FROM CAMP BEAUREGARD
Kind Friends at Home:
As it is raining and I am idle at present, I will write a short letter through the Star Herald. We soldier boys are always glad to see a rainy day for that means rest. We also have Wednesday and Saturday evening and Sunday for rest. We only drill seven hours a day, and spend the rest of the time in amusements. There is always something lively going on in camp, and I take a part in them all.
The army is a lively place and all of Uncle Sam’s boys think lots of each other, and if we ever go after the Kaiser, he will be our man, for the American boys don’t like his ways.
I came from Camp Pike to Camp Beauregard and when I arrived here I met my brother and several of my old friends. The Louisiana people say that this has been the hardest winter they have had in several years, but the weather here is lots warmer than it is in Arkansas, so we Arkansas boys here think this has been an easy winter.
I heard several people say before I was drafted into the army, that soldies have a hard time, but that is all a mistake, so boys if you are called to serve yo0ur country, be of good cheer for we are sure to win the war, and then we can all come back to home and friends again, and rest in peace the rest of our lives. Of course it is hard to part from friends at home, but you will meet many friends here and the time is coming when we can all return to our homes, when the victory will be ours.
I will close by saying that if any of my friends should want to visit or write me, my address is Hdqrs Co. 153rd Inf., Camp Beauregard, La.
Yours truly,
Thomas E. Belew
NOTES:
TRANSCRIBED BY MIKE POLSTON
Kind Friends at Home:
As it is raining and I am idle at present, I will write a short letter through the Star Herald. We soldier boys are always glad to see a rainy day for that means rest. We also have Wednesday and Saturday evening and Sunday for rest. We only drill seven hours a day, and spend the rest of the time in amusements. There is always something lively going on in camp, and I take a part in them all.
The army is a lively place and all of Uncle Sam’s boys think lots of each other, and if we ever go after the Kaiser, he will be our man, for the American boys don’t like his ways.
I came from Camp Pike to Camp Beauregard and when I arrived here I met my brother and several of my old friends. The Louisiana people say that this has been the hardest winter they have had in several years, but the weather here is lots warmer than it is in Arkansas, so we Arkansas boys here think this has been an easy winter.
I heard several people say before I was drafted into the army, that soldies have a hard time, but that is all a mistake, so boys if you are called to serve yo0ur country, be of good cheer for we are sure to win the war, and then we can all come back to home and friends again, and rest in peace the rest of our lives. Of course it is hard to part from friends at home, but you will meet many friends here and the time is coming when we can all return to our homes, when the victory will be ours.
I will close by saying that if any of my friends should want to visit or write me, my address is Hdqrs Co. 153rd Inf., Camp Beauregard, La.
Yours truly,
Thomas E. Belew
NOTES:
TRANSCRIBED BY MIKE POLSTON