The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-06-10
LONELY SICK FIND
SOLACE IN SMOKES
Fund Tobacco Helps to Pass
Weary Days Of Waiting
for Home Orders.
BIG SHORTAGE AT FRONT
Troops in Occupied Territory
Unable to Obtain Priced
Weed.

What do you suppose are the feelings
OF the sick in military hospitals in
France when they read of their Ameri-
can brothers sailing not by individual
units but by battalions7 1t must add to
their feelings OF dlscoura cement and re-
greet that they are bound to o sick bed,
unable to get away.
The wish would DO general to do some
thing. anything. to relieve these poor
fellows and rekindle their hopes Of a
speedy recovery and return to their
homes. but of course knowing nothing
Of the circumstances the majority simply
sigh, say TITS hard luck" and do nothing
at ALL
Therefore when THE SUN Tobacco
Fund hears that It has served In n way
TO brighten these shut in lives It 10 very
happy indeed.
Here Is letter from Private Hoffman
TO THE SUN which tells how much good
a share of the funds tobacco recently
Issued to Ward 8 In Base Hospital 70
did to the patients. Il was mailed about
the middle OF May at Bsrzoilles, France {:
Dear SUN-We have been little
discouraged lately from reading OF the
American soldiers going back home
every day while It seems that we are
not near that happy time for US. When
we ask when we shall be able to start
back home they tell US to try to be
patient little longer.
I'VE try to be patient and II Is unfair
of us not to be 30 or at any rate to
appear 30. for we are very we'll treated
and everything is being done for us. But
when we got your gift Of tobacco we
were able to hear Of the good luck Of the
ether boys with more patience. That
tobacco cheered us in great shape. Ac-
cept the thanks OF Ward 5. Our p. o. ad-
dress here is A. P. o. 731. II any good
friend wants to write to us we would
be glad"
1t may have been a chance that the
sick boys in Ward came in for a
share OF this recent distribution OF Sun
Tobacco Fund smokes, but Il was q
lucky chance for the donor as we'll as
for the patients and the former will
undoubtedly feel pleasure that he con-
tiibuted to theirs.
Company Letter to Ronors.
Battery C, s44th Field Artillery, send
company letter to donors Or. and
Mrs. Davis, which no doubt they will
be glad to add TO their alrea ly large
soldiers. This one was mailed on May
and contains an expression of eff
fusive thanks for cigarettes divided
among the soldiers The letter con-
cludes with these words: Lots of
good wishes and many many thanks"
Company f. Hath Infantry, Twenty
ninth Division. Ambulance Company
851. Sanitary Train 313. Eighty eighth
Division, Company A. 356th Infantry.
Eighty-ninth Division. Supply Company.
Serenty-sixth Field Artillery. Company
r, 53sth Engineers were among the
units which received tobacco from THE
SUN Tobacco Fund, as per their cards
to donors dated from the Sd to the
18TH OF May This resume is made to
exhibit the wide swath cut by the smoke
fund, for territory is included under
these cards both in France and Ger
many. The donors who will receive
thanks from the above are: Stan of
the Prudential Life Insurance Com
pany, ]. C. Davis, Miss Bristed, Herbert
Pell and Lon Freedman.
From Oberbach, Germany. comes the
following from Private William Smith
OF Machine Gun Company, Twenty
sixth Infantry: Acknowledging the
receipt of box OF your tobacco I am
very glad 10 say that It hit us when
we most needed II, SO we got much
pleasure and satisfaction out OF II. We
arc up here holding the front line and
having very little pleasure outside of
smoking. AS you know the Germans
have very little tobacco to cell and very
little for their own use. Under such
coz ditionS you will see why we think
so much Of United States tobacco and
why we are overjoyed when THE SUN
Tobacco Fund gets some through for
us"
First class Musician NJ. G. Huber of
the 603d Engineers and Ca p. o.
1879 writes to donor Mrs A. Soper: 81
received the cigarettes which you maid
for and truly enjoyed them. It Is most
kind Of the women OF New York to think
or u.s. Thanking you for the same ]
am your soldier boy"
card TO Mrs A. Randall, n fund
donor, Is iron Private NJ. II. Nichols of
Company d, Second Machine Gun Bat
talon. First Division In Germany. He
writes: Many thanks for the tobacco
which was thankfully received. We
need tobacco here the worst way and
would be entirely out Of It most OF the
time II 1t were not for such as you, and
other donors Of THE Sun Smoke Fund,
My address for letter Is A. y. O. 729."
Lunch Club Remembered.
The Bull Lunch Club win receive
this acknowledgment OF tobacco from
John c. Long, whose rank Is Second
Lieutenant, Infantry, but he fails to give
the company number. He writes: 1--WE
were very glad to get your tobacco and
hope that in short time we will be
back in our own homes. where there will
be big run on cigars"
To the Atlantic Yacht Club Cal
Cummings OF the First Division En-.
gineers Train. sends this over from
Germany of May IL: How the to.
bacco which you sent us helps you can
not hardly know unless you have been
out OF the weed for three weeks and
tried in every way to procure some. OF
course take 1t for granted that all the
members of the Atlantic Yacht Club are
smokers. Onr address out here is A. p
o. 72s, and as II looks very much as II
we were going TO stay long time, per.
haps some member OF the club would
like to write to me. I should appre.
ciate letter and will answer promptly
On May IL Private II. ]. Reamer OF
Company X, Fourth Infantry, who was
at Mlesenheim, Germany. sent this card
of thanks back to donor William J
McAneany: THE tobacco made n hi,
with us boys and all the more because
1t came unexpectedly. We had begun
to think we were out OF the channel OF
tobacco gifts. Here in Germany yot
can't often buy tobacco and when you dc
buy it you wish you hadn't, as II is only
doctored imitation of grass or hay
None OF us can get any satisfaction
smoking this stun and we don't except
when down 10 the dross OF tho old Bull"
And DR.. and Mrs. Morris get this word
from CnloRnh uttArad NV ssnuuJ' JoSanl