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LETTERS Written while on duty with the AMERICAN EXPEDITIONARY FORCES FRANCE DURING THE GREAT WAR 1918-1919 with accompanying notes by Reeder Miller FOREWARD The following bits of letters and comment were written by me during my service at home and abroad in the Army of the United States while at war with Germany. The letters were written under many strange circumstances; in camps at home, on trains and transports, on the march and in billets in France. Due to the strict censorship on foreign service activities, they were not always clear and therefore, in this compilation, I have supplied the necessary data, to the best of my recollection, to make them of greater interest to those who follow my fortunes on that adventurous journey. //original signed// Reeder Miller Honesdale, Pennsylvania May, 1919 Re-typed exactly as the original appears by Reeder Miller’s grandson, Andy Miller. millercw3@ Letters are typed in “Courier” font. Notes are typed in “Times” font. Left Honesdale at 3:15 p.m., Monday, August 5th, 1918, to join draft contingent at Scranton, bound for Camp Wadsworth, South Carolina. Met the rest of group at the station there at 6:00 p.m. A great crowd was there to see the boys off; but no one known to me. At Wilkes-Barre we changed to Pullman sleepers for the long ride into the South. Weather fine, but hot as can be. North of Washington, DC August 6, 1918 12:50 p.m. Still heading South. Hot--but you know me, Al. Can’t write a letter here, the darned train jumps too much. Everyone feeling fine and anxious to get to camp. It has been very uncomfortable traveling. More later. Spencer, NC August 7, 1918 8:10 a.m. Still on our way--150 miles from Spartanburg and the camp. Cooler today, but it will be warmer. Camp Wadsworth, SC August 7, 1918 9:45 p.m. Arrived at 5:00 p.m. and registered. Attached temporarily to Company B, 58th Pioneer Infantry, for quarters and rations. Looks like a good camp. C