The sun., 1919-05-15
DEVIL DOGS JOIN
IN THANKS TO FUND
Marines Pleased and Surprised
as Tobacco Comes Into
Rhineland.
HELP IN BATTLE SHOWN
Everybody in Company Had
Share in Smokes, One
Soldier Writes.

The Devil Dogs" first Of the Ameri-
can troops to enter Germany. are envious
OF their comrades who have left II, and
may keep their place In the guarding Of
the Rhine until the full peace treaty pro-
visions go into effect. This division,
whose reputa ton is second to none in
tho army for reckless bravery, have beer,
profuse in th.ir gratitude to THE SUN
Tobacco Fund for smokes given to them
In Germany.
It was, in fa,st, by means Of q letter
written to the fund by devil dog" that
the news filtered to the general appre-
hension that this indomitable division,
following its record of being first in the
place Of danger. was In Germany. Since
then the expression Of surprise and graft
tude from this early correspondent has
been reiterated many times by other
devil dogs" The gratitude was, Of
course, for the ssolace of tobacco sent to
them by the smoke fund. and the sur.
prise was because, the tobacco fund had
20 quickly followed them into enemy
territory
In mail received as late as the last Of
April cards and letters are arriving from
these soldiers. Private James w. Gala
CHER of Company B! has been carrying
q donors card (THD SUN Tobacco Fund
card giving name of donors) for a
year. and at last he writes to that indi-
yidual, Martin Vogel, to explain his long
silence.
The letter Is sent from Rengsdorf,
Germany. where he finds time to say
that received the tobacco for which he IL
returning thanks Just about q year
ago; that is. about April 1913. and I
sure did enjoy the smokes you sent me
then.
THE postal card inclosed by THE Sum
Tobacco Fund have been carrying with
me ever since. 1t has gone through all
the battles have been in, and I guess
you know these were some battles /
have been through them all never was
ten minutes away from my company.
Smokes Helped dn Battle.
'T always intended to write to you
because the time had your particular
smokes was the time needed them most.
I have had several times since share
In the tobacco sent by the fund, but no
smokes have ever made me forget what
you did for me then.
well. II Is all over now and ever
since I have been In Germany / have
been having q good time. Some day
shall be back in New York and when
am have list OF some of the men
and women who did things for the boys
through THE SUN Tobacco Fund and
am going to try to see them all and
to treat them II they will permit me to-"
Mess-Sergeant Joseph Schotte OF Com
pany /, Twenty-sixth Infantry. First Di-
vision. has written under date OF April
% to donor w. o. Briggs from George
hansen. Germany. to acknowledge
smokes received then, He says:
"Your tobacco reached US to-day. II
was very much appreciated by all the
men In the company who unite in send
Ing you their thanks and regardS"
More than half of the mail from the
soldiers nowadays arrives from Ger
many and the news to be drawn from
the cards and letters would indicate
their complete well being while doing
guard duty and in nearly all cases they
speak Of the polite treatment they are
receiving from German civilians. An
other thing often noted is the complete
absence OF signs OF suffering by war in
the Rhine Valley and II Is likely that
this rich region did not suffer acutely.
None of the soldiers seem to take the
polite attitude of the Germans as any
thing but a polite way for them to act.
Most of the boys say that as a matter
of fact they have very little to do with
the Germans and not much to say TO
ders Is likely.
In the letter of Bennett C. Bray OF
Company II. Twenty-eighth Infantry. &C.
ours this comment: I'VE do not care to
have much to do with the people and
take greater interest in the scenery.
need not tell you that the country here
RuBpach, Germany. is celebrated for Its
scenery 1 have taken 1t all in AND
enjoyed II.
NOW our thoughts are about getting
back to the good old U. s. A. again. Al
you no doubt know the First Division
was first In everything but getting home
The tobacco sent to us through THE 81
fund was received here on April "a and
most thankfully received. 1t was equally
divided among the boys
Thanks and Again Thanks.
From Nordhofen, Germany. on April
20 comes this card to donor Mrs. Rob
: ert Baittger from Private James ]. Con
dey of Company l.. Eighteenth Infantry
First Division: I'VE received your kline
Gift of tobacco some time ago and
have Just learned that none Of the boy'
has as yet written to thank you. 30
assume that honor. We are very much
obliged and beg to tell you that we en-
joyed the smokes more knowing they
came from home. sent by someone who
thinks of US away off here. II there
has been delay in sending back Gu
thanks it Is because each one of the
boys thought that George would do 1t
Thanks again"
These soldiers. Joseph A. Farrell
Michael A. Heaney, John j. Eberlint
and Leroy Young of Company II. Tween
ty-sixth Infantry. First Division. sen
a card of thanks to donor John p. Nor
gan on April % from Heilegemoth, Ger
many.
And from Long Camp, Germany, OF
April rs, Private John IL Kimball wrot'
to donor Jerome Danzig to thank hin
cordially for tobacco sent over by TIL
SUN. Kimball is with Headquarter
Company, 343d Field Artillery. Every
body in the company had a share o
= the smokes.
Eugene Sanguier il a Brooklyn DO!
with an address at 769 Barley street
He was at Neufchateau, France. whei
he wrote to thank the Machinery Clul
for smokes received and shared by tn
boys OF the r r. and C Company 2
'aThere are quite a number OF New Yorl
and Brooklyn boys in this organization
and II gives us great pleasure to know
that our dear ones at home have no
forgotten US"
appeared a regular. which is an allot
ment made to the widow of a soldier b.
the War Department. As she receive
these allotments she regularly turn
them into the fund. as she is In a larg,
measure self-supporting. But such
contribution ought to give inspiration u