Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1919-04-02

fantry.
Alex Carlson, son of Mrs. A. G. Carl
son, of Warren, was born October %,
1888, in Wermland, Sweden He died
in the U. S. Army Base Hospital No.
IA, at Mars-sur Allier, France, on De
cember %, 1918, at the age of 30 years,
one month and 80 days.
Alex Carlson spent his boyhood days
in Warren and attended school here
He has been away from home most of
the time after he became grown up, EN-.
ployed in various lines of work in
Fargo and other towns. When he join
ed the army he was employed at Hal.
stad, and he enlisted at Crookston. He
was sent across last spring or early
summer and ordered to the front In
one Of the big battles of early fall he
was severely wounded in the chest and
sent to a base hospital. His illness was
further complicated by an attack o1
pleurisy. In a letter written home to
his mother, dated Nov. 10, s s191 8 she says
thatshe. is getting along slowly, but
hopes soon to be up and around. 3 In
La letter written Dec. g, BY the Red Cross
he sends this greeting to his mother
.'Tell her I'm improving right along and
will write as soon as I cam" Shortly
after that he was transferred to an.
other hospital, suffering from mening.
tits, and was SO i'll that he had to Be
qua rantined at once. In spite of the
very. best possible care and all the
latest scientific methods of treating this
terrible disease. he died on Dec. 22nd.
From letter to Mrs. Carlson from
the Lieutenant Colonel commanding, we
quote: ~
1T is with sadness and deepest re
greet that write you Of the death sot
your son Alex, WI Who passed away at. this
hospital on the morning of Dec. %. * *"+'s
At such time as this there comes the
full realization of the fact that nc
words of mine can console you for the
grief that is yours; yet I cannot re.
frain from rendering the heartfelt sym.
pathy of this command, In the dark
hours Of your bereavement we trust
that you may receive some comfort in
the fact that he gave his life in the
noblest cause Of God and man and
which embraces those greater and finer
principles of Right which are i'm.
mortal
The. Army Chaplain writes thus to
Mrs. Carlson:
1T is with genuine sorrow that !
write you this letter to tell you of the
death Of your son. **** He was buried
in the Military Cemetery here with the
services of his church and with full
military honors **** You will be glad
to know that your son was visited by
me before his death and that you were
remembered in the servicesatr the time
Of burial. With genuine ympa thy to
you in your sorrow. am.setc.,'
& A Letter from the Red Cross says in
part: -
Your son was so patient and hope.
full until the very end, when he lost
consciousness.
''Your boy has been buried in our
little American Cemetery, where he lies
in the glorious company of other fine
brave sons, who .have given their lives
for their country. His grave is marked
with a white cross bearing his name
and the date Of his death, and as soon
as 1t is practical, these graves will be
photographed by the Red Cross
Our hearts go out in sympathy to
you in this hour of sorrow, and wish
that there were more comfort could
give you in this message from over the
sea-