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Southern Folk In The Army ~~
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SOUTHERN FOLK IN THE ARMY
Dear Ma and Pa:
Am well. Hope you are. Tell Brother Walt and Brother
Elmer the Army beats working for Old Man Minch a mile. Tell them to
join up quick before maybe all the places are filled.
I was restless at first because you got to stay in
bed till nearly 6 a.m. but now am getting so I like to sleep late.
Tell Walt and Elmer all you do before breakfast is
smooth your cot and shine some things -- no hogs to slop, hay to pitch,
cows to milk, mash to mix, chickens to feed, wood to split, fire to
lay. Practically nothing. Men got to shave, but it is not bad cause
they git warm water.
Breakfast is strong on trimmings like fruit juice,
cereal, eggs, bacon, toast and coffee, but kind of weak on real
biscuit, potatoes, ham with red eye gravy, or steak with milk gravy, fried pies
and most other regular food. But tell Walt and Elmer you can always
sit between two city boys that live on coffee. Their food plus yours
holds you till noon, when you get fed again.
It's no wonder these city boys can't walk much. We
go on "route marches," which, the Sgt. says, are long walks to
harden us up . If he thinks so, it is not my place to tell him different. A
"route march" is about as far as to our mailbox at home. Then the city guys all
get sore feet and we ride back in trucks.
This country is nice, but awful flat and dry. The
Sgt. is like a schoolteacher. He nags some. The Capt. is more like
the school board. Cols. and Gens. just ride around and frown.
They don't bother you none.
This next will kill Walt and Elmer with laughing. I
keep getting medals for shooting. I don't know why. The
bull's-eye is near as big as a chipmunk and don't move. And it ain't shooting at
you, like the Higsett boys at home. All you got to do is lie there
all comfortable and hit it. You don't even have to load your own cartridges.
They come in boxes.
Be sure to tell Walt and Elmer to hurry and join
before other fellows get onto this setup and come stampeding in.
Your loving daughter,
Gail
P.S. Speaking of shooting, enclosed is $2000 for
barn roof and ma's teeth. The city boys shoot craps, but not very good
Dear Ma and Pa:
Am well. Hope you are. Tell Brother Walt and Brother
Elmer the Army beats working for Old Man Minch a mile. Tell them to
join up quick before maybe all the places are filled.
I was restless at first because you got to stay in
bed till nearly 6 a.m. but now am getting so I like to sleep late.
Tell Walt and Elmer all you do before breakfast is
smooth your cot and shine some things -- no hogs to slop, hay to pitch,
cows to milk, mash to mix, chickens to feed, wood to split, fire to
lay. Practically nothing. Men got to shave, but it is not bad cause
they git warm water.
Breakfast is strong on trimmings like fruit juice,
cereal, eggs, bacon, toast and coffee, but kind of weak on real
biscuit, potatoes, ham with red eye gravy, or steak with milk gravy, fried pies
and most other regular food. But tell Walt and Elmer you can always
sit between two city boys that live on coffee. Their food plus yours
holds you till noon, when you get fed again.
It's no wonder these city boys can't walk much. We
go on "route marches," which, the Sgt. says, are long walks to
harden us up . If he thinks so, it is not my place to tell him different. A
"route march" is about as far as to our mailbox at home. Then the city guys all
get sore feet and we ride back in trucks.
This country is nice, but awful flat and dry. The
Sgt. is like a schoolteacher. He nags some. The Capt. is more like
the school board. Cols. and Gens. just ride around and frown.
They don't bother you none.
This next will kill Walt and Elmer with laughing. I
keep getting medals for shooting. I don't know why. The
bull's-eye is near as big as a chipmunk and don't move. And it ain't shooting at
you, like the Higsett boys at home. All you got to do is lie there
all comfortable and hit it. You don't even have to load your own cartridges.
They come in boxes.
Be sure to tell Walt and Elmer to hurry and join
before other fellows get onto this setup and come stampeding in.
Your loving daughter,
Gail
P.S. Speaking of shooting, enclosed is $2000 for
barn roof and ma's teeth. The city boys shoot craps, but not very good
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