Ben F. Schiess letter to Dr.Henry Milton Whelpley - September 6, 1918
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Camp McArthur [Texas] [September] 6, 1918. My dear Dr. Whelpley: Kind Doctor: Received a letter this morning a more welcome letter was never before received by me & it happened to be from you. The boys here are all in an excellent condition of mind & body, the pharmacists in the lead of course, as usual. Besides Ms. H. Sanders & myself there is a Mr. A. Florian here, I worked with him for Mr. L. J. Lehmann, Otto Speckert, a graduate of the “National” is also here he & his brothers have four stores in St. Louis he left here on a furlough this afternoon for business purposes. I told him to be sure and run in to see you & to remember me to you. Do you know Mr. H. Friedwald Jr. a St. Louis Pharmacist, & taught at the National. Mr. Demmer, also a graduate from the National is here, he clerked for Johnson Bros at Bdwy & Franklin, do you know him? There are other phamacists here with whom I’m not well acquainted, from St. Louis & Kansas City. Oh! certainly, I forgot Mr. Frank Lane, a graduate of three years ago, from the best pharmaceutical college on earth,
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he is one of the head men at the “Knights of Columbus” hut, he helps furnish the amusement for the boys. Mr. Heidamann is also here, he sleeps on the cot next to me he worked at M. B’s for Mr Joe Schroede, he knows you, can you place him? All of the above mentioned boys live here within a city block’s distance, we drill together, have lectures & work together & all share in the goodies sent from home. Why certainly I’ll furnish a little publication matter of my experiences for good old Meyer Brothers Druggist, I will do so every month as long as the war lasts if you find it acceptable for use in fact it would be a pleasure for me to have such a job. Enclosed you will find a rough sketch of “pharmacy in the army” which I hope you will find fit to publish. Wishing you and all Meyer Brothers and the St. Louis College of Pharmacy all the prosperity in the world I am, Your old student Ben. F. Schiess 1st Infirmary Inf. Repl. Camp. Camp McArthur Waco [Texas] P. S. If you happen to run across Mr. Finch give him my best regards.
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| Title | Ben F. Schiess letter to Dr.Henry Milton Whelpley - September 6, 1918 |
| Creator | Schiess, Ben F. |
| Source | Schiess, Ben F. Letter to Dr.Henry Milton Whelpley. 06 September 1918. Dr. Henry Milton Whelpley Collection, 1826-1929. A1737. Missouri History Museum, St. Louis, Missouri. |
| Description | Ben F. Schiess sent a letter to Dr. Henry Milton Whelpley. Dr. Whelpley was the dean of the St. Louis College of Pharmacy and editor of the Meyer Brothers Druggist magazine. Schiess listed all of the pharmacists that were serving with him in the camp and described his experiences in the military. This letter was written on Knights of Columbus letterhead. |
| Subject LCSH | World War, 1914-1918; Pharmacists; Camp MacArthur (Tex.); United States. Army. Infantry, 1st |
| Subject Local | WWI; World War I |
| Site Accession Number | A1737 |
| Contributing Institution | Missouri History Museum |
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| Date Original | September 6, 1918 |
| Language | English |