Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1918-09-18
"OUR BOYS"
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The following letter was last week
received by Mrs. w. G. Russell from
her son in France:
Somewhere in France,
Aug. II, 1918.
My Dear Mother:
l was so happy to get your long
letter to-day, and although it was
written about month ago. 1t is as
fresh to me as If it had been written
yesterday, and | enjoyed it SO much.
We are now through our training
over here and ready to go to the
front. Guess we will go now in
about a week, or as soon as the regi-
ment is equipped with everything.
We had final review Of the 55th
Brigade before going to the front.
! wish so much all Of you could have
seen this review. There are 5000
horses in this brigade and the same
number of men; so, with six big,
beautiful horses (and they are all
beauties) hooked to a gun, and this
number in a review, you can imag-
inc how pretty it really was. In the
brigade there are three regiments
9Th, 114th and 1l5th. Our regi-
ment came first, and we medical men
attached to the regiment came just
behind. All of the medical units in
artillery are mounted over here, and
we happened to draw nice lot Of
French cavalry horses. All have
their tails cut off, only leaving about
six inches. We can sure move over
the land with them.
Our regiments have been on the
range doing continuous practice
ever since we arrived here and are
now in real fine shape. Mr.. Kaiser
had better look out! You see in the
papers what has been done to him
since July 18th, the day the allied
drive was started. Well, we are
going to give them still worse. We
have got the goods and we are going
to get his goat! You know this big
drive was started Just one year from
the date enlisted. shall always
remember when this drive was
started.
With regards to cigarettes: The
government is furnishing us right
now all we can smoke. In fact, 1
have been issued more tobacco than
can make use Of in the next two
months. They give us regular al
on giving us this allowance. we will
never be short Of tobacco. There
may be some things | will want you
to send before long, and If l do
will send you permit to end It.
We are getting plenty to eat-just
as good or better than we had over
there-and from the way things look
we will never suffer for the lack Of
anything.
Am so glad Irvine was sent to
Spartanburg instead Of Columbia, but
wish he could have been placed at
Camp Sewer. 1t is nice that Kate's
husband is at Camp Sewer. There
he can be with Kate some most every
day. And what kind OF a position
has Joe at the navy yard? 1t will
be fine If those who have wives can
get jobs with the government which
will keep them over there, but it's
just this way with me: Now, since
I'm over here, I'm glad, and wouldn't
be back there till the war is over for
anything, for | feel that this is very
great honor to be here and do my bit
at this opportune time.
You must not be wcl led because
do not write more letter.. for there
isn't much to write about. All there
Is to it is that we are over here to do
our bit, and I'm going to do mine
just as honorably as know how, and
at the same time take care Of myself.
Write to me as often as you can, and
don't worry one bit about me, for
III get along all right and will come
back to you all just as soon as the
war Is over--.which. bc,'>ve, won't
be very long now.
Your devoted son,
S. T. Russell.