TRANSCRIBED FROM THE ROGERS DEMOCRAT OCTOBER 4, 1917 P. 1
Camp Pike, September 27th
Editor Rogers Democrat:
I will write you a few lines in regard to the Benton county boys at Camp Pike. We were among the first to arrive here.
Camp Pike is eight miles out of Little Rock and is connected by a branch railroad, and it is four by nine miles. It is laid out like a city in streets and blocks.
The barracks are each built to bed and feed two hundred men. The first day we did not do much, only settle down and take our vaccination for smallpox and typhoid. It made some of the boys sick, and most all of us had sore and stiff shoulders the next day.
We were issued two blankets and our mess kits, and our uniforms will be issued when our quarantine is up, which will be ten days.
Camp Pike is furnished with electric lights and a good sewer system. We have hot and cold water, and shower baths in each barrack. The buildings and surroundings are kept clean.
The boys are picking up the military drills and ways rapidly. We have daily hikes of about two miles and we sure meet and pass many thousands of other men in drills and marches. We take daily examination for any signs of sickness. So we are well guarded against any sickness.
We have some great singings at night when we are all together that would make some church choirs ashamed of themselves. The Y.M.C.A. has several buildings scattered about the Camp and we have the use of them for reading and writing, with good lectures and motion pictures each week.
After things are settled down it will be more pleasant for all.
I received a copy of the Democrat today and the Benton County boys were all glad to get news from home. Well, I will close for fear of making this letter too long.
EARL S. LOGAN.
45th Inf. 2nd Provisional Co.,
Camp Pike, Little Rock, Ark.
NOTES: Earl Sanford Logan was the stepson of Harry Kliner of north of Rogers, Arkansas. Logan had returned from Oklahoma to enlist with the Benton County men. He was born on August 26, 1926 in Rogers, Arkansas and died on July 31, 1973. He is buried in the Mount Hope Cemetery in Lemay, Missouri. He enlisted on September 18, 1917 and was discharged on March 25, 1919.
TRANSCRIBED BY LAEL HARROD
Camp Pike, September 27th
Editor Rogers Democrat:
I will write you a few lines in regard to the Benton county boys at Camp Pike. We were among the first to arrive here.
Camp Pike is eight miles out of Little Rock and is connected by a branch railroad, and it is four by nine miles. It is laid out like a city in streets and blocks.
The barracks are each built to bed and feed two hundred men. The first day we did not do much, only settle down and take our vaccination for smallpox and typhoid. It made some of the boys sick, and most all of us had sore and stiff shoulders the next day.
We were issued two blankets and our mess kits, and our uniforms will be issued when our quarantine is up, which will be ten days.
Camp Pike is furnished with electric lights and a good sewer system. We have hot and cold water, and shower baths in each barrack. The buildings and surroundings are kept clean.
The boys are picking up the military drills and ways rapidly. We have daily hikes of about two miles and we sure meet and pass many thousands of other men in drills and marches. We take daily examination for any signs of sickness. So we are well guarded against any sickness.
We have some great singings at night when we are all together that would make some church choirs ashamed of themselves. The Y.M.C.A. has several buildings scattered about the Camp and we have the use of them for reading and writing, with good lectures and motion pictures each week.
After things are settled down it will be more pleasant for all.
I received a copy of the Democrat today and the Benton County boys were all glad to get news from home. Well, I will close for fear of making this letter too long.
EARL S. LOGAN.
45th Inf. 2nd Provisional Co.,
Camp Pike, Little Rock, Ark.
NOTES: Earl Sanford Logan was the stepson of Harry Kliner of north of Rogers, Arkansas. Logan had returned from Oklahoma to enlist with the Benton County men. He was born on August 26, 1926 in Rogers, Arkansas and died on July 31, 1973. He is buried in the Mount Hope Cemetery in Lemay, Missouri. He enlisted on September 18, 1917 and was discharged on March 25, 1919.
TRANSCRIBED BY LAEL HARROD