Fort George G. Meade: The First 100 Years

40 THE FIRST 100 YEARS
July 3, 1918
Dear Father
Received your letter this morning and was glad
to hear from you. I am now in the Y. M. C.
A. after a gas mask test. We got two kinds of
gases, tear gas and the gas that would kill you in
6 seconds.
Hoping Mother and all is well.
Tell George to look where he is going with his wheel
because he never make a soldier. You got to watch
your step down here. I seen the Charles Hogan and
Lille Hogan keep this notice that I am writing now.
Private James Ed 316 Inf. Co. K.
From your son, Private James Monaghan Barracks
S.15 316 Inf. Co K Camp Meade
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Send Sugar cakes. Lots of them.
Forest
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Will be on our way pretty soon, as every body is crazy
to go. With best luck, Private James Monaghan.
(Image) Members of the 314th Infantry, 79th Division, drill donning their gas masks.