Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-11-07
WHAT ONE SOLDIER
THINKS Of WAR WORK
SAYS It's the One Thing the Eel
lows Look for When
Not Fighting.

/ Showing the wonderful work that ~
+, being done abroad by the seven or
carnations represented IN the tinted
| War Work campaign, here IS letter from
Harry Tax 10 William Topkis. calling
attention 10 some of the things done for
the bows in the trenches. As Il happens,
the letter was written ON knights Of
Columbus paper. IN a ! NJ { \. hut by
n ifebrew
The letter speaks for itself
NV dear MIR Topkis tlthough |
| have thought Of writing many times |
| have fonu il impossible 10 do So until
now | learned with pleasure ot yali
! election to the presidency of the NJ u \
! and extend my heartiest congratulations
II learn from the letters that the ladies
IN the State are taking advantage of the
! equal suffrage They are surely on the
| lob and right in politics We over here do
/ not have 10 worry about those little mat
/ tiers over there.
1T might interest Won to learn Of the
activities of the Red Cross. here rs we'll
as NJ home One can not reahze what the
Red Cross does for the bots until one IS
in the service When was down south,
tins organization certainly did great
work for us At MI the stations where
stopped ii Q workers we're on the Jah
giving rs sandwiches cigarettes. candy
and magazines ~ all tIncs this orgahlza-
tion has done wonderful work, and !
know that all the BOYS agree with me that
tins organization deserves AL the money
that is contributed toward their III
The American girls IRE certainly
welcome here We also get homemade
pc, cake and doughnHl- and real good
coffee which i served To Ms hv tho Sal
NJ s4ig.
a great deal to the bows Hero We can get
most ANYTHING We want
The H. ot G. Is also on the Ioh Iaken
All in All We are really we'll of We have
concerts. services and shows II the
various places.
prom tins letter vou would be inclined
to believe that all We do IS frequent these
places However this is not the case.
Occasionally We get 4 little time TO our
selves and we make Use of It. 1t Is either
spent DONG a little washing or looking
for missing buttons on our uniforms 10
bc scwed on. etc.
No doubt YOU have heard OF the
drive the NankS made early III Scrteml er
Well, my regiment was represented IN
that drive After an AL night march, We
fell night in for business. entered several
towns that were previously held by the
ttefInaHS. sept III 1IcFifldi ttupout
with my head on my pack. The pack
happened to have some rations III i.
and III short while the rats paid ne
visit. It was great to be where We We're
Can you imagine marching along n night
while the guns were booming on AL sides
One would think the earth was crumhhng
underneath our feet Most Of the time 1t
rains eats and dogs and little alllgators
but that does not stop the shooting.
i had the opportunity Of seeing many
German prisoners. and many of them
told me they were well aware that the
Americans had come and had gwen up
hope one of them waa real young and
seemed very Ill ri ease | asked him what
was the matter and he informed ne
that he was afraid of beng shot. | re
assured him
Renee ber me to all my friends IN
Wilmington Did Wilmington go over the
top IN the last Liberty Loan?
Very truly yours
Harry " Tax