TRANSCRIBED FROM THE SCOTT COUNTY ADVANCE REPORTER JULY 3, 1919 P. 1
Camp Guthrie
June 6, 1919
Mr. Coy Hartson
Dear old friend:
I will drop you a few lines today. How are you by now? fine I hope, I’m o.k. at present. Well Coy I’m quite a distance from old Ark. By this time, next week I will be farther than I am now. well Coy I will tell about my trip. I joined the army at Tulsa, Okla. was sent to Jefferson Barracks, Mo. stayed there about a week. Then was sent to Camp Meade Maryland. I stayed there 3 weeks. Then I was sent to Brooklyn, N.Y. where we sailed for France May 2nd and landed in Saint Nazaire France June 1st marching eight miles to Camp Guthrie where we are now stationed. You ought to be here to see the French girls they sure are good looking Dames. We get Ice Cake, Candy and Lemon Ade most every day free, furnished by the Y.M.C.A. and K.C. also Jewish Welfare Board so you see we don’t have a bad time after all. We also have all kind of free shows and all kind of books to read. I think this soldier life is a great life. I think we will be back in the U.S.A. by Xmas if not before. If we are I am to come home Xmas if I can. Say Coy write and tell me the name of that girl who lived on _____place when I was there the youngest one of those two. I want to write to her. Well I must close for this time so answer real soon and tell me all the news.
Your friend,
Roy L. Lowery
13 Co. 3rd prov. Bn.
A.P.O. 701
A.E.F.
NOTES: Lowery departed Antwerp, Belgium on April 16, 1920 onboard the Princess Matoika. He was serving as a Pvt. in 12 Prov. GD Co.
TRANSCRIBED BY MIKE POLSTON
Camp Guthrie
June 6, 1919
Mr. Coy Hartson
Dear old friend:
I will drop you a few lines today. How are you by now? fine I hope, I’m o.k. at present. Well Coy I’m quite a distance from old Ark. By this time, next week I will be farther than I am now. well Coy I will tell about my trip. I joined the army at Tulsa, Okla. was sent to Jefferson Barracks, Mo. stayed there about a week. Then was sent to Camp Meade Maryland. I stayed there 3 weeks. Then I was sent to Brooklyn, N.Y. where we sailed for France May 2nd and landed in Saint Nazaire France June 1st marching eight miles to Camp Guthrie where we are now stationed. You ought to be here to see the French girls they sure are good looking Dames. We get Ice Cake, Candy and Lemon Ade most every day free, furnished by the Y.M.C.A. and K.C. also Jewish Welfare Board so you see we don’t have a bad time after all. We also have all kind of free shows and all kind of books to read. I think this soldier life is a great life. I think we will be back in the U.S.A. by Xmas if not before. If we are I am to come home Xmas if I can. Say Coy write and tell me the name of that girl who lived on _____place when I was there the youngest one of those two. I want to write to her. Well I must close for this time so answer real soon and tell me all the news.
Your friend,
Roy L. Lowery
13 Co. 3rd prov. Bn.
A.P.O. 701
A.E.F.
NOTES: Lowery departed Antwerp, Belgium on April 16, 1920 onboard the Princess Matoika. He was serving as a Pvt. in 12 Prov. GD Co.
TRANSCRIBED BY MIKE POLSTON