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THE BROOKLYN DAILY EAGLE. NEW YORK, SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 8. 1918. THE EAGLE'S TWO PAGES OF SPECIAL MILITARY NEWS OF ARTHUR D. NOSWORTHY SUBMARINE CHASERS NEED MAGAZINES IS NOW AN ENSIGN TAKEN OUT OF LlfiE AT LAST MINUTE Three Dagger Boys in Navy; Two Have Been Torpedoed j-iNSIGN N.

RUDEXKAM of the U. S. submarine chaser No. 38, has War Letters to The Eagle Written by Brooklyn's Soldiers at the Front written a letter to "Mother Mac-Coll" of 540 Ocean avenue, thanking her for a collection of magazines which she had forwarded. "We have been at sea almost continually since receiving them," he writes, "and although it ia hard to Max Horrowitz of Brooklyn Lays All His Troubles to Hav- The three Dagger boys, who live with their -widowed mother at 2555 Church avenue and are well known in Flatbush, are all of them now in the U.

S. Navy service. They are Thomas Joseph Dagger 20 years old, S. C. I.

U. Si- N. R. Laurence Wilson Dagger. 19 years old, Y.

E. O. 2, fng Been Barn in Austria. (Special to The Eagle.) U. S.

N. R. and James Clifford Dagger, 22 years old, Reserve Engineer officer with the Army Transport Service, a branch of the Navy. The boys are. all members of the parish CH.VIXF.D TO TUKIR OCXS.

TOLD TO SHOCT "KAMFJIAD." From Leo Maher, In France, whose father is in Deputy City Clerk Scully's office: "My Dear Dad A few lines to let you know that I was on July 27, and at the present time I am doing nicely at the hospital. I hope to be back with my regiment again in a few weeks. "We arrived at the front just one day before the big drive started. As the Marines chased the Germans out of the Town of Chateau Thierry, we belle Ameritine, and I. a mother, am doing only that which snoiiiu like to have done for my son, at some time luter perhaps.

Private Londoner is sych a good hoy you can rest assured that he is scarcely ever out of my mind. So you see it is a double pleasure, we can make him feel as if he wore at home. Unfortunately, because we do not speak English, he is obliged to make rapid progress in French." The letter from her son, Raymonde, 12 years old, reads: "I have the great honor of writing to you in behalf of my sisters, my brother and myself, how happy we are to see Mr. Londoner every day. We love him vary much.

Ho speaks to us often of his dear father and mother ror the U-boat. She must have seen us coming, for she dived. We went right over the spot where she was last seen und released about six ash cans (depth charges). She never came up the second time, and I believe to this day she is resting peacefully at the of the Bay of Biscay "We caught up with the convoy and went along without seeSng any more U-boats for about three more hours. All the way down we kept within hailing distance of one of the ship-j.

"I had just come off watch at 8 clock and hud started to wash un and prepare to turn in, and a few other fellows were doing likewise. Altogether, with the men in their bunks, there were about twenty men in the compartment. "Suddenly a sharp explosion which was felt all over the ship caused the men to be thrown out of their bunks and I was thrown from one side of the ship to the other. I jumped up and made for the ladder. Tho men did not need any call to get out on deck we were all in a flash "Arriving on deck, we could plainly see the ship which only a minute bo- of R.

C. Church of the Holy Cross, in Flatbush. Camp Meade, September 7 Max Horrowitz of 295 South Second street, Brooklyn, stood in line recently with his comrades of the Fifty-seventh Engineers all dolled up in his overseas equipment and ready to start on the long trail to France. This was at Laurel, six miles from this camp, where the Fifty-seventh had been in training. The commander of the regiment went to the head of his The youngest of the brothers, Larry, has recently returned from France, where he was in active service in the war zone, having been there for the ARTHUB D.NOSWORTrfyUp past thlrten months, four months; of came up close oemnu mem nnu a.

tmy later our division was holding the front. The first three or four days we that it seems almost as if we knew you ourselves. And so I demand the which were spent in a hospital. In an accident on board a destroyer to Which rtA una nttnhoH Via hurl lilR privilege nf embracing you with all DORMAN NOS-mkull frnotiirod and after rornvprinir organization to say a few words and Max, all smiles, prepared to listen. At that moment, Horrowitz's company commander beckoned him out of line and whispered a few words to him.

The soldier from Brooklyn WORTHY of Merrick road, from that was sent back to the United write on a 110-footer while at sea, we all have a chance to read some and my heart." SAW THOUSANDS OF V. K. MAKIXKS IX TRAINING. A Brooklyn man who is on business Freeport, L. was recently commissioned an ensien in the Nnv.tl appreciate especially these late maga looked stunned and then began to cry I Reserves.

Ensign Nosworthy is the like a child. He had received orders son OI tne president of the Eastern zines. The crew and officers Join me in saying that these little acts of kindness and foresightedness and knowing Contractitng Company of 375 Fulton pushed them about seven miles, iney left their dead, who were killed a few clays before, unburied. In some places you could see dead Germans piled ten high. After we drove them out of a thickly covered woods, it was then a case of real open warfare.

This Is where the American soldier showed the Hun how to fight. Our artillery was a little late at coming up and the boys overlooked this and charged several times into machine gun nests and killed a great number with the point of the bayonet. In some places Germans were found after their division had retreated chained to their machine guns. Their orders were to fire nil their ammunition and then throw up their hands und cry "Kamerad jusi wnac we want, nelp us a great deal in the work we are doing." The photo shows members of the through the various military camps throughout the South writes from Paris Island: "I have just returned from Paris Island, across the bay, where they train our marines. God bless 'em! Today they have 16,822 under intensive training.

What a fine looking bunch they are when those otlicers get through with them. A trainload to stay behind. The captain did not know why, neither did Horrowitz, but all the fellows guessed that it was because Max was born in Austria. That is what Max himself thinks today as he does his work at this cantonment, giving the Government every bit of crew right after taking "chow." In usni uiong sine or us, set tling In the water, torpedoed. "The men in the engine room and tireroom on board our boat say they could plainly hear the noise made by the torpedo's propellers as thev churned through the waters when passing under our ship.

"We only drew about ten feet of water, so that accounts for the torpedo not hitting us. I believe it was meant for the supply ship, as thev are more valuable than a yacht, fhero was only one yacht toriieriorwl tne top row are: Greer, Grace, Had Slates tor duty at one or the training camps. For military reasons he Is unable to tell how he was injured, but it was in line of duty. "I shipped in the Naval Reserves a week after war was declared," said Larry, "and was assigned to Vander-bilt's beautiful yacht which was being overhauled and made into a warship in the Navy Yard. I went across on her and she was one of the first Americun warships to reach France after war was declared.

I was later transferred to a torpedo boat destroyer, on which I was injured. "We had, all told, six engagements with U-boats, and received credit for three of them. One of our most narrow escapes from being torpedoed was early last January. ger, Jennings, Manley and Gourlev street, tsrooitiyn, ana before his enlistment last October was vice president of the concern. Ensign Nor-worthy, who is 24 years old, is a graduate of Polytechnic Preparatory Institute, class of 1914.

He was married on April 12, last, to Nellie Grace Hawkins, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Charles H. Hawkins, also of Freeport. Before he was accepted in the Naval Militia, where he enlisted as a second class seaman, Ensign Nosworthy had made several attempts to enter the and below are Dufour and Feather- stone.

service he can. of fourteen cars, full to the brim, was just leaving for somewhere on the At- Horrowitz feels blue because he This meant that they wanted to yf I lantic coast, en route for 'over 'we were over there that was the ACADEMY OFFICERS hasn't been sent across the seas. Ho wants to go there but he feels that he is doomed to disappointment. He says service. He was rejected for the En mar.

it was no fault or nis that he was born in Austria. He has been an TO BE SENT TO SEA gineers Officers Training Corps because of his youth, and for the aviation service because he was half an inch under the required height. American citizen for years and at home ran for the Legislature from "We left our base about 4 o'clock one afternoon in company with two other American yachts to convoy a taken prisoners. But the fighting had gotten so hot by now that this here 'Kamerad' stuff did not go. and every one near him would take a shot lit him.

We went through one town that our infantry had chased the Hun cfut of only hour before. In a well In the center of the town they had thrown seven of their own men Who had been killed. "About the fourth day John Far- Alcedo. "The supply ship was struck squarely amidships and the torpedo killed three men. She sank in about twelve minutes.

We stood by and picked up the survivors 43 of them. It wa3 pretty cold coming on deck in our undershirts in early January. The men who were picked up had hardly anything on at all, and were in a bad HORSES KXOW IX ADVANCE WHEX "JERRYS" ARE COMIXG. Interesting sidelights upon the life of the American soldiers on the firing line are given in a letter written by Private C. A.

Patchln, of the 102d Engineers. Private Patchin is an artist by profession and up to the time of his enlistment resided at 77 Hanson place, Brooklyn. He is 32 years old few American supply ships down the coast. They were heavily laden and could not make much headway. "About an hour after leaving the forward lookout sighted a neriHcnpe Changes at Annapolis Include the Fourth Assembly District.

Horrowitz before entering the Army worked in the Brooklyn Navy Yard. His experience in construction work as a shipbuilder and his thorough knowledge of mechanics caused him to enlist in the Engineers. Max says nowif the Army doesn't want him overseas that at about 1,000 yards off our starboard rell who is a nephew of Boiler Far-rell, was killed and a pal of mine by the namp of Gene Cunningham. The Many of the Higher Officers Who Want Active Service. he feels that he can be of more use to his country by going back to the shipyards and helping to build ships.

He and after graduating from the Art Students League continued his studies in Paris. He enlisted in Company of the 102d Engineers at the outbreak ot the Mexican trouble and served on the Mexican border. While in the Camouflage School at Spartanburg he (Special to The Eagle.) fifth day I was hit by shrapnel from a high explosive. It caught me in the leg and shoulder but didn't make very deep gashes. I was very lucky, nnd hope I always will be lucky as I was this time.

"I enclose a clipping from a paper here which gives a good account of says that he has done repair work on the Vaterland and other big ships Annapolis, September 7 Im The Fighting Engineer 1 Private Sam Cohen of 180 Grand street extension writes the following verses from France, where he is stationed with the 302d Engineers: "I've never done this work before," Said Sammy to his chum, As the trench he kept on digging Beneath the scorching sun. Now and then he'd gasp for air As the shovel he did wield. And then with the pick start a layer In no man's deadly Held. The days did come and the days did go. As the work kept on progressing.

And the boys kept hustling to and As the sergi-ants kept on pressing. Every now and then yu'd hear a break And wonder how near tTiey'd be. And then you'd think ot a great heartache For her boy across the sca. which are now being used in the United States Transport Service. He did a great deal of work on the Presi portant changes among the higher ranking officers at the Naval Academy have been announced.

It is assumed the work that our regiment did. The dent Lincoln, the transport which was sunk some weeks ago. In Brooklyn Horrowitz was one of the leaders of the Navy Yard teams in selling Liberty Bonds. He has bought men who crossed the Ourcq were the men of our third batallion, and at the head of them was our own Captain Ryan who is mentioned in this write-up. I have heard at the hospital here that he was shot five times nnd died in the hospital.

I have been wondering how everyone at home is." number of bonds himself. Here at asiiea lor a release to join his regiment, which was sailing for France. The following is taken from a letter written to his father, F. G. Patchin: "All you write of the war activities of our boys seems true and they sure have done well so far.

Our part in the war up to this time has been mostly hard work back of the lines, but we may go up any day. However, things at times are quite warm enough back In the artillery zone. By this time I can pretty nearly tell the different kinds of shells and different types of airplane motors by this camp when he is not out drilling, no is teaching English to a number of that th officers who have been detached will be ordered to sea duty, practically every officer at the academy making known his wish for this character of assignment, Captain Louis M. Nulton, commandant of midshipmen, has been detached, and Captain William H. Stand-ley, who has been officer-in-charge of buildings and grounds, has been assigned in his place.

'Captain Stand- soldiers in the Y. M. C. A. English classes Horrowitz is a good English student and he speaks other languages fluently.

And bo they kept on working For a cause so noble and grand, No shell nor gun could feaze them, As they drilled through No Man i Land. And when the sun began to creep From out o' the angry sky Horrowitz has a brother, William, Our boys were In these trenches In Gloucester, N. who tried to get in Kcauy to do or die. their sound. So long as one is not CAMP LIFE I.IKE COMIXG HOME FROM DAY'S WORK.

Private Joseph D. McBride, one of the first of the 1918 registrants to be sent to camp from Local Board No. 41, at Sixtieth street and Third avenue, writes to Chairman C. C. Wagner from Camp Greenleaf, as follows: the Army but who was turned down.

Another brother, Louis, he says, was directly aimed at ho considers himself Fogarty to Speak for W.S.S. as not under nre. In other words graduated from the Teachers Institute at Columbia College but has been re fused a position because he, too, is of only a cruel bit of fate would place him at the exact point where a shell bursts. Of course, these things do happen and when they do some poor ley old duties will be assumed by Commander Austin S. Kibbee, who has just reported at the academy.

Captain Nulton has accomplished important work. having had direct charge of the regiment of midshipmen which is now twice the size it has ever been before. Captain Stand-ley has also performed work nf m. Austrian birth. "I arrived here safe and sound and Federal Rendezvous let me tell you, it's some place down here.

Everything is fine the meals are just like home. I passed the ex 1AWCENCE cial value, being the representative of THOMAS' DAGGER) DAGGER- aminations witn flying colors and Frank Fogarty, secretary to Borough President Riegelmann, returns to the stage tomorrow night for a one-week engagement to call the attention of his neighbors to the Importance of supporting the Government by buying War Savings Stamps and Thrift Stamps. He will speak tomorrow night at the Fulton Theater, Fulton street and Nostrand avenue; Tuesday, at the Cumberland Theater, Cumberland and Fulton streets; Wednesday night, at the Bedford Theater, Bedford avenue and Bergen street; Thursday night, at Kismet Temple; Friday night, at the Brevoort Theater, Bedford avenue and Brevoort place, and Saturday night, at the Lincoln Theater, Bedford avenue and Eastern Parkway. guess it will not be long before I will bo getting shipped to some other camp. I hope there will be some more beam.

General quarters was sounded, ooy is out of luck. On two occasions we had shrapnel bursting directly over our heads but too high to reach us, "It is really rather amusing to hear 'Jerry's' whiz bangs spanking different places around you, while his big shells are placed In such a- methodical manner that we can generally enjoy the spectacle generally! We are working exceptionally hard In all kinds of weather especially mud. It rains all the time. "One interesting feature of Europe today is the vast quantity of ammunition lying around loose. It's not at Doys come here soon.

You can tell them that this is the best camp that a fellow can go to. Everybody in my mo iiepariment. in connection with the great construction work which has been performed during the last year at the academy to fit it for the accommodation of the greatly increased number of midshipmen and the classes of reserve officers. Captain r.oseoe C. Moody has been detached, and has been succeeded as head of the department of mathematics by Prof.

Daniel M. Garrison, who has been the second rankinr and every man ran to his station. I was on watch at the time in the engine room, and, believe me, we were kept busy for the next few hours. "The captain rang up for full speed astern and then rang up for full speed ahead. In that way the ship was turned around and we headed straight of this department.

Captain George William Glllen of 806 Hicks otreet. brother of Patrolman allien of ihe Fourth avenue police station, is enloying life nt the Fedora! P.endezvous In Bay Ridge. William Is C4 years old and enlisted in the Naval Reserve at tne outbreak of the war. He was employed at that time in the Brooklyn Navy Yard. Lieutenant Commander Thomas F.

Lynch, chief medical officer at the Rendezvous, has returned to the Bay Ridge station after being on a few days leave. Dr. Lynch Is tho athletic director at the station and he was greatly missed by the boys. Lieutenant J. R.

Gatchell, who recently received his commission, is making good at the Kay ltldgc station. He is now the executive officer at the station. from the Maine woods" were the worrlfi wriltrn by the boys of the battalion on a -lieet. of paper thiit whs put on the w. Laws has been detached and hi all unusual to hit something hard with a pick or shovel and thereupon uncover a dump of loaded hand grenades.

This actually happened to me. successor as head of the department of seamanship has not been "Was on guard at a certain place state when hauled In. All the time wo were sending out SOS calls. They at first thought we were torpedoed. "The concussion caused by the ship being torpedoed alongside of us did quite a little damage on board.

Wo went into the Navy Yard for repairs and there I was put in a more exciting branch of service, that is, the torpedo boats. I was on one for about, a month when I was injured and after being in a hospital for four months, was sent back to God's country. I am now stationed at the Pelhnm Bay Training Station until I shall be fit again for the briny deep." The other two brothers are "over there." Thomas is somewhere on the Atlantic and the other one, Clifford, is somewhere in Franco. Clifford's ship was torpedoed two weeks ago. Tho crew gave her up as so they abandoned her.

but later she was salvaged and brought into port much to the surprise of her crew. They are going to repair her and bring her back. Chased Into His Dugout By Htm Mustard Shells today when 'Jerry' sent over some high explosive shells, unexpectedly. It is believed that Rear Admiral Ldward W. Ebcrle will remain n.

su Well, there I was, under orders to perintendent during the full academic year. During the graduation ever. quit my post only when properly relieved, and the bally shells were com Private James M. Newton, with the do get one it Is hard for him to rrat an'itv at tlio i i -it irons ing nearer and nearer. I was ducking every one.

Also I was wondering if I looked as scared as I felt. But let me assure you, I violated the orders Machine Gun Company of the 307th cises of last June. Secretary Daniels announced that Admiral liberie was needed in his present position and that there was no intention of making a change. Ho made no definite statement as to the period to be covered, but it is generally believed that Admiral Ebcrle will remain until next June. of a sentinel in regard to walking my post 'in a military its odd aoout animals over here.

Horses can hear shells coming long before a man can hear them They prick up their ears and display fright i-uiripuny is irom iew orK or Brooklyn, so you can tell them that they will be right at home. They have boxing and singing every night, and after that they have a five-reel moving picture, and, believe me, you can have all the fun you like. It is like coming home from a day's work, only Jrou don't have to work so hard. We drill for 20 minutes and rest for 15, so you see it is not as hard as you hear some of the boys say it is." JfO POISOX IVY SET PIECE YET FOR THIS AIRMAX. The sort of stuff American airmen are made of is illustrated by a letter receded by A.

B. Leach Company from a former salesman now stationed at the Naval Air Station at San Diego, Cal. Hobnobbing with death and breaking one's jaw bone is apparently a mere casual matter in the flying service a3 compared with such things as a visitor's impressions of California, The letter follows: "Dear Sir I've been pretty busv since arriving here. California, at least the southern part, is a disillusionment. I thought it was going to be a sort of paradise, but the only paradise I've seen was in a crap game, which is their favorite outdoor sport.

As a beauty spof.t Compares to New Jersey along coast only more so. Last Tuesday 1 got into a tail spin and went into the bay. nose first, at about 85 miles per The machine was completely Wrecked, excepting the motor, and this frill have to be overhauled before it can be used again, as it was in the salt water for a couple of hours. I got off pretty lucky bit a hole through my lower lip but didn't lose my teeth. When I hit the water I got a considerable jolt and my head met the cowl, slightly fracturing my jaw bone, but this was very slight and will heal nicely.

If the life belt hadn't held me in ny seat I'd probably be in line for a set shortly after the projectile leaves the German gun. Cows are different and desk of Philip Wasserman, who returned to the Bay Ridge station a few days ago from a short furlough, which he spent in tho woods of Maine, "some place nice and cool." said the ensign on his return, The boys are looking forward with interest to the coming examinations for commissions, which will be hold at the station within a short time. There are many applicants and from all Indications there will be a lot of new officers at the depot very shortly. One or tho hardest working men at the station is Chief Yeoman Georgo Brady. -He Is always "on the Job" and ready at all times to render assistance wherever It is needed.

soon pop him off. "Our Journey's end led us Into tho trenches. The whole company did not go in at once, so the platoon I am in was left back in reserve, a short distance from No Man's Land. Early one morning tho Germans sent over a little bombardment, the result being a couple of us in the hospital myself being one of them but no serious cases. I was in bed for two weeks, and five days of the two weeks I couldn't open my eyes, as a little of the mustard gas got.

into them; but I am feeling all right now, as I am up and around, so hope to be back with my company before long, getting back at It sure was hell while it lasted. They sent over some mustard gas along with some high have no more sense than have the old COLUMBIA PLACE YOUTH IS WOUNDED IN FRANCE cows at home. On two occasions I have seen shrapnel drop in the midst of a herd. The cows hit of course drop, but the others carry on their eating oblivious. Back in a certain town where 'Jerry' visited us nightly, I was surprised to hear a dog barking whenever 'Jerry' came over.

I was Infantry, writes from "over there "We had a most wonderful, 'trip across the ocean and I certainly did enjoy it. It was exceptionally calm and very few of the boys were seasick. We had a band concert on the upper dock every day and it helped relieve tho monotony of the trip. On our arrival In France we wire taken to a rest camp and the first thing that greeted us that night was an air raid. The next day we were billeted in a small French village.

We were living in barns which had been made over as billets, and they were very comfortable considering some of the places we slept in when we had our trip to the trenches. I was riding in those cute little box-cars for three days, so you can imagine the ground we covered. It was some go, sleeping in those cars we had to double up in a knot and laugh ourselves to sleep. On one of our journeys, while wo were passing through a largo town about 11 at night, the Germans started to bomb it. We had to come to a standstill, as a moving train is a good target.

It was very exciting while it lasted, and it kept up for two hours. We could hear stray pieces of shrapnel hittinc our cars and we didn't! told that the dog knew the sound of the German motor and never failed to spot the airplane before the gun crew did, day or night. He used to stand on his hind legs, barking and pawing at the SAW 100,000 LAND "You should have seen mo running between shrapnel to get to the dug- oht. I got there safe, anyway. They shelled us for three hours without a let-up.

I "The Red Cross is doing wonderful sky." SAYS BOYS OF THE 69TH DIED FIGHTTXG HARD. George A. McCarthy of 7311 Third avenue, now with Company lcith was written to Charles E0erton of 18b5 Eighty-first street, who is now with Company 165th Infantry, in France. The following answer was received "France, Outpost Sector No Man's Land. "I am one of an outpost of seven who have decided to write to you few lines apiece.

I am one of the hand bombers of the crew. "CHARLES EDGERTON, "Bath Beach." "I am the other hand bomber of the post and saw the letter you wrote to Charlie and he asked us to keep the good work going. Good luck to you all. HENRY F. MURRAY.

"White Plains." "With one eye on the Huns and the other on this letter, I wish you the best of luck. Gunner of the crew. "EVERETT NEWCOMB, "Woodhaven, "With best wishes from the donkey, as the boys call me the rifleman of the post. JOHN LYNCH. "Mount Vernon, N.

"I am the assistant gunner of the crew and send our best luck to you girles and wish success in the work you are undertaking. "HENRY OF! ISM AN, "Bronx, N. "I am the scout of the crew and all depends on me, and I must always look about to And shell holes to keep my comrades from harm. "CHARLES I'KFFER. "Yorkville, N.

Y. "I will close this letter, a3 I am Just the corporal of the post. With the others I wish you the best of luck. We are not very sad but alwavs work over here, and you cannot in- aglne how good It feels to be out of the sound of guns the first time I i have been out of their sound since my arrival. It certainly was wonderful to hear the sound of un American woman's voice again.

The nurses are all fine and I shall greatly miss them I when I leave here. Infantry, writes from Base Hospital No. 3, in France. He was cited for exceptional bravery on March 20. His It's all in a lifetime, however, and I lettf reads I stopped a boche machine gun "This part of France Is very beautiful.

It was a great summer resort before the war, and Judging from the swell hotels here (which, by the way, are all Red Cross hospitals now) it A sailor writes that he saw 100,000 of our boys land on the coast of France. As our vessel anchored off the coast of France I utood upon the deck enthralled as In a trance. For my eyes beheld the transports by the docks along the shore. Unloading and unloading one hundred thou-. sanj more Of L'ncle Sam's best fighters, who have crossed the restless sea To give tl'elr lives, lr need be.

for God and IHterty. For wo have pledged our Allies with dollars by the billions To send not only thousands, but fighters by the mlllicns. We'll clinch our fists nnd steel our hearts afrnlnst a compromise, For truth and justice must prevail If every freeman dies CHARLES L. RICE. know what minute a bomb was going to kiss us, as they were falling all around us.

I' have seen a few air battles and they are quite interesting to watch. It sure does make one feel good to see a German plane come a nnrv A verv prett was mighty lucky, everything considered." nXDS THEM AS CLOSE AS A TREXCII AXGKL. Willinm TToi 1., must have been wonderful. 1 here is a very fine park here, and in dil'fe rent 1 1QRIVATE JAMES WALSH, 23 years old' ot 44 Columbia place, was siKht Is to sco the searchlights at parts of It there arc drinking fou niirht flashing all over the sky trying tains, and each fountain has a dit to locate a boche machine. When ferent kind of water." bullet, so now I am in the hospital, in the first real bed I have seen in ten months.

But I just think of all those Fritzics that will never see their Fatherland again. They have a little respect for the Yankee soldier now, because we beat the best the Kaiser has got. The Americans are now veterans at the game. Quite a few of the old Sixty-ninth- boys are buried, but they died game and, believe me, they went out fighting." SEVEX OF CREW WRITE TO IJEXSOXHl'RST GIRLS. A number nf girls of Bensonhurst who have formed a knitting club make it a point at every meeting to write a letter to a boy of their acquaintance in the service.

One of these letters wounded In action on July 18. He was drafted on December 5 and assigned to tho Third Company, Provisional Recruit Battalion, at Camp I'pton, and later transferred to tho Ninth Infantry, Headquarters Huns Who Hesitated in Surrender, Now "Resting ft SERCT. RUSSELL LANCDON ti uuuiyn uoy, It well-known choir s'nger and member of the Apollo Club, and son of a Jong-time employee of The Eagle, Is serving as mail clerk on the United States steamship Quinnebaug, somewhere "over there." Ho has written to a friend in Brooklyn a letter full of humor and good cheer. He takes Issue with his friend, who appears to be an "old salt," for calling a "line" a "rope." and wants to know if they have "steps" and "floors" on his ship. He also writes: "We are having pretty good times 111 this fleet, considering the surroundings.

Tonight the thermometer stands at 45 degrees and I decided to in my nice, warm office and not go to a smoker on another ship to which we were all invited. The fall is already upon us and it feels like the end of October in the States. Thoso WITH SECOND PIONEERS appreciate a word from the home folks. JOE SHEE1IAN, "Boston by birth; New York by preference." "TWO STARS" lection of squareheads that will sure get the Kaiser's goat. We didn't have to coax many, but a few of 'em kinder hesitated.

They are now resting. Get me? I've got an Iron Cross that I took from a tough nut who pulled a hand grenade and was about to throw it at us when we were marching them in. My pals scratched his nut with a few 45s and there was no use lettinr; the decoration get nil rusty, so I will send it to you together with lots of German paper money und small coins. The French neonl'o This Letter Cut Short By Bursts of Shrapnel Joseph P. Dc Nalr of 215 Heyward street, now with Headquarters Company, ldSth Infantry, and better known to Brooklynites as "Pete Carney," writes from France: "I am in tho best of health and one of the happiest Irishmen in the world.

I am now resting up at a base hospital, as I was wounded in the leg by a bullet that flew wild from a Baby-Killer's cap pistol. The wound bothers mo no more than a cootie bite. Our French commanders say that they sent over one of the heavi days a little of the New York heat wouldn't feel bad. The civilians over here are putting away their summer derbies and breaking out the old fur caps which have been in the family for three generations. They are a very saving people us close as a trench angel.

I hope to see you within the next year or two." call us tho 'Green as we are now working mostly with the Blue Devils. The papers no gave you an account of It. but they may; overlook the fact that we have cap "Some hours later I've lived years since I wrote the above. I rushed downstairs into tho rear yard to see the plane unil our landlord said we had better gr-t under cover because of falling shrapnel, so Forrest grabbed me and pulled me into the cellarway. then we heard a peculiar sound like a whistle, nnd not 20 yards away from us a shell dropped.

It splintered pile of wood and disappeared in the ground. I felt cold all over. "I did not think that I would ho est barrages they have ever witnessed since the beginning of the war. Our tured seven airplanes, and we went Two stars in my window hang, Two stars in a field of white, Two sons have offered all For Liberty and Right. Proud of these sons am Proud of their great career.

Two stars in my window hang, Two stars for my heart to cheer. Each fondly by name I call, Each star a face to mc Alight with a purpose deep. God grant them victory! Proud of these sons am Proud that they stand the test, Proud that they offered all. God help them bear the rest. VICTOR C.

LEROY, First Class Private, Fifty-ninth Regiment C. A.JC., Battery "Over There." bunch was right up on me ironi lines, through the fire of hell nnd captured side by side with the Blue Devils, preat battery m1 tlll.nPd thelr Mrs. Forrest -Rutherford, formerly Miss Althis Jewell, well known in musical circles of Brooklyn and an Intimate friend of Alma Gl'uck, writes from France, where she and her husband are with the Y. M. C.

A. entertainment unit "I have become greatly attached to all of your men I love to ho- with them. We are with the Rainbow Division now, and a fine lot they are. They are all so appreciative fur' what you do for them, and never forget you. We go each night to a different camp.

This country is honeycombed with them. Sometimes we appenr in a hut, then again in a tent or often in the open In the woods. We have been where the piano was placed In Cam-inn and we would sing on a box or a when tho nan-age unco ana tne guns right on ro the devils. Re-' Baby-Killers came across in droves, a and p.lckttffe from I and to their surprise we all went swell dame on Riverside Drive in tho open and met 'cm, filty-fifty. I wf, reafl about tnv being wounded Tho first bunch that came over was a last March.

She told me to write her able to take a vilal step in a war. but RUSSELL ANGDbN I'REXCH MOTHER AXD SOX BROOKLVXITE. Two Interesting letters in French were received by Mrs. Jacob Londoner of 839 Park place from a French mother and her son who have become acquainted with Mrs, Londoner's son, Brtvld Londoner, who is now at the Medical Director's Headquarters, France. The letteir from the mother, Mme.

Beauohap of 3 Rub Mules Ferry, Neufchateau, Vosges, follows: "I am happy to tell you how much cinch stick em witn a rou nnu ttioyiami iet know how I was getting go down to stay. But they kept on along. I am now receiving what I coming and coming until finally we I ca a roai nve wire In the form of hit back to our line und gave 'em a newspaper that all the boys cherish, their own way till they got within The Brooklyn Dnily Eagle. I want about twenty feet of us, and then, as to tlinnk Julius De Long, a resident ERGEAXT RUSSELL' LANGDON here I am, and hero 1 should be. The boys long to see a real American woman.

I was very much touched to receive a poem recently from one of the camps we've been in. The constant cannonading at night has made mo dreadfully nervous, but it Is necessary lo help' cheer the boys up, anil our time has been extended, so we will bo hero much longer. We were busy yesterduy serving nbout 400 nun with oranges, cakes and tobacco." i of 39 Windsor place Is now with the Second Pioneer Infantry In Frnnce. Ho Joined tho old Fourteenth Regiment of Brooklyn in May, 1916. His wife, Mrs.

Josephine V. Ltmgdon, Is singing for the Red Cross. Pleasure your son is giving us. My wheelbarrow ws i write tiicy ate lr ny maKic, too uuj kui uusy witn or the Eastern District, for his. the machine guns, and It really is thoughtfulness in subscribing for me.

unbelievable tho heaping piles of It sure Is a treasure to receive, as it dead which were spread over the keeps up a fellow's spirit when he re- I fields. Then wo started a little col- celves reliable news from home." Boche pluno right over uusnanti, un onicer. is pleased to have shooting at with him such a fine soldier from la this, house.).