TRANSCRIBED FROM THE MENA WEEKLY STAR NOVEMBER 29, 1917 P. 4
To the Editor of The Star:
I will write you a few lines as I have missed The Star for two issues and it is just like missing a letter from home. We were transferred from Camp Pike and arrived here last Thursday. All are well pleased with this place. I like the remount work much better than the infantry, as this is just like farm work. I am on the feeding force. We have 7,000 horses and mules to feed.
Wish I was back at Mena and could take a drink of pure water from the park spring, as the water here is not good in comparison.
I suppose the farmers are preparing for good crops another year. I want them to grow plenty of beans and potatoes for we soldier boys, as we eat more of them than anything else. We are planning on a big dinner Thanksgiving day.
I hope the Jefferson Highway will be completed by the time we return to Polk county, and most of us are planning on returning. When the war is over we will make the girls good husbands, as a majority of us have learned to cook and wash since we have been in the service.
Polk county did a good work in donating to the Y. M. C. A., as that organization is fine for the soldier boys.
Will close for this time, and if this misses the waste basket, will write again.
Wishing all a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year, I am,
Yours truly.
John D. Taylor,
Remount Station, Camp Beauregard La.,
Nov. 22, 1917.
NOTES: John Dayton Taylor was born on February 23, 1894 at Hatfield, Polk County, Arkansas and died on August 28, 1977at Hatfield. He is buried in the Gann Cemetery at Potter, Arkansas. He enlisted on September 19, 1917 and was discharged on March 22, 1919. He was described as being of medium height and build with blue eyes and brown hair.
TRANSCRIBED BY CAROLYN YANCEY KENT.
To the Editor of The Star:
I will write you a few lines as I have missed The Star for two issues and it is just like missing a letter from home. We were transferred from Camp Pike and arrived here last Thursday. All are well pleased with this place. I like the remount work much better than the infantry, as this is just like farm work. I am on the feeding force. We have 7,000 horses and mules to feed.
Wish I was back at Mena and could take a drink of pure water from the park spring, as the water here is not good in comparison.
I suppose the farmers are preparing for good crops another year. I want them to grow plenty of beans and potatoes for we soldier boys, as we eat more of them than anything else. We are planning on a big dinner Thanksgiving day.
I hope the Jefferson Highway will be completed by the time we return to Polk county, and most of us are planning on returning. When the war is over we will make the girls good husbands, as a majority of us have learned to cook and wash since we have been in the service.
Polk county did a good work in donating to the Y. M. C. A., as that organization is fine for the soldier boys.
Will close for this time, and if this misses the waste basket, will write again.
Wishing all a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year, I am,
Yours truly.
John D. Taylor,
Remount Station, Camp Beauregard La.,
Nov. 22, 1917.
NOTES: John Dayton Taylor was born on February 23, 1894 at Hatfield, Polk County, Arkansas and died on August 28, 1977at Hatfield. He is buried in the Gann Cemetery at Potter, Arkansas. He enlisted on September 19, 1917 and was discharged on March 22, 1919. He was described as being of medium height and build with blue eyes and brown hair.
TRANSCRIBED BY CAROLYN YANCEY KENT.