Camp Wadsworth
July 16, 1918
Dear Aunt Ida:
Your
letter came some time ago but have been very busy lately getting our
men and getting things settled. We expect some more tomorrow and by the
last of the week we will all be filled up ready for training.
Most
of the fellows that we have received so far are from the south and they
are a lot of large men. We are not sure that we will keep all of this
bunch but probably the most of them. All of the Pioneer Regiments are
getting filled now so I guess we are going to do something. It is great
to have a lot of men and see them out on the field drilling one begins
to take an interest in the company that they belong to.
About
coming home I am not sure just when I can come but if everything turns
out all right I will be up there very soon now as I am about 7th on the
list and two of them go in a day or two.
The weather down here is getting something terrible now but I don’t seem to mind it so much as I am getting used to it.
Some
of the fellows that came in and were innoculated fell at retreat and
were taken to the hospital but the same thing is at Fort Slocum so that
must be part of the joining the army.
For
the last day or two I have been helping them out in the office but I
don’t like that kind of work I had rather be out in the hot sun with the
sweat rolling off my skin.
I haven’t time to write much tonight but will write again soon. Hoping this finds you both
O. K.
O. K.
I remain
With Love,
Ervin
