William Porter Letter to William Clark Breckenridge - July 3, 1916
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Dr. William Porter WHILE-A-Way LODGE OCEAN SPRINGS, [Mississippi]. July 3, 1916 Mr Clark Breckenridge St. Louis Dear Friend. Your last came in May: now it is July. How the [airplane] of mine fugits. The days go so fast here that I am thinking of pulling my calendar on a whirl run by a wind mill. As for nights - we have none. We just go to sleep and wake up. No, the German submarines have not got me. My little boat runs [ms illegible: 1 wd] than [ms illegible: 1 wd] on the same amount of gasoline and goes so fast that I (almost) bumped a porpoise the other day. Looks as though the great steel ring was [ms illegible: 1 wd]. England has 5,000,000 in the field. Russia 6,000,000 France and Italy at least 2,000,000 [ms illegible: 1 wd] the best guns for all and a new boom courage. I think we are the beginning of the end. I am for Hughes but think Wilson has been handicapped by criminal unpreparedness and is playing for [ms illegible: 1 wd], just as McKinley did in the Spanish war. Some day be lesson will strike home and we will be safer - Think you are right about the Pageant [ms illegible: 1 wd]. I think there is a good deal of “shore” above the average pageant - and the hard worked [ms illegible: 2 wds] his laurels is the pretty [ms illegible: 1 wd]. So it ever is. “Get thee to cover and snicker” -
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I am afraid the [ms illegible: 1 wd] Club under the [ms illegible: 1 wd] direction of Hutchins. [ms illegible: 1 wd] Gundlach et al - is over worked. If I have been at the Gundlach over time “much ado”. I [ms illegible: 1 wd] have cried fire or gone to sleep and snored as I did [ms illegible: 1 wd]. When a long timer had the floor. When [ms illgible: 1 wd] up I [ms illegible: 1 wd] said “Pardon me. I was doing the best I could under the circumstances” I am glad to say this [ms illegible: 2 wds] the [ms illegible: 1 wd] person down. I think your film man who was afraid of a German out break if he put Karl and other German into his crisis [ms illegible: 1 wd] was luny. If I were a loyal German I [ms illegible: 1 wd] break the film for not being just to my people. There are good Germans. Some of them have been exiled for the old country. Most are loyal to their adopted county. Once few who are citizens here would go over to fight or give $100 for Germany. It is the cursed Prussian ideal. the curse of Germany as well as of the [ms illegible: 1 wd] that we note. Much of the German people are working up to a country ruined and a nation execrated - but too late. - There will be little Prussian in the adjustment. I would not be surprised if the Kiser were killed by his own disappointed defeated ruined people The best thing he could do would be to lead a charge against the new English [ms illegible: 1 wd]. - Write me. Your letters always welcome. All well here and happy Your friend [William] Porter
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| Title | William Porter Letter to William Clark Breckenridge - July 3, 1916 |
| Creator | Porter, William |
| Source | Porter, William. William Porter Letter to William Clark Breckenridge. 3 July 1916. Breckenridge, William Clark, Papers, 1808-1936. A2030. The Missouri History Museum, St. Louis, Missouri. |
| Description | In this letter, dated July 3, 1916, William Porter wrote William Clark Breckenridge discussing the operation of his airplane and boat, the number of soldiers involved in the war, and German loyalty. |
| Subject LCSH | Wilson, Woodrow, 1856-1924; McKinley, William, 1843-1901; Airplanes; World War, 1914-1918--France; World War, 1914-1918--Russia; World War, 1914-1918--Italy; World War, 1914-1918--Great Britain; World War, 1914-1918; Submarines--German |
| Subject Local | WWI; World War I |
| Site Accession Number | A2030 |
| Contributing Institution | Missouri History Museum |
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| Date Original | July 3, 1916 |
| Language | English |