Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1919-01-29

our minds arc far from work, but We have
n great reception coming, don't forget itI
| MAJOR liz FsvRE'a TALK.
Major IcFcvrc, commander OF the
>hattalon. was received with cheers. lie
spoke as follows
| II want Ia wish all YOU men merry.
merry Christmas And | thank all YOU
mon of this battalion for the work YOU
have done and the way YOU did it.
You did what YOU were ordered to do
] and did il we'll No higher prpise can he
| given 10 u soldier II was hard 10 do this
| work. and, as the colonel has told you.
! without the inspiration of gong over the
| top under fire Of shot and she'll am
proud Of you, the colonel is proud OF you.
/ and the people back homo are proud OF us
| all q say us, because | want to be IN IL
! tOo\
Most Of the presents we have here
today arc due to the people back home
and came from The I ;. \ They came
through the organizations that the home
felix's have supported the Red Gross,
\. NJ G A., Is ot {. and Salvation Army
We can feel deeply thankful for the hearty
sympathy and support that the folks
back home have gwen us.
We must now !" prepared Tor tho
happ, t'nc when We g. home Go homo
clean, DO rnthlng that VIII he a dis
credit "a Won, to the regiment or. above all,
Co the folks back home Go homo clean,
So that YOU can Innrch M the streets
bach hcmc with your heads upln the air.
There Is one man whom J wish Ia
cspcciqllv mention for the work he has
done II - difficult 20 make special men
ton of any one as there arc so many de-
serving mention, but thu one man ! wish
to Sncak 81 hqs hccn with thIs battalion
through tho rinsi discOuraRlng difficulties
aui has lrborrd ncNRsantlv for us BOYS
jhrvc cheers ior Chaplain Kelly. Cheers
klsu wish to aav that We love France
She ha- always been our ally and friend
She helped awe us IN tunes past and made
u rr,sshlc Tor us 20 help save her IN this
war Three cheers for France (Chccrsl
And nov once again. and above all,
three cheers for the : A and tho folks
back home tChccrz. bIg chccrsl
hrtIt, ur nopoKEN.
Hearty cheers greeted tho major .
reference to Chaplain Kc'ly Father
Kelly j. fIohnkcn, y ! product. and
Juincd The regiment few days before 4
lrt' Camp DIN \ J. A~ the boys say,
IT. little hu' he's III man With true
lr-h ~pIrIt he mcc'E adventure more
than half way IT, was with The Third
Battalion all the time u was working ncnr
tho front, travelling irunl company 70
company u transportation wss lacking.
with hls pack on TIA back he hikcd
Father Kelly was chairman Of the enter
taInmcnt committee. and the smooth man
ncr ~ W hiCh the program moved WAS re-
Hcction Of the spirIt displayed m all his
work
Chaplain Harold Davis also addressed
to the men. few words of Christmas
greeting and an appreciation Of tho work ot
Chaplain Kelly
Tho entertainment committee WAS ms
folIows Chaplain Joseph NJ Kelly,
chairman. Lieutenant Iiyrnn Il Foster
Lieutenant Alexander ! CnnlOn. Lieu
tenant Robert h Slmn rms, lieutenant -.
Gallagher. Lieutenant James T. Brown.
Lieutenant augustus \. Nlck. Lieutenant
Allan A Lowe. Lieutenant John II Shultg.
Sergeant T. r W I1dsall. Sergeant : W
Jackson Corporal Alfred Knight. Scr
gcant y thlcman, Musician \. \ Silllr.
Private Albert g. Gamble Sergeant
louis Zclly. Private John ScurrN. Scr
gcant Josiah u. LYONS. Corporal bred J
Mnrrls, Private ! Rarraport. Harold NJ
LAYTON. HrNatc H. Cumming
rur CHORUS GrNTrFNrS
This committee on entertainment has
been made permanent iurne the stay of
tho battalion III France Its work will TO
to provid, ccau wholesome entertain
mont for the boy
The battalion Chorus consisted Of:
Sergeant A. Spence. GO \ Sergeant
] Rlrouskl. 60 X Sergeant ! henson.
Go M Sergeant - W lauhaoh, Go.
Nj" Corporal ] NcGovcrn, 60 IN
Corporal r. liclhnF, 60. NJ Corporal
Il manrhfcld, Go NJ" Corporal 4
Casey. GO. X, Corporal Al knight,
90 *; Corporal Cats. Co. II;
Corporal , Rodcr Co II Corporal W.
Carrion. CO II Corporal A. Colbert,
ca ~ Private g. l4annlcuT. Go. Il,
Private " Monticello. Co. Il: Private
r. Muzsacony, 60 Il Private J.
Il Private F Eopano, Co. X /;
Private 4 Gorvasi, Co. *; Private 4.
Gamble. Co *, Private ". Thompson,
CO III: Private 4. Brown. Go. Il
Private G. Madison Co, N Private L.
Haley. co. M; Private Z. Jordan, Co.
M Private Frank Baicr Co. IN !;
Private Harry Albert. Co. M; Private
Harry Lyons Co. h.
INV Nj fsNIIAsfs tSfAt
The townspcopIe were invited TO the
entertainments and the entire population
turned out IN ITS best bib and tucker.
Small dctachmCnts of other troops sta
toned IN tho town were also invited and
attended. Children under direction Of the
srhoolmaster. sang La Marselllaise'
After the conclusion of the entertain
mcnt, the gifts were distributed. Here a
SURPRISE awaited tho boys. Santa Claus
refused 10 do business by proxy and APP
pearcd on the scene, hcr8lded by buglers
and escorted by the rcgImental band The
snow being too light Tor sieIghIng, Santa
druv, up IN cart with old Dobhln in the
shafts Santa Claus was represented by
Lieutenant \. A. Lowe.
The men were marched past the piles OF
quits, each man receiving a stocking tiled
with guOdIc>. souvenir of France, "a
Cigar, several packs Of cigarettes. cake
of chocolate, a calendar and a piece of
homemade nut fudge
The fudge was made hv the ladies Of
the Salvation Army stationed at BoucQ.
These good folks rendered much valuable
assistance towards making the day en-
joyable They also donated the trim
ming for the 35-foot Christmas tree.
Zach company was issued sufficient
extra Christmas supplies 20 give each man
nuts and one-fourth pound of dates, one;
fourth pound Of lgs and onc-half pound
OF grapes.
Each child in the town was presented
with > small gift