CEHBates_May-Dec1919_079c

727 Paru Street
May 3rd ["rd" double underlined]

My own dearest Edward

This in in the hope of catching
you in New York on your arrival
to welcome you back to the "good
old U.S.A."

We certainly hope you will be back
very soon and believe you will be
part [underlined] of the 32nd Division is then to
arrive we see by the paper on the
F.J. Luchenbach [Luckenbach] about May 9th
but not all [underlined]. The third battalion is
not coming this statement said by
that ship --- we don't know which
part you are in --- so of course are
all up in the air as usual