TRANSCRIBED FROM THE ASHLEY COUNTY EAGLE JUNE 20, 1918 P. 1
Dear Sister:
I am sending you the first insurance policy I took out for $2,000, and will send you the other $8,000 as soon as it comes. I have made $5,000 to you and 5,000 to Papa.
I am still at target practice, but don't think I will be here long. I sure did have a nice time yesterday and the day before. I was out with the flower gathering squad, and we went all over San Antonio from house to house, gathering flowers to decorate the Camp. I visited Uncle Young Allen not long ago and had a nice day with him and his family. He sure has a nice family. I don't think I will be here long, but don't worry about me, for I have plenty to eat and plenty to wear. I have been issued some new clothes, but don't see how I can take care of so many. I will send you some more money, and you can use what you want of it and put the balance in the Bank for me. I will send you the other Liberty Bonds I have bought as soon as I get them paid out.
Bob and I are still together, and I think we will stay together all the way through. Don't write me any more until you hear from me."
Later-- "I sure was in a rush the last two weeks I was in Camp Travis getting ready to leave. I had quite a journey; was on the train from Wednesday until Tuesday of the following week. The people of the Red Cross sure were good to the boys everywhere the train stopped. They served us refreshments along the way. I am now on the Eastern coast near New York City, and with I could write more, but haven't time. You can address your next letter to
Leland Allen,
Co. C, 360 Infantry,
American Exp. Force, France.
NOTES: Edward Leland Allen was the son of Andrew Jackson and Martha Allen of Mill Creek Township in Ashley County, Arkansas. He received his basic training at Camp Travis near San Antonia, Texas. He was born on May 18, 1893 in Ashley County, Arkansas and was killed in action during the Saint-Mihiel campaign on September 16, 1918. His body was never recovered. There is a monument in his honor placed in the Egypt Cemetery in Hamburg, Arkansas. The epitaph on the stone mentions his death.
TRANSCRIBED BY LAEL HARROD
Dear Sister:
I am sending you the first insurance policy I took out for $2,000, and will send you the other $8,000 as soon as it comes. I have made $5,000 to you and 5,000 to Papa.
I am still at target practice, but don't think I will be here long. I sure did have a nice time yesterday and the day before. I was out with the flower gathering squad, and we went all over San Antonio from house to house, gathering flowers to decorate the Camp. I visited Uncle Young Allen not long ago and had a nice day with him and his family. He sure has a nice family. I don't think I will be here long, but don't worry about me, for I have plenty to eat and plenty to wear. I have been issued some new clothes, but don't see how I can take care of so many. I will send you some more money, and you can use what you want of it and put the balance in the Bank for me. I will send you the other Liberty Bonds I have bought as soon as I get them paid out.
Bob and I are still together, and I think we will stay together all the way through. Don't write me any more until you hear from me."
Later-- "I sure was in a rush the last two weeks I was in Camp Travis getting ready to leave. I had quite a journey; was on the train from Wednesday until Tuesday of the following week. The people of the Red Cross sure were good to the boys everywhere the train stopped. They served us refreshments along the way. I am now on the Eastern coast near New York City, and with I could write more, but haven't time. You can address your next letter to
Leland Allen,
Co. C, 360 Infantry,
American Exp. Force, France.
NOTES: Edward Leland Allen was the son of Andrew Jackson and Martha Allen of Mill Creek Township in Ashley County, Arkansas. He received his basic training at Camp Travis near San Antonia, Texas. He was born on May 18, 1893 in Ashley County, Arkansas and was killed in action during the Saint-Mihiel campaign on September 16, 1918. His body was never recovered. There is a monument in his honor placed in the Egypt Cemetery in Hamburg, Arkansas. The epitaph on the stone mentions his death.
TRANSCRIBED BY LAEL HARROD