Powhatan H. Clarke letter to Mother - April 9, 1918
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No 13 April 9. 1918 Mother dearest. Yesterday it seemed to rain packages. The boots came in good condition. 200 cigarettes. Package magazines, I roll magazines, 1 package containing soups coffee etc 1[package containing] crackers. I package containing toilet articles & one with shoe polish & a new idea brush. Several days ago the order concerning parcel post packages came out but we didn
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[page 2] #13 regulations. Your cable reached me this morning. I must have made very good time. In future you can cut down the address to 1st St Etc Air Service France. Leave out the Sig. R.C.A.S. unattached. I dont know how long I will be at A.P.O 724 so you might as well omit that. There is nothing that I actually need now and I am trying to find out what the procedure is. As soon as I find out I will send you a request for cigarettes. I suppose they will say these are not necessary. If they do there will be hell raised generally. Mauaines letter 22 [March] 7 and yours 26 [March 10] are the last received. I have been pretty busy and have not been able to write. Did you ever get any cables from me. I did not cable
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[page 3] #13 you when I landed because I did not know the ropes. It was not forbidden but I didn
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[page 4] #13 That you fly the 23
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[page 5] #13 not my fault, nothing was done about it. These busses are wonderful in the air but simply hell-on-wheels on the ground. They can get away from you before you can think & the result is always the same. They swing around to one side, one wing touches the ground & over you go. Its so frequent that it causes no comment and luckily they never hurt anybody in these antics. Everything goes on the same old way. We have everything we need to make me comfortable. But we are badly crowded. Also there is always some little disagreeable thing coming up which dosn
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[page 6] #13 order & now I am hauled up for not regeristering, the first day. Probably a few more demerits and more confinement. You know they confine us to the post for
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| Title | Powhatan H. Clarke letter to Mother - April 9, 1918 |
| Creator | Clarke, Powhatan H. |
| Source | Clarke, Powhatan H. Letter to Mother. 09 April 1918. Clarke, Powhatan Papers. A0293. Missouri History Museum, Saint Louis, Missouri. |
| Description | Powhatan Clarke sent this letter to his mother about his first time flying and his first accident. He also discussed his flying school classes. Clarke served with the 21st Aero Squadron and Labor Bureau A.E.F. during Word War I. |
| Subject LCSH | World War, 1914-1918--Military life--United States; Soldiers--Recreation; Airplanes; Airships Accidents |
| Subject Local | World War I; WWI; United States. Army. Aero Squadron, 21st; Flying school |
| Site Accession Number | A0293 |
| Contributing Institution | Missouri History Museum |
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| Date Original | April 9, 1918 |
| Language | English |