Anecdotes written by Otto p. Higgins- n.d.
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[page 1] First thing people inquire about is C. Always been so. At Funston, two of us, doughboys talking. Who are those guys. Janitors? Headquarters. C for CUSTODIan. Regulations army uniform for correspondents with the C. Formerly white and red, France green and red. White to good a target. Showing correspondents got under fire. News from front-American-always correct. As far as humanly possible Sometimes mistakes [m.s. illegible: 1 wd]. Seldom saw anything about American air service from front. All from Washington. Men hated air service. Never came up to what papers stated. Could not write about it from France. I wrote story about first four liberty planes. Refused to pass word about it. Romarantin. Perfectly plausable explanation. Explanations not wanted. Airplanes.- [m.s. illegible: 1 wd]- fig show we downed 2 as many-lot left- not missed.- In Europe League of Nations not thought well of. Allowed to go through because Wilson advocated and U.S. well thought of. In proof of this England now greater army ever before 959,000 almost 4 times as large. France only demobilizing men in older classes, men with dependents. March stands every
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[page 2] America some system of military training. Preparedness. We can raise an army over night, but c cannot train or equip it. December 14 permitted to announce first American made artillery arrived at
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[page 3] How men act under fire. Ed White
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[page 4] Gas put fear of God in them. Many alerts no gas. Argonne road jam. Move up. Can
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| Title | Anecdotes written by Otto p. Higgins- n.d. |
| Creator | Higgins, Otto P. |
| Source | Higgins, Otto P. Anecdotes. n.d. Higgins, Otto P. Collection. 2010.145. The National World War I Museum, Kansas City, Missouri. |
| Description | Otto P. Higgins did not serve in the United States military, but he spent the entire span of the war in training camps and overseas with the army as a staff correspondent for the Kansas City Star. He wrote about soldiers from the Mid-West, especially Missouri and Kansas. Higgin's began his service with the old Third Regiment, and was with regiments at Camp Nichols, Fort Riley, Camp Funston, Camp Doniphan, Fort Leavenworth, Fort Sheridan, and finally in France. This is four pages of anecdotes written by Otto P. Higgins of the Kansas City Star. They appear to be notes of experiences he had while with the American Army. |
| Site Accession Number | 2010.145 |
| Contributing Institution | National World War I Museum and Memorial |
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| Language | English |