BIOGRAPHY
Verne GARLAND
Waveland Independent
Waveland, Montgomery County, Indiana
Feb 1, 1918
Verne GARLAND who is in training with other troops at Seaford, Sussex, England writes to Judge Rosebaum
Dear Old John:
It was awfully nice of you and Frank Burrin to send me the "Camels" and I will sure appreciate them when they come, for mostly this tobacco over here is the limit and I am a confirmed cigarette smoker now, as most of the boys are. I will try and write you each week and keep you posted as to my movements. I am going up to London Monday and I shall surely visit a Masonic Lodge while I am there; at least I will try hard. Our training here is very wonderful. It seems there is not a single point overlooked in making a man as fit as possible. They have had me billed for a hospital for some time, but I think now that I shall be able to get by without it. There are lots of boys left in France "pushing up the daisies," but I expect to return again to the Old USA.
(Note: Verne did indeed return and lived to a ripe old age)
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