TRANSCRIBED FROM THE GREEN FOREST TRIBUNE AUGUST 2, 1918 P. 2
Camp Merriott, N. J., June 20thh 1918.
Dearest mother and all on the hill:
I am in New Jersey and feeling fine, and hope you are all well. We just arrived this morning and I think I am going to like it just fine.
We came through Louisana, Mississippi, Alabama and Tennessee via Washington, D. C., Maryland, Delaware, Pennsylvania and New York. We passed through New Orleans, crossed the Mississippi river at Baton Rouge, from there to Hattiesburg, Miss. And from there to Birmingham, Ala., through Chattanooga, Tenn., and from there to Knoxville, Tenn., to Bristol, Va,. where we were treated to a Red Cross lunch. We passed through Baltimore, Md., Philadephia, Pa., and a portion of the western part of New York city. It was sure some trip.
Down in Tennessee we saw them working with lots of oxen.
I will now have to go back to the company for dinner is about ready.
Tell grandpa we are going to go after the Kaiser like a dog after a rabbit in an open field when we get across, and I hope that won’t be too long.
Don’t worry about me, mother, dearest, for I am all right, only pray for me. I will close. Good bye and love to all. My address is Camp Merriottt, N. J., cf. Y. M. C. A. No. 1.
Your loving son,
Leonard Stanhope
NOTES: Leonard E. Stanhope was born on November 22, 1898 and died on December 4, 1956. He is buried in the Golden Gate National Cemetery in San Bruno, California. His military headstone identifies him as an Arkansas Pfc. serving in Btry. D, 320th FA. He departed for Europe on June 28, 1918 from New York onboard the Saxon. He was listed as a Pvt. in Camp Beauregard FA June Auto Repl. Draft. He returned to the US from Bordeaux, France on February 16, 1919 onboard the Buford. He was listed as a Pvt. serving in the 320 FA.
TRANSCRIBED BY SHANNON SOUTHARD
Camp Merriott, N. J., June 20thh 1918.
Dearest mother and all on the hill:
I am in New Jersey and feeling fine, and hope you are all well. We just arrived this morning and I think I am going to like it just fine.
We came through Louisana, Mississippi, Alabama and Tennessee via Washington, D. C., Maryland, Delaware, Pennsylvania and New York. We passed through New Orleans, crossed the Mississippi river at Baton Rouge, from there to Hattiesburg, Miss. And from there to Birmingham, Ala., through Chattanooga, Tenn., and from there to Knoxville, Tenn., to Bristol, Va,. where we were treated to a Red Cross lunch. We passed through Baltimore, Md., Philadephia, Pa., and a portion of the western part of New York city. It was sure some trip.
Down in Tennessee we saw them working with lots of oxen.
I will now have to go back to the company for dinner is about ready.
Tell grandpa we are going to go after the Kaiser like a dog after a rabbit in an open field when we get across, and I hope that won’t be too long.
Don’t worry about me, mother, dearest, for I am all right, only pray for me. I will close. Good bye and love to all. My address is Camp Merriottt, N. J., cf. Y. M. C. A. No. 1.
Your loving son,
Leonard Stanhope
NOTES: Leonard E. Stanhope was born on November 22, 1898 and died on December 4, 1956. He is buried in the Golden Gate National Cemetery in San Bruno, California. His military headstone identifies him as an Arkansas Pfc. serving in Btry. D, 320th FA. He departed for Europe on June 28, 1918 from New York onboard the Saxon. He was listed as a Pvt. in Camp Beauregard FA June Auto Repl. Draft. He returned to the US from Bordeaux, France on February 16, 1919 onboard the Buford. He was listed as a Pvt. serving in the 320 FA.
TRANSCRIBED BY SHANNON SOUTHARD