TRANSCRIBED FROM THE HELENA WORLD JANUARY 20, 1918 P. 4
Camp Beauregard, La. 11, 1918
Company H 153rd Infantry U.S.M.C.
The box of knitted wear received of you yesterday and as per your note enclosed was given to the boys that needed them most.
Such gifts not only afford bodily comfort, but carry with them a message of love which helps to inspire in the men the mission on which they are sent.
Each of them thank the ladies most deeply for the thoughtfulness to their comfort while training for foreign service.
From the present outlook it will be only a few short months before we are “over there” before the dangers of a soldier and every article that is to be taken with them from loved ones back home will be cherished and bring back fond memories.
There is comparatively little sickness in the camp at the present time although we are still quarantined from Alexandria, as the meningitis scare has not entirely passed over.
Every man is striving to make H Company the best in the regiment and one that can be spoken of with pride both by its members and its supporters left behind.
Again thanking you on behalf of the boys, I am
Yours truly,
BRYAN SIMS
First Sergeant Co. H
NOTES: Sims was writing from Camp Beauregard, Louisiana.
TRANSCRIBED BY MIKE POLSTON
Camp Beauregard, La. 11, 1918
Company H 153rd Infantry U.S.M.C.
The box of knitted wear received of you yesterday and as per your note enclosed was given to the boys that needed them most.
Such gifts not only afford bodily comfort, but carry with them a message of love which helps to inspire in the men the mission on which they are sent.
Each of them thank the ladies most deeply for the thoughtfulness to their comfort while training for foreign service.
From the present outlook it will be only a few short months before we are “over there” before the dangers of a soldier and every article that is to be taken with them from loved ones back home will be cherished and bring back fond memories.
There is comparatively little sickness in the camp at the present time although we are still quarantined from Alexandria, as the meningitis scare has not entirely passed over.
Every man is striving to make H Company the best in the regiment and one that can be spoken of with pride both by its members and its supporters left behind.
Again thanking you on behalf of the boys, I am
Yours truly,
BRYAN SIMS
First Sergeant Co. H
NOTES: Sims was writing from Camp Beauregard, Louisiana.
TRANSCRIBED BY MIKE POLSTON