| Show A LETTER FROM OUR SOLDIER BOY Ppe cial to the formation of 0 drainage district noa no A soldier lloyn letter to ili alte Chri christinis eye eve camp merrett Merrl tt new jersey december Decent lier 21 24 1017 1917 mrs john E hunter holden utah utalia my dear parents your most welcome lotter re calved last evening und and was waa certainly glad to read such a dear letter from my father once more I 1 am glad to hear beat you aro are oil nil well and to hear you have or we ve have neon so blessed financially it Is ill good news to hoar hear from dear clear old home I 1 am surely thankful to havo have tho ho privilege of writing to tho the heat best parents in the world it if I 1 were only as good ill lot tho the girls will io ho glad to got their nico now new dresses thanks a thol thousand times tor for treating my dear little wife so BO good I 1 know knew you would because you have always boon been better to this hoy boy than any father could ho be to ills his son Than thanked kf tor for tho the forest permit mit anti and fixing teed deed tr for the 10 40 acres of land I 1 am well and getting along fine I 1 like tills camp but dont know how long we will stay horo here we dont notice the cold so much now wo aci are living jn barracks to run into now new york biow it far just 30 cents a one way wo we have been under ah about a week a lew few coming down with mumps and d scarlet fever ev alln pry day so BO jont n know knon how much longer wo we will wil ie be lit in but I 1 suppose I 1 am lust just as well ej lit in camp or a little bettor better but it act gets A i little staying in the house houam emy ay and night dear parents do you think I 1 do not bovo ove you and the dearest clearest and place on earth it if so please change your mind because I 1 do and 1 it 18 la really tho the hest best on earth I 1 ant m now working tor for undo uncle sam tor for this great and wonderful wonderful treo free foundry of ours am I 1 any ally better to servo serve this great country and protect our freedom than anybody else elsoe I 1 say eay no it la is my duty and it if my master heo hao a greater work tor for mo me on the other side why I 1 fear after I 1 have received tho the teachings and Lles blessings sings lit in my iny past life abild it if I 1 can call only live up tip to them alapa havo have you lots of conal 01 in your soldier toy boy I 1 hope have tor for I 1 am living better than I 1 ever did lefore I 1 am vaa ic i nave forgett tor gott i my boyish ways getting drunk smoking etc please do 10 lo not worry over your son tor for I 1 am coming ba back ck a much stronger boy mentally and an d spiritually it if I 1 am needed and called to tho the other side I 1 yon nit I 1 will bo be more prepared than I 1 ever was do you remember what it roys jn john 3 IS it not read it it dow so BO loved tho world that he ha gave ha excluded on pago 3 A v FROM OUR boldn SOL DIKIl ij boy concluded from page 1 only bogotty son would you not give ono of ivo five sons to help restore peace i more in III this great areat wort worl jf if ours to keep our apat freedom and lag flag from being stained atal nod oil oh I 1 know you would do 10 this much for our country coun tty father ou have other sons as good it not hotter better dont you think that you can call I 1 love ov e and I 1 dearly hope chopo you can call always keep keel them and that they always i to do hotter better than their brother arzic band and as aa good as their father but dear father lot let ua forgot forget tills this and think of inhye giorc beautiful that old day in the future when I 1 return to my darling little wife my aly dear clear parents ind all ray my loved ones onea in the little own of holden let us ua ask ono question as I 1 am reading about tho tha ieather prodigal ro digal son coming home and ills his father killing a calf tor for him and ills his brothers being jealous of him I 1 can call picture my homecoming the best time I 1 have ever had now we conic come to tho the question are my brothers going to be lealou sot their lonesome soldier brother I 1 dearly hope they never are mother alother I 1 received the nice christmas box you sent rent me thanks a thousand tims tor for everything in tt it the pie pic cake chicken cli cheese ceso etc were all so good from dear old home ionic I 1 suppose sister ellza eliza roada made t tho io candy it surely was fine I 1 wish I 1 could bo be there to eat christmas dinner with you all every soldier buy boy received a present of 0 a box from the red ked cross aline consisted ol of stationary two bars of candy one pencil CHO ne cli checker ecker board chow chew of gurn gum a deck ot of cards ono one sack ot of tobacco one can call of tobacco I 1 did not havo have any use for tho the three last things mentioned so I 1 gave thern them away but T think this a deiy nice present from the rod red cross dont you I 1 hope you are all enjoying yourselves this christmas evo eve would certainly lovo love to be there with you all and take taho my dear little wife to the lances dances but am quite enjoying myself writing tr to my loved ones my aly first away from home I 1 hope it is 18 my last QUO one wishing you all a merry christmas and a happy Pro prosperous A now year good night your loving son S orzio hunter |
