TRANSCRIBED FROM: The DE QUEEN BEE NOVEMBER 11, 1917 P. 2
Dear Friends of Sevier County:
I am in Camp Kearney, being trained for the service in France. We expect to be there soon, so we are working pretty hard in order to fit ourselves to meet and fight the Germans.
I was at Yuma, Ariz., when I was called to the colors. We were first sent to Camp Funston, Kansas, where we stayed about a month, and on account of cold climate we were moved to Kearney. I like it here very well. The weather is just fine. It is neither to hot or too cold. The officers are all very good and kind to us. We get plenty to eat and are perfectly satisfied with the treatment we receive. We get plenty of drilling too, and sometimes we get pretty tired, but as soon as we take a good shower bath, or lay around the quarters for a while, we forget all about it. We have been digging trenches and expect to have some trench warfare practice before long. We also are being trained in all the different modern methods of warfare.
We are all glad to serve our country and people, and when we get to France we are going to fight to win. We expect to make our country the most glorious on earth, and when the Yankies get to Germany the kaiser will find his match.
We still say as we said before, I may not know what the war’s all about,
But you bet, by gosh. Ill soon find out. And oh, my friends, don’t you fear.
We’ll get you a turk and a kaiser too.
And that’s about all we fellows can do.
So goodbye friends, till we meet again.
Robert T. Byers,
Camp Kearney, Cal.
Co, M. 158 Inf.
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TRANSCRIBED BY: ISAAC WOLTER
Dear Friends of Sevier County:
I am in Camp Kearney, being trained for the service in France. We expect to be there soon, so we are working pretty hard in order to fit ourselves to meet and fight the Germans.
I was at Yuma, Ariz., when I was called to the colors. We were first sent to Camp Funston, Kansas, where we stayed about a month, and on account of cold climate we were moved to Kearney. I like it here very well. The weather is just fine. It is neither to hot or too cold. The officers are all very good and kind to us. We get plenty to eat and are perfectly satisfied with the treatment we receive. We get plenty of drilling too, and sometimes we get pretty tired, but as soon as we take a good shower bath, or lay around the quarters for a while, we forget all about it. We have been digging trenches and expect to have some trench warfare practice before long. We also are being trained in all the different modern methods of warfare.
We are all glad to serve our country and people, and when we get to France we are going to fight to win. We expect to make our country the most glorious on earth, and when the Yankies get to Germany the kaiser will find his match.
We still say as we said before, I may not know what the war’s all about,
But you bet, by gosh. Ill soon find out. And oh, my friends, don’t you fear.
We’ll get you a turk and a kaiser too.
And that’s about all we fellows can do.
So goodbye friends, till we meet again.
Robert T. Byers,
Camp Kearney, Cal.
Co, M. 158 Inf.
NOTES:
TRANSCRIBED BY: ISAAC WOLTER