The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1918-02-05

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1z11,9 ,solI dated Hay - nearly an q
-st5eI1 received their p9rce9s. Those
tJ,s.t did not WI get theirs almost any
S5sy T,ow- SO you have the complete
I5gf II y,olI look over the names you Aata
~ ffrst. II You at any time receiver
Ie+ters from men with names that are
80 IN vour first and original list, then
tj5ery ars not Americans, but some OH
er nationality Iynefto ring N
81 viii now close, thanking you LOT
the interest displayed and hoping you
are m good health
Would Like Little Soap, please.
Another man who asks that ms
nofheris fears be set at rest IS WATER
" Perkins, OF Wichita, Kansas, he'd
At Brandenburg. a d. Havei, Germany.
Il received the food parcel you sent
me- I'm GOOD condition and am very
4hankfal for it and hope you viii SEND
me parcels regularly, as am not GET
ting parcels from any other source.
shsIl be very thankful to you Il you VIII
please write my mother, whose ADDRESS
Is AIrz. Bette Reynolds, 2$6 Wabash
avenue, wichita, Kansas, q 5. A.
Il did not get one OF your regular
cards. However, am writing leeteF
lust the same. would like very mucn
a little soap, please.
In explaining the work OF his de
partment Mr.. Wilson said:
81 an enclosing letter from b4F.
John T. Sawyer, who was one OF the
American prisoners-at-war on the PIC
ture which I gave you. This letter WIZ
explain in detail regarding the two PIC
t11res sent YOU. You viii note that the
three men on the one picture are as
follows: John T. Sawyer, Of Dubuque,
iowa waiter Mayes, Of New York,
and RaouI Broulouis, of Connecticut.
Tbese men were all captured on the
steamship GEsmeraldas.' This steamer
was captured IN mid-ocean on March
10. 1917, and the Americans on board
reached Germany on March p, 1917
They were first interned at GustroW
in Mecklenburg and have been trans
Yerred from time to time to various
camps. When left Copenhagen most
of the men we're either at Brandenbnr6
on Havel or at Lubeck.
'.As soon as learned that these
American prisoners were In Germany
sent a letter to each OF them, telinS
them that We had learned OF their
capture, that we were sending them
parceIs of food, that we would be glad
TO continue to render them such ser
vice as they might need If they would
inform us regarding their needs.
also stated that we would be glad to
communicate with their relatives.
THE parcels which We sent usually
consisted OF about the following items:
two pounds OF bread, two pounds OF
meat, a pound OF cheese, tin OF con-
deused milk, a package Of cocoa or
coffee, and package of oatmeal We
sent them these parcels from week 70
week until the American Red Cross,
with Headquarters at Berne, Switzer-
land, took over the work.
"Most OF the men wrote asking for
some articles Of clothing purchased
as many of these as could be secured
in Copenhagen. and forwarded same
to them. A large number OF them also
requested that write TO their parents
and have letters sent back to them
from their relatives through our Once
at Copenhagen. wrote to all OF their
parents and relatives, and week or
two before I left Copenhagen replies
were received from most of these,
which replies were forwarded on to the
men in the prison camps.
I'm brief, therefore, the services
which we rendered them were to sup
ply them good wholesome food, ade-
quate clothing. serve as medium OF
exchange for the transmission OF let
ters between them and their relatives.
and above all. be friend to them in
the hour Of need"