Letter from Edward Meier to Frank - January 1, 1918
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January] 1-[1918] Fort Sill [Oklahoma] Hello Frank, Gee today, was a fine day, the best day I have seen here for a long time, it has been so dog goned nice, that it has reminded me of home and given me the homesick blues. The best thing I know of for that disease is to get out my trusty pen and scratch letters until they are shaken off. I intended going up to see Harry Gottfried today but I got mixed up in a basket Ball game and before I knew it, it was supper time. Gee, it is beginning to look as if we are going to miss the big show, doesnt it, holy smokes, looks as if I will be in the same fix that an old settler here is, he says he has been a soldier fifteen years and has never fired a shot. It would be a damned dirty shame if I have petted, oiled, coaxed, babied, and been a wet nursets my rifle these 11 months Just to get over there when it is all over, or probably not get there at all. The time was, when I felt kinda shakey in the knees when anyone spoke about trenches, or bayonets, but I have been fed up so much on them both I am aching to try myself out. This training has developed me so dog goned much, and made me so damned tough I actualy beleive I could lick at least 3 good sized Germans and not have any trouble doing it. Ed.
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Mr. F. G. Baebler 4326 Itaska St. St. Louis [Missouri]
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[page 2] I had only intended writing one page, but I beleive I am going good enough for another one. You know, when a fellow has been given a rusty rifle, with these words,
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a chance to try yourself out. Ed
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| Title | Letter from Edward Meier to Frank - January 1, 1918 |
| Creator | Meier, Edward |
| Source | Meier, Edward. Letter to Frank. 01 January 1918. World War I Collection. A1771. Missouri History Museum, St. Louis, Missouri. |
| Description | Private Edward W. Meier of St. Louis, Missouri, served with the 138th Infantry during World War One. Meier wrote his cousin-in-law Frank Baebler, also of Saint Louis, several humorous letters during the War. In this letter, Meier discussed his training at Fort Sill. |
| Subject LCSH | Fort Sill (Okla.); Military training |
| Subject Local | World War I; WWI |
| Site Accession Number | A1771 |
| Contributing Institution | Missouri History Museum |
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| Date Original | January 1, 1918 |
| Language | English |