TRANSCRIBED FROM THE ARKANSAS GAZETTE AUGUST 26, 1918 P. 3
I like Camp Pike fine and most of the boys that are with me do. We have plenty of good solid food but of course not many pies and cakes. From what I learn from boys who have been in other camps, Camp Pike is as good as any of them, and I wish the boys would quit knocking on this camp, for in so doing they are knocking our home state. …
There is nothing like a letter from home to a soldier boy.
NOTES: This partial letter is written to the Marshall Republican by Private Edgar Monroe McBride, Co. F, 4th Replacement Regiment. McBride’s draft registration lists his address as Witt Springs and his draft board was located at Marshall, Searcy County, Arkansas. He was short and slender with blue eyes and black hair. He was born June 25, 1890 and died August 12, 1936. He is buried in the Harris Cemetery in Danville, Arkansas.
TRANSCRIBED BY CAROLYN YANCEY KENT
I like Camp Pike fine and most of the boys that are with me do. We have plenty of good solid food but of course not many pies and cakes. From what I learn from boys who have been in other camps, Camp Pike is as good as any of them, and I wish the boys would quit knocking on this camp, for in so doing they are knocking our home state. …
There is nothing like a letter from home to a soldier boy.
NOTES: This partial letter is written to the Marshall Republican by Private Edgar Monroe McBride, Co. F, 4th Replacement Regiment. McBride’s draft registration lists his address as Witt Springs and his draft board was located at Marshall, Searcy County, Arkansas. He was short and slender with blue eyes and black hair. He was born June 25, 1890 and died August 12, 1936. He is buried in the Harris Cemetery in Danville, Arkansas.
TRANSCRIBED BY CAROLYN YANCEY KENT