Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1919-04-10
NOTES OF OUR SOLDIERS.

We were pleased to have letter a
few days ago from Corporal Robert l.
Crowl, one Of the Shepherdstown boys
who has been in active service with the
American Army in France. 1t is dated
March 29th and is written from Sa'
venay, France Bob says:
Dear Mr.. Snyder-Just few lines to
tell you that | am well, but have the
Hoboken blues real bad. don't know
when | will get home, but hope that II
will not be long. wish you would do
me the favor of thanking the ladies OF
the Red Cross, both at home and IN
Charles Town, for their great kindness.
| should have done this before, but kept
putting it off until now. They sure
gave US a good supper and fine send
off when we left home, and for one
appreciated it. The Red Cross made
a big hit over here. They sure do lot
for the boys. Hers at Savenay we
have six huts, one for each base, and
they give dance three nights in the
week. II has been raining now for
twenty hours straight, and no signs OF
slackening up. But | hope tomorrow
Sunday will be a pretty day-any-
thing but rainy Sunday when you arS
away from home. Mother sends me
the Register once in while, the last
one being dated March 9th, saying tina,
Bill is on his way home. The old pa
per certainly does cheer me up when
get it. Well, Mr.. Snyder, will close
for this time, as news is a scarce article
over here. You never see anything.
therefore you have nothing to write
about. This town is very small-noth-
ing going on at all. Give my best re-
CARDS to all old friends.
Word has been received here of the
death of Major John L. Mayer, of the
United States Marine Corps, which &C.
CURED in Haiti last Friday. There
has been considerable trouble in Haiti
with maranders and bandits, and
company of our marines was ordered
to help round up a gang of the bandits.
Last Friday while Major Mayer was en-
gagged in this work he was bayoneted
and killed. He was a fine young
soldier and great regret is expressed
at his death. Major Mayer was son
of the late Charles H. Mayer, of York,
Pa, and had a numoer of relatives in
this section, where he occasionally
visited, being connection of the Lyme
families. He is survived by his SIS
ter, Miss Julia Mayer, who is nurse
in Johns Hopkins Hospital in Bal
timore. He was % years old.
The many friends of Corporal Rich
ard n zee who was severely wounded
in the left leg, will be pleased 10 learn
that he is making steady progress 90
wards recovery. 1t is gratifying 10
know that the reports tina: ne had lost
his leg or his foot all proved to be
groundlesS. The surgeons assure him
that though it may Re some time before
he is able to leave the hospital, he will
ultimately recover entirely from the
effects of the wound.--CharlottcS
Progress.
VIM. L. Miller, one of Shepherds,
towns soldiers, arrived in New York
from France last Thursday, making the
trip to this side on the great ship
Leviathan. He sent Il telegram to his
father, VIM. R. Miller, announcing his
safe arrival He will be mustered out
of the service at Camp Lee, and is eX-
pected at home any day.
Ford Thompson, one of our former
Shepherdstown boys, who has been in
the army, located at Fort Washington,
has been honorably discharged, and
has been at his old home near this place
the past week,