The Washington times., 1918-02-08

tIons were In his pocket when he re-
ceived orders 10 start for camp last
month. He bade us good-by az night.
The neveTy day l got a letter from
my boy until few weeks ago,
Were Going Over"
"'We're going over ''he wrote me
in his last letter. l was proud OF
my boy and happy when news reach
ed US that the VRterland was safe
as l thought he was on that boat.
Now-now you say he was on the
Tuscania."
The Veitch family is one OF the old
est in Virginia. Jesse Veitch's relat-
ives live in Veitch. His uncles are
Morgan (. and Arthur w. Veitch, and
his aunt Mrs. Harry r. Thomas, Is
also a resident there, the wife OF a
Washington lawyer.
Mrs Veitch told Of losing her
brother, J. Lawrence wilkins, who
was killed while on his way last sum
mer to answer the draft call. He
lived in the Bronx, New York city,
and was ON his motorcycle bound for
the local draft board when he was
knocked of and died as the result
Of his injuries.
Veitch, a son of George Albert
Veitch, contractor, enlisted last De-
cember. lie escaped the draft call by
few months, his twenty-first birth
day falling on July 10. His family
settled Vcitch. Va, a few miles out
side OF Washington, seventy years
ago.
Weeps ms She Talks.
Mrs. Ellen O'Brien. of 912 Second
street northeast. mother of Private
James ]. O'Brien. medical corps, lis
tened with halted breath to the news
of her sons danger.
Latent tears showed in the eyes of
Mrs. O'Brien when she talked Of
Jimmie"
"Oh. 1 hope he was saved" she
sighed. He was such a good boy.
He wouldn't hurt a soul for anything
Jimmie has been my sole support for
the last fourteen years, ever since his
father died"
"Oh, I hope he was saved" she re
peated as she glanced at the service
flag, with its one star, that adorns
the window.
Not less concerned is Miss Mary a.
O'Brien, sister Of the medical corps
man.
Jimmy was, or is. fine soldier"
she said. He attended Gonzaga Col
lege, and is a devout Catholic. He
was one of the most popular boys at
the school Jimmy is twenty-seven
years old, and, as mother Gays, was
the sole support of the family. We
are hoping and praying that he was
saved"
In Service Short Time.
O'Brien has been in the service not
quite two months, having enlisted in
the medical corps on December IL,
1917, when notified to appear for eS-
animation for the selective draft.
He was one of those called out last
July, but was exempted on account OF
being the sole support OF widowed
mother. In December he was notified
to appear again, and that his eXemp-
ton was only temporary.
He was a private in the mobilized
laboratory division OF the medical
corps, and served in the command OF
Capt. william Page Mcintosh, the
Glenwood. Maryland. medical reserve
corps man. who was notified to sail
on the Tuscania on an hours notice.
BrickIayer BY Trade.
A bricklayer by trade, he received
his early education in Gonzaga School
and high school. and has followed
his trade ever since graduation. I'M
mediately upon enlistment he was
sent to the embarllatiOn port at Camp
Merritt, Hobok-u, y. J., and from
there transferred to Garden City, l..
l., from where he sailed.
He is a member Of the st. Aloysius
parish, and is a I'D Sunday man Of
the church.
Upon his entry into the military
service a younger brother, Edmund
O'Brien, seventeen years old, was
forced to stop school and go to work
to keep up the family eXchequcr. Mrs.
Ellen O'Brien, his mother. attempted
to procure work at the Bureau of r.n-
craving and Printing, but was turned
down on account OF her age.
Another Home Waits.
Among the homes eagerly awaiting
more Information on the Tuscauia
sinking is that Of Perry KennerIy.
lawyer Of 91J jefferson street north
west, and the brother Of jerome Ken
nerly, a half breed BlackfoOt Indian.
Jerome KenncrIy. whose mother was
full-bIooded Blackfvot. was born In
1857 at Browning. Mont. lie started
Oh his way to fight the Germans from
that place. At the age OF six Ken
nerly entered the Carlisle Univer-
sity, where for two years he was the |
youngest scholar. His schooling was
interrupted for a few years when he /
returned 10 his mothers ranch, but I
he returned once more to the college I
in 1898 His second period Of school |
ing lasted but q year, when he again /
answered the call Of the plains From I