TRANSCRIBED FROM THE POCAHONTAS STAR HERALD FEBRUARY 22, 1918 P. 3
Camp Beauregard, Feb. 18,
To My Friends at Home:
I want to write a few lines concerning army life, that my friends in old Randolph county may know something of what we are doing here. First I want to say that Company I is the best company in the regiment. Our General says it is and I am sure he is right. We have a fine set of officers. Captain Williams is a prince. He is full of fun when not on drill and is always looking out for the comfort of his boys. Many people at home doubtless think we are having a hard time, but we are not. We have plenty to eat, plenty of good clothing and a good cot on which to sleep. Of course the cooking is not as good as mother’s, neither is the bed “goose hair,” but it’s good enough. We have Sundays, Wednesday and Saturday afternoons in which to rest and have a good time. We have only seven hours drill each day, but when we drill we drill, and don’t you forget it. But we realize that we must get lots of “pep” in us to whip those Dutchmans, but we are getting it and think we are almost ready to cross over and give it to ‘em.
It is a fact that some mother’s boys will have to go to France to help win the victory, and I am one of them. I hope to return home safe and sound, and that I may be able to say, “I have fought a good fight.”
Well, an airplane from Lake Charles visited us Monday, and it was a great treat to most of us. It was the second one I had seen since I entered the service.
As this is my first letter I will close, promising to write more next time, provided this misses the waste basket.
Roy Chorice,
Co. I, 153rd. Inf.
NOTES: Roy A. Chorice was born on October 9, 1891 and died on October 12, 1918. He is buried in the Nelson-Clay Cemetery in Reyno, Arkansas. He has a decorative patriotic headstone that identifies him as a Pvt. in Co. L of the 128th Infantry. The inscription states that he died in France.
TRANSCRIBED BY KOBY HEAGERTY
Camp Beauregard, Feb. 18,
To My Friends at Home:
I want to write a few lines concerning army life, that my friends in old Randolph county may know something of what we are doing here. First I want to say that Company I is the best company in the regiment. Our General says it is and I am sure he is right. We have a fine set of officers. Captain Williams is a prince. He is full of fun when not on drill and is always looking out for the comfort of his boys. Many people at home doubtless think we are having a hard time, but we are not. We have plenty to eat, plenty of good clothing and a good cot on which to sleep. Of course the cooking is not as good as mother’s, neither is the bed “goose hair,” but it’s good enough. We have Sundays, Wednesday and Saturday afternoons in which to rest and have a good time. We have only seven hours drill each day, but when we drill we drill, and don’t you forget it. But we realize that we must get lots of “pep” in us to whip those Dutchmans, but we are getting it and think we are almost ready to cross over and give it to ‘em.
It is a fact that some mother’s boys will have to go to France to help win the victory, and I am one of them. I hope to return home safe and sound, and that I may be able to say, “I have fought a good fight.”
Well, an airplane from Lake Charles visited us Monday, and it was a great treat to most of us. It was the second one I had seen since I entered the service.
As this is my first letter I will close, promising to write more next time, provided this misses the waste basket.
Roy Chorice,
Co. I, 153rd. Inf.
NOTES: Roy A. Chorice was born on October 9, 1891 and died on October 12, 1918. He is buried in the Nelson-Clay Cemetery in Reyno, Arkansas. He has a decorative patriotic headstone that identifies him as a Pvt. in Co. L of the 128th Infantry. The inscription states that he died in France.
TRANSCRIBED BY KOBY HEAGERTY