Powhatan H. Clarke letter to Mother - October 27, 1918
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No X1A. Sunday October 27th My dearest Mother I am writing in a regular French cafe with a cup of coffee and a bottle of saccharine (there aint no sugar) sitting in front of me and vociferous French all around me. I hope theres a benedictine coming if I can bribe the waiter sufficiently. You know it is now absolutely forbidden to serve an American anything but vin ordinaire and beer we cant even get a glass of port officially
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[page 2] stopped while I was being welcomed. Honestly I think it took every servant in the house to see that I was comfortably settled. That
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[page 3] In other words for all practical purposes Col C. is my Cmd at the present post for orders, work passes, leave etc. but for the movement of troops, advancement, change of station etc the A.S.C. has controll. It
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Well goodby. Theres a band starting to play outside I
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| Title | Powhatan H. Clarke letter to Mother - October 27, 1918 |
| Creator | Clarke, Powhatan H. |
| Source | Clarke, Powhatan H. Letter to Mother. 27 October 1918. Clarke, Powhatan Papers. A0293. Missouri History Museum, Saint Louis, Missouri. |
| Description | Powhatan H. Clarke wrote to his mother about his life as a first lieutenant with the Labor Bureau. 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; Soldiers--Social conditions--20th century |
| Subject Local | World War I; WWI; Entertainment |
| Site Accession Number | A0293 |
| Contributing Institution | Missouri History Museum |
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| Date Original | October 25, 1918 |
| Language | English |