Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1919-01-28
CHRISTMAS CARDS BRING
SOLDIER APPRECIATION
Local Red Cross Chapter Sent
Number OF Cards And Just
Now Getting Responses
LOCAL BOY ANSWERS

III Christmas cards sent local sol-
diers by the anne Arundel Red Gross.
through Miss Nell Ennis secretary OF
welfare work. have achieved results OF
practical nature ais well as bringing
most appreciatiye responses from
many OF the soldiers across the
ocean
The cards have had the effect Of
bringing many of these young Ken in
touch With this phase of the Red Cross
work. and Informing them. for the nrnt
time. Of the things that the organise
tion could and would do for them and
their loved ones at home, In conae-
Quence, there have been many anQlaAr-
les from the soldiers and many re-
quests for just the service that the
welfare work IL doing 10 effectively.
The organization did not realize the
importance along this line when they
sent the little Christmas greetings to
the soldiers across the seas.
A very beautiful postal card from
Corporal Edgar Il Porter was receiv-
ed. 1t ls decorated by some remark
able French embroidery and bears this
message Just few lines ii appre-
citation OF your kind consideration for
me Mat the New Year be very pros
porous for you and your good work.
The following very interesting let
ter was written by First Lieut. Roger
v. Parlett. who Is stationed In the
American Convalescent Camp No. 78O,
III France
"The Annapolis Chapter Of the Red
Cross, Miss Nell Ennis, secretary
Dear friends
Please accept my appreciation for
your Christmas card which reached
me at the end OF real Red Cross
X mas Day The work that the Red
Cross has done for the At u. f. during
this terrible war Is known by every
one and appreciated most BY us. but
let me tell you of our Christmas
There are forty-seven hundred con
vaIeacent American soldiers III this Inn
mense tent city and three Red Cross
.officers, Including Capt. DonavEEa, an
eatfmable New York city Iawyer. we
were up at $50 Christmas morntng
Every oflicer In n tacehmpa wd-sld:
Every ofEicer Ii the camp was up and
passing through the tents left pair
of Red Cross socks hsaping full Of
candy, nuts. figs. cigarettes. etc. ON
each cot Not many Of the men moved
-at the time. but Ii was cheerful and
lusty Merry Christmas that followed
me from the tent, but the most cheer
ful times was to follow
Five army trucks, each IN charge
OF, an officer and carrying an army
bugler. left hers at 7.30 d. d and Il .
q. M, was back with one hundred and
seventy Saint Pierre school children,
between the ages of and 10 years of
age. The boys had heard Of the ru-
NOR and were waiting 10 grab the
lkiddies as they came up When you
realize that these children have hid no
real ChTisfnlas for i've years and hap
piness personified. marked every move
lnent, our boys practically fought t0
carry them to the hut and one simply
couldn't move, the men were 30
crowded around that dancing, laughing
circle Of kiddies When Santa came II
there was grand rush for him and
NOT single child was forgotten. The
bag of candy, nuts, hgs and the toys.
The average child at home. would have
been disappointed but these people
haven't had any sugar for their c0fnss
since 1914 and candy WAS unknown.
The happiness of those kiddisa
made the day happier for us and Il
was all furnished by the He'd.
Cross and without our chapters as
home we could moi hare had such The
Red Cross has done 10 much for us II
IS impossible 10 enumerate them, but
each and every man Of the Al 3.
viii always remember with pride The
American Red Cross
Here's hoping they may have
prosperous New Year q