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Date: August 21st 1916
To
folks at home
From
Roy
Letter

Aug 21/16

Dear folks at home

I am having it pretty tuff without any money just now I should have kept some more have had to borrow 60c from a fellow we do not get any fruit on the table so a fellow would like to buy some you see after I had my two railroad fair paid canteen tickets I had two or three dollars left on the boat I wanted some things like toast and fruit my money soon went. this laying on hard bed and being call buttermilk all the time & fighting for these little small people hope you have done as asked about writing if you have been writing I will get some when the others do if you have written to W R. Gullen 772521 B Co 125th Batt England It will be all right the Army Post Office keeps track of all the Batts: C.E.F We had enspection again today by about 7 or 8 officers who draw big money while us poor nutts get our 50c piece of jam piece of cheese & Bread on a hard bed did you write are you going to write will you write soon Roy

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