TRANSCRIBED FROM THE COURIER INDEX JULY 19, 1918 P. 10
Camp Beauregard, La.,
June 23, 1918.
Dear Church Secretary H. R. McVeigh:
How are you this fine morning. I hope this letter will find you and the whole church well. I am sitting on my cot thinking of dear old Marianna and the good people that live there. You were wondering if I was soon leaving Camp eauregard. It looks like we will leave any time for France, but the quickest way that I can get there is too slow for me. I saw some men about 29 or 30 years old that were crying because they were not allowed to visit their people before leaving for France. I would cry too, I know if I had anyone to cry over. There is Mrs. A. Zirkle who lives at Oak Hill. I think as much of her as if she were my mother, and I will fight to the end for her if I go to France. I want to thank the people of Marianna for what they have done for me, and hope some day we will meet on the great day, or when the war is over we can meet back in old Marianna. I have been going to meeting at a town named Tioga. There was something like 55 people joined the church there in the last three weeks and they look for more to join. Most of them are soldier boys that joined the church, and some of them joined by letter. Mail call has just blown and I went to see if I had any, but there was not any for me, but I hope to get one tomorrow.
NOTES: This letter was written by DeWitt Sivey. He departed Hoboken, NJ onboard the Toloa on August 22, 1918. He was serving as a Pvt. in 114th Tn. Hdq. and MP. He departed Brest, France on May 28, 1919 onboard the President Grant and arrived in Boston, Mass. on June 9, 1919. He was serving as a Pvt. in Mobile Veterinary Section 116.
TRANSCRIBED BY MIKE POLSTON
Camp Beauregard, La.,
June 23, 1918.
Dear Church Secretary H. R. McVeigh:
How are you this fine morning. I hope this letter will find you and the whole church well. I am sitting on my cot thinking of dear old Marianna and the good people that live there. You were wondering if I was soon leaving Camp eauregard. It looks like we will leave any time for France, but the quickest way that I can get there is too slow for me. I saw some men about 29 or 30 years old that were crying because they were not allowed to visit their people before leaving for France. I would cry too, I know if I had anyone to cry over. There is Mrs. A. Zirkle who lives at Oak Hill. I think as much of her as if she were my mother, and I will fight to the end for her if I go to France. I want to thank the people of Marianna for what they have done for me, and hope some day we will meet on the great day, or when the war is over we can meet back in old Marianna. I have been going to meeting at a town named Tioga. There was something like 55 people joined the church there in the last three weeks and they look for more to join. Most of them are soldier boys that joined the church, and some of them joined by letter. Mail call has just blown and I went to see if I had any, but there was not any for me, but I hope to get one tomorrow.
NOTES: This letter was written by DeWitt Sivey. He departed Hoboken, NJ onboard the Toloa on August 22, 1918. He was serving as a Pvt. in 114th Tn. Hdq. and MP. He departed Brest, France on May 28, 1919 onboard the President Grant and arrived in Boston, Mass. on June 9, 1919. He was serving as a Pvt. in Mobile Veterinary Section 116.
TRANSCRIBED BY MIKE POLSTON