TRANSCRIBED FROM THE ROGERS DEMOCRAT DECEMBER 13, 1917 P. 2
I am getting to like camp life more every day. There is plenty of amusement here. To the southeast of us is the aerial corps and you can see from one to a dozen aeroplanes in the air all day. Due south of us is the artillery and we hear their guns all the time roaring on the range. West are the Missouri troops, the signal corps and the Wichita Mts. To the north is our drill grounds, as well as our rifle and machine gun ranges. To hear the rapid fire guns is just like hearing a real fast motor car popping. The bullets travel so fast that by the time one bullet is leaving the muzzle, there are 16 more bullets on their way out of the barrel, less than an inch apart. It works like an automatic pistol and not with a crank like a washing machine as did the old ones. I think I am in the best company in the regiment and none of us have to go on guard, which makes it nice. There is lots of building going on out here and I think most anyone could get a job. Am feeling fine. Of course there are some regulations here I do not like, but one can learn to get along here just as well as at home if you try. Have not been to town yet and don’t expect to go while I am here. Best regards to everybody and say hello to them for me.
NOTES: This letter was written by Zynn Wilson from Ft. Sill, Oklahoma to his mother Mrs. J. H. Wilson of Prairie Creek, Arkansas.
TRANSCRIBED BY CAROLE MCCLAY CLEVELAND
I am getting to like camp life more every day. There is plenty of amusement here. To the southeast of us is the aerial corps and you can see from one to a dozen aeroplanes in the air all day. Due south of us is the artillery and we hear their guns all the time roaring on the range. West are the Missouri troops, the signal corps and the Wichita Mts. To the north is our drill grounds, as well as our rifle and machine gun ranges. To hear the rapid fire guns is just like hearing a real fast motor car popping. The bullets travel so fast that by the time one bullet is leaving the muzzle, there are 16 more bullets on their way out of the barrel, less than an inch apart. It works like an automatic pistol and not with a crank like a washing machine as did the old ones. I think I am in the best company in the regiment and none of us have to go on guard, which makes it nice. There is lots of building going on out here and I think most anyone could get a job. Am feeling fine. Of course there are some regulations here I do not like, but one can learn to get along here just as well as at home if you try. Have not been to town yet and don’t expect to go while I am here. Best regards to everybody and say hello to them for me.
NOTES: This letter was written by Zynn Wilson from Ft. Sill, Oklahoma to his mother Mrs. J. H. Wilson of Prairie Creek, Arkansas.
TRANSCRIBED BY CAROLE MCCLAY CLEVELAND