TRANSCRIBED FROM THE CARLISLE INDEPENDENT MARCH 27, 1919 P. 7
Requiel France, Feb. 18, 1919
Dear mamma,
I will answer your letter which I received a few days ago; was sure glad to hear from you and to know all of you are well. I am still in France and having a good time. It doesn't rain so much where I am now, it has been raining a little here the last day or so.
Well mama I said in my last letter I would be home by the middle of February but I was badly mistaken. I don't know just when we will start, it won't be long I'm sure for we are preparing to start now. We are going to be reviewed by General Pershing and the Prince of Wales, which takes place tomorrow so I guess it will be a big day.
You asked me about my sleeping quarters, eats, etc. I have a fine place to sleep and get plenty to eat and am not drilling much now, just having a few parades and reviews. I still go on guard though not very often. We have a good place to guard, we guard the cafes in the towns. We are not out in the cold like we were on the lines.
I am in the 36th division, probably you have heard about it. It is a good division and one of the oldest over here. It is the one that gave the Boche the kick at Chateaux-Thierry and also at Mihiel. The St. Mihiel fight was my first battle, then we went to Verdun where we went against them again and ended the war. The 26 has a big name in France. We have a regiment, the only one in the A.E.F. that has been decorated by any foreign government.
Yes mama, it looks funny that the boys who have never been to the front are getting to come home first. I can't see why they do that unless they were all equipped and nearer the ports than us, also they were all drilled up. We were like a bunch of rookies when we came out of the lines and had to be trained again. I sure hope I can get home in time to help papa this year.
Well as I have run out of news guess I will close, hoping this finds you well and that I may reach there shortly after this letter so good bye with lots of love from your son,
Pvt George Carson.
Co. A. 103 Machine Gun Bat.
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TRANSCRIBED BY LAEL HARROD
Requiel France, Feb. 18, 1919
Dear mamma,
I will answer your letter which I received a few days ago; was sure glad to hear from you and to know all of you are well. I am still in France and having a good time. It doesn't rain so much where I am now, it has been raining a little here the last day or so.
Well mama I said in my last letter I would be home by the middle of February but I was badly mistaken. I don't know just when we will start, it won't be long I'm sure for we are preparing to start now. We are going to be reviewed by General Pershing and the Prince of Wales, which takes place tomorrow so I guess it will be a big day.
You asked me about my sleeping quarters, eats, etc. I have a fine place to sleep and get plenty to eat and am not drilling much now, just having a few parades and reviews. I still go on guard though not very often. We have a good place to guard, we guard the cafes in the towns. We are not out in the cold like we were on the lines.
I am in the 36th division, probably you have heard about it. It is a good division and one of the oldest over here. It is the one that gave the Boche the kick at Chateaux-Thierry and also at Mihiel. The St. Mihiel fight was my first battle, then we went to Verdun where we went against them again and ended the war. The 26 has a big name in France. We have a regiment, the only one in the A.E.F. that has been decorated by any foreign government.
Yes mama, it looks funny that the boys who have never been to the front are getting to come home first. I can't see why they do that unless they were all equipped and nearer the ports than us, also they were all drilled up. We were like a bunch of rookies when we came out of the lines and had to be trained again. I sure hope I can get home in time to help papa this year.
Well as I have run out of news guess I will close, hoping this finds you well and that I may reach there shortly after this letter so good bye with lots of love from your son,
Pvt George Carson.
Co. A. 103 Machine Gun Bat.
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TRANSCRIBED BY LAEL HARROD