1917 Camp Lee VA soldier letter BRIDGEPORT CT HIRTH, FOOTBALL, DRILLS, 2 photos

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Here's a WWI soldier letter from Camp Lee, VA, otherwise known as Fort Lee. The envelope is postmarked PETERSBURG VA, LEE BRANCH, OCT 1917. It's addressed to Mrs.  John G. Matasik, Bridgeport, Conn.
There's 8 pages of writing on two small folded sheets of paper, from Rudie to Julia.
The dateline is Oct 23, 1917.
There's two photos with the letter of the barracks at Camp Lee. There's two small check marks on the photos, near a soldier, and that seems to be the man who wrote this letter.
From a little research,
The addressee John G. Matasik's wife was Julia. From her Bridgeport CT obit in 1967, there's mention of two brothers, one them is Rudolph Hirth. From an online 1918 Bridgeport newspaper, there's mention (and a photo) of 'Rudie Hirth' in uniform with some fellow soldiers. Rudolph Hirth was born in 1892 and d. 1972.
There's two photos with this letter of soldiers at the barracks at Fort / Camp Lee (near Petersburg, VA). There's a check mark on each near one particular soldier, and that's probably 'Rudie'. On one of the photos, if you look at it under magnification, the check marked soldier looks just like the newspaper photo. Keep in mind that the quality of the original photo and the newspaper photo leave a lot to be desired.
I don't have any other letters written by this soldier.
Some abstracts:
"
I thought that we would have less work when there are more men in our Co. But we are pretty busy, as we have to drill again to break the new men in."
"Four men are in charge of the barracks ... one of the men has to sleep in a room at night in case anyone calls at night for being sick."
"You see our Co. was asked to put on an entertainment at the Y.M.C.A. Mike & I are going to put our act on. But have to wait until he comes back."
"We have a Philipino in our Co. He was a nurse for 7 or 8 months."
"The band plays while the men march and drill. One afternoon we had off on account of liberty bonds."
"... they ended it up with a boxing exhibition. One fellow in the Infantry tried to commit suicide by drinking bichloride in his tea. Our doctors treated him & sent him to the base hospital."
"They have foot ball games here."
"I am sending you a couple of pictures, that I promised you."
The envelope has some wear / tear / stains. The letter is in good condition.
An interesting letter good for genealogy and history research.
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