Ernest McKeighan letter to Family - September 11, 1918
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[The Highlands letterhead] Dears. Am sending some parts of papers to you E CAMP A. A. HUMPREYS [Virginia] [September] 11th 1918 My Sweets Am a busy
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[page 2] which I brought back here with me, into the training schedule. I have a Junior Major as an assistant, which devides the work some what, though I am entirely responsible for the proper training of the Battalion. Capt Fisher (of the 110th) got in yesterday. He says Noonam has not been made a Capt nor is he coming back, at least at this time. I went to Washington Saturday in the Colonels Car and took a room at the Ebbet
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[page 3] to the office, where we had a nice long chat, in the course of which he said there would be a good job with the Co, for me when I come back. Upon his finding I had engaged the room at the Hotel, he called them up and cancelled the reservation, and sent me, in an Electric Auto belonging to his Secy, to an apartment in the building shown on this letter head, which is occupied by Vice-Pres Landon (who is on the Air production board) and who is not
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[page 4] in [Washington] over the week end It is an elegant apartment, being in a family hotel similar to the St Regis on Linwood Blvd in [Kansas City] and Mr Wooley insisted that I use it every time I come to Washington. He was very nice all around. In fact the attitude in Chicago and Washington is quite different from that in [Kansas City] Late Saturday night I met Mr Strange, Pres of the Strange Line in [Kansas City] and whom I became acquainted with during the old [American] Legion days, and also thank the Commercial Club, and he invited me to [breakfast]
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[The Highlands letterhead] [page 5] [breakfast] with him Sunday A.M. which I did. It was at the big Willard Hotel and as a fellow guest we had a Mr Fowler, Pres of the Fowler Aero-plane factory in San Francisco, we had a charming time for about two hours after which I returned to camp in the rain. I suppose you will notice that I am making some rather profitable contacts here which may prove of worth while
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[page 6] I got my pay today and will at once telegraph you the $20.00 you sent me, for which many thanks. Am still afraid to send for you as I may be detailed any day and be going somewhere else while you were coming here. If I were you, though I should feel around if I were you, looking towards renting your apartment, if that is what you are going to do, as I might you know, come through [Kansas City] on way to a new station and if I found that were true I should telegraph you when so that if you could get ready, you could join me and go on with me. Write soon, sweets, as have not heard from you yet. Lovingly Ernest C.O. 3d Battalion 3d E.T.R. Camp A.A. Humphreys Virginia
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| Title | Ernest McKeighan letter to Family - September 11, 1918 |
| Creator | McKeighan, Ernest |
| Source | McKeighan, Ernest. Letter to Family. 11 September 1918. Ernest E. McKeighan Papers. 2005.14. The National World War I Museum, Kansas City, Missouri. |
| Description | Ernest McKeighan sent this letter to his wife and daughter from Camp Humpreys, Virginia. In the letter, McKeighan discussed his new duties as a major. McKeighan served as part of Company E, 110th Engineers, 35th Division during World War I. |
| Subject LCSH | United States. Army. Division, 35th; World War, 1914-1918--Military life--United States |
| Subject Local | WWI; World War I; United States Army. 110th Engineers; Camp Humphreys (Va.) |
| Site Accession Number | 2005.14 |
| Contributing Institution | National World War I Museum and Memorial |
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| Date Original | September 11, 1918 |
| Language | English |