TRANSCRIBED FROM THE MALVERN TIMES JOURNAL DECEMBER 5, 1918 P. 5
Dax, France.
Mr. C. S. Manning:
Dear brother and family.
How are you all tonight? I am fine, only a little tired. I am brakeman on our new railroad now and we have to work pretty hard sometimes, especially, when we have a wreck. We turn over two or three cars every day. We make from 28 to 40 trips a day on about a mile and a half haul.
We have our big mill in operation and now we cut from 45 thousand feet per day and we run day and night, our lumber being shipped to the front as fast as we cut it. How do you like your position in the supply house and how much do you draw?
I am liking this country fine and am learning to speak French quite fluently, but I do hope this war will soon end and we can all be together again, but I am sure I will not come home until it is over over here. I heard you boys all had to register on June 5th. All I can say is that if you do have to come to the camps is be good and loyal, as you can never gain anything by disobeying for just think what becomes of the dear boys who desert. Tell Mama and Papa not to worry over us for this is a just cause we are fighting for. We must sacrifice a great deal to win, and win we must.
I had a letter from Aunt Stella saying you had never heard from me, but I have written you several times. Guess the mail got misplaced somewhere. Give my love to Katie and Agee and you all remember me in your prayers, for I think of you all so much. It is supper time. So must close now.
Your Bud,
VERNER.
NOTES: Verner E. Manning is writing to his brother and family. He was born on December 7, 1895 and died on December 19, 1935. He is buried in the Ouachita Cemetery in Donaldson, Arkansas.
TRANSCRIBED BY KAREN PITMAN
Dax, France.
Mr. C. S. Manning:
Dear brother and family.
How are you all tonight? I am fine, only a little tired. I am brakeman on our new railroad now and we have to work pretty hard sometimes, especially, when we have a wreck. We turn over two or three cars every day. We make from 28 to 40 trips a day on about a mile and a half haul.
We have our big mill in operation and now we cut from 45 thousand feet per day and we run day and night, our lumber being shipped to the front as fast as we cut it. How do you like your position in the supply house and how much do you draw?
I am liking this country fine and am learning to speak French quite fluently, but I do hope this war will soon end and we can all be together again, but I am sure I will not come home until it is over over here. I heard you boys all had to register on June 5th. All I can say is that if you do have to come to the camps is be good and loyal, as you can never gain anything by disobeying for just think what becomes of the dear boys who desert. Tell Mama and Papa not to worry over us for this is a just cause we are fighting for. We must sacrifice a great deal to win, and win we must.
I had a letter from Aunt Stella saying you had never heard from me, but I have written you several times. Guess the mail got misplaced somewhere. Give my love to Katie and Agee and you all remember me in your prayers, for I think of you all so much. It is supper time. So must close now.
Your Bud,
VERNER.
NOTES: Verner E. Manning is writing to his brother and family. He was born on December 7, 1895 and died on December 19, 1935. He is buried in the Ouachita Cemetery in Donaldson, Arkansas.
TRANSCRIBED BY KAREN PITMAN