Licking Valley courier., 1918-09-26
Boys Like Letters from Home.
Washington, D. G., Aug. II, '1S.
Mr.. M. K. Reed,

Mr.. M. K. Reed,
Camel City, Ky.
My dear Dad:
am in Washington now on a
troop train. We stopped here
and the Red Cross gave us treat.
We are just about ready to pull
out, going to Philadelphia, Pa.
We will be there a day or two,
not more than week. You see
we do not know anything about
that; probably by the time YOU
receive this letter we will be
gone from there. We do not
know for sure where we will 20
from Philadelphia, but think we
are going to France. 1t will be
either there or Siberia. We are
all hoping that it will be France.
! know this much, we are leav-
ing the dear old U. S. A. Iwould
have written you sooner but they
did not let US know soon enough.
just told US to pack up and we
were gone. There was no chance
to get furlough, for there were
several boys who lived around
very close her that could not get
even three day furlough.
Dad, | do not want you to be
uneasy about me for | would not
change places with any civilian
in the country, and think all
the boys feel the same way about
: it. You have to be in uniform to
, realize all these things. There
} are two thousand of US Marines
in the bunch and there are three
different trains pulling US, one
! train about ten minutes ahead of
: the one following. A switchman
] in the yards at Washington told
US that about nineteen thousand
soldiers passed through there
+ yesterday. l will write you
when we leave Philadelphia and
+ let you know where we are 60
!, ing, that IS, If we E1'ow: trssiiH
i write you any way. If we go to
France | will not be able to write
r you after we get on the boat and
n there will be a month or so that
d you will not hear from m, for 1t
e takes a letter good VIII lie come
@ across the water. After We get
to where we are going " ill write
you every week and will expect
i. u. you to do the same.
m If we go to France e
$. ably be two OF thr Ia . IS .
q, q, fore we get into d READ fl a,, ...
to we have to 20 throueu tan. Z
"Over There" Dad, he
NJ thing that worries d so.u,l Is .o.
tv folks at home. We are NOT ca,.
Of ing for ourselves, "a, ...
" u the old folks reel pr 90.
re The Marine Corr S, az d ,y..u.e,
rk is made up OF Goys ron gooC
= families and pretty veil Dduc1t,
ed. College men are numerous
We IN my company; elbows you
ye could uot have gotten N mi,
MS OF an army camp in time Of peace
De When you are in a bunch lik,
J. that you can help but feel good
tly So, as | said, don't worry, fol
Oh the boys going over are not. w,
have got to lick Germany, and
ce, am no better than any othe
'b- fathers son.
en o Where are all the other boy
nd. from home-Dave Murphy, JohI
as Salyer, Corbett Terrill and tn
r s;r rest-have they gone over yet
,as | had a chance to work in tn
paymaster's DEPARTMENT. in Wash
ington, but did not join thi
nty outfit to push pencil, but 10 cal
Ing ry a gun. We are in Mafylan
rIsS I now on a side track waiting fc
of a passenger train topass. .Whe
md you write me try to write som
,,,' tSe news. About all you ever writ
is bunch of questions to answe
| will try to write and tell yc
,,'S OF all about myself and when yC
the write do the same. | do n,
and know whether or not you ca
oS, y, read this the train jerks so l CO
the hardly write, | will write aga
rem, soon. Your son,
Inc WHEELER REED.
Editors Note e-Wheeler is
of France now.)
LIANT
road Splendid Recital.