Smyrna times. [volume] (Smyrna, Del.) 1854-1987, 1944-08-24

1 am very glad that my mother,
Mrs. Walter Hill, sends me this
paper.
I am writing to ask you if you
will be kind enough to send me the
addresses of several of the Boys.
They are listed as follows: Sgt.
George C. Thawley, Sgt. Richard
L. Cochran and Cpl. James c. Lee
Compile.
1 would appreciate it very much
if you will get these to me prompt
ly.
Yours,
Cpl. William w. Hill
A. S. N. 32367s75
A. p. o. 308, C Postmaster
New York City, New York
balance of address on application
No sooner said than done, Cor
poral. The addresses you request
ed were sent via Air Mail to you
the day after your letter was re-
ceived by Dribbles. Hope you re-
ceived them without undue delay.
Course, you're in an area where
mail might be having a time catch
ing up with you right now. When
troops are on the move, anything
can happen. However, the mail
clerks are doing a wonderful job
right along. Perhaps, this will be
no exception. We hope We hope
we hope!
If there are any other names we
can help you with, drop us a line.
Well do our level best to keep you
in contact with your friends while
you are in the Service. Yes, and
all in the same breath, how about
keeping us posted as to your own
address whenever it changes?
That's the way to make this adj
dress business work. You'll get
the other fellows address, and he'll
get yours if you follow through.
What do you say, Corporal?
Right at the moment there are
quite a number of Smyrna-Clayton
soldiers over in your part of the
world. Perhaps you will be lucky
enough to run into some of them
one of these days before long. 1t
would be just the thing to cele-
brate your meeting in Paris. And
how.
Bill, we entered your name on
the columns Honor Roll under the
date of August 3rd, 1914. 1t is
quite possible that you have your
copy of snat issue now, and have
seen it listed. If not, it will be
along most any time.
Here's wishing you just lots of
good luck in your soldering over
there in Europe, and let us hear
from you.
Word has been received that
Cpl. Reynier S. Macklin, son of
Mrs. Emma M. Macklin, Clayton,
Delaware, is now serving in Pris-
oners of War Administration Com
pany in the Mediterranean theatre
| of war.
Little publicity has been given to
guarding and supervising prisoners
of war to date; however, it is a
highly important part of the duties
of the United States Army over
seas. Several hundred soldiers
more than half of whom have seer
extensive frontline action - are
handling the job of North Africa
under the direction of the Mediter.
ranean Base Section provost mar.
shall.
These soldiers receive the prison.
ers of war from higher headquart.
ers in the field. A processing
group interviews the prisoners, is
sues them prisoner serial mum
bers, takes their pictures an6
fingerprints them. They also col
lect personal data from the pris
oners, make out postal locator
cards for them, and process rec
ords which will be kept for the
duration of their internment.
An administration" group ther
takes over. These men, officer!
and enlisted personnel, operate the
many prisoners of war camps anC
stockades. They also feed, clothe
and house the prisoners.
Prisoners are divided into tw,
main categories. One includes al
Germans and those Italians WHIT
are considered, through records
and interviews, to be still enemie
of the United States. The othe
includes those Italians who's
sympathy with the Allied cause ha
been amply proved. These mel
are labelled as prisoners of wa
with special privileges.
This latter group has been or
ganized into labor battalions an,
service groups. The Italian ex
soldiers have been trained by tn
Americans with the results tina
the United States Army is nue.
less dependent on native labor, an
is free to send its own labor an
service units to more strategic lo
cations.
Yes! And this reminds us, w
have NOT heard direct from Corpor