The sun., 1919-04-03
LONGSHOREMEN FIND
JOY IN AIDING FUND
generosity Of Association Is
Shown by Smokes Given
to Soldiers.
TOBACCO HELPED IN WAR
More Events Scheduled to
Swell Total of Happiness
for Troops.

ny donation Of $3.50 made yesterday
the International Longshoremen's Asso.
citation, Local sos, of Bay Ridge and
brooklyn. has brought its gifts to TIN
SUN Tobacco Fund UP to $500. From
the Buffalo branch OF the same assocIa.
ton SS10.s4 was received last july, 40
mat the smoke fund 10 naturally grateful
70 this band Of patriotic men. Their
generosity has been extended to the men
returning from Europe wounded and now
convalescins In various hospitals and
tne present as well aa previous dona-
tons for the purchase Of tobacco for
them was divided between local funds
and THE SUN Tobacco Fund.
When the officer appointed by Loca,
yos brought In this latest gift he said
rhe boys coming back tell us what THE
SuH tobacco did for them and we feel
pretty good that we were able to do
somewhat to aid THE sim In it's work.
In all this local has disbursed s1,9942s
m various ways OF helping the boys but
the biggest satisfaction we've had from
any OF our money. all collected by a rs
cent tax on members, has come from this
smoke fund"
From every side comes enconium Of
the fund. the returned soldiers them
selves leading. George T. Dimmock of
Middleburs, VT, writes TO the fund en-
closing q letter from his nephew In
France and saying: Letters like this
VIII prove what a great work you have
dene for the boys when they needed help
with danger on every side OF them. The
thought OF THE SUN that it was the to-
oscco 1t sent over that Gained the nerves
Of the soldiers In the hours of crises must
b happy thought"
War show Very Real.
The letter enclosed with Mr.. DIM
mock's was written by Raymond ID. Gage
from Rheinbrohl. Germany, and ad-
dressed to his sister. I'VE have been do
ing a lot Of manauvring lately, Yesterday
We staged one with all the lifelike and
dsathlike embellishments. using artillery.
trench mortars, machine guns. grenades
and rifles with live ammunition In an at
tack on strong enemy positions, which
We took as usual We messed up Heinie's
valuable fields and orchards and OF
course they hate that. The noise and
confusion and the smell of powder
seemed real and natural bringing back
vivid pictures Of lighting days too real to
- pleasant These exhibitions of how
We Americans handle hostile hardware
will help Heinie to respect armistice
terms. when It was all over we sat
back and smoked pipes of peace filled
WIN SUN TOBACCO. feSs the good ola
suN 10 still supplying US with smokes
Just rs 1t did when we were fighting in
the Champagne. I smoke still, but not
80 much as I did year ago. but the
pipe comes out on special occasions. It
was a good friend and pal through some
strenuous adventures. did get lot
of comfort out Of II, and under the
stress OF sudden shocks ] inadvertently
bit notches in the gutta pcrcha stem.
zone afternoon. during the Champagne
operations with the Fourth French Army
smoked three loads without a let up,
but the situation demanded II, for we
had been under heavy artillery and ma
chine gun fire all the morning, in ad-
vance, and about noon took the town OF
81. Etienne. I had become detached
from my own company nnd was operat'
ing with the Seventy-sixth- In entering
tho fire OF machine gun snipers in the
town was so hot that skTrmish line
offered too much target. so we advanced
across an open field half a mic wide In
short rushes. one man at time, from
different points at wide intervals. II
took two hours to get two squads into the
outskirts, where the buildings offered
some protection. After cleaning out the
town we established our line Just beyond
Il, and that Ia where commenced with
friend pipe. OF course we had to dig in.
but what did carer / had come In for
a share the day before OF smoking from
THE SUN Tobacco Fund. 1 selected