Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1919-03-05
TINT ID. WHITE WRITES HOME.
Pleased With nxious
and Expecting Early Return.


husband in France:
Rembercourt. France, Jan. ~.
My Dear Wife:
VIII write you q few lines to lei
you know how am getting along
am all right. Hope you are well
wrote you Il while back at Toul
and we went from there tC
Burnccourt. staying there Il while
and coming from there to Rembcr-
court and have been here u week
and one day. The same day we got
.lcre we got orders TO go TO Brest.
and We are just waiting on railroad
transportation. We may leave here
any day. | have Doen doing little
guard duty-just three hours a
day. go on at and off at g. so
! have the other part Of the day to
clean my gun. | am now at the Y.
NJ. G.. A. and the phonograph Is
singing "Nellie Gray" 1t Is about
two miles from here back to the
camp. | caught Il truck and came
out here, but guess | will have to
walk back, but will make it all
right, as have on a pair Of rubber
boots up to my hips. 1t has been
showing some to-day, but not like
it SHOWS at home. 1t rains plenty,
but don't mind 1t, as have plenty
Of clothes and shoes.
Well. have drawn" one time
over here: got 63 francs. That is
equal to l.50 in our money. Hope
you have drawn" by now.
have not had any mail since |
have been here. ! move so fast 1t
can't OVertake me. | am going to
send my name and address to The
Courier and see If can get any
mail think there ore folks there
that would write to me If they had
my address.
Ours is just small company
about rs or so, and we have good
cooks, good officers, and am doing
all right. We have 429 German
prisoners that we work and guard
| think we will take them to 'Brest
to do some work. You ought to
see ME prancing around with a
loaded rifle and fixed bayonet.
Daily, | don't know how long
this job will last. The officers told
us until February 9Th, but we
we're lost about two weeks and that
time don't count, understand, sc
we will have to make that up. But
don't mind that as long as they
feed like they do and keep us in
shoes and clothes. | can't tell when
will get loose. 1t may be in Feb
ruary and 1t may be longer; so don't
be uneasy, for will make it all
right.
Night.-Well / will finish the
letter that started to write YOU al
the "Y" this evening. Before / left
there lieutenant came ant
preached very good sermon His
text was the 73d Psalm. 1t was the
first time ! ever heard "lewic'
preach, only at rifle inspection OF
u lne drill feld got I'm ius
oort dark We anye suppct IL
u"iDcE.
gnt 4 paper.ul tnr Y" tNi> ~ycu
'n. aul s1w where Congress ha,
i,ssaa u pin ,0.p1y -" allotment l.,
homo dependents.
am getting rat The boys tel
m" ! weigh 200. but don't quite
believe that; but will admit tha
am "in good fix" | have acquired
double chin. | generally go 70,
'seconds.' and the boys laugh. ant
] tell them that my board is al
] get. but | hope ! will draw" il
February. OF course, don't ncct
any money. They issue everything
they even give us candles anU
matches and tOhacCO--so we dom
suffer for anything. | took little
beer the other day, and it made my
head swim so | have finished with it.
think | will get a little mail
before long. The lieutenant wrote
to the general post office for our
mail, so | think | will get what you
sent in September.
Will close. Lovingly, your hus-
band,
Pvt. Tint White.
25S p. w. E. Co., A. p. O. ola
France.