Champ Clark letter to Bennett Champ Clark - December 10, 1917
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December 10, 1917. Bennett C. Clark, Lieut. Col. 140th U.S. Infantry, Camp Doniphan, Fort Sill [Oklahoma] My dear Bennett: I guess by this time you have seen General Clark and also received my letter. I was very glad indeed to do anything for him I could. He is a very fine man. I hope that he got back all right. I talked to Kitchen today about the Christmas holidays. He says we will adjourn on the 19th or 20th and meet again on the 3d of January, probably. Of course this is tentative but still I guess it is about what will happen. Now, I write you this note to find out what are your desires in the premises about the Christmas holidays. I suppose I can get you a leave or I suppose you can get it, either to come on here or to meet at New Orleans. The trouble about coming here is that Genevieve would have to do one of two things: either bring Champie up here with her or leave him in New Orleans for four or five days while she came up here to see us; and especially to see you. Neither one of the two things is very
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No. 2. L-C. B. C. C. desirable. It is dangerous to haul Champie over the country during the winter time, especially with all the paraphernalia she carries with her. In one of her letters she said something about going out to Fort Sill [Oklahoma] to see you. Of course, that wouldn’t be as long a trip as from Fort Sill [Oklahoma] here. It would be just about such a trip as from New Orleans here, except the facilities for travel would not be so good going to Fort Sill [Oklahoma] Of course your mother and I want to see you during the Christmas holidays, for I am reasonably certain on account of the Russian collapse and the Italian debacle that all of our men are going to be sent over there before the campaign opens next spring; so please let me know immediately what you want, whether you want to come here or go to New Orleans. The weather here is clear and cold—very cold for this latitude. Keen made me a very handsome overcoat – middle weight; but today I am wearing the heavy overcoat. Congressman DeWalt gave me an exceedingly interesting and peculiar book with directions that after I had read it to send it to you. It purports to be an autobiography of Benedict Arnold, Maj. Gen.
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No.3. L-C. B. C. C. U.S., and Brig. Gen. British army. It is a very ingenious contrivance. Of course it gives the history of Saratoga and all the rest of his Quebec campaign. He feathers into Old Gates and a good many more, of course. It is a rather bulky volume and I will not sent it to you until I know whether we are going to meet. This is all the time I have to write now. Goodbye and God bless you. Pater.
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Title | Champ Clark letter to Bennett Champ Clark - December 10, 1917 |
Creator | Clark, Champ |
Source | Clark, Champ. Letter to Bennett Champ Clark. 10 December 1917. Clark, Champ (1850-1921) and Bennett Champ (1890-1954), Papers, 1853-1973. C0666. The State Historical Society of Missouri, Columbia, MO. |
Description | In this December 10, 1917 letter to his son Bennett, Champ Clark discussed Christmas plans and speculated that all American troops would be sent to Europe before the spring. 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 Lieutenant Colonel in the 140th Regiment, 35th Division and as Assistant Chief of Staff for the 88th Division during World War I, and was Missouri State Senator from 1933 to 1945. |
Subject LCSH | Clark, Champ, 1850-1921; United States. Army. Camp Doniphan (Okla.); Clark, Bennett Champ, 1890-1954; Fort Sill (Okla.); Christmas |
Subject Local | WWI; World War I |
Site Accession Number | C0666 |
Contributing Institution | The State Historical Society of Missouri |
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Date Original | December 10, 1917 |
Language | English |