Taliaferro County GaArchives Military Records.....Taylor, John Alonzo 1917
ww1 Troop C, 5th Calvary
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Letter To Mother From Mexican Border
(Letter written by John Alonzo Taylor, Sr. to his mother, Mrs. Sallie Darracott 
Taylor)

U.S. ARMY, MEXICAN BORDER
1917

Dear Mother:

  Will endeavor to write a line or two to you tonight -- indeed it will be a 
few lines, for the only light I have is a candle and that is not very 
brilliant.  We came to the border on Sunday the second, as I told we were 
effecting to in my last letter.  I like it here better than at Fort Bliss, 
although we do not have the conveniences here as at said fort.  We will return 
to our quarters at Ft. Bliss on the second of January.  

  The box came yesterday (Sunday) and like the other one the meat was so 
mildewed I could not eat it and I would advise that you do not send any more.  
The cake was fine and I enjoyed it very much.  If I was not so far away it 
would be alright to send meats but you know it is over two thousand miles from 
Ft. Bliss to Crawfordville and things that are not properly packed or caned 
will not keep long enough to reach me.  But I appreciate it just the same.  

  The tobacco came in the same mail as did the box and to whoever sent it I am 
deeply grateful for it is the first good tobacco I have had since I left SC
[?].  

  Sammie's and Ella Boyce's letters came also yesterday and I was very glad to 
get them and tell them I will write to them as soon as I can.  I am so busy now 
doing guard duty or patrol duty I hardly have time to do anything else.  

  I guess I have lost my little Forrest.  She waited nearly three weeks to 
write to me and I told her I didn't want a girl who would not write at least 
twice a week, and I have not heard from her since.  

  Well guess I had better stop for this time.  Trusting all are well and with 
love and best wishes to all, I am,
Your Son,

Alonzo
Address letters to Ft. Bliss as before.  


Additional Comments:
John Alonzo "Lonnie" Taylor was born March 27, 1889, Taliaferro Co., GA, son of 
William Chesley Taylor and Sarah Elizabeth "Sallie" Darracott.  He died May 16, 
1963 at the Veteran's Hospital in Oakland, CA.  He entered service at Columbus 
Barracks, Ohio in October 1917, and was honorably discharged at Fort Bliss, TX 
on March 3, 1919, as Private First Class, Troop C, 5th Calvary.  Sammie, 
mentioned in the letter, was his brother, and Ella Boyce was his cousin 
(daughter of Ernest Franklin Taylor and Frances Elizabeth Caldwell).  We do not 
have any further information regarding his "little Forrest."  

 



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