Mrs. J.W. Shuford today received a letter from Private
Donald Shuford, 105th engineers, dated July 28, in which he
announces that Privates Charles Menzies, John Rudisill and himself have passed
the examination for motor truck drivers and in company with six other men are
stationed some distance from the rest of the company. He is just as safe as he
can be in France, he writes his mother, and more than that, he has the finest
job he has had at all.
The boys draw their rations from the Hickory company and
have them prepared by a company closer by. They have been thrown with many of
the finest soldiers in the world, Donald says, but he hands it to the Scotch
lads, some of whom have been on the job since 1914. The Scotch are favorites with
Mr. Shuford’s crowd.
An event of great interest in camp was the arrival of a
bundle of Records sent by Mr. J.W.
Shuford. Major Lyerly, Lieutenant Cilley and all the boys of the company,
learning of the good tidings, hit it to Donald’s tent and read all the copies
eagerly. Donald says he finds pleasure in reading them again.
Records are being
sent regularly to soldiers by parents, and it is hoped that every boy from the
county is able to see them.
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