TRANSCRIBED FROM THE DEQEEEN MARCH 8, 1918 P. 2
Editor of Bee and Dear Readers:
After being absent a long time I will again visit your paper with just a few words. I left Camp Pike, Ark., the 14th day of November. Was transferred to Camp Jackson, S. C. Stayed there until Feb. 4, being under quarantine most of the time, never saw much of the country. Was transferred to Co. C, 6th U. S. Infantry, from Camp Jackson. We are now stationed at Chattanooga, Tenn., in the Chickamauga Park.
It is a fine camp. The 6th is one of the oldest regiments in history of the U. S. They have been in all of wars. There are a few of the boys here that went throuh Mexico, and they say it was tough. The regulars are some army, believe me, and Kaiser Bill had better look when the Sixth come headed toward Berlin. Well, I read the letters in the Bee from lots of the other boys, and I will take this way to let them know where I am. W. B. Williams was telling of his kitchen experience. He has about the same as I do, but my hardest task was to keep my rifle clean. About every other morning the Lieutenant would say: “Griggs, clean this rifle, and report to the orderly room,” and he would not speak like he was kidding me, either. But now I get by. This is a fine country, and as spring is coming and the days beginning to get warm, it makes me wish to be in the dear old State of Arkansas. I am now student cook, so I can’t drill no more, and this cooking is a job. I have got to stir my hash, so I ring off and run to the stove.
Yours for a better U. S. A.,
Chas. C. Griggs
NOTES: Charles Claudius Griggs was born on October 11, 1888 in Clarksville, Texas and died on January 1, 1956 in Waco, Texas. He is buried in the Mount Ida Cemetery in Mount Ida, Arkansas.
TRANSCRIBED BY DEBRA POLSTON
Editor of Bee and Dear Readers:
After being absent a long time I will again visit your paper with just a few words. I left Camp Pike, Ark., the 14th day of November. Was transferred to Camp Jackson, S. C. Stayed there until Feb. 4, being under quarantine most of the time, never saw much of the country. Was transferred to Co. C, 6th U. S. Infantry, from Camp Jackson. We are now stationed at Chattanooga, Tenn., in the Chickamauga Park.
It is a fine camp. The 6th is one of the oldest regiments in history of the U. S. They have been in all of wars. There are a few of the boys here that went throuh Mexico, and they say it was tough. The regulars are some army, believe me, and Kaiser Bill had better look when the Sixth come headed toward Berlin. Well, I read the letters in the Bee from lots of the other boys, and I will take this way to let them know where I am. W. B. Williams was telling of his kitchen experience. He has about the same as I do, but my hardest task was to keep my rifle clean. About every other morning the Lieutenant would say: “Griggs, clean this rifle, and report to the orderly room,” and he would not speak like he was kidding me, either. But now I get by. This is a fine country, and as spring is coming and the days beginning to get warm, it makes me wish to be in the dear old State of Arkansas. I am now student cook, so I can’t drill no more, and this cooking is a job. I have got to stir my hash, so I ring off and run to the stove.
Yours for a better U. S. A.,
Chas. C. Griggs
NOTES: Charles Claudius Griggs was born on October 11, 1888 in Clarksville, Texas and died on January 1, 1956 in Waco, Texas. He is buried in the Mount Ida Cemetery in Mount Ida, Arkansas.
TRANSCRIBED BY DEBRA POLSTON