Camp Logan, (Texas), Sept. 15, 1917

 

Dear Mother, 

            I received Anna’s letter today and was glad to hear that you are all well.  We have been pretty busy since we got here but I am feeling fine.  We had a nice trip down here and I enjoyed it very much.  We stopped at the Chester Penitentiary for exercise on Tuesday at 10 o’clock.  Then we stopped at Illmo, Mo. for something to eat.  The next place we stopped was Poplar Bluff, Mo. Where we marched around town and had supper.  We crossed Arkansas at night and woke up in Texarkana where we had some more exercise and breakfast.  Part of this town is in Texas and Arkansas.  We had supper in Palestine, Texas.  This town is the largest city in the eastern part of Texas.  The only thing I had against the place was the red sand streets.  The sand around here is almost red in color.  Thursday when we woke we were stopped right in front of the camp.  We got off the train about 6 oclock and marched about a mile and a half to our part of the camp.  We are camped in a big forest and we are about five miles from Houston.  It cost 10 and 25 cents to get to town by autos.

            We sleep 8 in a tent and each company has a mess hall that will seat about 250 men.  Each company has its own shower bath.  One of our cooks was left behind at one of the towns we stopped at and has been reduced to 2^nd class private.  It is pretty warm down here in the sun but when you get in the shade it is fine.  I walked over to the YMCA with another fellow and we thought we might as well write a letter while we were there. 

I had better not write to (sp) much this time or I will not have anything to write about next time.  I did not get the package yet but expect I will get it tomorrow.  I will close now with love to all. 

                                                                                    Theo