TRANSCRIBED FROM THE POCAHONTAS STAR HERALD JANUARY 11, 1918 P. 2
Camp Beauregard, Jan. 2, 1918.
Dear Mr. Editor:
If you will allow me space in your good paper I will tell the people of Randolph county of my army life. I am well satisfied with my work and have some good times but Louisiana is not the place for me. I took a little visit out in the country Sunday and went to church. Saw some good looking girls but I believe an Arkansas girl would look better to me.
Most of the Randolph boys are here together. Our regiment had a tree Xmas, and every soldier received a present. Col. James made a nice talk, and his wife paid us a visit. Capt. Neal Snyder tells us that we will probably be in France about the last of April. We’ll give the Germans “hale” then. I am in what is known as the First Arkansas Regiment and it ranks us third best in the United States, and our band ranks second. To the boys at home, get in the ring and let’s win this war. The sooner we get on the battlefields of France the sooner we will return home. We think it will probably take two years to win this war, but we are in it with the determination to win. We must win and we will win. I advise every soldier to buy a Liberty Loan Bond and have his life insured. I had mine insured for $10,000.00. There are more people who die of contagious diseases than are killed by bullets. A fellow died in about thirty steps of my tent with spinal meningitis.
I will not write too long a letter this time. I would like to hear from any of my old Randolph friends. I want you to send me the grand old Star Herald. What is the matter with the Ingram correspondent? I wish he would write a long letter. Wishing you all success and a good time till we meet again.
A Soldier Boy,
Roland Morris
Machine Gun Co., 153rd Inf.
NOTES: Roland Morris was born on March 17, 1895 at Ingram, Arkansas and died on March 5, 1970 at Pocahontas, Arkansas. He is buried in the Masonic Cemetery in Pocahontas. He departed for France on August 6, 1918 from Newport News, Virginia onboard the Huron. He was serving as a Corp. in the Machine Gun Company, 153rd Infantry, 39th Division. He departed Pauillac, France on April 25, 1919 onboard the Huron and arrived in Brooklyn, NY on May 5, 1919. He was Corp. serving in Co. A, 320th Infantry Machine Gun Battalion.
TRANSCRIBED BY SHANNON SOUTHARD
Camp Beauregard, Jan. 2, 1918.
Dear Mr. Editor:
If you will allow me space in your good paper I will tell the people of Randolph county of my army life. I am well satisfied with my work and have some good times but Louisiana is not the place for me. I took a little visit out in the country Sunday and went to church. Saw some good looking girls but I believe an Arkansas girl would look better to me.
Most of the Randolph boys are here together. Our regiment had a tree Xmas, and every soldier received a present. Col. James made a nice talk, and his wife paid us a visit. Capt. Neal Snyder tells us that we will probably be in France about the last of April. We’ll give the Germans “hale” then. I am in what is known as the First Arkansas Regiment and it ranks us third best in the United States, and our band ranks second. To the boys at home, get in the ring and let’s win this war. The sooner we get on the battlefields of France the sooner we will return home. We think it will probably take two years to win this war, but we are in it with the determination to win. We must win and we will win. I advise every soldier to buy a Liberty Loan Bond and have his life insured. I had mine insured for $10,000.00. There are more people who die of contagious diseases than are killed by bullets. A fellow died in about thirty steps of my tent with spinal meningitis.
I will not write too long a letter this time. I would like to hear from any of my old Randolph friends. I want you to send me the grand old Star Herald. What is the matter with the Ingram correspondent? I wish he would write a long letter. Wishing you all success and a good time till we meet again.
A Soldier Boy,
Roland Morris
Machine Gun Co., 153rd Inf.
NOTES: Roland Morris was born on March 17, 1895 at Ingram, Arkansas and died on March 5, 1970 at Pocahontas, Arkansas. He is buried in the Masonic Cemetery in Pocahontas. He departed for France on August 6, 1918 from Newport News, Virginia onboard the Huron. He was serving as a Corp. in the Machine Gun Company, 153rd Infantry, 39th Division. He departed Pauillac, France on April 25, 1919 onboard the Huron and arrived in Brooklyn, NY on May 5, 1919. He was Corp. serving in Co. A, 320th Infantry Machine Gun Battalion.
TRANSCRIBED BY SHANNON SOUTHARD