Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1919-01-04

IN the tremendous effort that has been
ma3 ~ maintain the morale over
there anything like keeping up morale
over hcTe has been lost sight Of And yet
II may be that morale is quite as import
ant on the incoming page of the ledger rs
on the outgoing Over here, whore all The
stress and strain Of production vas going
on, IT wa-5 quite as important % MAINTAIN
All upllit as u was where expenditure vas
being made anyhow, everybody ls glad
II Il hautishake and "a smile, and All the
cheering things that ran be handed out.
Nov the morale part of the Red Cross on
this eide the sca hae been the caftren
seTvice, and y soil continues. becauae the
government IL not yet through with many
If its military and naval operations
Motor louies are still traversjng the
roads awful md otherwise between
Washington and points north, and tho
men must be housed and fed just as hos
uitabIy as though It were still part II
the war game.
On SUNDAY there was what might bc
called the Royal Flivyer Express pa sing
through here. although il doesn T figure ou
The War Department records In any -uch
frivolous Pulse There il IS knoRn as
Company y, Tenth Motor Transport
Division, but IL became the Royal Fliy-
yer Express becausc each and every truck
bore twin Tin Llzzics They were
boxed and we're being conveyed from
Rochester 70 Baltimore. No ono convey
ing .aid Ilzzies' knew he why and where
forr. ~. to Baltimore they were going
Ul'il night stop over a. Elkton, after
they i left here Al about 30 N the
affenc u Philadelphia Red Cross head
quarter rolephoned Wilmington, Satur-
day ready for Is men for luncheon
and thc- rcre ready N were thf men
read, rhev had been detained waiting
FOR ~ ollnc md had rot much time, but
thev managed 70 put away plenty q
,qndnlChe- Dic coffee and apples Rhilo
hct faved and they carried with them
earh IN. packet containing choc0iaf"
eqar r.. hewing glirn and matchcs
sii this company happened 70 be rig.
alri, resteIner- nons If them had ocrn
aor t5r Christmas. and he party in the
,arta"r room 10 the basement - FIRST
nrian Church supplied q little
-h ii home Everything waS read,
ga ach rlar entered .4c vas gwen a
etIt .aFce uth milk and sugar n l.
.ntIU ichr-. Ind I big piece of PIE.
lae found chair and proceeded 81
I.. significant thing s hat there
., rrlurbs on the floor - be cleaned
.t-, fhe meal was over Sandwiches
t+.n we're naesed gain and ev"rv
rarcntly got All ne wanted Ih"
'nlng gwen ont as STAMPED post
ard and nearly all tnoA advantage Fl the
opportunity ID wrltc - 4 Little Gray
Home IN he West
What happened On sunday Is only q
/ picture Of what il gong On several Tunes 3
/ week 1t the canteen. There u no regular
/ time for truck drivers % appear, but when
ph,lade .phla telephGnes, hilmmGt)n
/ rrlakes it noint 10 be ready for whatever
/ number Of men il may 5c n N hour S
| time Then, TOO, the canteen Is tInc Tor
/ the men from the Pennsvivania station
! barracks from FORT lu Pont and -lber-
deem, and Tor all sailors u!iO happen - be
! n town. They drop III there It any LIne
! 0l dqy or evening. always sure OI q vel
come and If ! friendly word from some "a
+ the canfeen workers. There arc three bIc.
bright roorns belonging 10 ire prir ary
department 0f FIRST { hurca, lnd these
sre filed often at night with from - 70
50 or 20 mon There are tlways q ieU -
them around and they are only too Wiling
70 help with any hlnd u work. serving
luncheous OF anything else that may need
- be done. " hen truck men OF any
Others need accommodations At night,
/ League dorrnltory iii the Jones Building
/ the only requirement beng that they
shall be N charge ii an officer.
STATION cASrEEv.
Recently new part II The canteea
work has been opened at tine Penu~Yi-
vanla station. liver >lnce troop trains
+ began 10 20 through, they have been me-.
/ and have been provided " n good things.
and they are still cared Tor, but recently Il
+ deve oped that therC ls need for service
/ for squads Of Iaen who are being i sem
/ barked 81 southern norts, md are on their
| way 70 demobhlztf'on camps Those
/ coming from New York have been
| generously cared FOR, but those coming
! from the southern ports have httlc er
nothing done for them, 80 Wilmington y
| stepping III snd dong something Word
| Is telegraphed IL advance and : small dele
| CATION OF canJeen workers IS * hand
/ They take out baskets OF apples, choco-
lates cigarettes. matches and chewing
| gum, and bold them up % the tram win
dows tor the men 70 help themselves
\ booth has been erected ia the man
waiting room of the station, and this
serves as 3 supply >aG Watlngtoom for
! the Red Cross workers. The are II hand
every day from 10 la the morning until
8 in the evening snd there usually are
] few men from the barracks at hand. or
man from overseas. or 3 sailor on shore
duty There is seldom a time that one of
Uncle Sam guardians is not At hand
The booth is decorated with the Allied
colors and tags, and IS honey and com
Portable.
NHo DOES IT.
Canteen sounds very n.pciscnal and
non-eommittal, bur there ore several
directing personalities oack of this morale
building work, and th,N arr responsible
for the good being accomplished The
chairman of the whole is Mrs Henderson
Weir, with Mrs. III. L. Pyle, the secretary,
| always In charge At the rooms. Then there
are chairmen for certain days, with direct
resses to assist them. These are
Monday-Mrs Irenee du Pont chair
man; Mrs Alban Richev, Mrs a Rach-
rach
Tuesday-Mrs. ". Il. Thompson
chairman; Miss Jane Baxter Mrs Clara
|. Kelley.
"Wednesday Mrs. William Murgatrold
chairman; Mrs. Arthur Spruancc.
Thursday-Mrs " L. Butler CHAIR
man; Mrs. George w SpaTk-
Friday and Sunday-Ailsa Augusta
La Motto, chairman; Alrs, K. B. Nelson
Satlnday--Mrs. John r, Hudson chair
msn; Mrs. ]. f, Fuller, Miss louise
johnson
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