TRANSCRIBED FROM THE ASHLEY COUNTY EAGLE JULY 18, 1918 P. 1
Battery “C” 317th Field Artillery, Camp Jackson, S.C., July 12th, 1918.
Editor Ashley County Eagle, Hamburg, Arkansas
Dear Sir:
It has been reported to me that Corporal Abraham G. Elton, of this battery, and of your County, is said to have a bad record as a soldier.
It seems that there are reports that he has been serving a sentence in the guard house, and has been roughly treated as a result.
I take this occasion to inform the people through your paper that these reports are absolutely untrue. Corporal Elton has a fine record in this Battery. He has been in this organization approximately six months, and there is not a mark against him. He has just received his promotion to a non-commissioned officer, which is proof of his services.
Trusting that you will publish this letter in order that the people of your County might not be inclined to the wrong opinion of a soldier who has proven himself to be one of the highest grade.
Respectfully,
EDWIN L. RANDLE,
Captain 317th Field Artillery,
Commanding Battery “C”.
NOTES: This letter was written concerning Abraham Green Elton. He was born on March 2, 1890 in Snyder, Arkansas and died on January 10, 1968, He is buried in the Pinewood Memorial Park in Crossett, Arkansas. His military headstone identifies him as a Arkansas Cpl. serving in Battery C Field Artillery during World War 1. He departed Brest, France on May 27, 1919 onboard the South Carolina. He was serving as a Cpl. in Battery C 317th Field Artillery.
TRANSCRIBED BY SHANNON SOUTHARD
Battery “C” 317th Field Artillery, Camp Jackson, S.C., July 12th, 1918.
Editor Ashley County Eagle, Hamburg, Arkansas
Dear Sir:
It has been reported to me that Corporal Abraham G. Elton, of this battery, and of your County, is said to have a bad record as a soldier.
It seems that there are reports that he has been serving a sentence in the guard house, and has been roughly treated as a result.
I take this occasion to inform the people through your paper that these reports are absolutely untrue. Corporal Elton has a fine record in this Battery. He has been in this organization approximately six months, and there is not a mark against him. He has just received his promotion to a non-commissioned officer, which is proof of his services.
Trusting that you will publish this letter in order that the people of your County might not be inclined to the wrong opinion of a soldier who has proven himself to be one of the highest grade.
Respectfully,
EDWIN L. RANDLE,
Captain 317th Field Artillery,
Commanding Battery “C”.
NOTES: This letter was written concerning Abraham Green Elton. He was born on March 2, 1890 in Snyder, Arkansas and died on January 10, 1968, He is buried in the Pinewood Memorial Park in Crossett, Arkansas. His military headstone identifies him as a Arkansas Cpl. serving in Battery C Field Artillery during World War 1. He departed Brest, France on May 27, 1919 onboard the South Carolina. He was serving as a Cpl. in Battery C 317th Field Artillery.
TRANSCRIBED BY SHANNON SOUTHARD