The Greeneville daily sun. (Greeneville, Tenn.) 1918-1920, 1918-06-15
FROM A GREENE COUNTY
BOY IN THE NAVY

The Greeneville Sun,
Greeneyille, Tenn.
Dear Editor:
AS have not written for quite a
while shall send in another letter.
am the only Greene county boy
/ know of that is here at present.
All those who came here with me
seven weeks ago are gone to sea
again.
Since ! came here ] have visited
several places of interest, including
independence Hall and say the old
Liberty Bell / went last week to
see the relics Of the war from "No
Mans Land" which were on exhi-
bition here to aid n the war chest
drive. The admission being twenty
five cents and all proceeds went into
the war chest. / shall mention fewa
of the many relics | saw. They We're:
Relics from the trenches, Germ"n
trench club and knife used to finish
off the gassed and wounded, gas
masks, trench bomb-thrower and
and bombs. Captain Guynemer's
famous aeroplane in which he brought
down twenty-five of his fifty-tive
aeroplanes he had to his credit when
killed German one-man tank captur-
ed in No Mans Land, Candron scout
plane which accommodates pilot $
observer, who photographs enemy en-
trenchments and locations; captur ID
German guns, handgrenades and bay
onets taken from the field of Nieuv-
Chapelle; German helmet, breast
plate and chin pieces which are worn
by the first line shock troops when
trying to break the allied line. The
equipment weights forty pounds and
will withstand bullets and shrapnel
captured German "Albatross," fight
ing plane which was brought down
by the late Captain Guynemer. These
are only few of the relics which
were on exhibition and loaned the U.
is. by the French government. One
picture which appealed to me so much
was an American soldier holding one
of the French children on his knee
land underneath were the words, "The
American Godfather" and also, mote
the difference Of the American sol
dier's actions and those of the enemy
in France and Belgium" We are
glad the Yankees are "over there"
and from all indication it won't be
long before the Hun will begin to re-
alize the futiltiy of his ambitions, and
the sea wolves that have been raiding
along the Atlantic coast recently have
not shaken the faith of the boys here
in the least. They seem to think "the
more they send over here, the fewel
we will have to sink over in the war
zone"
An article one of the sailors has
written for magazine says: "The
withered arm of the Kaiser is only a
reflection on his withered SOUL" and
it seems to suit the occasion when we
lear of how hospital ships are being
torpedoed and hospitals over there
are being bombed, innocent and nom
combatant lives are no more in the
sight of the Hun than the boys in
the first line, but we are IN it to win
and Uncle Sam has not been sending
his boys over three thousand miles
with anything only the firm determin-
alton Of staying until German autoc-
racy is removed from the earth.
The weather is very nice here now
and we have liberty every night from
500 p. m. to 700 a. m, and there is
always dance, theatre, party or clab
for the boys to go to and the uniform
admits to almost any place we wish
to go. We are having good time
even if our country is at war
This is about all for this time. Best
wishes to all the folks back home.
w. A. MOORE,
Receiving Ship, Philadelphia, Pa.