Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1919-01-28
USE "ROUND ROBIN
TO SEND GREETINGS
Wilmington and Delaware Lads
i'll l47th Infantry Talk to
Friends Through Every
Evening.

Uncle Sans l47th regiment Of infantry,
which has been "ovcr there for some
months and has done It's share like the good
outfit II has the reputation 10 he, has n
batch of Delaware boys in its ranks
thirteen OF them, of which eleven hal
from Wilmington. one from Newark and
another from Dover When Christmas
time came around they wanted To say
"howdy" To the folks NJ home and do It
collectively, SO they resor'cd to the good
old round robhn' method. which eN-
plains tho following letter, signed indvidu-
ally by the gallant thirteen, Every Evenin
has Just received. with request that 1T
be- printed.
December. 2i. 1918
To Editor ol Every Evening We
bows who have been lighting over here
would appreciate IT very much II vou would
put thus little letter III your paper, Tor our
folks and friends at home.
"As II IS impossible for Us to write ut
present to all Of our rclatlvcs and many
friends N the CITY and State We arr taking
this way ol letting YOU know that our
thoughts have been with YOU during the
Nmas HOLIDAYS and also during the trying
times which we have had IN the last ak
months over here
"Atho' M times we have had il very
hard and many times thought We would
never get back 10 the States.all IN one piece
We arc very proud Of the fact that We were
selected MS the lucky ones 10 fight for orr
country and The democracy nj the world
from tho bcst State Of them all the ID
mond state
sNc have had the honor Of fighting in
both france and RclpIum with the Jtth
DIVISION formerly the Ohio National
Guard We have hccn over the top
three times, once IN tho Argnpne forest
IN france and twice N Belgium Just pror
10 the lEulng ot the armsticc We have
also hold the hnc three times ~ the Alsare-
Lorraine and 81 Nilh,cl sectors which
has kept us very busy since we arrived on
these shores We were IN tho front line
trenches N less than twcniv-threo days
after landing ut l'roet. France
'Of course an those at homo were over
joVcd " hen They heard Of the trmistlco,
hut imagine The feeling of us fellows
Who were IN little hoics dug N along the
banks oi tho rv,r l~cant, over which
our engineers had managed 10 lay pontoon
bridges the day before, about = mile from
the Belgian village # Syngem aud with
orders to so over the top 1t $50 N
when We heard the glorious news
H. sector We were about to advance
on was Ncry dillcut onc as We would
have had to ~ llp = very steep hdl leading
from the river. on tho top 81 which were
many machine ruus Ncarc a|l eaiI=' nd
that II the almisticc had not arrived e
this critical moment. thcrc would havc
hocn many moro names added 70 tic
casualty list 1T tile 3ath Division Ter
hars somc ot ours
''Nc cnjovcd our Christmas dlnnrr m
! l+ft .-ri
lc the last We viii have ~ %lWnd on this
side ol The ocean away from oul many
friends and relatives
We must now have patlcurc until
u IS our turn 70 rocro-- that hlg pond.
We hoIw for the last time and pray that
il Viii hc real soon
This il signed nv the following
Corporal Frank II Moore, Ill West
Sixth street Wilmington.
Corporal Orviilc I.ittic. Newark
Private Isaac IoiAnd Jones, SIG South
G Avenue. Dover
Private Harry T. Photos, l22U West
street Wilmington
Private William Fallcrs, 9l4 tast
seventh street. Wilmington.
Private Joseph ' Nullin Sl2 Church
street Wilmington
Prlvat., Raymond II Zigler. IL Fast
seventh street, Wilmington
Private James Ciullcy, 220s I.amotte
street Wilmington
Private David Veal. Ne. = MouSlcXs
| Row. Wilmington.
Private John Plttam ll3 East seventh
street. Wilmington
Private Joseph German. BruWnto~n.
| Wilmington.
Private Arthur Middleton 1921 Rail
rne3 ax-cotir WILMINGTON
Private Walter Cook, 12l East Tenth
street. Wilmington.