TRANSCRIBED FROM THE NEWPORT DAILY INDEPENDENT NOVEMBER 2, 1918 P. 2
“Y” Hut, St. Louis, Mo.
3 p.m., Nov. 1, 1918
My Dear Mother and Family:
I have just returned from a tour of the town (the little town). I have walked for three hours and seen lots of this little place. We had to be back at 3 p.m. for the “Y” is going to take us on a sight-seeing trip over the city. They have certainly treated us nice here. A man in uniform is the man of the day. Everybody has a smile and a kind word for the boy in uniform.
We leave at 2:30 p.m. for Camp Taylor, Ky. and get there about 7 or 8 tomorrow night. It certainly is a long old trip and we did not get a Pullman either. The captain at W. of A. said they tried for a week to get one for us but they could not.
Mother, the Red Cross at Fayetteville gave us a big bunch of sandwiches and fruit and best of all a pair of towels, 3 prs. Of sox and a sweater, but they told us who had sweaters not to take one and I did not. I thought some poor boy who did not have one would need it.
Mother I will close with love to all.
Your son and brother,
Charles.
(Somewhere Enroute.)
NOTES: This letter was written by Charles Burkett of Newport, Arkansas. He attended the Students’ Army Training Corp in Fayetteville while a student at the University of Arkansas. He was one of forty men chosen to attend the officer’s training school at Camp Taylor in Louisville, Kentucky. He chose to serve in the field artillery.
TRANSCRIBED BY DEBRA POLSTON
“Y” Hut, St. Louis, Mo.
3 p.m., Nov. 1, 1918
My Dear Mother and Family:
I have just returned from a tour of the town (the little town). I have walked for three hours and seen lots of this little place. We had to be back at 3 p.m. for the “Y” is going to take us on a sight-seeing trip over the city. They have certainly treated us nice here. A man in uniform is the man of the day. Everybody has a smile and a kind word for the boy in uniform.
We leave at 2:30 p.m. for Camp Taylor, Ky. and get there about 7 or 8 tomorrow night. It certainly is a long old trip and we did not get a Pullman either. The captain at W. of A. said they tried for a week to get one for us but they could not.
Mother, the Red Cross at Fayetteville gave us a big bunch of sandwiches and fruit and best of all a pair of towels, 3 prs. Of sox and a sweater, but they told us who had sweaters not to take one and I did not. I thought some poor boy who did not have one would need it.
Mother I will close with love to all.
Your son and brother,
Charles.
(Somewhere Enroute.)
NOTES: This letter was written by Charles Burkett of Newport, Arkansas. He attended the Students’ Army Training Corp in Fayetteville while a student at the University of Arkansas. He was one of forty men chosen to attend the officer’s training school at Camp Taylor in Louisville, Kentucky. He chose to serve in the field artillery.
TRANSCRIBED BY DEBRA POLSTON