Viewing page 6 of 91

This transcription has been completed. Contact us with corrections.

6

Sunday, Jan. 6, 1918

Roy mended & cleaned my teeth.  Claud came and hawled me of[[off]] to Elvaston after very painful farewell with Mother. Ralph came along.  Dinner at Aunt Em's. Claud's old racer then hawled us thru blizzard to Keokuk Shine in Quincy. Train late at St. Louis. 

Met nice young couple on sleeper who were going thru to Galveston. Slept well.

7

Monday, Jan. 7, 1918

[strikethrough] Reported to 27th Headquarter at 10 o'clock this morning. [/strikethrough]

Traveled all day. Snow all the way to Texas. 

Spent night in hotel with Royal Flying Corps sargeant who had been home to Canada on leave and had decided that he was fed up with the army. 

He certainly shot his wad while on the train to a bunch of gulible Americans.