Camp Upton L.I. 5-14-18

 

Dear Mother,

 

I received your letter today and was very glad to get it.  This will be the last letter I will be able to write as we leave to night and I do not know when I will get a chance to write another.  I do not know where we are going but we are on our way.  I am [glad] to get away from here as I do not like it much here.

 

We have everything packed and will leave about midnight.  I have to write this letter at the Y.M.C.A. as I have packed my stationery in my barrack bag.

 

            I did not get to see any of our cousins.

 

            The weather has been rather damp since we have been here.  It rains pretty near every day and it is quite cool as the [wind] blows right off of the ocean.

 

            I hope I do not get seasick when we are on our way across.  I think that if I am careful and do not eat to (sp.) much I will get along alright.  I ought to be used to the rocking of the boat after all the cars I have rode on.

 

            We have two or three fellows who are pretty sick.  One of them has been sick for over a month and I am afraid he will get consumption if he does not get better care.  He caught a cold and it settled on his chest and it seems as if he cannot get rid of it.  I am feeling fine.  I thought I would feel the cold more than I do after all the warm weather we had in Texas.  I am not as tanned now as when we were at Camp Logan. 

 

Do not worry if you do not hear from me because I will write as soon as I can.

 

                                                                        Love to all

                                                                                    Theo