TRANSCRIBED FROM THE GREEN FOREST TRIBUNE DECEMBER 19, 1917 P. 2
Camp Doniphon
Ft. Sill, Okla., Dec. 2, 1917.
To The Tribune:
I suppose you will be surprised a little bit in hearing from me—a subscriber, but as I promised Mrs. Smith when I was in the office on Aug. 5, just before I was called out, I would write and let her know where I went and how I got along, and to that I will say I am at the above named place and am making it fine and dandy.
Well the same thing happened to my company, the 2nd Kan. M. G. Co. as did to the 2nd M. of Ark.—we were consolidated with the 1st Kan. M. G. Co., making the 137 M. G. Co. which at first spoiled the efficiency of both companies, i. e. to hear everyone talk, but they have got over all that now and we are all the 137th from Kansas now instead of the 1st and 2nd Kan. Co. We have all buckled down to the war game and pulling on the same rope which every one hopes will put an end to the Kaiser.
This was my day to get the Tribune but I have failed for some cause or other. Maybe I will get it tomorrow. I always sit right down and read it through before stopping but I often find that there are no items from Blue Eye or Maple and I never find any from Oak Grove. As I live near Oak Grove I would like to see some items from there in the paper.
Well I must close. You may wonder why I have not written something about our camp, well the military authorities see fit to prohibit any one from writing anything about the camp and there is an order on the bulletin board to that effect. But I will say that I liked my camp on the Border last year much better than Camp Doniphon and I like this place so well that I hope how soon they will take us away from here.
Yours Respt.,
Corp. Roy V. Johnson,
Camp Doniphon,
M. G. Co., 137 Inf., Ft. Sill, Okla.
NOTES: Roy Vernon Johnson was born on August 4, 1892 in Sparta, Missouri and died on November 2, 1968 in Carroll County, Arkansas. He is buried in the Hale Cemetery in Berryville, Arkansas. His military headstone identifies him as a Cpl. serving in MG Co. 137 Infantry. He departed from Liverpool, England on February 21, 1919 and arrived in Hoboken, NJ on March 8, 1919. He traveled on the Plattsburg. He was listed as a Corp. in the Liverpool Casual Co. 1015 and MC Co. 137.
TRANSCRIBED BY LINDA MATTHEWS
Camp Doniphon
Ft. Sill, Okla., Dec. 2, 1917.
To The Tribune:
I suppose you will be surprised a little bit in hearing from me—a subscriber, but as I promised Mrs. Smith when I was in the office on Aug. 5, just before I was called out, I would write and let her know where I went and how I got along, and to that I will say I am at the above named place and am making it fine and dandy.
Well the same thing happened to my company, the 2nd Kan. M. G. Co. as did to the 2nd M. of Ark.—we were consolidated with the 1st Kan. M. G. Co., making the 137 M. G. Co. which at first spoiled the efficiency of both companies, i. e. to hear everyone talk, but they have got over all that now and we are all the 137th from Kansas now instead of the 1st and 2nd Kan. Co. We have all buckled down to the war game and pulling on the same rope which every one hopes will put an end to the Kaiser.
This was my day to get the Tribune but I have failed for some cause or other. Maybe I will get it tomorrow. I always sit right down and read it through before stopping but I often find that there are no items from Blue Eye or Maple and I never find any from Oak Grove. As I live near Oak Grove I would like to see some items from there in the paper.
Well I must close. You may wonder why I have not written something about our camp, well the military authorities see fit to prohibit any one from writing anything about the camp and there is an order on the bulletin board to that effect. But I will say that I liked my camp on the Border last year much better than Camp Doniphon and I like this place so well that I hope how soon they will take us away from here.
Yours Respt.,
Corp. Roy V. Johnson,
Camp Doniphon,
M. G. Co., 137 Inf., Ft. Sill, Okla.
NOTES: Roy Vernon Johnson was born on August 4, 1892 in Sparta, Missouri and died on November 2, 1968 in Carroll County, Arkansas. He is buried in the Hale Cemetery in Berryville, Arkansas. His military headstone identifies him as a Cpl. serving in MG Co. 137 Infantry. He departed from Liverpool, England on February 21, 1919 and arrived in Hoboken, NJ on March 8, 1919. He traveled on the Plattsburg. He was listed as a Corp. in the Liverpool Casual Co. 1015 and MC Co. 137.
TRANSCRIBED BY LINDA MATTHEWS