Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-03-25
MRS. SULLIVAN TO
BE "MOTHER" TO
BOYS IN FRANCE
Official Notice if Her Sons
Death Arrives With a
Letter From Him
TO PACK BOX FOR OTHERS
Last Word Tells How Much
Enjoyment Package From
Home Brings
TO PACK BOX FOR OTHERS

Official confirmation of the death
of Sylvester>P.. Sullivan. who Satur-
day was reported killed in France,
was received to-day by his mother,
Mrs. Elizabeth X. Sullivan. 526
North street, from the adjutant gen.
eral of the War Department. Sui
livans name had appeared Saturday
i'll the casualty list, but without any
address. and his mother. had re-
ceived no official notification from
the war department.
Sullivan was a member OF the
149th Machine Gun Battalion, Com
pany b. Rainbow Division. He is
the second Harrisburg boy to meet
his death while fighting in France.
Earl 4. Aurand. whose parents re-
side at 1926 Logan street. was killed
trench fighting in France last NO
vemher.
The letter from the war depart
ment was delivered to Mrs. sullivan
at 11.30 this morning. With II was
handed the mother letter
dated February "a, written by her
son before his death. The letter pc
gan. ''Dear mother, am still safe.
sound and contented." \ letter OF
more recent date was received few
days ago from young sullivan py
his sister, Mrs. Charles E. Schlayer'
in which he declared himself con-
tented and safe.
In his letter delivered Win tie
official notification of his death,
young Sullivan tells his mother how
much he appreciated her gltt M Mol
newspapers and goodies" lie tells
how with six compan' ons he de-
voured the good things his mother
had sent him and wished for more.
III never stop sending the SOL
diers food and remembrances now
sobbed the little mother of the sec
ond Harrisburg soldier killed on the
French battlefelds, I'm going 10
pack another box at once Tor one
of the soldiers 1 know in France.
While the blow was keenly felt by
the. mother of the dead hero. she
declared herself filled with the de-
terIEti nation to help make the lot
OF the soldiers as easy as possible.
& The communication from the war
Department is on a printed rorm,
with the name and address OF the
soldier filled in. 1t gives no SPECIFIC
cause of the young soldiers death,
merely declaring that he died in the
performance of his duty. and would
be DOfled WITH lull lllllldiS hOiOA D
Wanted to Be in France
= Sylvester Sullivan enlisted here
several days before registration day,
and served for a time under Captain
Henry NJ. Slime. In a letter to Mrs.
sullivan Saturday. Captain Stine
declared that Sullivan was one of
the best soldiers in his company
Because of his intense anxiety to go
TO France. young Sullivan secured
q transfer to the machine gun COM
pany of which he was a member at
the time of his death. and after a
period of intensive training sailed
for France. One of his laughing
declarations before he sailed was
that he would march straight
through Belgium"
s. He is survived by his mother.
seven brothers and two sisters. He
was aged % years, and was widely
known in the city.
1 Previous to his enlistment he
was employed by the Harrisburg
Pipe and Pipe Bending company
= Sullivan was a former student al
the Technical High school, and ne
was a member of the St. Patrick's
Cathedral. He was a brother of Mrs.
Charles Schlayer, cas- Kelker street