World War One Letters: Watson
MMS1851 WEW 190-191
TEI Letters
2015 | Mathew Sweet | Created the initial version of the article |
2015-06-01 | Mathew Sweet | Converted to TEI |
2016-09-07 | Mathew Sweet | Combined pages |
April 4, 1919
Arrived in New York in the
evening of April 4. Rode in the
Leviathan from Brest. I am feel-
ing good and I am fat and getting
fatter since landing in this count-
ry. All of us are well fed up
but we keep eating on any way
as nearly all have several monthsmonths'
pay on them. I had hopes of getting
out of here in a couple days, and I
thought I would telegraph when we
started for Camp Sherman, but I "geuss"guess
we will be here for a few days more
and so I am sending this rather
late missive.
I had a pretty good trip on the
way over. I didn't have as much
of that rolling feeling as before.
I read that the 332 had sailed.
You are "as Crossley says" probably
better read up than myself. There
is no censoring the reporters and
from the papers I have seen around
here they are pouring out lots of
stuff.
I got a bunch of mail the night
before leaving Brest. Fifteen letters
and two postal cards. There was
a bunch of good news in the
letters and Henry County Signal
detachments.
It is only a few more days till
I get out and I will say GoodBye
for to-daytoday.
I do not know whether I will get
to run into the big city. Tell Norma
I am bringing her a pair of shoes.