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Thomas W. Messenger correspondence, 1917
1917-07-10 Thomas Messenger to Mrs. N.H. Messenger Page 2
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I can get off but don't hardly expect it, as so many have been leaving every week end. Last Sat. I could not come because I was on guard duty that evening. How are you and papa and grandpa? What is papa doing? And are you still at Lewis. The flies are getting pretty bad here. I am as well as can be and so are all the fellows. Jesse James wants to come home so I guess it will be better for him to come than me Saturday. Will send your suitcase home some time this week. I like my locker fine. We will probably drill on horseback this afternoon. Haven't done any of that yet. We are getting so we can drill pretty good by now. That is, all of us except McReynolds and some more like him. He can't keep step and forgets so easily. Camp life is great dope. I weigh 137 pounds about the same as usual. We have lots of fun outside of drill hours boxing and wrestling etc. I was boxing
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I can get off but don't hardly expect it, as so many have been leaving every week end. Last Sat. I could not come because I was on guard duty that evening. How are you and papa and grandpa? What is papa doing? And are you still at Lewis. The flies are getting pretty bad here. I am as well as can be and so are all the fellows. Jesse James wants to come home so I guess it will be better for him to come than me Saturday. Will send your suitcase home some time this week. I like my locker fine. We will probably drill on horseback this afternoon. Haven't done any of that yet. We are getting so we can drill pretty good by now. That is, all of us except McReynolds and some more like him. He can't keep step and forgets so easily. Camp life is great dope. I weigh 137 pounds about the same as usual. We have lots of fun outside of drill hours boxing and wrestling etc. I was boxing
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