TRANSCRIBED FROM THE POCAHONTAS STAR HERALD AUGUST 16, 1918 P. 10
Somewhere in France, July 3rd.
Mr. and Mrs. Sam Stout,
Supply, Ark,
Dear Parents:
I find time to write you again and tell you that I am in the very best of health and am enjoying myself as much as could be possible under the circumstances. I have enough to eat and plenty of warm clothing, also enough exercise to keep me healthy. So please don’t worry about me in that or any other way.
I told you in my last letter that I hadn’t been seasick yet, well the trip wasn’t finished when I wrote you that. Later, I did get seasick and very much so, it was the worst feeling I ever experienced but it didn’t last with me more than an hour. After that I could laugh at the other boys heaving it over the rail.
We have seen some very beautiful country since we landed and taken altogether, the trip since leaving Funston has been like a holiday.
I haven’t received any of your letters yet but expect they will catch up with us as soon as it is possible. We will be at this place for awhile. Have you heard from Homer since he came over? He didn’t beat me across very much, did he? You must be sure to send me his address when you answer this letter, then I can write to him directly. Be sure and tell me the number of his Division as I’ve forgotten it. You can find it on the book he sent us from camp.
Be sure to send me all the news about the home people and everything enteresting you can think of except things, military. Newspapers are a very scarce article here. We get a little two sheet London Times (part of the time it’s one sheet) with about as much news in it as there is in an almanac, but at that we don’t worry much about the papers, or other things either.
Write as often as you can. I will write you often from now on and tell you about my health, that is about all I can write about.
With love for you, I remain,
Your son, Lee.
NOTE: Lee N. Stout was born on March 8, 1889 in Pocahontas, Arkansas and died on September 30, 1950. He enlisted on May 7, 1918 and was discharged on June 9, 1919. His military headstone identifies him as a private serving in the 342nd Machine Gun Battalion, 89th Division. He is buried in the Ingram Cemetery in Maynard, Arkansas. He was writing to his parents who lived in Supply, Arkansas. Letter or letters written by his brother Homer are on this site.
TRANSCRIBED BY LINDA MATTHEWS
Somewhere in France, July 3rd.
Mr. and Mrs. Sam Stout,
Supply, Ark,
Dear Parents:
I find time to write you again and tell you that I am in the very best of health and am enjoying myself as much as could be possible under the circumstances. I have enough to eat and plenty of warm clothing, also enough exercise to keep me healthy. So please don’t worry about me in that or any other way.
I told you in my last letter that I hadn’t been seasick yet, well the trip wasn’t finished when I wrote you that. Later, I did get seasick and very much so, it was the worst feeling I ever experienced but it didn’t last with me more than an hour. After that I could laugh at the other boys heaving it over the rail.
We have seen some very beautiful country since we landed and taken altogether, the trip since leaving Funston has been like a holiday.
I haven’t received any of your letters yet but expect they will catch up with us as soon as it is possible. We will be at this place for awhile. Have you heard from Homer since he came over? He didn’t beat me across very much, did he? You must be sure to send me his address when you answer this letter, then I can write to him directly. Be sure and tell me the number of his Division as I’ve forgotten it. You can find it on the book he sent us from camp.
Be sure to send me all the news about the home people and everything enteresting you can think of except things, military. Newspapers are a very scarce article here. We get a little two sheet London Times (part of the time it’s one sheet) with about as much news in it as there is in an almanac, but at that we don’t worry much about the papers, or other things either.
Write as often as you can. I will write you often from now on and tell you about my health, that is about all I can write about.
With love for you, I remain,
Your son, Lee.
NOTE: Lee N. Stout was born on March 8, 1889 in Pocahontas, Arkansas and died on September 30, 1950. He enlisted on May 7, 1918 and was discharged on June 9, 1919. His military headstone identifies him as a private serving in the 342nd Machine Gun Battalion, 89th Division. He is buried in the Ingram Cemetery in Maynard, Arkansas. He was writing to his parents who lived in Supply, Arkansas. Letter or letters written by his brother Homer are on this site.
TRANSCRIBED BY LINDA MATTHEWS