TRANSCRIBED FROM THE ASHLEY COUNTY EAGLE OCTOBER 4, 1917 P. 2
1st Co. 87th Div., Am’n Train,
Camp Pike, Ark.
Dear Mr. Baird:
We, the boys at Camp Pike, are getting along fine. Quite a few have bad arms from vaccination. Guess you have already had several letters from the boys here: for every one of us enjoyed the many things which you and others of Ashley County did for us. We shall never forget our friends and loved ones at home. We expect to be out of quarantine pretty soon. And, as for my part, and I believe every one of us think that we are in the best line of service we could have gotten into, which is the 1st Co. 87th Division, Ammunition Train. We are all pleased and have the very best of men for our commanding officers. They are from the Regular Army. Capt. Cummings, U.S.R., 1st Lieut. Raymon, 2nd Lieut. deMange. We know they are good men to have the patience with us that they do. Pretty soon we hope to be where they will appreciate us as we do them. Again thanking you for your many favors, I am
Yours sincerely,
William E. Berry
NOTES: Berry was born in 1888 and died in 1972. He is buried in the Pinewood Memorial Park in Crossett, Arkansas.
TRANSCRIBED BY DEBRA POLSTON
1st Co. 87th Div., Am’n Train,
Camp Pike, Ark.
Dear Mr. Baird:
We, the boys at Camp Pike, are getting along fine. Quite a few have bad arms from vaccination. Guess you have already had several letters from the boys here: for every one of us enjoyed the many things which you and others of Ashley County did for us. We shall never forget our friends and loved ones at home. We expect to be out of quarantine pretty soon. And, as for my part, and I believe every one of us think that we are in the best line of service we could have gotten into, which is the 1st Co. 87th Division, Ammunition Train. We are all pleased and have the very best of men for our commanding officers. They are from the Regular Army. Capt. Cummings, U.S.R., 1st Lieut. Raymon, 2nd Lieut. deMange. We know they are good men to have the patience with us that they do. Pretty soon we hope to be where they will appreciate us as we do them. Again thanking you for your many favors, I am
Yours sincerely,
William E. Berry
NOTES: Berry was born in 1888 and died in 1972. He is buried in the Pinewood Memorial Park in Crossett, Arkansas.
TRANSCRIBED BY DEBRA POLSTON