"Don't close the station until all of us are out of France. I would miss your letters and I want to see all the folks at the station and thank them for their backing and the interest taken in the boys." CORP. WM. D. PURCELL January, 1919. _Somewhere in France_ "My chum called to me and we counted two hundred air planes going over to Germany and they were all in sight at one time and they made me think of a flock of wild geese back in the States." ALVER GUNN October, 1918. _Somewhere in France_ "I thank God I am an American and will go down with my comrades if the good Lord so wills that I go that way." Extract from letter dated August 27, 1918, from Thomas Thomaston, Company F, 167th Infantry, who was killed before his letter reached the Service Station. "Yesterday was Christmas and believe me we had some dinner--turkey, pies, California cake, dressing, mashed potatoes, celery, tangerines, cigarettes and one cigar and a few other things I did not know any name for--and that makes me think, I thank you many, many times for the Christmas box. You could not have sent anything that would have pleased me more and I assure you it was appreciated by myself and friends." CORP. WM. D. PURCELL December 26, 1918. _Co. A, 306th Am. Train_ [Illustration: WAR SERVICE COMMITTEE, _Lanett_ J. I. WARNER, CHAIRMAN LILLIAN WARNER, SECRETARY J. L. WELDON J. H. HORRARTH J. A. SIMMONS] [Illustration: RECEPTION ROOM. WAR SERVICE STATION. _Lanett_] [Illustration: WAR SERVICE STATION, _Lanett_] [Illustration: RED CROSS WORK ROOM, _Lanett_] Managing Committee of Lanett GEO. H. LANIER GEO. S. HARRIS R. W. JENNINGS J. H. HOWARTH J. J. JORDAN TEAM NO. 1 GEO. S. HARRIS, _Captain_ J. D. ANDERSON JOHN KNOWLES EDGAR MITCHELL W. W. WALLIS JOHN KING JOHN SIMMONS TEAM NO. 2 R. W. JENNINGS, _Captain_ JOHN I. WARNER W. H. GRAY BRITT VEAZEY GEO. HEARD TEAM NO. 3 D. A. JOLLY, _Captain_ TOM SWAN P. SORRELL W. HOLLIS GEO. CROMER B. PENNINGTON TEAM NO. 4 W. S. LEATHERWOOD, _Captain_ C. E. LUNCEFORD H. E. MATHEWS A. J. WELDON J. N. BARROW TEAM NO. 5 TIPTON COFFEE, _Captain_ REV. D. M. JOINER G. F. PARTRIDGE E. J. GILBERT R. D. KING TEAM NO. 6 D. J. CROWDER, _Captain_ J. T. AUGHTMAN H. C. HAMILTON C. E. DELOACH SAM JONES TEAM NO. 7 LEWIS WRIGHT, _Captain_ C. M. BRADY G. B. AVERY CLYDE BLAKELY GEO. LANIER TEAM NO. 8 SAMUEL HAYES, _Captain_ K. KITCHENS PATRICK SULLIVAN KEIL HOWELL NEAL HOLSTUN TEAM NO. 9 W. F. SIMS, _Captain_ E. R. CUMMINGS JOHN BREWER JNO. STRICKLAND SMITH LANIER TEAM NO. 10 DAWSON SWINT, _Captain_ W. W. WHITSON SAM GOODMAN RAY COFFEE ARTHUR HAGEDORN L. S. PHILIPS TEAM NO. 11 J. J. JORDAN, _Captain_ W. H. KNIGHT J. H. STEVENS TOM MCCLENDON U. S. WATERS TEAM NO. 12 JOHN HAGEDORN, _Captain_ C. C. WILBANKS LEE HEYMAN C. W. MILFORD W. R. HARRISON TEAM NO. 13