The sun., 1919-06-24
FOREORN SOLDIER
.-r WILL GET LETTER
HSun' Tobacco Fund Donor
Writes to Friendless George
Cassata.
OTHERS ARE REMEMBERED
Troops in Germany as Warmly
Appreciative Of Smokes
e.. as Ever.

George J. Cassata IL going to he a
happy soldier as soon as the mails bring
to him In Germany long letter Written
to him June 81 by a SUN Tobacco
Fund donor. The fund published his
letter Immediately after receiving from
the donor request for some soldiers
overseas addresses. The contributors
letter said this about Il:
"This mornings letter from George J.
Cassata was especially appealing. mas
much as he has no relatives or friends
/ wrote him a CHEEKY seven page letter
telling him all the news of the States
and inclosed a few good Jokes had
names you gave me on Thursday I have
also taken, and myself wrote to two of
the boys and my friends have written
to the others.
81 hope THE SUN keeps up it's good
work sending Tobacco to the boys still
over there and that your readers will
write TO some of the soldiers who re-
quest letters
Wounded Mans Address Missing.
A correspondent from Brooklyn asks
for the name and address of the soldier
who wrote to a donor Of the fund from a
French hospital. where he was an in
mate, saying that he had been wounded
and gassed and had a pretty miserable
time, but that he was never too sick to
enjoy SUN fund smoke" This letter
was shown to the fund by the contributor.
Niiss Ford. and after extracts had been
made from It the letter was returned 10
lar Ttru GrTy Ia
fully unable to comply with this corre-
spondent's request
There has never been a doubt in the
mind OF the smoke fund that its donors
gladly complied with the requests made
by various soldiers from time to time
for letters from this country. The SYM
pathy existing between the fighting men
and the donors OF this fund has been
close and warm. but as was perhaps
natural after the signing of the armistice
and the gradual return of the soldiers to
this country their need for letters, &C,
did not seem SO urgent. and its Is human
nature to put of doing the thing that
isn't essential at the moment
These EXCUSES would not appeal to
the lonesome soldier in Germany no
matter how long an interval had elapsed
from the signing of the armistice to the
signing Of the peace treaty. but II In
diers in the forlorn position of Cassata.
who wrote that he was without relatives
or friends. 1t was considered a duty by
THE SUN Tobacco Fund to publish the
names OF all soldiers who desired to
get personal word from this country.
The fund fully believes that It's donors
accepted this duty and carried 1t out.
A recent visitor Of THE SUN Tobacco
Fund was F. B. Hess, formerly of Com
pany e. Thirteenth Engineers. whose
home Is in this city. He landed In this
country April 20 and was discharged
May IA in Chicago. AS soon as possible
after returning to this city he came in to
see THE SUN Tobacco Fund to thank II
for favors received while he was abroad
end to add to the general statement of
gratitude to the fund in which all men,
bers of the A. z. F. share. Shortly be-
fore he sailed for home in April there
vas a distribution OF smokes from THE
SUN and Private Hess received a large
package OF Piedmonts and a package of
Prince Albert tobacco which was suf-
fcient to last him all the way from
St. NaZaire to Chicago.
In the mail from Europe. which was
delivered to the fund yesterday, there
were many cards from soldiers in the
Army of Occupation who may be on
their way back before the fund hears
from them again. A card to a Sun
fund donor. signed by Paul r. Frenies OF
Company Z. First Engineers, First Divi-
e.on. says this:
II wish to let you know the tobacco
sent over by THE SUN Tobacco Fund
reached here Germany safely and in
the issue I Jared we'll 30 that I want
10 express my gratitude to the fund and
the contributor who paid for the smokes.
THE SUN Tobacco Fund and its dona-
tons are appreciated highly by us sol
diers many of whom have often partici-