Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-02-13
Mother Grated by
Son IN Movie Made
in Fur-Away France

| Baltimore, Md, Feb. 13-There Is 8
mother over here in Baltimore who has
seen her son over there In France three
times since he went across last June
with General Pershing. This motheI
| has seen her son standing with the
great men of France, has seen him
| driving the American commander thru
the streets of Paris, and has seen him
watching airplane flights over the bat
tlefelds Of Flanders.
This mother. who is Mrs Charles w.
Linthicum, Of the Hotel Sherwood, has
not spoken once to hsr son, Sergt.
George S. Lnthicum, in all that time,
though the son has smiled at her and
waved his hand in affectionate greet
ing. Every sight she has had Of him
since last June has been in the movies,
and on every occasion the sergeant
was standing within a few feet Of the
commander of the American forces or
some of the other great men across
the sea. ..
In Group With Joffre.
She has seen him in the movies
standing with French celebrities. in
Guiding President Poincare, Marshal
Joffre, General Petain, and the rest of
them. She has seen him sElling at
the enthusiastic reception given Amer
iCa's fighting boss by the French peo-
pie, the poilus and the Tommies.
Mrs Lnthicum's son has been for d
number of months one OF General Per-
shings chauffeurs. He has been bor-
row ed for few weeks by some OF the
war correspondents in France, but will
be returned In the near t0tu1e to
Black Jack" Sergeant Linthicum,
who has lived for some years in De-
troit, Mich, Is the smallest of four
men-noncoms--espe detailed to
travel with the general. He is 8 feet
2Is inches tall and weighs 220 pounds.
Some idea Of the size Of the other three
men may be had from that description.
Making $1,000 a Year.
Sergeant Linthicum was working as
a salesman for one of the biggest auto
mobile concerns in America, with head
quarters in Detroit. He, was making
$1,000 a year when the country asked
him to join the colors. He enlisted II,
June, after being called to- Washington
where he was asked to become General
Pershings chauffeur Washington had
had its eyes on Mr.. Linthicum for some
time.
Maps of France, show Ing the road
ways of that country, mountain passes,
and other places which an automobiles
would have to know in order to find
himself about there had been sent 20
Mr.. Linthicum for a month. He was
asked to study them by officials in
Washington. He asked no questions
but complied with the request.
Mr. Linthicum sailed on the ship
with Pershing and has been with him
almost continuously ever since. He
has driven him to the fighting lines
and to the governmental places IN
France He was with him. but not
driving the general. at the time OF
the great Fourth OF July procession IN
France. At one time, he wrote homo,
he had just returned from 400 mile
auto trip with some distinguished
American and English officers.
am Greet You," He Writes.
Sergeant Linthicum wrote home and
told his mother that II she saw him
waving his hand in one of the moving
pictures she would know that he was
greeting her She saw this picture and
got his greeting at one Of the Baltimore
moving picture theaters.
Sergeant Linthicun speaks ooth
French and Spanish, and his services
are of great usefto the correspondents
on that account as well as to the de-
tachment with which he has been as
sociated when with PcrshinG.