TRANSCRIBED FROM THE DAILY ARKANSAS GAZETTE JULY 2, 1918 P. 7
It is a critical time now on the west front. If we only had 1,000,000 men! We are doing well, however, and I believe we will soon be in sufficient force to turn the trick. England is saving up her army for some reason. The one aim now can only be to drive the enemy out of Belgium and France, especially to get them away from the mines of dear old France.
We are still running all the mills night and day and getting lots of lumber to the front. The demand never seems to let up. We can realize the importance of the work when we see they do not send us up front. All the fellows down here are frantic to get into the thick of the fight. The French are determined to do their utmost, but they do not express any wild confidence. Every day brings more American troops.
We are having real summer now. The sun is excessively hot, it will blister in a short time. There is a good breeze. We are only a short distance from the ocean, and when you get in the shade it is quite comfortable.
NOTES: This partial letter was written by Roy Ellery Rison to his uncle, Deputy Sheriff, George Rison. Roy was born on October 30, 1884 in Perryville, Arkansas and died on October 30, 1960. He is buried in the Fort Gibson National Cemetery in Muscogee County, Oklahoma. When writing this letter he was serving in Company C, 10th Engineers, Forestry. His military headstone identifies him as an Oklahoma, Pvt. serving in 61 Co 162 Depot Brigade in World War I.
TRANSCRIBED BY CAROLYN YANCEY KENT
It is a critical time now on the west front. If we only had 1,000,000 men! We are doing well, however, and I believe we will soon be in sufficient force to turn the trick. England is saving up her army for some reason. The one aim now can only be to drive the enemy out of Belgium and France, especially to get them away from the mines of dear old France.
We are still running all the mills night and day and getting lots of lumber to the front. The demand never seems to let up. We can realize the importance of the work when we see they do not send us up front. All the fellows down here are frantic to get into the thick of the fight. The French are determined to do their utmost, but they do not express any wild confidence. Every day brings more American troops.
We are having real summer now. The sun is excessively hot, it will blister in a short time. There is a good breeze. We are only a short distance from the ocean, and when you get in the shade it is quite comfortable.
NOTES: This partial letter was written by Roy Ellery Rison to his uncle, Deputy Sheriff, George Rison. Roy was born on October 30, 1884 in Perryville, Arkansas and died on October 30, 1960. He is buried in the Fort Gibson National Cemetery in Muscogee County, Oklahoma. When writing this letter he was serving in Company C, 10th Engineers, Forestry. His military headstone identifies him as an Oklahoma, Pvt. serving in 61 Co 162 Depot Brigade in World War I.
TRANSCRIBED BY CAROLYN YANCEY KENT