Evening journal., 1919-01-01
SOLDIERS LETTER TELLS
OF MANY WAR THRILLS

MY naval base is in a small town in
Scotland, called Inverness. Many peo-
pie think We are not in as much dam
ger as the soldiers in the trenches, but
] think we are, because If a. submarine
ever .torpedoed our boat, not a single
man would have a chance. We have
been very Fortunate since we have been
over mere, not having lost a single man
of our ship. This morning we were
called'to quarters and the captain told
US we were going to be home for
Christmas so look for me about that
time"
Mrs. Adaline Kusching, No. 3i9 East
Seventh street, has received the good
news from her brother, George Brown,
Delaware Pioneers, that he is alive and
well since the fighting stopped He
says:
I'VE have been ducking shells ever
since we have been over here. That is
all over now, but we are still living in
dugOuts. 1t isn't so bad now. for wa
get plenty to eat, and it isn't a bad
place to sleep in, once you get used
to it,"
Wireless Operator William Franklin
BrOtton has been heard from after be-
Ing in the last battle of the war. He
writes he was an operator at the OBJ
servation post Of their artillery in the
front line trenches on November 4th,
knowing he was in action, his mother.
Mrs. Ella May BrottOn, No. 92i Poplar
street, was very much worried over
him till she got his letters OF Mo-
vemDer IL and 24, stating he was on
the march. Besides being in France
and Alsace and Lorraine, he Is now in
Germany and wrote his letter Of No
vember 2i, in German home. He said
all the people they had met, had treated
them fine while on the march. He is
the only child Of Mrs Ella May Brot-
ton and the late Charles f. Brotton,
He enlisted in A Battery. 10th f. A.,
regular army in June, 1917, and has
been overseas since February, 1918.
4 Y. NJ. C. A. building that was. once
upon time a gambling place, where
Harry X Thaw lost a million dollars in
one night, was novelty found by
Weston II. Blake, quartermaster. on
the u. s. s. Lake Arthur, while in
France. Before enlisting he was en-
ployed at Mullins Clothing store. He
wrote to the folks at home on Decem-
Der I.
I'VE left Blyth, England, December I,
and are now at st. Malo, France, and
it is the most interesting French city
We have yet seen.
1T is quite historical place, dating
away back to before Columbus discov-
cred America. OF late years, that is,
before the war, il was famed as a sum-
mer resort, and was also one Of the
most famous gambling places in Eu-
rope. The building used by the y. NJ.
C. A. was once a big gambling den and
we were told that Harry X. Thaw lost a
million dollars there in one night It is
a beautiful building and though not fur
nished as in former days, it can easily
be seen that it has been a fashionable
resort.
There are a lot of soldiers here and
most of them are on a seven days leave
from their respective stations. Quite q
few Of them are just back from the
front.
"Rodeheaver, billy Sundays choir
leader, was at the " last night and !
surely enjoyed hearing him. He played
his trombone, and sang and had every \.
uuc Olob SlueiuS Wltil uliil. Nlch ud
first came out on the stage he said,
NOW we are all going TO stand up and
sing The Star Spangled Banner He
has just arrived here from up near the
front. He breaches at the " tomorrow
night and Barr and are going to hear
him if we are still here.
There is a fellow on our ship that
reminds me of Brice Wilmington: same
Dwfa NaIT
Expect TO go back to headquarters
rom here and hope to find some moro
nail awaiting me, Time to go on watch
so with my usual amount Of love,
WESTON"