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| Herman and Susan (Sherwood) Weber |
DeGeorge Hotel
Houston, Texas
March 21, 1918
9:25 AM
Dear Folks at home,
George
expected to get a couple of days off and thought he would get today and
tomorrow so we got up fairly early, got our breakfasts and were ready for him
about eight o’clock as he said we might look for him any time after that but he
hasn’t come yet.
Yesterday
his regiment had a special drill and review by their general which we might
have seen if we had known as much as we do now but George himself did not know
just where they would have it and I did not understand what he said about the
time so by the time we did finally get a “line on things” that part of it was
over and they told us there was nothing else worth going out to see in the
afternoon though George said last night that there was some of the ordinary
work which we might have seen. I suppose
that if I had not been half sick with this cold and digestive disturbance that
I might have gotten up earlier in the morning and we would have found out
about things in time enough to see part
of it at least or we might have seen the “windup” if we had followed Herman’s
suggestion and gone out to Camp about eleven but being one of those people who
always want to know before I “leap” I thought best to find out where it was to
be before we started out because if we went to Camp and it wasn’t there we
would have practically no chance of getting out to the “remount” (where it was
held). Well, I suppose there is no use
crying over “spilled milk” or lost opportunities but it surely was a great
disappointment to George and to use that we were not there. If George had been
able to find out just what they would do so as to tell us just what to do it
would have been all right but he could
not find out until so late that he did not have time to phone, and being very
inexperienced ourselves in a strange place we were slow in finding out
things.
I can’t
imagine what is keeping George so long this morning unless he could not get
anyone to ride for him and had to go himself. He had planned a trip to Galveston today or tomorrow and then out to Camp Saturday
or Sunday. I told him that when he was
off duty that he was to take us where he wanted and do with us as he pleased. Oh,
it surely has been fine just to see him even if we did miss seeing him in his
work.
Here he is,
couldn’t get off sooner. We must hurry
and catch the next interurban to Galveston
if possible.
Will tell
you more in our next or when we get home, most likely the latter as I am not
much good at letter writing.
Oh so much
much love to you each and an extra kiss for Margaret.
Your loving Susan
and Herman and George.
