The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-06-14
TROOPS ON RHINE
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Write to "Sun" Tobacco
Fund Donors.
FOE MASSING, SAYS ONE
German Soldiers Quitting
Bridgeheads' Vicinity and
Withdrawing Material.
FOE MAssINa, SAYS ONE

letter. which read In part a. follows:
AL through the Rhine Valley whore
there are American troops / found hardly
any who had not benefited by tho kind
ness Of THE Som and Is friends at
isass once and oftsn twice A. the
to the Army Of Occupation they are the
more obliged.
TN my furiough I picked UP q few
observations that show. q seems to me,
that we are not going 20 have AZ easy
Q time AZ anticipated II the Allies are
forced to march further east into Ger
many. read In the Cobiens papers
how all materials Of war were being
taken away from the departments next
70 those occupied by US or the F-onch
or the English. The people themselves
are my authority for reporting that ali
German soldiers are retreating from
the sectors near the bridgehead.
Much Sent to CasseI.
where they are massing and where
the materials Of war are being as
sembled might be valuable news to the
commanders Of the allied forces.
In Coblenz was told that the trans
portation- Of material from the Frank
Tort zone began late in April A large
part of this material was sent In the
direction of Cassel. but / couldn't find
out where 1t was to be massed. This
town OF Cassel is one the line directly
In front of us Americans and we should
advance toward 1t II the Allies gave the
order to penetrate further into Ger
many.
AS no doubt you have heard MANY
times we are all willing to march again
and perhaps some Of US would like moth
tng better. but we do not think the
Germans would be so mad as to bring
this about. A few days will decide now,
and then we shall know when we are
coming back home. Although what
saw on my furlough excited my Curl
osity l am inclined to think these move
ments are political and that after the
signatures OF the Germans are attached
to the peace treaty we will get Western
marching orders. As soon as I get
mine / shall write you again and mean
while accept my thanks for tobacco.
AND please return my thanks to THE
pun, who forwarded 1t safely"
1t occasionally happens that a donor
receives in a batch Of soldiers mail n
great number of cards which the men
IN the same company have sent over In
acknowledgement OF tobacco gifts, each
man writing Independently and ignorant
OF the TACT that his mates have sent back
thanks. Mrs. Robert Baittger will re-
ceive six cards sent from Germany on
May "a by the following members of
Headquarters Company. Tenth Field Ar
tiilery, whose postal address Is U. S. A..
1tO: Sergeant BENJAMIN Carspe. PR.
Yates Frank Crow and George Ryboslow-
eky, Corporal Fred Parrish ana Priyates
B. Cohne and Edward Dix.
The Irving Club Is as fortunate in the
souvenir cards which have come for it
recently. These are from men of the
same organization. Tenth Field Artil-
lery. but of different units. This letter n
the Irving Club Is from Private Walter
10 Mcmillan of Battery r. Tenth r. A. :
The members Of this battery received
The tobacco donated by members of
your club and wish to thank you one
and all for 1t. The men of this COM
mand really enjoyed the smokes and
feel very grateful to you people for
sending 1t over to them"
The Tenth Field Artillery is stationed
At kruft. Germany.
Yachtsmen Get Cards.
The Atlantic Yacht Club likewise is
receiving many cards these days from,
Germany. This club gave a vaudeville
entertainment for THE SUN Tobacco
Fund at its club house at Sea Gate
tConey 1sland). which IL remembered
as one OF the many truly enjoyable az
fairs dedicated to the smoke fund.
A card to the yacht club dated May
81. was written by Private Joe Fisher,
who gives his home address at Cleye.
IA. j. Ohio. He was in the Regimental
lnhrmary Of the Seventh United States
infantry at Andernaoh on the Rhine
when he sent 1t over, saying:
I'VE sure must hand It to your club
for thinking of the boys over here and
sending SO much tobacco that every man
Jack OF US has plenty to smoke now. All
the boys have plenty OF smoking and
believe me they enjoy II. We all hope
TO leave the Rhine soon and shall be
glad TO see our own land again. Many
OF, US are old stagers now in Europe"
William H. Hess is another corre-
spondent of the Atlantic Yacht Club
mailing his card from the same place as
the above. He is member OF the Med
ical Department and his home in the
States Is at 1921 Fort Hamilton Park.
way. Brooklyn. He writes:
We do hereby acknowledge receipt
OF beaucoup Bull Dsfham tobacco, and
the boys are now rolling their own, We
are enjoying every inhale. As nv own
home Is on the line toward the yacht club
mouse, 1t seems to me like personal to-
bacco. We wish to thank you very
warmly for your interest in us"
On May &c Private Carlos p. Osbun
OF Company d, Fourth Infantry, Third
Division, wrote to w. ]. McAneeny, a
fund donor:
Thinking you would be Interested In
knowing how far your tobacco has trav-
s!led. / write to tell you that Il has
reached the Army OF Occupation In Ger
many. wish also to say that good
Old tobacco did its part in winning the
war. While We were on the lines a
pack OF smoking tobacco or q cigarette
was as welcome a. q letter from home
would have been. and more welcomed
than bit OF hot chow, although We
often needed the latter. I can tell Thu
Sun Tobacco Fund that a fellow IN bat
lie without smoke 10 a fellow lost.
your donation Ii the best we have
got lately. and every soldier In this
company. including myself, Is very
tiAnkiu! FOR 1t. Our appreciation of a
gooc smoke can no: be overestimatsd, .
Gets HIS in MonreaI.
Private John Jenkins. "a Broohlynite,"
belongs to Company A. Thirtieth Infan-
~. Third Division. His letter from
Germany L. o. K.'d by Lieut.. Z. Wood,
New Yorker" The writer says TO n
fund donor:
received package OF smoking to-
eecoo yesterday. May 20. sent over by
THE SON, and, reading you name on
inc caro- inclossd by the newspaper. I
am Cropping you this line to lie. You
khe~ the tobacco has tavelled TO Mon
Trsi' Germany, about thirty tIloneters
I'm I'm Coo4enI' Thanking you for the
toha"to very gratefully"
OSAor Phil Russell Is addressad IA,
ssieeAn: JOAN r. Crosby OF COMPANY n
1hlrIath Infantry, thus ~