TRANSCRIBED FROM THE DEQUEEN BEE JUNE 21, 1918 P. 3
Dear Sir:
I will try and drop you a few lines to let you know of my whereabouts. I have been doing quite a lot of traveling since I left De Queen. I haven’t been at any one place over two weeks, so you know I have been moving right along. I used to think this country was about as sorry as any I had heard of, but it’s a fine country and there are some awful fine people over here. I can’t talk to them, but I’m learning every day. There are some great sights here. The people are not as industrious as Americans, but they have some fine homes and buildings. They are very near all built out of stone, there are but few built out of lumber.
There is only one objection I have to this country, and it is just too far from home. I have only received six letters since I have been in the service, and I was at Camp Pike when I received them. There are boys here that have been in France four or five months and have never received a letter from home.
I have written to someone around De Queen every time I’ve had a chance,and maybe I will hear from some of them in the next six or seven months.
I have tried to treat everyone alike, but a man in the army can never do as he pleases for they have something else to do.
You may think that this letter is dry and I have the same idea but it can’t be helped, for there is nothing to mention about the outside world, and it is the same old thing over and over with the army life.
There have been some long old days since I have been in the army, for I don’t feel right to stay at work all the time. I haven’t had a chance to go to anything and see anybody, except people passing by. You can tell the girls and boys I’m alright, and that I hope this letter finds all of you well.
Your friend,
Wm. F. Schroeter
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TRANSCRIBED BY BRE’ANNA WILSON