The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1918-03-21

Of il. From SIX that night % midnight
was the shortest SIX hoGrs / ever spent
in nv life. We we're landed al a port
clear up in the north Of Ireland al :
O o'clock the next morning. and never
did dirt look so good 10 me as Il did
right then. Funny thing. too. when |
went aboard the Tuscanla, a Ford taxi
took Us 10 the dock, and III swear
that the same lItney met US there IN
Ireland. We got the men all taken
care Of that morning, and after good
feed started out 10 find place for
ourselves.
IL sure did fall in love with Ireland.
f The people there extended To Us cOur-
tesy that we in The States do not even
understand. say nothing about prsc-
tice. We Just don't know how, that 5
all There was nothing IN the N~yld
that they were not glad and anxious 10
do for US. and all the time they We're
afraid they We're not doing enough TO
please US.
There is one other thing | wopli
like to tell you about, and that Is what
the Red Cross Is doing over here. OF
course, everything that we owned
went down On the Tuscania. / know
when got off that trawler all had To
nv name was suit of clothes. an Ov-
ereoat and pair of boots, was soaked
through and through with salt water
and Just about as sorry a sight as one
ever saw. A Red Cross agent met US
at the wharf and the first thing he did
was r. hand me S25-l didn't have d
cent before and since then they have
been right on the job every minute.
They gave us a suit Of dry underwear,
a cap (you should see me wearing a
British Royal Flying Corps capl, toilet
articles and even cigarettes. The first
few days they fed US and got US places
to stay, if we did not have them. They
took care Of the enlisted men, too, and
AS a matter of fact, | don't know what
!. we could have done without them.
This morning | was talking with
! one Of their agents. Of course, we are
naturally quite concerned as to what
we are TO do for another outfit. There
is not an officer in the lot who did not
lose at least $500 worth of stuff, and
: know that besides that lost Just Sl0t
in good old American money. There
are very few of the men who are II
position to replace such loss anc
there is no provision in army regula
4 tions for refunding us. Naturally vi
wonder what is to happen. But thi'
; Red Cross man said: Don't worry
) we are working to get YOU refund
! and anyhow we will see that you gef
: eats and place to sleep, and don
freeze to death, depend on that. IT.
5 a wonderful institution the Rec
| Cross, and | wish the people in thu
| States could know Just what a grea
, work it is doing.
t "Our stay in Ireland was all to shor
2 for me- fell in love with the country
and its people. Somedsy when yol
0 have lots of time. just write to Mrs
e Patrick O'Toole, u Main ST., Larne
!. County Antrim, Ireland, and thank he
for what she did for me. | tried to
n before | left, but it was a mighty poo
S attempt compared with the treatmen
: received at her hands. Believe me,
t was sorry to say good bye to her.
n sure increases our faith III life to &c
acquainted with such people. -
n Lieut.. Folts, at the time his lette
: was written, was stationed at res
:. camp in England. He told of JUS
n having shaken hands with two distin
d guished persons, Ambassador Page an
i General Bliss, who had called at tn
: camp to see the Tuscania survivors.