TRANSCRIBED FROM THE DAILY TEXARKANIAN SEPTEMBER 17, 1917 P. 8
They certainly do feed us well. We don’t have beans but twice a week. We have iced tea, coffee, ice water and milk to drink. They bake 46 different kinds of cake and 26 kinds of meats, so you see we have something different every day for quite a while.
There is an aeroplane camp about eight miles away and the flight of the birdmen is a fascinating sight, the soldiers agree.
NOTES: This partial letter was written by Arval Manning from Camp Travis, Texas. He was born in Arkansas on September 8, 1892/3. He died in Texarkana on March 6, 1969. He is buried in the Hillcrest Cemetery in Texarkana, Bowie County, Texas. His military headstone identifies him as serving in the US Army during World War I. He departed from Hoboken, NJ on September 8, 1918 onboard the Mercury. He was serving with the Supply Company, 806th Pioneer Infantry. When the letter was written he was serving in Co. K. 359th Infantry.
TRANSCRIBED BY CAROLYN YANCEY KENT
They certainly do feed us well. We don’t have beans but twice a week. We have iced tea, coffee, ice water and milk to drink. They bake 46 different kinds of cake and 26 kinds of meats, so you see we have something different every day for quite a while.
There is an aeroplane camp about eight miles away and the flight of the birdmen is a fascinating sight, the soldiers agree.
NOTES: This partial letter was written by Arval Manning from Camp Travis, Texas. He was born in Arkansas on September 8, 1892/3. He died in Texarkana on March 6, 1969. He is buried in the Hillcrest Cemetery in Texarkana, Bowie County, Texas. His military headstone identifies him as serving in the US Army during World War I. He departed from Hoboken, NJ on September 8, 1918 onboard the Mercury. He was serving with the Supply Company, 806th Pioneer Infantry. When the letter was written he was serving in Co. K. 359th Infantry.
TRANSCRIBED BY CAROLYN YANCEY KENT