TRANSCRIBED FROM THE ARKANSAS DEMOCRAT SEPTEMBER 26, 1918 P. 4
The navy is doing wonderful work in handling the transports. If the good work keeps up we will have quite an American force here by Christmas. I did not get over as soon as I should, but I was here with the first million. The sounds like a lot of men and it is, but men and money do not count these days unless upward of a million.
The Y’s are kept busy and they do the work to a finish. They are an absolute necessity. We get a paper here daily and manage to keep posted on doings in the states and over here.
A letter over here is sure a help. I am feeling a great deal better than when in the United States, though I have not gained any weight. Some of the difference in the climate here and that of Arizona, but this is to my liking.
NOTES: This partial letter was written by Frank Abraham Gruver to his father, George F. Gruver of Little Rock, Arkansas. He was born on July 19, 1918, Indiana and died on February 10, 1962, at the VA Hospital in Houston, Texas. He enlisted in Arizona while working on the railroad. He was described as being of medium height and medium build with light blue eye and light hair. He departed Hoboken, New Jersey on January 15, 1918, onboard the Leviathan. He was serving in Co. B, 32nd Engrs. He is buried in the Little Rock National Cemetery in Little Rock and is Identified as a Cpl. US Army serving in World War I.
TRANSCRIBED BY CAROLYN YANCEY KENT
The navy is doing wonderful work in handling the transports. If the good work keeps up we will have quite an American force here by Christmas. I did not get over as soon as I should, but I was here with the first million. The sounds like a lot of men and it is, but men and money do not count these days unless upward of a million.
The Y’s are kept busy and they do the work to a finish. They are an absolute necessity. We get a paper here daily and manage to keep posted on doings in the states and over here.
A letter over here is sure a help. I am feeling a great deal better than when in the United States, though I have not gained any weight. Some of the difference in the climate here and that of Arizona, but this is to my liking.
NOTES: This partial letter was written by Frank Abraham Gruver to his father, George F. Gruver of Little Rock, Arkansas. He was born on July 19, 1918, Indiana and died on February 10, 1962, at the VA Hospital in Houston, Texas. He enlisted in Arizona while working on the railroad. He was described as being of medium height and medium build with light blue eye and light hair. He departed Hoboken, New Jersey on January 15, 1918, onboard the Leviathan. He was serving in Co. B, 32nd Engrs. He is buried in the Little Rock National Cemetery in Little Rock and is Identified as a Cpl. US Army serving in World War I.
TRANSCRIBED BY CAROLYN YANCEY KENT