TRANSCRIBED FROM THE MOUNTAIN ECHO SEPTEMBER 27, 1917 P. 4
Camp Pike, Q. M. C.,
September 18, 1918,
Echo Editor:
I though I would write you a few lines this beautiful morning. I am liking army life fine. I guess you remember me, as I was one of the boys who entrained on Sunday, Sept. 16th. We arrived here on the 17th, and was assigned to the 52nd Co., 11 Tr. Bn., in the infantry, but I was later turned down in in the infantry on account of my hands and transferred to the quartermaster’s corps, where I am now stationed. I do not know whether I will get to go to France or not, but if on account of my affliction I am deprived of that pleasur, I am glad I am able take the place of some able bodied man who can go, in that way I feel I am doing something for my country. But you can rest assured I would like to get one crack at the Huns before it is over . . . . I am sending you a piece of prose I composed, A Sodiers Plea For a Loan.” Please send me The Echo, for it will be like a letter from home. All the boys who came here with me, except 5 or 6, have gone to the other camps. With kindest regards to my friends, I remain,
Chas. Wagoner
Q. M. C., Camp Pike.
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TRANSCRIBED BY MIKE POLSTON