TRANSCRIBED FROM THE MODERN NEWS MARCH 1, 1918 P. 1
Newport News, Va., Feb. 18.
Editor Modern News:
As I am sitting on my bunk this evening I will write a few lines to my many friends and relatives in Poinsett county. I volunteered in the service of the U.S. Army on the 31st Day of October, 1917, not knowing very much about the army, but I could tell a right smart about it now. Every Saturday morning we have inspection; you must have clean leggins and shoes shined. We do guard duty almost every other day and when we are not on guard we are drilling very hard. There is a vast number of soldiers over here and they are sailing abroad every day. Most everybody seems to think the war will soon be at an end. If every man in the army today will do his bit I think we will win this war. No young man who offers his services to the government will be called a slacker. Of course you can serve your country in many ways. As I do not know very much to write and it is almost bed time, I will ring off for this time, with best wishes to my many friends and relatives in Poinsett county.
Yours respectfully,
Clarence F. Hibbetts,
Machine Gun Co., 48th Infantry
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TRANSCRIBED BY ISAAC WOLTER
Newport News, Va., Feb. 18.
Editor Modern News:
As I am sitting on my bunk this evening I will write a few lines to my many friends and relatives in Poinsett county. I volunteered in the service of the U.S. Army on the 31st Day of October, 1917, not knowing very much about the army, but I could tell a right smart about it now. Every Saturday morning we have inspection; you must have clean leggins and shoes shined. We do guard duty almost every other day and when we are not on guard we are drilling very hard. There is a vast number of soldiers over here and they are sailing abroad every day. Most everybody seems to think the war will soon be at an end. If every man in the army today will do his bit I think we will win this war. No young man who offers his services to the government will be called a slacker. Of course you can serve your country in many ways. As I do not know very much to write and it is almost bed time, I will ring off for this time, with best wishes to my many friends and relatives in Poinsett county.
Yours respectfully,
Clarence F. Hibbetts,
Machine Gun Co., 48th Infantry
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TRANSCRIBED BY ISAAC WOLTER