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( l\ \n M\ S!-M‘ UTTERt't f tXIH!.l Si K Tlt; IMIIEXT*Mr. and Mh. A C. Spencer t. jctiplenty of a letter of condolence f.'Om Mb«:f MttUictv, chaplain of tiler 05 th *AlU*ry. who accompanied 1 bet Mid) from Fort Stevens id France. Ho conducted lhi» service* ut the* grate of Mr. and Mrs. Spencer's ion. Herbert Guy Silencer. «tho died la.d mouth In France. F.dlov.iag I Chaplain Met hew a letter:July 36. I MO Mr. tuid Mrs. A «\ Speuccr.Ashland. Oregon.My IH-at Mr. and Mra SpeaCtr On yesterday. we laid to reat on? of your hoys. Herbert, who paused may ut Beat Hospital 21. America!) Med Cross. Limoges, after a very snort lllnctn from pneumonia. Need-1--F to Bay. tU life could not hav* h«cn saved. I am v«*r..‘ euro tlmt everything wut done for your hoy that medical science known how to do. You may bo In a measure conaolesl with thr knowledge that we soldiers with tlu* American Expeditionary Force have uh our pbjsiclnns and surgeons the very ablest of the profession to ho found. Our Hod Cross nurses arc* also la abundance and * have never seen a more wonderful tut of women than these,I say this to unsure you that Herbert bed matchless care through hU Miner*. Yot only were his physicians and tin re:* skitod. hut they wen.* sympathetic. His own dear mother would not. could not have been more tireless nor Interested Hum were his purses. Were his own father the world*« most -enow.vJd lung specialist. he con! 1 not have done* more fo * Herbert than his physician* did for him. And his tick lied und #nr-roundlngB could net have been more comfortable and cheerful had his last lllncr-o b *en In his own homo. This with the one exception that mother's and father'* presence In Herbert's last hours could not ho substituted for.Herberts funeral was very Impressive. His old comrades from the old WhUfid 1st Company. Oregon National Guard#, who are with the 65th were present in a body, and 'brought wonderful designs of lovely flower*I rum t Ut florlnit. wreaths, cut flow-o, ur.d t*v’cO putted plants* wcr* re:;i by the members of Battery K *rth Officer and nurses, n leuu preccsaiop followed hie rvmcllis to tbs cemetery The undersigned conducted a short service at the grave, after Ute l »ned!ct!on. two huglea blew laps, and Herberts body whs at re.-t awalllaa his next revoillo on the Itea-urrertlon mnrn. when Gabriel? trumpet shall summons nil sued * UrUian soldier to their new Captain's presence.I knew Herbert ut Fort Stevens n::d ever since Like all others wh5 I; new him. I admired him as a good soltilf and as a man. No higher Irlbut can he paid any of God‘ erentur?* We all feel the loss of our comrade and wish to assure you ci our heartfelt rympathy. May God Mess and comfort you t* the prayer of . Yours sincerely.ALBERT K. MATHEWS, First Lieutenant t:. S Army Chaf Pan. cr.ru Artillery, C. A C*
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Ashland Tidings
Ashland, Oregon, US
Thu, Aug 22, 1918
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