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I ' ' ' ERKASIE, PA., NOV. 15, 1918
- Corrections on Page 1 i ' ' " F. TO THE PERKASIE BOYS IN SERVICE
Corp. George G. Gsrhart, CohA.,'l1‘09 t . 5 A MERRY XMAS AND A HAPPY NEW YEAR.
Corp Jam Schatz’ 3“ B" 2 tn’ rem Y - This is our Christmas gift to you We would rather have sent you tobacco
Corrections on Page 2 ‘ ‘ but under the circumstances we cannot do so, and have taken this means of
giving you a little idea of what is happening among the boys.
Uur Tobacco Fund Roll now has four gold stars and we sincerely hope
that will be all. The stars are for Priv. Horace G. Swink, Priv. E.,Harold
Moyer, Priv. Geo. W. Gross and Priv." Samuel Shelly. Priv.gSwink died 1:!
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Priv. Chas. Bartholomew, Co. C., 316 Inf.
Corrections on Page 3
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"“!’iI . All R. H rt ll ' ld C . H I F’ ld C. W. S. ;,4; s -300!!! "L". C""‘!‘ 9“ ‘--r - --, -- ’- vu-- '
p,i;': ‘Vj]‘aii‘am wf‘wz)(:jt:3,F1]9? w, g-jsco‘:-231:). 5; "" " fl’ . Non-Corn school at Camp Greenleaf, Ga., when he contracted influenza, later
Priv. William Riess, Co F. 315 Inf. ,, ., ‘ pqxeumrfnla. tgi0dt0d“f,f’eE.,%4;. ,P:“" Gm“ “'5” at dC51.m 3’ittti)Pnt1t;;burgh. Pa..
. ;v- wen econrace e u, aerpneumonlaan ie co er .
Additions to A‘ E. F. M i '1;hel;mIsIt 0QIeSl‘S,$aS1d63.:l1 to be relported (tihat oft PI'lVi7. %ai;ii:)el Shelly,
., -3 t " ' r,wo ' ’nacionn coer.
Gfgmge Eberle Us 3- S- V0" Stwbenr "‘ cam 9f P- M‘ N‘ Y- one tiive lfavelg atliterteii zlanfeiiilcitgizs of siiiiziles oil’ tlielboys, some from their let-
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%19YdJMYef1iS:w-,3-lS1‘F‘31‘0g3-2 1;‘ ‘izqlriflf M-,vmI;i-gz 7 ', . ters. We are sorry we could not get a line on all, but hope these will be of in-
- rlv os. . else e . ep . 0 ie ospl o. te tt .
PI1'V 305- Rel'8b3Ck.’C0- A-y 109 Inf- , 3. reSWeoh)acv‘e headed the list with those angels of mercy, the Red Cross
P1‘iV- 30h" Rernbimkv C0- G,-r 111 Inf: , - Nurses, namely Miss Miriam V. Moyer, who is located in Paris and Miss
Lt 0' H‘ .st"’“5‘f' .Zee Samtary Tm"1"‘g Schml . is Marie Riess, who is in Portsmouth, England, serving their country - most
Corp. William William L. Walsh, Md. Replacement Unit 64 . nobly.
Pri R3 0nd 3. Roeder, Co. E., 420 Trig e rEi:ph Btn. Corp. James Schatzwrites f‘we are beginning to work on those fellows on
r.“" Paul H‘ Sterner’ 335 C“ C‘ G“ a" '”ps' the other side." And since “Jim” could feed a press at home, we know he
Priv. Walter Trauger, No address . can feed a gun. '
- P ' . M'l W' ler bett kno vn as “Able” writes,, when you hear those
New Names In Camps m U’ S" A‘ . shellsrslvvhizz: iisou the griiilind, when I get home and play foot ball, I'll be
' th t f ll’ th b ll.” "Abie” knows.
’: ‘,7; %,,i‘,‘,:,',;;":,g$,“,;%;:,‘;:;ge' erel-"?iv.al3ii3l%o(iinllIi&erawrites “I’d be alright if I could talk the lingo.”
)1. V Earl name, Here’s hoping he finds a. dame to teach im. ‘
3, V: Frederick Kener ’ Pri . Edwlirn F. Beiglggdivrites he rget llalplli‘ Keller and tlllorris Scheetz
) ‘ C1 5. D 1, ' somewhere in rance. le’s ’ a goo mixer ope you mee im.
21,-: Ci?',:,?]l;esack:u 1 Priv. Clifford Umstead writes from the has ital “’I:he bloody Germans
2,. V: Alien Fret, ’>-- got me.” Slight wound in right thigh. ‘Give "C iii" a lift, get a couple for
' ‘ th t h t.
.1. V’ Paul Pntdiard :1 Igritii. Geor e W. Schatz writes under date of Sept. 22 “that he is at La
r v' Paul ednc Courtine at angArtillery School"
E: Xi“,-:31] 2;,-Kramer ‘ < 7 V -4 -' ‘- l.l;V'.' Rebel’. Gueufie used liis ieft“ii‘.‘.’..al"ta ...l.eh.ii:;i("u pic.-cl i;l' if-".l(;l:3
F V’ Samuel S. Gunck I ' Shrapnel" is lodged in his right arm. e imagine e i some e t an e
' ' , shooting too before e quit. ' ' .
)l V ' Priv. Herbert Godshall got a bad start by contracting a cold and being
)r v' G Co 9 ' sent to a hospital. but he expects to be out shortly. If “Bump” can rough-
‘ V‘ eorge p ' “Jerr 's" as he did some of the boys at home, Good-bye, Dutchmen.
2 0 nd Fret; house the 3
,r V‘ Fla 1“. S . A. Judson Hanna. We often wonder whether Perkasie's novelist is
,r V’ a ti N R‘ . still writing fiction. No doubt by this time he has seen enough to clothe
r V‘ Samue e e ' reality under the name of fiction. Look him up, for he's a good story teller
too, we know. . ‘ ’
Priv, Pzlul K. Musselman writes ‘The cootics are pretty bad now, I got
some Fl(“(31nCll‘OYlCS Y?)l.‘(Q(: Wl'tl1’G0l‘h'l3l’l c(>)ri‘eSs and they got to fighting so that I
. s . on‘ mix em," 0 ' . .
can ‘l].;l"):V.yClI::pD. Bartholomew writes “that he met Bert Kirkpatrick. He
Y’ slept in a barn one night and in the morning found some German shells in it.”
K4.’ r S r is wonder if they were loaded for “naturals." How about it “Buck?"
N’ v K< J z x g ' Sgt. Ralph Keller writes that he has vislitelddtlie birth place of Joan of
i . . , I z A , K 11 - lvays was strong on visl mg e a ies. '
N C 0&4-)0 Q gcqv L C ’ ‘LVI re Priv? Civssman writes “that he has met Brother Winfield and they
d - are on the same sector." Some hand shake we would say. .
‘‘ l’riv. Winfield Cressman writes “Do you think dad will evclr write to me?
im.’
IDHSMA - ostlq would like to receive tinanciall) correspondence from t wou d seem
like old time to Win. to C. 0. -