The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-02-04
FUND SMOKES KEEP
PACE WITH TROOPS
Messages From Soldiers Show
Distribution Of Tobacco
Covers Wide Area.
MEDICINE TO WOUNDED
Patients in Hospitals Tell
Donors Their Gifts Help
Recovery.

A new contributor To THE SrN To-
hscco Fund who says she intends to Join
the regulars has selected an American
soldier abroad in whom she became In
terested through letter c-om him, pub
lished In this column. She desires 70
make a special contribution TO him. and
adds she would like to have most OF her
contributions expended for the boys IN
the Army OF Occupation and for ;he New
England National Guard in tho twenty
sixth Division. now In France.
Another donor suggests that the to-
haeco sent overseas be given to the SOL
oilers as they board ships to 'cturn home
His theory rs that the boys will enjoy
the passage more II they are supplied
with smokes.
Messages coming from the soldiers in
dictate that no distinction is made In the
distribution of smokes. All get their
share Gifts OF tobacco follow the sol
diers TO the Rhenish frontier they seek
the soldiers in out of the way places In
France they give solace to the wounded
in hospitals, and go 10 soldiers under
orders to go on board transports for
home.
Marine Guard ]. Jack Lebowttz,
New York man. has written a long and
interesting letter to a fund donor saying
that the tobacco which reached him in
a hospital had put new life into him. He
says: ION the Chateau Thierry drive
WAS one OF the lucky ones. for l was
only wounded and gassed. and after
few weeks in the hospital, when ! was
able TO walk around again, | asked the
doctor to be allowed to go back to my
outfit He laughed at me at first, but in
week | did get back just In time for the
drive on the Scissors front.
saved His Lieutenant.
The first day | got by all right, but
the second day was wounded and again
fassed. ! helped bandage n Lieutenant
who was badly shot up, and when this
was done he asked me would 7 kindly
70 down to the first aid station and get
stretcher to take him away. There
vas heavy shell FIRE. but got there all
right only 10 find that all the stretchers
were out, so when went back to the
Lieutenant I told him would try TO get
him down by myself He had been
wounded twice more while lying there
waiting for me to get back. ] started
down with him. was gassed on the way
and when we were within 500 yards Of
the first aid station got hit in the wrist
and collapsed They took us both in, and
have been laid UP ever since, but thank
God ! am we'll enough TO enjoy THE SUN
smokes and TO observe the holidays"
Mrs. Samuel Bridgman will receive
card of thanks from Jim y. Without OF
Company +, Twelfth Engineers, which
will repay her for her contribution to the
fund He writes: MY New Years day
was made very pleasant by your splendid
pipe tobacco present. whole carton. |
feel rich. for I have been without II for
seventeen long months Allow me to
thank you many. many times for your
kindness, for you've saved the life OF old
Jim"
seveal cards have come from Dudel-
6orf, Germany, among them this from
Musician III. T. Bryant OF Headquarters
Company 34l. Field Artillery: al
though we're strangers / call you dear
friend for no one but n friend would
lake the trouble 10 hunt US UP and send
over the very thing we most need. to-
hacco'
Smokes Make Happy Holidays.
Chief Mechanic George W. Devlne OF
BATTERY = Of the same regiment writes
r have spent my one and only Christ
mas and my one and only one New
Years Day in Germany, both bright
ened by the gifts OF tobacco sent to us
through THE Sun Tobacco Fund. II II
were not for this fund we tobacco lovers
would be without our smokes over here &"
SerttdHt w BENDER OF company ~,
Conva!escent Camp at Allefey. Saone ct
Loire, writes that the day tobacco
cached his platoon and himself through
THE SUN Tobacco Fund was the bright
est Of their stay in France.
"A smoke to Il soldier is like water
20 camel" writes Corporal Willie NJ
Smith. land I may tell you we have been
ONE thirsty NJ late"
Private Benjamin h. Douglas writes
10 John Curlay, a donor: I'VE are in an
solated part OF France. and nothing
we've received was more appreciated
han the cigarettes very kindly donated
ny you"
From La Rochelle comes card dated
January IL, written by Private n. r
stephens OF Company +, Thirty-nrst
Regiment. Transportation Corps, which
says: Many thanks for the tobacco.
which was sorely needed and Is delight
fully appreciated"
Lieut.. Bernsdorf Of Company T.. sI4th
Engineers, wrote 70 Mac Cunningham
from Nattenheim, Germany. The fags
the real stuff. Thanks to you, We have
enough for all the fellows. Thanks
from us all"
How the Fund stands To-day.
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