TRANSCRIBED FROM THE GREEN FOREST TRIBUNE APRIL 19, 1918 P. 2
Dear folks at home:
Have arrived back at Camp all right. Got into Chicago at 6 o’clock, but never came right over. Just as I had guessed, Charles and I are on mess detachment this morning.
Our company is all torn to pieces now. Some had been drafted and were gone when we got back, which, they say, means we will move over to Camp Ross Monday, so if we do, we may expect to be shipped over pretty soon and if you do not hear from me for awhile you may know I am on the move and don’t have time to write.
It is lots colder here than it was there. I crawled back into my heavy underwear when I got back.
I sure did do some sleeping last night. My old hammock just felt fine.
Almost all the boys now are gone out of the 3rd Regiment.
When I got back here there was a letter for me from Ella Gimlin.
I sure feel fine since I got back.
Lots of love,
Roy
NOTES: Roy McCurry was writing to his family in Alpena, Arkansas.
TRANSCRIBED BY DEBRA POLSTON
Dear folks at home:
Have arrived back at Camp all right. Got into Chicago at 6 o’clock, but never came right over. Just as I had guessed, Charles and I are on mess detachment this morning.
Our company is all torn to pieces now. Some had been drafted and were gone when we got back, which, they say, means we will move over to Camp Ross Monday, so if we do, we may expect to be shipped over pretty soon and if you do not hear from me for awhile you may know I am on the move and don’t have time to write.
It is lots colder here than it was there. I crawled back into my heavy underwear when I got back.
I sure did do some sleeping last night. My old hammock just felt fine.
Almost all the boys now are gone out of the 3rd Regiment.
When I got back here there was a letter for me from Ella Gimlin.
I sure feel fine since I got back.
Lots of love,
Roy
NOTES: Roy McCurry was writing to his family in Alpena, Arkansas.
TRANSCRIBED BY DEBRA POLSTON