TRANSCRIBED FROM THE MALVERN TIMES JOURNAL OCTOBER 24, 1918 P. 3
Dear Hot Spring Co. Friends:
I take pleasure in giving you all a few things about our work and stay here in Austin, Texas. I, with 46 more Arkansas boys and 53 northern boys, arrived here the 13th of Sept., to enter the Radio School. First, we were greeted by the boys that left Camp Taylor before we did. You can be assured that the boys were glad to meet and be together again.
Monday morning following, we took about a three miles hike before breakfast. That gave us good appetite, and that was followed with the same exercise every morning. We drill one hour a day, and are in school 8. The majority are liking this O. K. I know we are busy from six a. m. until 9:30 p. m. We have three inspections each day. Every button must be fastened, shoes shined and a fellow must have his hat just exactly right.
Charles McDaniel was with me until last week, when he was shipped back to Camp Taylor. Larkin Bradford is at Camp Taylor yet. Geo. M. Taylor, the other of our Hot Spring Co. boys was sent to Camp Wheeler, Georgia. I have heard he was lately shipped across “over there”, where we want to go.
I was out at Camp Mabry the 22nd and there I met four more boys from Hot Spring county, Mr. Bailey, Mr. Day, Herman Sullivan and Horace Matlock.
Camp Mabry, S. M. A. camp and the University Radio soldiers gave a parade for the opening of the Fourth Liberty Loan. There were about three thousand soldiers, accompanied by two bands; airplanes overhead, and them flying in battle formation. We had a number of trucks some stretchers to show how the dead and wounded are carried from the battle field.
We are treated real nice here, the Elks Club have prepared and opened their Club house for the soldier’s entertainment. We are looking for the time when the Dove of Peace returns and we boys can return to our many loved homes and say we have fought a good fight, and the victory is won.
We are anxious to get across “over there,” and do our bit towards establishing peace again.
I am glad to say, my county has always gone over the top, and is doing its bit in this great war.
If this finds room in the columns of our dear county paper, I’ll try to devote enough of my time to write again.
With much love to all my friends in Hot Spring county, I am,
Thomas J. Sheets.
NOTES:
TRANSCRIBED BY KAREN PITTMAN
Dear Hot Spring Co. Friends:
I take pleasure in giving you all a few things about our work and stay here in Austin, Texas. I, with 46 more Arkansas boys and 53 northern boys, arrived here the 13th of Sept., to enter the Radio School. First, we were greeted by the boys that left Camp Taylor before we did. You can be assured that the boys were glad to meet and be together again.
Monday morning following, we took about a three miles hike before breakfast. That gave us good appetite, and that was followed with the same exercise every morning. We drill one hour a day, and are in school 8. The majority are liking this O. K. I know we are busy from six a. m. until 9:30 p. m. We have three inspections each day. Every button must be fastened, shoes shined and a fellow must have his hat just exactly right.
Charles McDaniel was with me until last week, when he was shipped back to Camp Taylor. Larkin Bradford is at Camp Taylor yet. Geo. M. Taylor, the other of our Hot Spring Co. boys was sent to Camp Wheeler, Georgia. I have heard he was lately shipped across “over there”, where we want to go.
I was out at Camp Mabry the 22nd and there I met four more boys from Hot Spring county, Mr. Bailey, Mr. Day, Herman Sullivan and Horace Matlock.
Camp Mabry, S. M. A. camp and the University Radio soldiers gave a parade for the opening of the Fourth Liberty Loan. There were about three thousand soldiers, accompanied by two bands; airplanes overhead, and them flying in battle formation. We had a number of trucks some stretchers to show how the dead and wounded are carried from the battle field.
We are treated real nice here, the Elks Club have prepared and opened their Club house for the soldier’s entertainment. We are looking for the time when the Dove of Peace returns and we boys can return to our many loved homes and say we have fought a good fight, and the victory is won.
We are anxious to get across “over there,” and do our bit towards establishing peace again.
I am glad to say, my county has always gone over the top, and is doing its bit in this great war.
If this finds room in the columns of our dear county paper, I’ll try to devote enough of my time to write again.
With much love to all my friends in Hot Spring county, I am,
Thomas J. Sheets.
NOTES:
TRANSCRIBED BY KAREN PITTMAN