Powhatan H. Clarke letter to Mother - March 23, 1918
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[March] 23
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division of the things. I have had no trouble getting money although there was a mix up at first and I had to draws on the emergency account because they knew nothing of the other. Just before the first of March I found 6,000 francs more deposited to my account. I don
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[page 2] #8 Be sure to keep the monthly account coming for sometimes pay is a little slow if you are moving about, otherwise you get it on the dot unless you neglect to put in your pay voucher in time. Your cable address arrived. By the time ([March] 23) you should have received 2 cables from me. Your cable to me arrived three weeks after it was dated & I answered it as soon as possible. We are allowed to cable but are asked not to cable to often or make our cables too long. However there are many practical
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difficulties. We either have to mail our cablegrams to a central office or send it over French lines & the Frenchmen are the very devil. They refused to accept your registered address. Can you beat it. So I had to write it out in full Ouch. It did not go to England at all so your informer was misinformed. We came strait to France. By the way Larry Kinnaird was on the Tuscania. He is there now. The worst he got was a wetting & much cold.
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[page 3] #8 I saw Cousin Beatrice de Noue
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I have been on the flying list for three days but I have not gotten a hop yet. I expect to get up day after tomorrow (tomorrow is Sunday). We get up at five if we fly & at 600 if we don
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[page 4] #8 My cot its more comfortable. When I get through here I shall probably go to some specialty school maybe more than one. So from now on make my address 1st St Etc Air Service A.E.F. via New York. That will get me anywhere and as all our mail goes to a central distributing station anyway it will not be delayed. Start using new address right away. I have not put in for any branch of flying yet and don
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I shall try to transfer. We are getting over the idea that the best men are picked for the chasse planes. Many of our best men have gone bombing or artillery observation. They seem to send the good flyers to all branches now. It stands to reason too for the pilot of a big machine has lots more responsibility. He may be driving a machine costing $50,000 or over & be responsible for the lives of two or three other men as well while the chasse pilot can only smash about $10,000 worth of machine and loose his own life. They are always harping on the argument & it
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[page 5] #8 Is reasonable. Send me a little camera. Not a vest pocket one but one small enough to fit in a pocket. I want a stylographic (the kind you can write on the film) And also I want a specially good lense not the ordinary kind. Send plenty of films & keep on sending them about 12 exposures a week perhaps a little more. Send me also a watch camera & some films if you can find one. Keep the cigarettes coming. Much Love Powie O.K Powhatan H. Clarke 1st Lt. Sig. R.C.A.S.
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| Title | Powhatan H. Clarke letter to Mother - March 23, 1918 |
| Creator | Clarke, Powhatan H. |
| Source | Clarke, Powhatan H. Letter to Mother. 23 March 1918. Clarke, Powhatan Papers. A0293. Missouri History Museum, Saint Louis, Missouri. |
| Description | Powhatan H. Clarke sent this letter to his mother about flying school and his daily schedule. He also mentioned a brief visit to Paris and the transfer of money. 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; Military training |
| Subject Local | World War I; WWI; United States. Army. Aero Squadron, 21st |
| Site Accession Number | A0293 |
| Contributing Institution | Missouri History Museum |
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| Date Original | March 23, 1918 |
| Language | English |