right to wear the en-
blem is expected to look at the clock on
entering for duty and when leaving re-
port the hours of work. An occasional
word concerning the Service uniform"
may help some who do not seem to I'M
derstand just what to wear. A wash
dress or cover-all apron and either a snug
cap or the regulation yard square "veil, !"
made either of gauze or m uslin, is all that
is required. This is neither difficult nor
expensive costume to arrange, and those
who criticse the chapter for conforming
to the orders received from headquarters
are either misinformed or have seized this
as an excuse for staying away from the
work room.
The following letter, received from Pri-
vate Sidney Bonsey, former mail clerk
on the Searsport branch of the B. & A.
R. R., tells of some of the places of his
toric interest visited by our boys on their
way to the front:
My Dear Sister, (Mrs. C. L. Bailey.)
"Arrived here at dark last night. Left
the rest camp in England Thursday. We
were there a week. l am feeling fine
and anxious to get into training. This is
quaint old village, some different from
the English towns Most of the houses
are of stone, covered with cement. l
never saw so much farming country and
ploughed land before. Gardens every
where with beautiful, level and fertile
fields and hundreds of fruit trees all in
bloom. Not rock in sight. We get the
Paris edition of the New York papers,
Have all my English money changed into
French and am getting acquainted with
it Am now in the Y. M. c. A. have
just been eating jam sandwiches and
cocoa. The ladies here in charge are
from the States. A cup of cocoa costs 80
confines 40 cents) All distances are
reckoned in kilometers. While in Eng
land / saw Isaac Walton's tomb at the
cathedral; also King Arthur's Round
Table and Queen Anne's chair of 1854.
There is no need of you people at home
doing any worrying about me. am doing
all right and feeling fine. We are all well
looked after and cared for. We went to
song service last night. They have
some wonderful ''Y" workers here both
men and women. We sang .all the old,
familiar hymns and fairly shook the
building. Hope you are all well at home
and that will get some mail before long.
Love to you all,
Sidney R. Bonsey."