CEHBates947

Springfield Ill
Aug 7, 1918

Dear Friend Lt. Bates: –

I believe I promised
you a letter when I bid
you adieu in Springfield
Ill. on Aug 1, and as I
have a few lagging
moments I wonder if I
could put those to a better
advantage? Looking on
your smiling face as
your train pulled slowly
out of the Wabash Yards.
I thought of the boys