The sun., 1919-03-22
WOUNDED SOOTHED
BY YANKEE SMOKES
Military Commissioner in
France Commends Work
of Tobacco Fund.
LETTERS SOUND PRAISES
Good Luck to You and Many
Thanks Is Word From
Grateful Soldiers.
LETTERS SOUND PRAISES

Military Commissioner A. Nasel Of the
camp OF Laroche (Yonne), France, has
sent letter to the smoke fund COM
mending the work II has done In supply
ing tho wounded with tobacco. He says
that in many distributions Of the olga
rettes and tobacco sent to Europe by the
donors of THE SUN Tobacco Fund and
distributed by the said fund the French
wounded had been included.
This fact" pursues the commissioner.
"ernboldens me to bring the existing
state OF things in this camp to your
generous attention. We have here many
wounded from the war, not entirely
Frenchmen but including Belgians and
some Italians and at the present moment
we are In a situation Of complete Inn
possibility OF procuring any tobacco"
Get dams rimpossibilite complete de nous
procurer du tabac.)
"A condition like this may be misun-
derstood In America since we are
Frenchmen at home and the distaste Of
French tobacco which Is general among
your soldiers cannot be found among
ours. To misunderstand. however. is TO
forget that France Ia suffering from
famine OF tobacco as II Is of many other
things and during the war this famine
was not more pronounced than II Is to-
day. Tobacco is however. a necessity
of our soldiers and we are taking the
widest opportunity to procure 1t for
them. Particularly when our wounded
begin to improve the need OF tobacco
becomes urgent.
The American cooperative camp at
Ancy-le-Franc has given to me the ad
dress of THE SUN Tobacco Fund on our
praying to have the honor to write to
you. We are doing so in order TO bring
our genuine need to the attention of
your benevolent donors
Done 81 vous pouviez faire quelque
chose pour nous. nous vous serions en-
tres reconnaissance. That u.s.. II you
can do something for US We shall be very
much obliged
THE Sun Tobacco Fund received this
letter from the French Military Commits
sioner on March 10. 1t was mailed from
Laroche on March !.
Need for Tobacco shown.
The necessity for tobacco for wounded
and convalescing soldiers so powerfully
put by the French Commission exists in
every base hospital where the American
wounded are lying. and II 1t Is SO hard
for the French to get tobacco. how much
more difficult must II be for the Ameri-
cans The former. as NJ Nagel points
out, have no dislike for what the French
people call tobacco. In view of the num-
Der OF cards sent over by wounded
American soldiers in France which re-
veal the state OF things the smoke fund
has been somewhat surprised because
| more people have not come forward to
relieve this need. Not many donors and
not @. large sum OF money are required
| 70 change the situation. That the for
| !ner do not send in their contribut 'ons to
make up the latter persuades this fund
| that the people do not understand the
| situation as II exists. Commissioner
Nagels letter makes It perfectly clear.
| For that matter, go do the letters
from our own soldiers; in sending back
their thanks for tobacco gifts they al
| most always say few words about this
tobacco famine in Europe.
| First class Private Louis Wetter Of
Company y, 3o6th Infantry. writes in
! March TO fund donor II have re-
ce!ved your most welcome gift through
THE SUN Tobacco Fund. and should
have preferred this to money even as a
I
| smokes where we are now. That is at
| Chatelain. France. J must tell YOU II l
can how much good II did me and some
of my company to get the tobac We
were all out of smokes and none OF us
| had been able TO get any over here for
weeks"
On February 90 CORPORAL p. McTighe
wrote The boys of my regiment,
Company. +. 307th Infantry, have re-
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bacco. and we feel very rich and happy
IN consequence, There is no tobacco in
Fra nce, and you can appreciate what We
have had to bear in trying to get along
| without our smokes. We are deeply
grateful to THE SUN Tobacco Fund
which has helped us out before but never
10 better effect than to-day"
To the men OF Il. w. Bliss Company's
shop comes the following letter from
supply Sergeant Robert V. Tobin: In
the distr button Of your tobacco !. as
supply sergeant, cams across your card,
and in behalf of the men OF the Army
| RESERVES Material. One-tifth Unit B "a.
| =. o. IA, write 10 thank you for the
supply OF Velvet smoking tobacco. II
the good wishes OF our mon, feebly ex-
pressed here reach you in any measure
you will be repaid FOR your trouble and
| kindness"
Best of Luck" They Say.
The members OF Motor Truck !, Quar-
terraster's Commsssry Department.
sign their names TO a card OF thanks TO
donor William Thompson, In which they
say: Receipt is hereby Acknowledged
OF the tobacco paid forI by you to The
SrS Tobacco Fund. and.-e heartily ac-
certed with many thanks from the whole
company
Company B. r. L. SO7, Machine TElcls
Corps "a. y. Q. 7lD sends similar
message OF thanks TO donor BILLY Baxter,
dating its card February 90.
| Private E. l., Rogers OF Company b.
/ Repair Unit s07. Machine Truck Corps
! addresses his thanks to donor Employees
Of the Railway Steel Spring Company
II take this opportunity 70 thank you,
! for the boys for your generous con
tribution through THE SUN Tobacco
Fund. There Is no tobacco where we
are and X there was va wouldn't wan.
It. The longer we stay In France the
less we like French tobacco, but the
poor Poilu too doesn't care for H. Sc
YOU may feel sure that you have done
a fine thing to send us tobacco. Wish
ing you ALL the best OF good luck and
good wishes generally and hoping 10 bs
With YOU In the land Of liberty at an