Robert Kirk Brady letter to Folks - October 24, 1917
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Wed. morn. [October 24, 1917] Dear Folks: - Today is big holiday - Liberty Bond Celebration in Lawton. big doings - don't think I will go in - it is still cold here - I have had things quite easy - have started to school - I am in the grenade section - have lectures besides getting field work. it is about a months course. I am off of my duties with the Co. till I get thru school and then I act as instructor in my line of work for the regiment - having lectures now by a French officer who just came out of the trenches in August of this year. I take notes and then write his lecture off on a type-writer . That is only for my own good, wish I could send them to you but I can't. was over to see Tuck yesterday - he is going to school. he says he
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feels lost without the rest of us hanging around having our tent boarded up. already had a floor on it but are building walls up and putting a real door in it with a glass, then we put the tent over the frame. put a stove in it and it sure is warm and cozy. am tryign to get an overcoat now - as overcoat from retailers cost you $50 00 am trying to get an enlisted man's coat and have it fixed up as an officers. I don't care what it costs I am going to keep warm and eat plenty - men are getting their tents framed and floored and have been issued stoves - all have overcoats - so you see they are fixed pretty warm. boys all went to town today - holidays are scarce here. don't see any chance at all of getting furloughs as they are very particular - have not tried to get one as yet - am going to
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about 1st of [December]. I will have some studying to do from now on. just over to see Tuck. his tent caught fire last nite and burned all his clothes and singed his hair and burnt both of his hands - he had a coal oil stove - suppose it must have blown up. we are oging to get a stove like that little oen we used to have. burn wood in it - no danger at all. Tuck had a very narrow escape. don't say nothing to his mother till he writes. Where is Senator? Wrote him a week ago but have never heard from him. Cecil wrote him a few days later and he has never heard from him, wrote him about the Co. and consolidation. sure is ome cold here. had a letter from Elizabeth saying she had finished my sweater. guess it will be here in a few days. hope so as it will sure feel good these days. they tell me the weather here sure does
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get some cold. What is going on in the city? Has papa come back yet. have any luck. see hwere Julia Corrow married. Mr. D.W. Stoner from Camden was here the other day to see the Camden boys, he said this was some sight down here. and he is right. hope papa can come down later on. he will sure enjoy his trip - and I would enjoy his stay with me. of course my school will be going on so I will have to wait and see just how busy that is going to keep me as to when it will be the best time for him to come down. are still getting some stiff drilling. Col. is sure our friend and is sticking with us - he is the one that got me in on this school. don't think that the Capt wanted me to go - wanted his 1st Lieut. to go but he couldn' argue with the Col. Well write and tell me all the news. how is everybody - last Sat. Champ Clark
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spoke and gathered about him were 20,000 soldiers - some sight to see - Clark speaks at Lawton today. would like to hear him but am off day and want to get our tent fixed up. then be such a crowd there - have been to town twice and then went in and done a little trading and right back out - don't care nothing about it so just stay out here. Told you about all I know - so will quit till some other time - Tell all the children hello - as well as all my old drug store friends. Tell honey to be careful and not get too fat. Well goodbye. am feeling fine and still am gaining in weight. Lots of love to all your loving son, Kirk.
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| Title | Robert Kirk Brady letter to Folks - October 24, 1917 |
| Creator | Brady, Robert Kirk |
| Source | Brady, Robert Kirk. Letter to Folks. 24 October 1917. Brady, Robert Kirk, Letters, 1917-1919. C0077. The State Historical Society of Missouri, Columbia, MO. |
| Description | In this October 24, 1917, letter to his folks in Richmond, Missouri, Robert Kirk Brady wrote a Liberty Bond rally in Lawton and obtaining a new overcoat. Brady, a native of Ray County, Missouri, served in the 140th Infantry Regiment during World War I. |
| Subject LCSH | Military training; World War, 1914-1918; Liberty bonds; United States. Army--Uniforms |
| Subject Local | WWI; World War I |
| Site Accession Number | C0077 |
| Contributing Institution | The State Historical Society of Missouri |
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| Date Original | October 24, 1917 |
| Language | English |