Champ Clark letter to Bennett Champ Clark - December 13, 1917
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December 13, 1917. Bennett C. Clark, Lieut. Col. 140th U.S. Inf., Camp Doniphan, Fort Sill, [Oklahoma] My dear Bennett: I received your letter of December 7th and also your telegram of December 12th. In your telegram you say General Martin will be here Tuesday. I take it that that means Tuesday the 18th. I will try and find out when he is coming; indeed, I did try to find out from General McCain but couldn’t, as I wanted to secure a room for him. Trains all running much behind. I had General Donnelly to lunch yesterday and treated him as well as I know how. I will look after the room for General Martin. I am sorry it has been so cold down there. It has been very cold here. I am glad, of course, that you have plenty of good warm woolens; but sorry the soldiers have not. The truth is we jumped into such a big job so unexpectedly and all green gourds, that every-
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No. 2. L-C. B. C.C. body has been overworked and somethings have been neglected. I will telegraph to General Berry at once about the furlough. I will write to him about it fully. I am certain he will let you have the furlough as quick as you find out, you telegraph me when you will get to New Orleans if he does let you have it. I will do the very best I can for all matters you write about. Pater. P.S. You will be delighted, No doubt, to learn that Hon. Thomas B. Love flat nosed Tom –is Assistant Secretary of the Treasury and that Thomas H. Ball is likely to be U.S. Circuit Judge. Judge Adamson’s sucessor was nominated yesterday after a long deadlock and he will resign to-morrow. J E House seated Beaks of Michigan to-day without a roll call. It was a clear steal of a seat. P.O. Mill nearly finished. We are going to aportheorize Fitz to-morrow. Your Ma just came in – says nigger ran into Tom & damaged the machine slightly. I walked home through snow storm. Town full of Suffs, and Prohibs, Captain Hobson among the latter. [written in the right margin] Senator Reed is going to investigate Hoover and Yarfrien, While Chamberlain et al. investigate War Dept. so the Merry Row is in prospect. Mucle Jon Russell is going to run again and thinks his prospects gorgeous.
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| Title | Champ Clark letter to Bennett Champ Clark - December 13, 1917 |
| Creator | Clark, Champ |
| Source | Clark, Champ. Letter to Bennett Champ Clark. 13 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 13, 1917 letter to his son Bennett, Champ Clark discussed politics and arrangements for Bennett's upcoming furlough. 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.); United States. Army. Division, 35th |
| 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 13, 1917 |
| Language | English |