TRANSCRIBED FROM THE SCOTT COUNTY ADVANCE REPORTER NOVEMBER 1, 1917 P. 1
Camp Pike, Ark.
Oct. 16, 1917
Dear old Advance Reporter:
I believe in the justice and honesty of the cause for which America is at war; I believe that my country needs me and to this and that victory may come swiftly; I pledge my services to her without reservation. When I am sent to a foreign land, whose customs and laws may be unlike those at home I will observe a decent tolerance and wise control not forgetting that by my action with strangers judge the character of all Americans for all time. Because I am willing to give my youth and strength to my country I believe that my country loves me and is praying for me and to this end I shall demand a little from her as may be, knowing that her prayers will give me strength to fight with courage and to take my hours of recreation with a clean heart.
Guss Franklin
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TRANSCRIBED BY KAREN PITTMAN