TRANSCRIBED FROM THE MOUNTIAN WAVE OCTOBER 11, 1918 P. 2
Fort Caswell, N. C., Oct. 1, 1918
Dear Editor:
If you will allow me space in your good paper, I’ll give some of my experience as a soldier.
Since I left Marshall on July 15, I have been in four different army camps. I was at New Orleans two months. While there I took a course in auto mechanics. I received my rating from that school and was assigned to coast artillery; and reported at Fort Screven. Ga. I stayed there nine days and was sent to Fort Moultrie, S. C. I sure was glad to have the opportunity of seeing this old fort. I also could see Fort Sumpter from Fort Moultrie. Both of these forts are prominent in our History. I stayed at Fort Moultrie two days and was sent to Fort Caswell, N. C. Have been here three days have not been assigned to a battery yet. They are forming four trench mortar batteries here. I understand that we motor mechanics will be assigned to one of them, for they are next to the highest branch of the service.
The coast artillery is certainly a great branch of service. They have some wonderful guns to handle. U. S. Coast Guns weigh from 50 to 70 tons. Some guns Lots of machinery to them.
I suppose the Fourth Liberty Loan is progressing nicely in Searcy county. You know it makes a fellow feel good to know his county always is doing it’s part. I have the utmost confidence in Searcy county.
The Y. M. C. A. is certainly a great organization, always furnishing some amusement for the boys. I must not forget the Red Cross. They meet our trains and give us sandwiches and coffee; in fact, I don’t know how we could get along with out the Red Cross. I was on the train 32 hours and was not allowed to stop long enough for but one lunch. If the Red Cross ladies had not met our trains we would have gone hungry, but they provided us with three lunches. I believe the ladies of Georgia treated us better than any states we passed through. So if some one asks for a a dollar for the Red Cross, don’t think it is not going for a good cause.
I would like to meet my friends in Searcy county but I realize that first, I must help get the Kaiser, then I can not express how happy all will be when the boys begin to return to their homes.
STELLA FLETCHER
Fort Coswell, N. C.
Ft Moultrie Detachment
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TRANSCRIBED BY CHLOE SMITH
Fort Caswell, N. C., Oct. 1, 1918
Dear Editor:
If you will allow me space in your good paper, I’ll give some of my experience as a soldier.
Since I left Marshall on July 15, I have been in four different army camps. I was at New Orleans two months. While there I took a course in auto mechanics. I received my rating from that school and was assigned to coast artillery; and reported at Fort Screven. Ga. I stayed there nine days and was sent to Fort Moultrie, S. C. I sure was glad to have the opportunity of seeing this old fort. I also could see Fort Sumpter from Fort Moultrie. Both of these forts are prominent in our History. I stayed at Fort Moultrie two days and was sent to Fort Caswell, N. C. Have been here three days have not been assigned to a battery yet. They are forming four trench mortar batteries here. I understand that we motor mechanics will be assigned to one of them, for they are next to the highest branch of the service.
The coast artillery is certainly a great branch of service. They have some wonderful guns to handle. U. S. Coast Guns weigh from 50 to 70 tons. Some guns Lots of machinery to them.
I suppose the Fourth Liberty Loan is progressing nicely in Searcy county. You know it makes a fellow feel good to know his county always is doing it’s part. I have the utmost confidence in Searcy county.
The Y. M. C. A. is certainly a great organization, always furnishing some amusement for the boys. I must not forget the Red Cross. They meet our trains and give us sandwiches and coffee; in fact, I don’t know how we could get along with out the Red Cross. I was on the train 32 hours and was not allowed to stop long enough for but one lunch. If the Red Cross ladies had not met our trains we would have gone hungry, but they provided us with three lunches. I believe the ladies of Georgia treated us better than any states we passed through. So if some one asks for a a dollar for the Red Cross, don’t think it is not going for a good cause.
I would like to meet my friends in Searcy county but I realize that first, I must help get the Kaiser, then I can not express how happy all will be when the boys begin to return to their homes.
STELLA FLETCHER
Fort Coswell, N. C.
Ft Moultrie Detachment
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TRANSCRIBED BY CHLOE SMITH