Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-09-12

Private Carley, a member ~ Co. c.,
59th Pioneer Delaware) Regiment, has
advised his mother Mrs. George w
Barney of Carneys Point, n J., of bis
safe arrival overseas. lie formerly lived
IN Wilmington
Mrs. Mary +. Mackin has received
cards telling of the safe arrival of her sons,
Corporal Charles J. and Sergeant James
J. Mackin of the 59th Pioneers, Della
ware Regiment overseas.
Then follows an account of his dc
tachment from the ROYAL Flying Corps
and joining the l39th American unit
I'm assigned to steady duty on n
range. where we fire 900 rounds daily.
This sort of work makes me feel like !
am doing something worth while at last.
Getting IN the punch I'm perfectly
satisfied that IN range finder and viii be
the happicSt lad IN Europe If ] some day
/ direct the heaviest artillery on the front,
and make a record of putting the greatest
number Of hits right square into them.
Did YOU know that big Bertha had
been slenccd2 French heavy artillery
has dIsmantcd her Premier Clemenceau
decorated those boys for that You see
the shells that came into Paris didn't do
| any military damage All they did was
| hurt some innocent babes and occasionally
a mother OF course. YOU understand
| tins method oi warfare is right. just neces-
| sary and everything else in German war
| fare. II ever run across little mother
| less French or Belgian, I'm going to
| bring that kiddie home | tell YOU.
| America owes more To these people than
can ever be paid, IN fact, her very exist
| encc.
William r. Carswel Of Elsmerc has
| received another letter from his son,
| Captain Stuart Randall Carswell. COM
| mander Of a machine gun company. who
was gaSSCd while IN action during severe
| fighting on the western front several
| weeks ago.
1t was thought at first that Captain
| Carswcll was only slightly affected but he
| collapsed on reforming his command and
was sent 10 the officers Red Cross con-
| valcsccnt home II Riarrtz. France, where
! the letter was written The many friends
| Of Captain Carswcll will he glad to know
| that he is now rapidly recovering
| Robert II Bonner. son Of Mrs Robert
! T.. Bonner, formerly Of SD Walnut street,
| tins city. who was reported among the
/ missing IN action on the western front
| about July Is. was found IN a German
| prison camp At SchweIdutz. Such was
/ word received here bv the mother of the
| boy from the Red Cross headquarters
| Young Bonner, who was q second leu-
| tenant III Company c of the 10th In
! fantrv. known as the THIRD PENNSYLVANIA
! Regiment of Philadelphia, was well known
/ IN tins cltv. having been raised and up TO
| the age Of II lived IN tins G ". HIc rela-
tlves and friends IN tins city are happy
| over the fact that he IS safe. He took
| part IN the first American push near
/ Cheateau IhIerry on July Is. when 1t
was alleged that he was lost IN action.
HIS regiment was one Of the two that
stopped the onrush of the German army
near that point Not until word was re-
cclved from the Red Cross was # sup
posed that young Bonner escaped death
Mrs RAYMOND c. AbDott has received
| a card stating that her husband mas ar
rived safely overseas Mr. Abbott is a
sergeant in the 59th Pioneer Infantry,
formerly stationed at Camp Dix
Harry L. Wilson, a young colored
man Of this city, who left Camp Dix
several weeks ago for France, has sent
an interesting letter 10 his home, 500
Poplar street He thinks the country
"over there" is fine. The days are long
| the sun rising a little after O'Clock and
setting near Q. after which time all is
| quiet and everybody is inside their resting
place. The weather is cool, especially
in the evenings and mornings Prices
are very high, but the boys will learn to
hold on to their dollars and not spend
them for useless things Harry is a
sergeant in his company. He is enjoying
good health
Charles Graef, formerly Of Porter
vile, Cal a nephew Of George B. Graef
OF Bridgeville, now in the aviation section
in France. hAs written to his mother oi
the conditions as he finds them across
the sea. portion of the letter follows
IF could manage the affairs of the
Germans in the United States | woulC
pursue methods employed by these gallant
and noble Frenchmen For hundreds o
wears these lovable people have livec
adjoining race of barbarous canniDal;
not to be trusted out of sight and they
know how TO deal with them. Hanging i,
too good for a Hun The people of tn,
dear old L. S. have not yet fully awaken
ed M to the fact that their own safety
i UtDtIillS upon WIN iiitN w iltidIltldII
Just give this dear little France money
and a few more men, and for the fourtl
time in history she will save the world
How have learned to love her, so noble
brave and true A nation whose word il
as good as gold, and for men who scorr
the Hun, she is unequaled. Oh, it makes
my heart glad to fight shoulder to shoul
der with her boys
II fully realize that hate places m,
on the Huns level, but I'm sure ou
Almighty God would forgive US in tn
end for hating such damnable race o
! criminals Remember That ! said, watcl
everything that looks 'Dutcn' and if yol
get chance ?
Kindness, mercy, etc, are civilized
methods Germans do not know wha
that means IF some of the people owe
there could associate themselves Will
conditions here, for which Prussiansin
is wholly responsible, they would refus
to live in the same country with them
Me for a scrap till the very last drop O
Graef blood flows, if necessary. | hat
them ! cannot help myself | ha
EN-, d te Hun"