Bennett Champ Clark telegram to Champ Clark - September 26, 1918
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[telegram] 110CBSC 51 PASNY SANSORIGINE FRANCE [September] 26 - [1918] EFM CHAMP CLARK, [Washington, D.C.] AM ASSIGNED AS ASSISTANT CHIEF OF [STAFF] OF 88TH DIVISION IT BREAKS MY HEART TO LEAVE MY REGIMENT AND THEIRS TO SEE ME GO HOPE TO GET BACK TO THEM THEODORE ROOSEVELT SUCCEEDS ME IN MY REGIMENT LOVE TO ALL CLARK HDG 88TH DIVISION A.E.F. 133 P.
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| Title | Bennett Champ Clark telegram to Champ Clark - September 26, 1918 |
| Creator | Clark, Bennett Champ |
| Source | Clark, Bennett Champ. Telegram to Champ Clark. 26 September 1918. Clark, Champ (1850-1921) and Bennett Champ (1890-1954), Papers, 1853-1973. C0666. The State Historical Society of Missouri, Columbia, MO. |
| Description | In this September 26, 1918 telegram to his father Champ Clark, Bennett Champ Clark discussed his assignment as Assistant Chief of Staff of the 88th Division. Champ Clark, a long-time resident of Bowling Green, Missouri, was a politician in the Democratic Party. He served as a representative of Missouri from 1893 to 1895 and from 1897 to 1921. From 1911 to 1919 he served as the Speaker of the United States House of Representatives. Bennett Clark served as a Colonel during World War I and was Missouri State Senator from 1933 to 1945. |
| Subject LCSH | Clark, Champ, 1850-1921; Clark, Bennett Champ, 1890-1954; United States. Army. Division, 88th; Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919; World War, 1914-1918 |
| Subject Local | WWI; World War I |
| Site Accession Number | C0666 |
| Contributing Institution | The State Historical Society of Missouri |
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| Date Original | September 26, 1918 |
| Language | English |