Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-07-20

Rev. Paris G. Grcenly, Y. u. G. A.
secretary in France, has written TO rcla-
tives in Milford, in which he outlines hls
work as follows:
/ THIS Is n replacement camp; that IS
the troops for certain division come
| here to be assigned to the company and
| regiment they are to fight in and To take
the place of those going back for a rest
or who have been killed or wounded
| Sometimes we have the camp full of sol
| diers and again there are very few here
| am the only \. NJ. {. A secretary and
| that keeps me very busy most of the time
| | sell them all sorts of tobaccOes, cigarettes
and cakes, in fact everything soldier
needs going into the trenches Then IN the
| evening, after supper, before we go to the
! caves ! often have religious service
with the BOYS, especially il they arc To 60
| up To the front the next morning And
/ make il just as cvangclIstIC as | can.
! always make the appeal To them to take
/ the stand for a Christian life, and every
| time vet the boys have responded m large
numbers Last SUNDAY night We took the
: piano out IN front of the hut and several
! hundred gathered around II and We sang
! a number of HYMNS and repeated together
! the 23rd Psalm The Lord Is my Shep
! herd and | gave them short talk on
| the issues of this war and what dangers
/ they were about to face. and what
! Cod could mean To n soldier IN the
/ hour of death, and danger; then made the
/ appeal and fully two huuorcd solui'rs
Stocd with hats oh and hands raised.
/ many Of them with tears streaming down
| their faces II was an impressive sight
/ to see knowing that in a few days many
/ Of them would probal ~ fall upon death,
/ Others upon severe wounds. hut now
/ trtinR to find God oh If the mothers
/ Of every one of those BOYS could have
| stood where | stood and saw her boy
/ promising that he would start a Christian
/ lifel In the religious services that
/ have held since being over here IN France
/ have seen not less than five hundred OF
our soldier bows take the stand for Christ
/ Of course that docs not mean that they
! have all become Christian. but il for
| one hour il awakened their religious nature
! and gave them an inspiration for a better
! life, and made God . little more real to
/ them then il was worth while. ! con
/ sidcr this part of my work far more vital
/ and helpful than selling them tobaccos
and candies ! am SO glad to be over
! here and 10 have q small part in fighting
| this world war for righteousness freedom
/ and democracy OF course there are
/ dangers connected with it, but some one
/ must face thcm, and am willing 10 take
1 my share I have no fear Of being killed;
| bv taking all precautions | am pretty
| safe. hut If death should come Ia me as II
| is coming to thousands of others then |
/ will accept il as Gods viii for my life
| hope that YOU viii not worry about
my welfare. for am enjoying the best Of
| health get plenty to cat ! eat with the
/ officers have three American Negro
crdcrIies, one 70 keep the Y Nj G. 4.
! hut 10 shape; one 70 do my laundry,
/ and another TO keep my room swept out
! and to run nay crrands, and have major,
/ captain. and several lieutcnants, and a
number Of scrgeantS corporals and prl-
vatcs rs my good friends and comrades.
| am thoroughly happy IN my work
! even though | don't get any sleep At
| night Now that we are moving the
/ camp hack near Paris We will not be in
/ any danger from the air raids or big guns.
Robert Deputy Of the Replacement
| Hospital service in France has written
his mother Mrs Susan Deputy Of
Milford under date Of June I, in which
| he SAYS
Dear Mother have arrived in
England safely and am we'll We had
/ a very pleasant trip across the ocean.
/ Quite a few 81 our bows got sick, but
| didn happen 10 Get sick: | guess because
/ ! had travelled on the water before The
/ first few days out the weather was fine
! and the sea was as calm as the Delaware
bav. bus we had a couple days of ram
! and pretty high winds and the sea got
! pretty ch0ppv, then also. ! was real glad
/ when we reached land as ! got tired Of
/ looking at water from morning until
night For several days III succession
] after We reached our seaport, in England,
/ We took q train to a Rest Camp about two
/ hundred miles through England, 10 rest
/ up from our sea voyage before We started
/ in on our steady work, which | think
will be hospital work We are expecting
F.. 10 leave the rest camp tomorrow to
probably 90 TO some large city in England
at hospital and settle down there for
awhile
This country is without a doubt the
prettiost | have ever seen | have been
taking in All the coast scenery around
! the Rest Camp the last two or three days
/ II is beautiful around here Last Sunday
/ Stanley Nibbcrt. Homer Wagner and
/ myself walked around nearly all day
taking in the sights. The people who
/ own the large estates and mansions here
( have thrown open their gates TO the L. ;
] soldiers TO 20 through and look around
/ and some Of the places have as much as
! 0 acres Of trees, lawns, flowers, gardens
/ and trees around he home
/ We still have the same bunch of boys
with Us that we had at Fort Oglethorpe
and Allentown Homer Wagner aud my
! self still sleep together Stanley Vibbert
and the rest Of The Milford boys are in
/ the next tent TO ours
Word has been received of the safe
arrival overseas Of Rev Charles W
| Clash lie is Red Cross chaplain and
sailed two weeks ago yesterday Prior
to going he was dean OF the Cathedral at
| Manila, but later assisted at Trinity
| Church, here lie had been here since
| last November Mr. Clash is a SON Of
| Mr. and Mrs G. \. Clash of S22 Adams
| street
David S Pruitt, lieutenant in the
| Eighth Aviation Corps in France. has
/ written TO Milford friends He saws:
Speaking Of commissions, maybe
wasn't one lucky person Out of the
whole bunch Of boys that finished ground
| school when / did and that came across.
/ only six got trsts;" all the rest were
seconds How in the name of Pete |
| happened to he included I'll never be
/ able to tell you for / don know myself
! 10 tell you the truth, though, such