BBaBavanBjpBBMBaBBaBBBBBlBBBBJiaBBMBrwqiaBBJpBaaaaBViiaiaiaj. aa t ''. -'"'( U3fr?'"gT:'g ff J .JUT -v-t-ftT" vmmmtwww 1 us VENINa PUBLIC' LEDGERS-PHILADELPHIA; WEDNESDAY, JUNE 5, 918 1 ..' r tv I.A-.J , V ' l-fv. rMi3L w J ffr-Ml ,1; w ' r, ki ftT . s n I i . WrAlWCVT VAMTA 'MTTW f ww ij'i'i i iii iijifinin iiii'ji v Bright News for Home Folks From Boys in the Service m (1 ' WfM DAPC AT MffAIW Tfjui uniw ni uiuniu kiLfl f fe Several From Philadelphia Will Go to Camp Lee for I . Commissions PRAISE BY INSTRUCTORS Mis Margaret Wilson, President's Daughter, Will Sing at Camp Tonight and Tomorrow From a Staff Correspondent Camp Meade, Admiral, Md June 5. Another batch of Pennsylvanlans have received the glad tidings that they are to be given commissions and hae de parted for Camp Lee, Petersburg, Va , where the gold bars worn by second lieutenants can be attached to their shoulder straps. Among them are several men from Philadelphia who came hero as raw rookies only a fevf months ago. All of the men are graduates of the third offi cers' training camp and go to Camp Lee for assignments In the Infantry re placement unit being organized at that cantonment. Prom the 315th Infantry (Phlladel phla's dun) the following men have been picked for this service: Xorman S. White, David M. Kllng, Edgar L Smith, George L Llndsley and Walter J. Reeves The 3Hth Infantry, an all-Pennsyl- , vanla unit and admitted to fe one of the best Infantry outfits In the National Army, sends Harry J. Sehaffer. Norman C. Stltler and Ildgar W. Montell. 810th Infantry StncU Four The 316th Infantry, another all-Penn-pylvanla unlf, sends John F. Ulrlch, James N. Stephens, John D Brady and 'Elmer R Ranker Albert W. Hill hai been sent from the 304th Engineers, and John D Hospelhorn from the headquar ters of the 157th Infantry Brigade. Royal C. Johnson, who gae up a seat In Congress to don a suit of olive drab, Is also In the bunch, representing the 3I3th Infantrv The maofilnc-gun battalions at Little Penn have made euch rapid strides that ranking officers at this camp have no hesitancy In say ing that they rank with any similar units In France. Unfortunately, the censor at this camp will not permit their wonder ful scores to be published, but If that re possible they would offer little comfort to the Kaiser's agents In this section With their I.evvl and Brown ing guns they are on the ranges every day and absorbing the machine-gun rules of modern warfare In a manner that Is highly pleasing to the Instructors Major Llebenuood, the British In structor, sas that his pupils can shoot; that fhey can lay down excellent bar rages and that they can shift positions with any machine gunners he has ever rnet This tribute from an officer who has spent two vears In the trenches ought to be worth more than any com ment tnat the censor will permit news paper men to make. Many of the machine gunners have been given commlss'ons and In today's which are mo louovving who go to Camp Lee: From the 310th Machine Gun Bat- tatlon, Joseph R Umsted From the 311th Machine Gun Bat talion, 'Thomas J Law, Allen E. Gilpin, William J, Bushwaller and Paul H. I , Parker. From the 312th Machine Gun Bat- , ' tallon, David Mackle and Harold C. Schaeffer. Captain Raffray to Wed The visit of Captain Jacques Raffray, of the Ninety-sixth Infantrv, French army, to Little Penn has been very profitable, for besides enjoying the ex perience of training the Liberty Divi sion, he has won an American bride. The L dapper Frenchman, according to an an nouncement made today, will marry. In the very near future, Miss Mary H. Kirk, daughter of Mr and Mrs Henry C. Kirk. Jr., of Roland Park, a suburb of Baltimore, Captain Raffray was In Rqme at the outbreak of the war, but arrived home In time to participate In the Marne campaign He was wounded three times In the three years that he served the tricolor of France and will return to France when the Liberty Divi sion goes over. Little Penn Is dressing up today In honor of Miss Margaret Wilson, daugh ter of President Wilson. She will arrive early this evening and sing at two con certs In V. M C. A. huts She will re peat her concert tomorrow nlgnt at the main auditorium of the T. From Washington comes the tip that President Wilson may motor to camp and if he does he will, find Meade's 40.000 on hand to greet him royally. The raids on Meade arc not confined to the'men In uniform, for today It was f announced that Miss Mary Truman, ex ecutive head of the Y. W. C. A hostess house, had resigned In order to take a position with the1 Philadelphia organiza tion. , Forty-four Men Transferred Forty-four men have been transferred ' from the Medical Department at this , camp to Camp Lee Most prominent nmong the men Is Corporal Edward J. Carpenter, who has figured In several ,WnvEMNO Ledger "Bob" letters Car- . penter, while a member of an English if ambulance companv. attempted to rescue I an officer who had fallen In the first Ypres campaign and as he lifted the officer from tho ground a German bomq exploded. Carpenter was nearly blinded, and was dlscliarged-a few month later. Careful treatment restored his sight, and being In this country when war was de clared, ha joined the American Hospital Swvlce. Others who figure In this move- mtr.t are: Berg eait, first class, William V. White- wav tin cnargej ; sergeant Artnur uu- bault, Corporal James J, Lecuyer, Cor- jx-ral Louis C. Zlenmann; private, first clast, Warren J. Smith: private, first o!m, Ralph M. Sperry : Privates August Pannypacker, Joseph J, English, John - Kavaffo, Harry W. Selp. Edward Keith. Km 11 afoser. J. Edward r. Keenan. Wll Ham J7 Shield, Nicholas Mayo, Raymond ,J. Dla.r-.ond, Joseph W. Dowlln, William D. Kulp, Gabriel Liberator, William Uautakos, Howard W. Magee, Bernard U McNally, Arthur S. Weed, Frank Marvel, William F. Burns, Laurence Blssett, Bernard' Cooney, Aato Cibl, Samuel J. Semarco, John H. Gangway, John M. Gelger, Domlnlco Gentile, Harvey B. Hall, Lincoln R. Hoagland Awerka. Hluczyk, John. Hunt, Sam Karem. John L. Krause, Nelson Miller. ' Raymond Miller, John Okelskl, George tP. St. 'Germain, Samuel H. Smith and Raymond Fullager. Draftees to Learn Specialties '. - . Newark. Del , June 5 An engineering via 'tralnlnr school for drafteen will t m. .tabllshed at Delaware College this sum- , mer to last tour monins. pians have been made to train 400 men In rn. 4s Klneerlng wont, specializing with auto ? t mobiles. Two hundred will corrte to III ) Newark July 1 and remain, until Sep jO Umber T, and 200 on the last date to . .naln until VnttmhAr ' ' Millville Soldieri Are Safe ji JUlTllle. N. iJ June 5. Word has ft -, aw ;nen receivea uui sergeant uiearneld 7ad and uorporsj tieorge Bailey, of lllvllle, and Corporal Joseph Rowley, J Pnrt Nnrrlit- hftd arrlipri In Pranpa isWalAwrmmn were received from WaRhlnv. announcing mat joman snropsnire .Walter, Krause, who wero on board IN MAY MAY has como with all Its splendor, Nature wears tho smiles of spring, Buds burst Into blossoms tender, Joyfully the birds now sing. The radiant sun In all her glory Shines upon the earth below; No words used In song nor story Could her unmatched beauty show. Twilight comes, the sun descending Far bejond the wooded hill. Leaves the dav In darkness ending) ignt prevails, sercno ana euii. At this hour, when moonlight, glowing, Tints the landscape, lake and wood, Memories come ; 'tis now I'm knowing My loneliness and solitude. WESLEY B. CONKLINO. Army Signal Schools, France. Following Is a copy of a Mother's Day letter received by Mrs Samuel O. Conk ling, 3533 North Twenty-second street, WESLEY B. CONKLING from her son, Wesley B Conkllng, con nected with the aviation corps In France as a wlrelees operator. The letter was dated Mothers Day and- was received Monday. Conkllng Is not quite nineteen years old Before enlisting he attended the Germantown High School Ho Is now first-class private The verses above show that he Is also a first-class poet. The letter reads: May 12, 1918. My dear Mother: , Today Is Mother's Day and all the bos here are wearing a white flower for remembrance I have not received any letter from home as jet, but expect some within a week or so Time goes quickly here. A month passes as if It were a few day3 I know that jou would liko me to tell jou what I am doing, but everj thing connected w Ith my location and kind of work Is censored But I know that ou will he satisfied to hear that I am well, happy and well fed The letters written today by tho boys, marked "Mother Letter," receive special care and quick delivery. My pictures will be done Thursday and I will send a few as soon as I get them Givo my love to the family. Write often to Your loving son, WESLEY. Following are letters from soldiers to the soldiers' clubs. The Soldiers' Club Is composed of employes of the Smith, Kline & French Company, Each employe contributes five cents a week. The,money Is used to send remembrances to the men who are serving their country. One letter from First Sergeant Lloyd Krlps, in France, reads In part as fol low s; As you probably know by this time, I have received that other box from Smith, Kline . French I cannot begin to say how much it was appreciated ever thing In It, the little nonsensical RAID GIVES IMPETUS I TO MARINE SERVICE LocarTTecruiting Board Bases Call for Seamen on U-Boat Foray "Let's show the Germans they can't scare us a little bit" So reads an appeal sent out today by William C Rice, local chief of the sea service bureau, a branch of the shipping board's recruiting service, the duty of which Is to provide seamen for the mer chant marine. And Mr Rice, whose headquarters are In the Bourse, Is con fident that his appeal will not go un heeded, what with the American spirit of adventure and a desire to be avenged upon the German marauders for thjlr tecent depredations off the coast. "For those who seek excitement," said Mr. Rice, "this particular branch of the service offers exceptional opportunities, to say nothing of a chance to take a shot at the sea wolves and attain lasting glory. Seamen are needed most of all. although there Is also a dearth of deck and engine-room officers. Here Is an opportunity for joung men who do not care for life In the National Armj to do their bit In a picturesque, adven turous, thrilling service, for enrollment In the merchant marne carries with It absolute exemption from the draft. "The risk taken by recruits Is not with out its compensation, for bonuses are awarded by the Government for voyages Into -the war zones, and the salaries pam tiro mo juguesi Known, ao ex perience Is necessary, apprentices being trained ox Government echoolships at the Government's expose, a month or six weeks completing the course." TALKS FOR ARMY STUDENTS Bnimbauah May Visit at Mount Gretna Camp Today Mount Gretna, Fa , June 5 Lectures occupied the close attention of student officers of the Pennsylvania Reserve Militia In their tranlng camp here. Fdr the most part, they marked the second stage of the progressive program of In struction which Jias been carefully mapped out for five days of school work. Advanced stages of, physical culture, Including boxing, were treated by former Lieutenant W. A, Rogers, following which the regimental commanders sent their men through a vigorous drlll Ma jor U. A. Weiss, of Pittsburgh, surgeon on the brigade staff, talked on personal hygiene, and Captain Samuel H. Heller, surgeon of the First Regiment, gave his second lecture on sanitation. Admtnls-, tratlon work was discussed by Colonel J. M. Leaman, assistant adjutant aen- era), and Colonel C, Benton .Long, of fenTw ifli i inr n i p owwsww s.. nmTrrrrTrlr. j things as much as the other more serv iceable and substantial things. Thank the ones who thought of them for me. ( They help an awful lot In breaking the monotony In our spare time (when we have nny) And that pillow 1 That Is one of the finest things I have received and I have nearly to put a lock and chain on It to keep It, as every one who laa ees on It tries to pinch It But believe me, I keep my cs on It Again I thank jou all who had a part In making up that box, It was fine You ought to hear me trjlmr to epeak French. One can hardly call It French, as no Frenchman can recog nize It or own It as his language But,) we all have to make some kind of a stab at It In this section because, jou see, we are attached to the Trench army and we see very little of any thing else except Frenchmen, artd very few of them speak any English, but we get along pretty good considering At least I can find my way around and i get something to cat, so I am not ho very bad off At present we are situated In a tvpl cil French village. There are tnou sands just like It all over France In fact, there are no cities except a few that we In America would call 'a large tlty' The people treat u great Nothing seems to be too much trouble or too good for us We have been In quite a few places where we were the first AmHpan - a,.n nn n!irlv pprv Place the first American soldiers Ana I we can get evcrv thing there is In the place and p-ij very little for It, too The houses jou will find are nearlv alwajs one-storied places, often with thatched roofs Unless It is a good- I sized town jou will find each owner has a courtvard Around this are his home, barn, chicken house, woodshed, haj stacks, etc In other words, the farmers group together In a village and have their lands stretching out In alt direc tions over the countrjslde And the courtvard' Some of lh prettiest Ecenrs I ever saw hill and allej as far as jou can see all dif ferent colors for tho different grains growing there jut like a crazv quilt All this except when vou get up near the front. Then everjwheie jou look Is desolation The airplanes ' One of the mot fascinating scenes I have ever seen Is the airplanes in the ky Sometimes onlj one, more often a numbei of them up to as high as thlrtj at one time Some of them seeming onl" a couple of hundred feet up others so high jou tan onlj see them t.irough a pair of prettv powerful glasses And you will ec what looks like little puffs of white or black totton all around them Onlv bursting shells tome very close, borne far nwaj" Oh, It certalnlv Is exciting and thrill ing So much to In fact that jou stand and watch it while in all probability shells tre falling unheeded aiounil vou: and certain pieces of broken shell, some large and some smill, aro hitting the ground within a verv few feet of vou When jou get your permission jou go traveling over France to some place or other, possibly Paris That Is the one wonderful place, believe me' Evcrv thlng and evervbody Is jours for the asking or taking, or. on rare occasions. , buying I think that all of France has I conspired together lo send all the I beautiful Into Paris animate and In- I amlnate together. Oh, jes; the women are Included In that. The other letter Is from John H. Murt. who is In a naval aviation training camp at Charleston. S C Murt writes I am the prqud owner of jour useful package, which came to me as a pleas ant surprise The pillow Is great, and since I have slept In my hammock swing, eight feet from the floor, with a rolled pair of trousers for a pillow, jou can bet It Is Just heaven to place my head on a soft pillow once again The socks are fine, just the thing I have enjojed the candles and the chew ing gum came In good, as we get very thlrstj here on the rifle range In the blazing sun Going Into the service Is Just like starting all over again Everj thing Is different, but we are thankful that we have ones back home who do not forgot us It Is the little letters that arp price less as the days pass h for thev are from home and tell of places and things we are all well acquainted with and kno about PENNSYLVANIA FLIERS RILLED IN ACCIDENTS' John J. Earner, of Philadel phia, and Couder6port Man Reported in Fatal Accident Houston, Tex., June 5 When their plane became unmanageable and crashed to the ground, Private John Earner, of Philadelphia, was killed and Lieutenant Elmer N. Pay slightly Injured at Elling ton Field. San Diego, Cal , June 5 In a collision between two airplane", 200 feet above 'Rockwell Field. North Island, Civilian Instructor Stanley Cojle, twentj -seven years old, of Coudersport, Pa , was killed and Fljing Cadet Elwvn Chapman, twenty-six jears old, of Brookline, Mass , badly Injured today Both machines were nearlng the land ing place when the accident occurred Coyle's airplane crashed to the earth, while the other, driven by a lieutenant, managed to glide to safety Chapman suffered fractures of both legs, his left arm and his jaw. He waa taken to the hospital at. Fort Rosecrans MUNITIONS SUPPLY GRQWS British Production This Ahead of Last Year Far Itrlford, England, Maj' 5 The par liamentary secretary to the Minister of Munitions, F. G. Kellaway announces that the Increases for the first two months .of the year compared with the first two months of 1917 were: Light guns, 30 per cent ; medium guns. 57 per cent; heavy guns, 38 per cent; machine guns, 96 per cent; i-hells, S3 per cent: tanks, 39 per cent: airnlanp 323 per cent; aero engines 215 per cent The average weekly production of I airplanes, he said, equaled the average production for two months In 1913, l.l1n nnA iiraaC'a nm.t ,n. Inn .. .- ,- - mil, a uitv co a ,, uuuw.tui, u, lliacfl',16 guns equaled that of five months In 1915. fcSMAUfMritoAKSEEm Don't limp about; corns are not ?? necesurv. Go to your druffffttt. VA Tell him jrpu want A. F, Pierce's g Corn, Plasters. He will tell you W wii mcr nave uccu win 'lor 10 K years with a positive money-back Ws guarantee. For 25c he. will aril X& i you a green box containing plasters z to treat 8 corns. For 10c you can Z& buy a vest-pocjtet package containing ; iiviuneni ior a corm. uh aa per : utmuou ami you toil unc9 mora run or oancc wits comiort, y mw H you prefer. c Wlptkrop .. 114 West , A Personal Request to You THE WAR CHES1 N. The War Chest is not yet full, to overflowing. Altho' upwards of 400,000 citizens have contributed, the Committee would welcome every one of the other 2,000,000 residents of Philadelphia, and the Counties of Bucks, Chester, Delaware and Montgomery. , We all know the Allied Army is fighting a desperate battle, in France. The German Submarine has taken its toll off our Atlantic Coast. Now Is the This great work for our Soldiers and Sailors needs your help, surely you will not fail RUSH to the nearest Bank, Trust Company, or to your employer W to ; our Central Headquarters! . ,' E. 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