July 16, 1918

Dearest Myrtle,

This will be the last letter you will get from me for awhile. I am so tired and sleepy that I can hardley sit up. I started working yesterday morning at 5:30 and worked hard straight thro. Until 4:00 this morning. We got orders to catch a convoy leaving here the eighteenth and will have to work day and night to make it. We are loading our cargo