TRANSCRIBED FROM THE ARKANSAS DEMOCRAT AUGUST 6, 1918 P. 5
I will answer your letter. I just received the one you wrote when I was at New Jersey.
I just got back from the front last night for a rest camp. It was 2:30 o’clock when we got in, but the Red Cross hut was open and they had plenty of hot chocolate and cigarettes for us, so this morning we feel fine, and you wouldn’t hardly realize there was a war.
I will close, so write soon and often.
As ever, your nephew.
NOTES: Dave Gays was writing to his uncle E. W. Gays. Dave Gays was a Little Rock baker before enlisting on May 2, 1917. He was in serving in Co. B, 102nd Infantry. Gays had been overseas about four months by the time this letter was written.
TRANSCRIBED BY CAROLYN YANCEY KENT
I will answer your letter. I just received the one you wrote when I was at New Jersey.
I just got back from the front last night for a rest camp. It was 2:30 o’clock when we got in, but the Red Cross hut was open and they had plenty of hot chocolate and cigarettes for us, so this morning we feel fine, and you wouldn’t hardly realize there was a war.
I will close, so write soon and often.
As ever, your nephew.
NOTES: Dave Gays was writing to his uncle E. W. Gays. Dave Gays was a Little Rock baker before enlisting on May 2, 1917. He was in serving in Co. B, 102nd Infantry. Gays had been overseas about four months by the time this letter was written.
TRANSCRIBED BY CAROLYN YANCEY KENT