TRANSCRIBED FROM THE MENA EVENING STAR JANUARY 5, 1918 P. 1
Camp Greene, Sunday Night, 1917.
Mr. St. John.
Dear Sir:
I believe that the last you heard of me I was going to Douglas. I got there all right, but the 13th was not there. It left El Paso just as I passed thru. So I was at Douglas only a week, or until I could get transportation here.
This country is very much like Polk county, but at this particular place there are practically no rocks. The pines around here look natural. Most of our wood is freshly cut green pine and you can imagine what a sweet time we have keeping warm with it. Also it is hard on our religion at times.
Cold? Well, yes, it is rather chilly, especially after being in Southern Texas and Arizona. It has been snowing quite a bit and the thermometer hangs between freezing and zero most of the time. Some of the officers whose homes are in Texas, seem to think they have landed somewhere in the immediate vicinity of the North Pole.
Our whole division is here. We are in the Forth Division and are ready for any kind of orders. We can’t say when we will go, but in all probability we will be present in the spring drive.
Lt. Francis Holman,
13th F. A., Charlotte, N. C.
NOTES: Lt. Frances Virgil Holman was born on December 11, 1896 in Polk County, Arkansas and died on September 22, 1977 at Fort Smith, Arkansas He is buried in the Forest Park Cemetery at Fort Smith. He was a graduate of the Ft. Logan H. Roots officer’s training program the summer of 1917. He was described as being tall and slender with blue eyes and light brown hair.
TRANSCRIBED BY CAROLYN YANCEY KENT.
Camp Greene, Sunday Night, 1917.
Mr. St. John.
Dear Sir:
I believe that the last you heard of me I was going to Douglas. I got there all right, but the 13th was not there. It left El Paso just as I passed thru. So I was at Douglas only a week, or until I could get transportation here.
This country is very much like Polk county, but at this particular place there are practically no rocks. The pines around here look natural. Most of our wood is freshly cut green pine and you can imagine what a sweet time we have keeping warm with it. Also it is hard on our religion at times.
Cold? Well, yes, it is rather chilly, especially after being in Southern Texas and Arizona. It has been snowing quite a bit and the thermometer hangs between freezing and zero most of the time. Some of the officers whose homes are in Texas, seem to think they have landed somewhere in the immediate vicinity of the North Pole.
Our whole division is here. We are in the Forth Division and are ready for any kind of orders. We can’t say when we will go, but in all probability we will be present in the spring drive.
Lt. Francis Holman,
13th F. A., Charlotte, N. C.
NOTES: Lt. Frances Virgil Holman was born on December 11, 1896 in Polk County, Arkansas and died on September 22, 1977 at Fort Smith, Arkansas He is buried in the Forest Park Cemetery at Fort Smith. He was a graduate of the Ft. Logan H. Roots officer’s training program the summer of 1917. He was described as being tall and slender with blue eyes and light brown hair.
TRANSCRIBED BY CAROLYN YANCEY KENT.