Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1919-01-04
PIONEERS TO Go
INTO GERMANY
Letters Received From Whining
tonians in France Estab
lish Fact.

Mrs. lcfleris wife ~ Captain Charles
X. Jeiferis, .1r. received letter from her
husband YESTERDAY. who Is with the 19th
Delaware Pioneer regiment stating that
the Delaware bows were expecting orders
to proceed into Germany with the Second
lrInv uf Occupation
At the time of thu writing uf the letter.
u was not known whether the rrg lment
would march into the land ol the Hun,
or 90 hN motor
but there appeared to be- no doubt
hut that They were destined for service
among the Roche,
,nuthcr letter received ~ thr city
from Lieutenant William Stcwari with
the Pioneers, stated ~. Same facts. tha,
the seth Pioneers Wrrc going lnto Ger
many.
Mrs Reed. vii, ui rlonc ! Narncr
Reed of the 5Qth Pioneers, hns received
several lcttcrs trou her has land nrc'ttlN
IN letter dated Dcccmlsr tie colonel
saNs
We have been m Mctz IL has all
the rcnch towns | havr seen 81 tar
beaten 10 4 ira2gtr u ioct tins D. the
only nre place have struck SINCE NY
arrival overseas \ wonderful city, and
such ston's "vcrN one we'll stocked
with al kinds ~ goods, food. meats.
vcgetahlCs and ali kiuds ul wooden goods
1t seems that thu Germans have
plenty ol loud and clothes Even str,ct
cans runnlrr' railroad station. and a
postoi'icr larger than philadclphla II
has wonderful buildings SOM ut tlc
pcopt speak French aud somr Gcrman
and much IT, my surprise some speak
English For one thing the CITY Is clean
anu tha' IS mort ihan J can say Ct thr.
French cltIes
II have hc,n over suu, 81 the late
hat ttlcgrounds. and everything Is changed
\ icW weeks ego when / was up there
evervthlng was Cracking, c.unuu~ uhcS
and lumhS, mvn killed and wounded
and today. sll quiet ~ ! church with no
troops 20 M seen Nothing 90 shoN What
. terrible place y vas. except thc holcs ~
The ground, and the newly madc graves
REGiMLNT Is INTACT
How all these uimors ~ started ahom
thc 59th has hcen shot tu pieces ! can
ssy tut they are no' truc. We have had
practically no losses some 81 the mcn
were gaSssrd and s,inc ~ui', red ,rlm
she ll-shock, but thtS have an recovered
Il Is true some had narrow ,~rapr- hut Z
fnr,s i rs gond a. i mile
Tell people not 10 trv Is cable. s. II Is
money wasted as All cables are delivered
hy mail How could they CNprt cable
grams to hC delivered vhcu you arr On thu
move an the tim, Telephones ar, not Ia
Offices here The regiment Is hcinE as
ssmblcd and We expect to Il, al together
hy the end ~ this week We gct plenty
TO smoke and plenty e. eat Ot course
W. don't i've an Icc-crCam and cak,
W. get candy once IN a while
REGIsFNr ToGFTHFR AG,iN.
In 4 letter rrtcivcd from sore, and
dated Deccmhyr 18th, the Colonel saws.
The regiment j. sll together again and I
We expect 20 50 into Germany III short I
time w are making hiC arrangements 4
for the toyT hrlstmas treat and hsv, I
& present ~ them all
Ill u Ho-rTTN.
Mr. Alfred 1 raig uf N,ernrr IL, 4
received I letter from her brother t,rorg, (
kIe dated New Franc, December .
II. 1918 Mrs Crng received telegram .
from Washington about two week ago \
lated December u stating that her |.
brother Was III with spinal meningitis
The letter received YESTERDAY was dated
'h' 18th, and wa, written ~ George HIM
~eh III, stated that hc was ~iilI III the
hospital, but Was able ~ 81 up III
state that h. has not received any mail
from home since thc tf-i III October
bur tins l. probably due to the fact that hc
has bcen IN the hospital for some timr.
having suffered Al attack of bronchial
pneumonia before contracting spinal
He also stated that he has
zen some very hard fighting. and las
+-en 'ovcr the top a number oi ,ime,
lIe further states that the Outlook /, that
le will probably ,, home hv tho last II
January
hrs. DAY. also Of NeWport has received
! letter from her son. Harrison. dated
December l4th IL had been slightly
zss~cd, bur j, nov in a ronvalc>ccnt camp
H. also had Spanish influenza He stated
hat he had not received any mail since
October =