TRANSCRIBED FROM THE ARKANSAS GAZETTE NOVEMBER 2, 1917, P. 2.
And another thing – be sure to put a one-cent stamp on every magazine just as soon as you have finished with it, and it will get to some crowd of our men over here. We don’t get any of them here because we have a little crowd, and we don’t need them, anyway. But the men do need them and want them. Ever since I saw that bunch of men grabbing for magazines when we landed, I’ve tried to tell everyone I know to send them. You see, it’s such a little thing to do we are very much inclined to overlook it.
NOTES: This is a partial letter written by Lieutenant Samuel Theodore Smith to his mother, Mrs. S. G. Smith of Conway, Arkansas. Smith was a graduate of the officer’s training camp at Fort Roots in North Little Rock, Arkansas and was one of a select group of new lieutenants quickly sent overseas. He was a member of the 6th Field Artillery, First Division. On October 4, 1918, he was wounded seriously in the Argonne forest near Fleville, France. He was awarded the Distinguished Service Cross from the United States and the Croix de Guerre from France. In January 1919, Smith was transported to a U. S. hospital for rehabilitation.
In August, he was discharged from the military and returned home to Conway. He became active in business and community affairs and established an automobile dealership that he operated until he retired. He was born on July 5, 1894 in Conway and died there on October 9, 1973. He is buried in the Oak Grove Cemetery in Conway.
TRANSCRIBED BY CARLOLYN YANCEY KENT
And another thing – be sure to put a one-cent stamp on every magazine just as soon as you have finished with it, and it will get to some crowd of our men over here. We don’t get any of them here because we have a little crowd, and we don’t need them, anyway. But the men do need them and want them. Ever since I saw that bunch of men grabbing for magazines when we landed, I’ve tried to tell everyone I know to send them. You see, it’s such a little thing to do we are very much inclined to overlook it.
NOTES: This is a partial letter written by Lieutenant Samuel Theodore Smith to his mother, Mrs. S. G. Smith of Conway, Arkansas. Smith was a graduate of the officer’s training camp at Fort Roots in North Little Rock, Arkansas and was one of a select group of new lieutenants quickly sent overseas. He was a member of the 6th Field Artillery, First Division. On October 4, 1918, he was wounded seriously in the Argonne forest near Fleville, France. He was awarded the Distinguished Service Cross from the United States and the Croix de Guerre from France. In January 1919, Smith was transported to a U. S. hospital for rehabilitation.
In August, he was discharged from the military and returned home to Conway. He became active in business and community affairs and established an automobile dealership that he operated until he retired. He was born on July 5, 1894 in Conway and died there on October 9, 1973. He is buried in the Oak Grove Cemetery in Conway.
TRANSCRIBED BY CARLOLYN YANCEY KENT