Charles Stevenson letter to Grandma - September 19, 1917
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Wednesday [September 19, 1917] My Dear Grandma: Your Sunday letter came today. Thanks very much for the clippings. If Jimmy Smith was half as great a youth as that clipping would indicate it would be different, but - ! Our second typhoid innoculation was given yesterday. My first vaccination did not take and I had to be given another one. Only one out of every fifty took. For the first time in my life I did not faint. Today all of our sides hurt very much - none of us have much pep. Nearly
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everybody has a headache. The only thing the matter with me is a sore side. For the last three days we have not been much more than day laborers. We have been doing all of the heavy work incidental to receiving the new contigent. We are expecting a wild group - 150 come to our company. Tonite I am on guard duty. I walk around the barracks from 5 to 9 p.m. and from 5 a.m. to 9 a.m. and then I rest until noon. Some stunt. Yesterday I washed windows, scrubbed floors, washed tables, pans and lots of other things. One of those pictures of Maurice in a cap is with me now. I wrote him a letter last night - mailed it to A. E. F. As to the socks, send me all half-woolen ones you find. I wear the silk lisle the same as I did at home, so send them to me also! No thanks, I cannot use a dishrag! There is no chance for me to keep off of my ankle. In a couple of days when the hospitals are not so rushed I
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over and get the thing examined. Dave Park was not picked on the first bunch - he says if they keep on exempting persons in his ward he will not have to come. I hope not. I am the only one in the company who does not smoke. Most of the fellows do not drink. You got me wrong. Yes, we get mail very promptly. Some times the Star and Times are delayed, but letters seem to come easily. Love [Charles Stevenson]
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| Title | Charles Stevenson letter to Grandma - September 19, 1917 |
| Creator | Stevenson, Charles |
| Source | Stevenson, Charles. Letter to Grandma. 19 September 1917. Stevenson, Charles S. Collection. 1979.24; 1982.202. National World War I Museum, Kansas City, Missouri. |
| Description | Charles Stevenson wrote this letter to his Grandma and informed her about his camp life. Stevenson enlisted in Kansas City, Missouri and became attached to Company A, 314th Engineers at Camp Funston, Kansas. Stevenson was shipped overseas on June 12, 1918 where he remained for the duration of the war. He arrived back in the United States on May 26, 1919. |
| Subject LCSH | World War, 1914-1918--Military life--United States; Vaccination; Camp Funston (Kan.) |
| Subject Local | WWI; World War I |
| Site Accession Number | 1979.24; 1982.202 |
| Contributing Institution | National World War I Museum and Memorial |
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| Date Original | September 19, 1917 |
| Language | English |