Sept. 5, 1918
[Camp Wadsworth]
Dear Aunt Ida,
Your letter came yesterday certainly does seem good to get letters from home.
Well
since I wrote home last there has been a lot of changes in our Company.
Some of our old boys have been transfered and we have had a steady
stream coming in and going out. You would wonder where so many men came
from and where they find so many different faces. I never saw such
ignorant people in all my life they don’t seem to know their right hand
from their left. The wise ones are getting our of this draft in large
cities through politics.
Since
I wrote last our 1st Sergh. has been reduced and I am now acting first
Sergh. That is the highest non-commissioned officer. If I made good it is
just as good as a commission with a pay of $51.00 a month.
We
expect to go across next week, that is we leave here for the port of
embarkation. We don’t know where that is now but will know before we go.
Some of the regiments have gone to Halifax from here and some to Newport
News.
I
have a [?] by myself with a clerk that does the clerical work and it is
much better than it was. You need not tell anyone that I am acting 1st
Sergeant as the fellow that I relieved is from Montpelier and if it gets
around of course his folks will feel bad. He has been transfered out
of the Company. He was a mighty nice fellow but the Captain did not like
him very well as he was slack. Do not mention this as the same thing
may happen to me and perhaps it will as I am short of experience.
Will write again in a few days and let you know some more about when we are gong and where to
With love and kisses
Ervin
