Camp Upton
March 28, 1918
Dear Mother –
Received your letter, and about the five dollars, you can fix it up any way you want to and send me $10 dollars more by money order because we are going to move from here the first of next week, so send it right away, and I don’t know when they will pay me so I will go prepared. By the way, send it registered mail so if I go before it gets here so if I go before it gets here they will forward it to me. We have got everything ready to go even a tent to sleep in. That is what we have been doing this afternoon, pitching tents. I think we are going Monday, but they won’t give any of us any time off on account of so many of them stay over their time. Our whole regiment had their picture taken last Tuesday and that is a very good sign of going. There are a lot of visitors here today getting a last look at the boys before they go. We spent three days on the range, and we made pretty good scores, but it is pretty tiresome work. We had a new Gillette safety razor issued to us today and they don’t give them to us until we are ready to go. I’ll try and have my picture taken in uniform before I go if I can find time in daylight. We have had to drill or do something until almost dark, and then give us lectures after supper, so you see we don’t have much time to do anything. Well, you can expect to not hear from me anytime for almost a month, but don’t worry. The Catholic boys are all going to confession tonight. Father Walsh spoke in our mess hall while we were eating and told them to come up to the Knights of Columbus auditorium to confession before they go. Well, it is nearly time to retire, so will say “Goodbye” for this time
Your Son
