Bennett Clark letter to Champ Clark - May 1918
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Somewhere in France May, 1918. Dear Darlings: Well I’m here and getting along fine. This is a beautiful country and the people think we are the greatest fellows in the world. We have been in billets and have had grand food and a good place to sleep and have been getting along first rate. I will cable you as often as I can but don’t be worried if I cable you every few days for awhile and then don’t cable for a few days
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because it will only mean that they have shut down on private cables for awhile as they do whenever the lines get busy. Everyone here is cheerful and confident that everything is all right. Everyone is loud in praise of our “superb men.” They say we have the finest men that they ever saw and I believe we have, Genevieve, the first part of the ouija board’s prediction came out all right
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for it was May when I got here. This country has been greatly maligned about the weather for it hasn’t rained since we have been here. It has been as pretty as I ever saw – regular Missouri weather when Missouri is in its best estate. Now, Darlings, I want you to know that I am getting along fine and feeling as well as I ever did in my life., Don’t worry about me for I will be
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back before long with a big story to talk and my adventures won’t have anything by the time I get back to Bowling Green. This is a miserable pen and paper but I am using it because I am afraid this letter will miss the boat if I go back to my quarters for my own. With lots & lots of love to you all and to Jim & Waw. Your devoted son – brother Bennett Lt. Col. Bennett C. Clark American Expeditionary Force 140th Inf. U.S. A.
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Title | Bennett Clark letter to Champ Clark - May 1918 |
Creator | Clark, Bennett Champ |
Source | Clark, Bennett Champ. Letter to Champ Clark. May 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 April 23, 1918 letter to his father Champ Clark, Bennett Clark described his first impressions of life in France. 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; World War, 1914-1918--Political aspects--United States; Clark, Bennett Champ, 1890-1954 |
Subject Local | WWI; World War I |
Site Accession Number | C0666 |
Contributing Institution | The State Historical Society of Missouri |
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Date Original | May, 1918 |
Language | English |