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y * r ' i ' ■ 1 NASSAU COUNTY REVIEW I OUR BOYS IN SERVICE Letters from Our Soldiers and Sailors to Friends at Home— Doing in the Army and Navy Life. everything wan built by man powei and this church is an immense struc ture, hardly conceivable, how they did it. In order to convert this Christian church into Turkish the Turks had to do ov^r the interior, covering up stat ues, etc., with different handiwork, etc. You can sec the designs of Mo saic work about the walls and can just The sketch of the Old 15th New! that issue so whenever he starts to I make out through these designs the York Regiment, published in our last | talk and keep you awake show him i shape of the cross. These are all over issue, was reproduced from the Ami- j this letter. - the church walls at regular intervals, tyvill’e Sun. ' ! Things are about the 'same in j In the dome itself they covered up -------- j France for I don’t think they ever statues with a large Mosaic work Lowe Working at Dijon, France ' change. I have learned to Parlez I shaped somewhat like a birds feth- -• \ ' --------- ' — *\ ' quite a bit of the language and am | ers, very large, too. At the front of long the Bonphorous____ and back thru f ie hills to Constantinonle. We stont $) At Chubbuck’s M. H. Lowe, in a personal letter to the editor, writes that he expects to he home in June and goes on to say: ♦‘I am well and I trust this will find you the same and I presume these arc huaV times for you, getting out your paper and the printed letters that you have been sending out, with other dut ies I guess you keep very busy. I know I find very little time for any thing but my duties, and I am very thankful for that, for the time flies by much faster, and I do not find time to think about my surroundings. I expect to get a leave for a week the last of February and I think that . 1 will go to Nice. That is only a short distance from Monte Carlo, and should I take this trip I will write you all .about it, for I will visit Mono Carlo and see where the fortunes are lost every day, and what is supposed to be the sportiest place in this old world ci The weather where I am at is very fine now, the sun has been shining for the last week or ten days and it is just cold enough to be delightful and bracing. I suppose that you have been having some cold weather in Freeport by this time, although the last letter that I received from my wife, she said that around Christmes you had some very fine weather.” William Himmell, Quartermasters' Department, is now back home with his honorable discharge. Howard Smith, 106th Infantry, wh > spent several weeks as an unwilling guest of the Germans, in a prison camp, returned home last week. Our Boys in Service Corporal Orlando Raynor sends post -card greetings from Coblenz. ____ George Hoffman, for the past sev enteen months on convoy work with the United States Navy, has returned home and taken up his former posi tion with the Nassau County Review. He received his discharge on Friday and started in work on Monday. Tommy O’Brien has also received his discharge. He spent his first Sat urday evening home at the Soldiers and Sailors Club and said it was the best evening he had spent since he had been in the Army, Freeport Lad On Army Mission Thru the South Sergeant James H. Fairbrother is with the 488th Engineers, Searchlight Section, in a trip through the South, starting from Washington, D. C., and their destination being Arcadia, Fla. There are eight large trucks in the train, from ten to thirteen tons capa city, and the lights that they carry, for experimental work, have a range of something like twenty miles. The itinerary of the trip includes about one hundred and fifty stops over the so-called snake route. Sergean Fairbrother is assigned assistant train master en route. getting so that I can walk into a house I the church or where the Mohammedan and order a meal or go bargain hunt- j priest stands while in prayer, there ing without any trouble at all, I used to be a small statue or rather I am glad to hear that some of the imprint in the wall of the Blessed Vir- boys of Freeport are mustered out of j gin. This the Turks claim they have the Service and I only wish that I was covered with hundreds of coats of in their place, but still my chance is I paint, but that they connot blot it out. coming some day as the saying goes. Going right up close to it you can- Guess I will stop for I am about | not see anything, but if you go to the to go to the billet and hit the hay., other end of the church you can just Hope you don’t have to send me an-1 make out the image and the halos and other issue of the paper, but that I it looks pure white in color and yet at can be back in Freepoet reading it close up the color of the paint is gold, with the rest of th^ folks. At the time when Mohammed took Hoping this reaches you in the best Constantinople all the women and the of health and with best wishes to children of the city took refuge in this yourself and all of my friends. church, thinking it would save them Sincerely, from massacre, which was the custom LAWRENCE PUCK. [ in those days should a conqueror take (Glad to hear from you again, Lar-' a city. It is told here that when Mo- ry. Not going to try to h61d down on hammed entered the city he went the dad a bit, either. It would serve! straight to the church and entered it you right if I told you what he said with his army, himself on horseback, about my editing your last letter, but and proceeded to massacre al the wo- I won’t, for he was mistaken any-, men and children, nine thousand in all. how.—S. F. P.) To this day there is a bloody imprint -------- of a hand high up on one of the pillars Lieut. Bucken Mustered Out : and also the gash of a sword, which Lieutenant Harold L. Bucken of they claim was put there by Moham- Rockville Centre, who recently re- j med while he was riding over the dead turned to Camp Upton from Camp bodies there. Gordon, Ga., where he was on duty with the Provost Guard, was mus tered out of service last Friday at Upton and has returned home. Observer. Harold was in business in Freeport until he entered the Army, and was a favorite in the several organizations to which he belonged. McCord Goes Through the Darden- elles—Enjoys the Sights y There is a little room there, too, of which it is said that the old Sultan killed all his chidren himself, 45 in all, because one of his friends told him that one of these children was not his, so not knowing which one, he killed them all in order that his name should not be defiled by this. The carpets in St. Sophia Church are all hand made and are simply wonderful. The Turks have erected minarets on the outside of St. Sophia. These are high towers Mrs. Henry McCord kindly passes | with a small balcony on them and on on this letter from her son George G., i which the Turkish priest calls all his on the U. S. S. Nahma: j people to prayer toward Mecca at sun- Saloriika, Greece, rise and sunset each day. This church December 31, 1918. certainly was a great work for those Dear Mother:— I days and I will tell' you many more No doubt you are wonedring and smaller details later. So much for St. worrying why I have not written to j Sophia. you all of late. Well, on our way down to Constantinople we stopped off at Malta for a very short time and from there I sent a few Christmas cards which I do hope reached home in good time. We had a very pleas ant stay there, although our time was Another very interesting thing in Stamboul is the museum. Here they have all the armanent of the past Sultans, souvenirs and relics from all the ancient Turkish wars, old guns and ammunition and even a lot of up- to-date things; souvenirs of the pres- somewhat limited. I looked up Mr. | ent war and of the Dardanelles bom- Vassallo’s people and had a dandy vis- bardment and the taking of Constanti- it with them and his brother was most ncple. They have many images here gracious and showed us all of inter- showing different scenes of Turkish est about the town. From Malta we | ijfe, like a trial in a Turkish court and proceeded to a small, island, a few many other scenes of their ordinary miles from the month of the Darden- j iife- elles called L’Emmos Isle. We ran There arc many other interesting into a port here called Mudros, very sights in Stamboul. The Pigeon small place and inhabited mostly by, Mosque, another large Turkish church. Greeks, etc. Stayed here but a few The Hippodrome, a place of pleasure hours to receive our final instructions I where the chariot races and gladiat- before entering the Straits. Left Mu- fights used to take place. Here in added to The following names are our Honor Roll: Walter H. Batcher, Seventh Field Artillery. Mr. Batcher went over seas about a week before the Armis tice was signed and has since re turned home, with his discharge. Fred H. Batcher, with the Tanks, was gassed, but later returned to his regiment. His family have not re ceived word from him lately, but he has been ordered home. Puck Still In France—Has “Bomb- Proof Job” Headquarters 77th Division, A. E. F. Statistical Section. Chateauville, France. Jan. 25, 1919. Dear Mr. Pearsall:— Was very happy to receive both ot your interesting letters today for they sure were full of interesting matter. You know you don’t feel as though you were so far away from little old Freeport after reading one of your letters. Things have changed quite a lot since the last letter that I sent you, for now I am up at Division Head quarters holding down a bomb proof job. But that doesn’t matter for I would rather be doing this sort of work than to be running around in the wet and mud. You see I have had tny fill of that from the Argonne bat tles and I appreciate a nice warm Well at any rate I have some very nice news this time, for we have our sailing orders and you can expect to see me into your office some time about March 5. You know it takes a little time to move a division in peace time for that is what they say you can always move a division up to the front much quicker in war time than in peace for then they need you and now we need tifem. Not much differ ence if you look at it the right way but I don’t I hope you don’t allow my father to keep you up late nights talking •boat his darling son, for then you would be too tired to get that issue out and I would much rather read dros the same day or rather night, and arrived the next day early, about day break, at the Straits. They told us at Mudros that our chances of getting through without getting mined were about one out of six and also that a ship coming through a day or so be fore had picked up six mines; you se'1 she was equipped with mine sweepers and that prevented her from hitting the mines and sirflung. We cruised through the Dardenelles that day, however, at pretty good speed and luckily without mishap of any kind. We are, by the way, the first Amer ican ship to pass through the Dardcn- elles since the war began. It is very interesting. We saw many ships sunk and beached all along the shores, some transports and a few battleships, those that were lost there during the bombardment and sea battle that was fought there during the war. The shores are lined with fortifications of all kinds and we passed the City of Gallipoli of which you have read about in the papers and press news of the Dardenelles engagement. We came into the Sea of Marmora that night the Hippodrome are also the serpen tine column and two obelisks of in terest; also a water fountain given to the Sultan by the Kaiser and worth about (100,000. It is said that the Kaiser gave this to the Sultan and the Sultan told him that he should go to his palace and pick out a present in return for the one given him. So the Kaiser picked out a wonderful set of jewels worth over a million dollars and all for his miserly little water fountain. Just like him, wasnt it, Mum ? A short distance from the Hippodrome is the “Burnt Column,’ famous for having stood there through all of Constantinople’s fires. The old Bazaar is quite interesting; full of fakirs, too, and some dirty. Another funny story of Stamboul is that of the “Burnt Fish” which are out near the seven towers and the old wall of Con stantinople These fish it is said here were being fried by the wife of King Constantine and she remarked at the time that if these fish should jump out of the pan before being cooked then Constantinople would fall. It is said that the fish were fried on one side *1 _ _ __ ____ w_._ ___ _____ ____ the hills to Constantinople. We stopt | \ at the American College (Missionary College) on the way back and sure were surprised at the fine work they are doing way out here and such a country and people to try to teach civilization to. I spent Christmas in Constantinople and left the day after minus our Christmas cheer which we did not receive this year as yet and believe me, the day held no Christmas feeling whatever for me; felt like a blue Monday. After leaving Constantinople we headed back again to Malta on our way to Rock, but also we never reacht Malta. We were about one day and a half from Malta when we received a wireless.from Admiral Sims at Brest, France/to proceed at once to Saloni- ca, Greece, and to await orders there. We changed course and headed for Sa lon ica and arrived here next day. We are only about fifty miles from the front here and see nothing but a stream of ambulances tearing through all day. Salonica is the most forlorn and desolate place I have been in. The city has been destroyed by fire and the buildings are all burnt and tumbled down and living conditions appalling. The people live in base ments, huts and things here in gen eral are awful. There is little to eat and drink and what there is is very poor. We have been here about four days and influenza has broken out again in the crew; the climate here is damp and sultry; at the time of the battle here thousands of soldiers died of malaria, etc., and two days ago we had two cases of pneumonia break out, too. The water also is very poor and accounts for some of the sickness here. We have all kinds of rumors as to why we are here and where we are going. The majority say we might go to Abesse, Russia, by way of Con stantinople and Black Sea. Others claim we might go to Palestine or in that direction. Our being here I think will prevent me from getting home, as I thought, in March. Proba bly mean from two to four months more after March, but am hoping it will be much sooner now that it is all over with. Had New Year's here and it was so-so. We are thinking of go ing to the front to sight-see for about four or five days in Serbia, the Mace donian front. Hope I make the party, it will be very interesting. We are only a short distance, too, from Ath ens here. Well, Mother, I must leave ydu for a* short time and will write again when I can. Have not received any mail from home for two months now and am anxious to hear from you all. Will write later and let you know where we are going from here. Am quite well for existing conditions are poor and do hope you at home are all well, too, end enjoyed the Christmas this Best love to you, Mother, and to Father and all the kiddies. GEORGE. WATER GLASS for preserving eggs. 45c a quart can PENSLAR CELERY COMPOUND the best calmative for nerv ous people. $1.00 MINER’S GREASE PAINTS and other make-np essen tials—a complete stock . THERMOS BOHLES AND LUNCH KITS also extra fillers for tkat broken outfit BORAX CHIPS the royal road to easy laun dry work—12c the box PUPPY AND DOG BISCUITS Spratt’s, Milk-Bone, Aus tin’s, Old Grist M ill-in 15c and 35c boxes CHUBBUCK’S QUALITY DRUG STORE Freeport Vital Statistics Deatha War Camp C. S. Note* (Continued from Page 1) vision was at Camp Mills, Gowdy was a visitor several times at the Free port Soldiers and Sailors Club, and visited Freeport Chapter of Royal Arch Masons, where he was warmly received. and after a day and night of very | and they jumped out into a pool of heavy weather we arrived in Constan-1 water and are there to this day, black tinople and anchored in the Bosphor- ous quite close to the city. We were only granted liberty here in the day time, but had a chance to see a lot of this ancient city of mosques and min arets. I could not tell you all in this letter or I would be writing for a week or two. There are two parts to the city, or rather three. One called the European side and the other the Turk' ish side, one on each side of the Bos- phorous. The European side is inha- ited by Europeans such as Greeks, Armenians, Bulgars, Turkish, etc. The other side of the Bosphorous is Asia Minor. The two parts of the city it self are Stamboul, which is the old city of Constantinople and Constanti nople itself; these are divided by a bridge. The Stamboul aide is the most interesting. . Here we have an im mense Mosque caUed S t Sophia, a wonderful work oi art. This mosque was a Christian church, but when “Mohammed, the Conqueror” took Constantinople the Turks changed the church into a Turkish church. Upon the inside the walls and doipe and in terior works are all Mosaic and very beautiful. It is wonderful how they could have done such work so many years ago, about 800 or 900 years after Christ. You see in those days BUILDER DECORATOR Painting and Paper hanging Mill Wotfc Screens Hardwood Floors FRED L. J. LEE on one side and silver on the other. Shortly after this Constantinople fell to the Turks and Constantine’s wife's prophecy came true. “Some fish story, Eh! What!” Wait till I spring this one on father when he starts to talk about that sixteen-pound fluke that he caught one time. Bet it snows him under. Constantinople fell for it, so I guess he will, too. On the Constantinople side of the city we see the business side of the city. The whole city is very dirty and in a terrible state of affairs. The re sult of German Kultur and influence can be seen here. The people are poor—live like dogs and eat what they steal. They are those of course, too, that are better off. The things that were done here by the Germans and the outrages they committed against the women and children and its re sults we have heard from our men of the U. S. S. Scorpion which has been interned here since the outbreak of the war and when we came down here to give relief these stories and the things they have seen and told us are enough to redouble one’s joy at the fall of the Kaiser and his damnable kultur and all the things which his de generate mind tried to accomplish. I say degenerate because I sure think he couldn’t be diagnosed otherwise. We saw a picture and article here called the departure of the Germans from Constantinople. All the women, etc. were following them -through the streets and they were sent away with curses from those they left behind, ru ined and in agony. The picture was a horrible thing to look at, too, and the accounts in the paper the same and all showing the result of the German in- Lewis H. Wright of the U. S. S. Ne vada received his discharge on Janu ary 21. He is home now and is work ing with the Navy people at Baldwin. Grover C. Siems, Medical Det., 328 Inf., sends greetings from Mussieres les Belmont. He says he hopes to be back in the good old U. S. A. soon. George F. Rhodes sends postcard greetings from Tours. He says it is “some town, but give me Freeport all the time.” He is well and feeling fine. Frank Scandale, Mounted Police, at Camp Upton, formerly employed in Ferrara’s shop on Railroad Avenue,, visited friends here on Wednesday. Frank was scheduled to go overseas with the 306th Infantry, but was one of the eighty or ninety injured (in ad dition to nine or ten killed) in the train wreck at Central Islip early in the Summer. His ankle was hurt that he was in the hospital for over a week, and later was returned to Camp Upton and assigned to Mounted Police work, where he has since been located. He tried to get overseas but was not successful, and now expects to remain in camp for several months. The day before we left other led and I from the here an- ■htp hired aaddk hom e end rode milee XiHG T-'i 'G: - : ■ Eulogy on the Kaiser . he following was kmdly contribut ed by J. M. Goller, who received it from the writer, Sergeant Gittes, with his personal compliments: Under the spreading Linden Tree, The mighty Kaiser stood, A handsome, virile man was he A figure bold and good. Of course all this we but assumed, His filthy mind unknowing, And all this time within him foomed, An itching ever-growing. “I will not rule but Germany,” Unto himself he mused, “I’ll rule unto eternity, This world,” he thought enthused. And so kept on preparing. To the ignorance o’ the rest, Invoked the aid of God at times. Whene’er he thought best. “God helps the good,” < he claimed aloud, To cheer bis people on, And he started war abroiling. When he thought success hie own. The nasty y4ars of war gave way, The Lord Who asked, but he said “NAY”'. And Victory burned to dust. IN-O-W Under the withering Linden Tree, The stupid K>iser stands, His frame a mats of Deviltry, And tied are both his hands, ft is moustache fierce and curling, too, His teeth are clenched in hate. Prepared to meet a doom that’s sealed, Such is a hypocrite’s fate. Humanity has suffered much, To stave the Kaiser’s deeds, His paralytic soul shall pay, The total cost of thesd. For when the day of Judgment comes There’ll be no fine# mass, From the oven-doors of Hell brought forth, US~ Than the Kaiser’s Car-s-cass. Entertainment Committee Although Camp Mills / was almost cleaned out of boys last week, the Community House was crowded again at the regular Saturday dance. The patronesses were Mrs. Edward B. Thompson, Mrs. Henry N. Beebe, Mrs. H. F. D. Kelsey and Mrs. McCallum. Sunday evening the rooms were again crowded and the boys had a rare musical treat. Mr. and Mrs. F. How ard Covey, in charge of W. C. C. S. work in Nassau County, brought over eight girls with musical instruments from Port Washington and the boys were sorry to see them leave. Miss Pauline Arnold, Y. W. C. A. singing leader of New York City, led the boys in singing and also rendered several solos. Several requests have been sent in to have Miss Arnold here Wednesday evening the Ladies’ Committee under Mrs. Davison held a Salamagundi party, followed by a dance. There were 50 girls and 50 boys playing the games and about 150 dancing. Notices Tomorrow evening, Washington’s Birthday, vaudeville show at 6:30 to 8:30; dance 8:30 to 11:00; Mr. Bur rows, magician, ventriloquist and en tertainer of New York City, will per form for the boys. Girls holding Sat urday night cards will be admitted to the vaudeville as well as the dance. Sunday evening, soldiers’ patriotic sing at 8:00 p. m.; special speaker on patriotic subject. Wednesday, February 26, smoker and vaudeville show at 8:00 p. m. Foster’s Funny Fellows of New York City will be the entertainers. Owing to the fact that the floor space is limited and that there are 112 girls’ cards out, no more cards will be issued until further notice. Applica tions for cards will be-received, how ever, and the applicants will receive their cards as soon as some of the cards that are not being used are re called. Applications as usual must be accompanied by two vouchers. Donations Mr. Cummings, $1.00 Mr. Story, from Copeland fund, $17.25. All girls holding cards for dances at the Community House are request ed to meet there on Monday evening, March 3, at 8:00 p. m., to meet Mrs. Covey, who has charge of the girls’ work in the W. C. C. S. in Nassau County. Big Euchre Friday Night The committee in charge of the big euchre and dance to be held next Fri day night for the Church of Our Holy Redeemer report over 1,000 tickets sold. Busses have been engaged to make regular trips to and from Lyn- brook where the affair is to be held. Better Get Down to Earth Before wasting more millions and sacrificing more lives in a strained endeavor to establish a fantastic air ,vei! service that will be about as regular as a soldier’s pay check, the postal department better get down to earth an'* speed up r the service. Patchogue Advan.e A Little Taffy Sop The News is in receipt of a hand somely engraved invitation to attend memorial services in honor of Theo dore Roosevelt, which will be held next Sunday evening in the Assem bly Chamber in the Capitol at Albany We are indebted for the invitation to Senator George L. Thompson of Kings Park, who is chairman of the Senate Committee in' charge of the celebration, which will be a notable event—Sayville News. Haven’t heard of either your Sen ator or Congressman as to bills intro duced in the Legislature have you, Brother Hoag ? Did you consider that “handsomely engraved invitation” a judicious expenditure of public funds or just something to make you feel good? Mrce of Habit. “Ruth I Fro really surprised at you, putting out your tongue at peo ple.” “It was aR right, mother; It was only the doctor Sftiig pest\ Ebsen.—Annie Hargreaves Ebsen, wife of Andrew Ebsen, died February 11, aged 60; funeral services were held February 13, Rev. R. H. Scott of ficiating; interment in Woodlawm; Southard & Moore, funeral directors. Monico—February 12, John Monico. son of Mr. and Mrs. Tony Monico, 90 Liberty Avenue, age 5 months. Kopp—Alice May Kopp, age 41, wife of Howard Kopp of 46 East Ave nue, died Monday, February 17; fun eral services were held Tuesday mom ing and the remains were sent to New port, Kentucky, for interment. Burton—February 5, Samuel Bar. 8 at Friend’s Burial Grounds, sington, Pa. Births Schreiner—February S, Elmer tor Lawrence, Nicholas F. and Jachlitsch Schreiner. Colpitts—February 10, Mary crombie, Charles B. and Grace Colpitts, 169 Porterfield Place. 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