TRANSCRIBED FROM THE SCOTT COUNTY ADVANCE REPORTER March 7, 1918, p. 1
Camp Beauregard, La.
Feb. 24th, 1918.
To dear old advance reporter and its many readers:
Will drop in a few lines as it has been some time since I’ve wrote anything. Everything is going pretty nicely in camps now. The quarantine is raised so the boys can visit each other in camps, and they are putting in pretty good time.
Privates Wallace Monroe and Harrison Oiler from Camp Beauregard, payed us Remount boys a visit Sunday and also Loyd Roberson and Guy Cross were over today. We sure are glad to have the boys come back over.
The pack train made a five day hike last week and they took me for their cook and we went to Jena to where we spent from Saturday night till Tuesday and you bet we sure did have a lovely time. The people invited us all out for dinner Sunday and of course we would always accept an invitation like that. So they fed us on fried chicken, pie and cake and almost anything you could imagine. But I was used to washing my mess kit myself I started to take my plate to wash. So after dinner was over we was invited in to the parlor and was entertained by Jena’s Best and Monday night they gave a dance for the benefit of us soldier boys and all seemed to enjoy life.
Tuesday morning as we were packing to leave, the people all gathered to the train to see us leave and bade us good bye, so we soon was on our way back to camps. The boys all seemed to enjoy it and all are raring for another hike.
Well, health is pretty good here now. Myself and several more of the boys have been having a “Swell time” for a few weeks, we have had the mumps. Grover Goddard says they make a man look bummy. I say he feels bummy too. The boys are having a dance in the Crew barracks tonight. Plenty of boys, but the girls are not running out much. Guess its on the account f bad weather.
Reminds me of our dances at Mr. Drapers. Well, as news is scarce, Ill close. With best wishes to all, I remain,
A Scott County Soldier Boy.
By Arvil Martin
314 Remount Station.
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TRANSCRIBED BY ISAAC WOLTER
Camp Beauregard, La.
Feb. 24th, 1918.
To dear old advance reporter and its many readers:
Will drop in a few lines as it has been some time since I’ve wrote anything. Everything is going pretty nicely in camps now. The quarantine is raised so the boys can visit each other in camps, and they are putting in pretty good time.
Privates Wallace Monroe and Harrison Oiler from Camp Beauregard, payed us Remount boys a visit Sunday and also Loyd Roberson and Guy Cross were over today. We sure are glad to have the boys come back over.
The pack train made a five day hike last week and they took me for their cook and we went to Jena to where we spent from Saturday night till Tuesday and you bet we sure did have a lovely time. The people invited us all out for dinner Sunday and of course we would always accept an invitation like that. So they fed us on fried chicken, pie and cake and almost anything you could imagine. But I was used to washing my mess kit myself I started to take my plate to wash. So after dinner was over we was invited in to the parlor and was entertained by Jena’s Best and Monday night they gave a dance for the benefit of us soldier boys and all seemed to enjoy life.
Tuesday morning as we were packing to leave, the people all gathered to the train to see us leave and bade us good bye, so we soon was on our way back to camps. The boys all seemed to enjoy it and all are raring for another hike.
Well, health is pretty good here now. Myself and several more of the boys have been having a “Swell time” for a few weeks, we have had the mumps. Grover Goddard says they make a man look bummy. I say he feels bummy too. The boys are having a dance in the Crew barracks tonight. Plenty of boys, but the girls are not running out much. Guess its on the account f bad weather.
Reminds me of our dances at Mr. Drapers. Well, as news is scarce, Ill close. With best wishes to all, I remain,
A Scott County Soldier Boy.
By Arvil Martin
314 Remount Station.
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TRANSCRIBED BY ISAAC WOLTER