TRANSCRIBED FROM THE ARKANSAS DEMOCRATE NOVEMBER 7, 1918 P. 2
Dear Mother:
I will write you a few lines to let you know that we are again in camp and I am enjoying the best of health. We have snug barracks, ceiled inside, and have concrete floors. The whole camp is three inches in sand, the sandiest country I ever saw. I feel somewhat out of place here. When we meet a good looking girl all we can do is smile at her unless we can speak French. They have the smallest trains.
You never see automobiles running around here for pleasure, it is all business. There are three American daily papers printed here. One is the Stars and Stripes, one the Chicago Tribune and one some New York paper.
We had a little excitement on our way over. About 600 or 700 miles off shore a little submarine attacked us, but we soon got rid of it. I have seen more different kinds of soldiers since I’ve been over here than I ever thought was in the world. We can get American-made cigarettes over here and wine is more plentiful than water. Will close, hoping to see you some day, and will have plenty to tell you when I do.
NOTES: Herbert Lawrence Scott was writing to his mother, Mrs. Charles Alexander Scott of Wheatley, Arkansas. He was born on April 2, 1894 in Lee County, Arkansas and died on December 2, 1951 in Wheatley, Arkansas. He is buried in the Johnson Cemetery in Wheatley. He departed from Camp Pike, Arkansas on June 14 to Camp Dix, NJ. He departed for France on August 25, 1918. He was serving as a Pfc. Hdq. Det. 312th Ammunition Train, 87th Division. He departed from France on May 11, 1919. He was described as being of medium height and slender with brown eyes and red hair.
TRANSCRIBED BY CAROLYN YANCEY KENT
Dear Mother:
I will write you a few lines to let you know that we are again in camp and I am enjoying the best of health. We have snug barracks, ceiled inside, and have concrete floors. The whole camp is three inches in sand, the sandiest country I ever saw. I feel somewhat out of place here. When we meet a good looking girl all we can do is smile at her unless we can speak French. They have the smallest trains.
You never see automobiles running around here for pleasure, it is all business. There are three American daily papers printed here. One is the Stars and Stripes, one the Chicago Tribune and one some New York paper.
We had a little excitement on our way over. About 600 or 700 miles off shore a little submarine attacked us, but we soon got rid of it. I have seen more different kinds of soldiers since I’ve been over here than I ever thought was in the world. We can get American-made cigarettes over here and wine is more plentiful than water. Will close, hoping to see you some day, and will have plenty to tell you when I do.
NOTES: Herbert Lawrence Scott was writing to his mother, Mrs. Charles Alexander Scott of Wheatley, Arkansas. He was born on April 2, 1894 in Lee County, Arkansas and died on December 2, 1951 in Wheatley, Arkansas. He is buried in the Johnson Cemetery in Wheatley. He departed from Camp Pike, Arkansas on June 14 to Camp Dix, NJ. He departed for France on August 25, 1918. He was serving as a Pfc. Hdq. Det. 312th Ammunition Train, 87th Division. He departed from France on May 11, 1919. He was described as being of medium height and slender with brown eyes and red hair.
TRANSCRIBED BY CAROLYN YANCEY KENT