Ernest McKeighan letter to Wife - January 18, 1917
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Camp Doniphan [Fort Sill, Oklahoma] [January 18, 1917] Dear Old Girl I received your letter of the 15th today and hasten to answer as there must be some mix up. The amount the Western Union paid me is $200.00 I asked them if it was not $270.00 as I wrote about but they said, no, it was for $200.00. I suppose you will now have to go on a still hunt and see why they only sent the above amount if you telegraphed $270.00. have already located part of the dificulty and will get some of it back but am afraid not all. You ask me to specify how the work is harder and it is sort of hard to answer. Just an entensifying of the work is all and long hours. I will not have to worry so much though. (and I expect this is going to please you some) I have been made Adjutant to Major Stayton
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[page 2] and Captain James takes E Co. He is very sore about it, though not at me I suppose this is an honor for us and everybody is congratulating me but it has a rather bitter taste as I have become fond of the little family I raised in [Kansas City] and the men are simply raving they wanted to move over on the Colonel and protest but of Course I stopped that This will be rather a new thing for one who likes to move about a lot and I will probably study quite a bit. Did you get the rings, pins and window cards, the latter of which were in the box with the picture? Cliff Sloun is rather a brick, don
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[page 3] is overworked you should most certainly locate yourself in your own place just as soon as C.L. is able to move. I think you will not have to renew with Mrs Callahan at 8%, for if you decide to hang onto the house, it will probably look like a good proposition to the loan people, as it will be all newly decorated and pretty spick and span. Would not get much excited over the county taxes until house is about finished. That little letter from my sweet heart baby was about the sweetest thing ever and coupled with your sweet ending of your letter makes me pretty homesick, however we have put our shoulder to the wheel and I guess we will finish the job. Am taking steps to allot part of my pay to you so you will not have to wait for it to come from Europe. Think, if you think you can get along smoothly on $125.00 per month, that I
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[page 4] will allot that much until I find what the conditions over there are. Than, I find I can change the allotment. That will permit me to pay my insurance, ($7.90) and leave $67.10 which I do not believe will need, when I find what it will take, shall send the surplus for your use. If your sum is too small I will boost it to $150.00 and take a chance. It has taken me 3 hours to write this, as have had a stream of callers congratulating me on
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| Title | Ernest McKeighan letter to Wife - January 18, 1917 |
| Creator | McKeighan, Ernest |
| Source | McKeighan, Ernest. Letter to Wife. 18 January 1917. Ernest E. McKeighan Papers. 2005.14. The National World War I Museum, Kansas City, Missouri. |
| Description | Letter from Ernest McKeighan to his wife from Camp Doniphan. He discussed his recent promotion to Adjutant of Major Stayton and his pay. McKeighan served as part of Company E, 110th Engineers, 35th Division during World War I. |
| Subject LCSH | United States. Army. Division, 35th; United States. Army. Camp Doniphan (Okla.); United States. Army--Promotions; Love-letters |
| Subject Local | WWI; World War I |
| Site Accession Number | 2005.14 |
| Contributing Institution | National World War I Museum and Memorial |
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| Date Original | January 18, 1917 |
| Language | English |