TRANSCRIBED FROM THE NEVADA COUNTY PICYAUNE JUNE 6, 1918 P. 1
Camp Greene, N.C.
May 13, 1918.
Mr. J. W. Franks,
Prescott, Ark.,
Kind Sir,
The application for furlough which was made out and approved of by “The Local Board of Nevada County” for Harry W. Lambert, was received today, and I want to thank you, as you are one of the board, for your consideration of the application, however I will not try for the furlough. Of course father did not know my feelings about this war or he never would have applied. I feel that my duty is to stay where I am at present.
I did not wait for the draft and now I do not want the regiment to leave me, and have to fall back with the third draft.
I am now ready for foreign service as I’ve had a year of very rigid training. I feel like my training would be of no value to anyone but myself if I were to come back now.
I am very highly pleased with the service and especially so with this regiment. Thirteen is considered an unlucky number, and I believe myself it is, but only for the enemy.
I am gratefully,
Harry W. Lambert,
13th F.A. Battery F.
Moving Forces.
P.S. We are leaving here today for----somewhere.
NOTES: Henry Wakefield Lambert was born in Center Point, Arkansas on July 12, 1964 and died on November 17, 1964. He is buried in the Rest Haven Memorial Gardens in Norphlet, Arkansas. His military headstone identifies him as a Pfc. serving in the 13th Field Artillery 4th Division during World War I.
TRANSCRIBED BY JACQUE HOWARD
Camp Greene, N.C.
May 13, 1918.
Mr. J. W. Franks,
Prescott, Ark.,
Kind Sir,
The application for furlough which was made out and approved of by “The Local Board of Nevada County” for Harry W. Lambert, was received today, and I want to thank you, as you are one of the board, for your consideration of the application, however I will not try for the furlough. Of course father did not know my feelings about this war or he never would have applied. I feel that my duty is to stay where I am at present.
I did not wait for the draft and now I do not want the regiment to leave me, and have to fall back with the third draft.
I am now ready for foreign service as I’ve had a year of very rigid training. I feel like my training would be of no value to anyone but myself if I were to come back now.
I am very highly pleased with the service and especially so with this regiment. Thirteen is considered an unlucky number, and I believe myself it is, but only for the enemy.
I am gratefully,
Harry W. Lambert,
13th F.A. Battery F.
Moving Forces.
P.S. We are leaving here today for----somewhere.
NOTES: Henry Wakefield Lambert was born in Center Point, Arkansas on July 12, 1964 and died on November 17, 1964. He is buried in the Rest Haven Memorial Gardens in Norphlet, Arkansas. His military headstone identifies him as a Pfc. serving in the 13th Field Artillery 4th Division during World War I.
TRANSCRIBED BY JACQUE HOWARD