Dr. Everett Powers letter to Marian Powers 8:30 A.M. - Nov. 18, 1918
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[Y.M.C.A. letterhead] 8 30 A.M. Monday [November] 18 – 1918 MyDarling Wife : - No letter from you yesterday, but hope for One today. It is still rainy andWindy. Is not one bit pleasant outside. at noon yesterday it had stopped raining and looked like it was going to turn Cold. So we drove over to [Fort Des Moines] It began spitting rain later in the afternoon. We over with Capt. Stephenson in his Car and he wanted to have dinner in [Des Moines] so we stayed. Came home later and there was some wind and quite a rain with it. Clouded the wind shield so we had to have it up to see the road. Iwas on the front seat, and as we faced the wind Most the way you Know the result. [Fort Des Moines]
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is a permanent government fort, and the grounds and buildings are quite different from this Camp. Wish you might have seen it. Officers have Nice quarters in Substantial brick buildings. Plenty of nice grass. and side walks. Looks like a real place to live. But Iwould prefer tobe home. Do not Know anything more about when Iam to get out of here, hope before long. Dr. Johnson a Contract surgeon got his discharge yesterday and left for home last night. Could hardly wait for the train. We had quite a number of the families of Medical officers out here to dinner yesterday. Maj. DeWeese had his wife out, she is very pleasant, but not pretty or handsome. Is about the size of Mrs. Parish
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1 P.M. Your Saturday letter, One mailed Came this Morning. Was glad to get it as always. Wondered why you left so much space with no writing on it. Notice the bottom of this sheet. Guess you Must be having Much the same Kind of weather that we are Maj. King said today at noon that there was a rumor Current at Camp headquarters (Not Official) that All Medical Officers who had not had it would be sent to an Officers training Camp for six weeks before being Mustered out. If So hope that they will send me south. We had several New Men Come in here just a few [written upside down in top margin] be different at [Fort Des Moines]. Just lots of love. Devotedly, Everett.
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days, before the signing of the Armistice. Am glad that Icame when Idid and did not get in at the last Minute. Wish that Icould Come home Now though. Lt. Newman is going to let his family go home Dec. 1st He thinks there is some Chance of getting home before Jan. 1st Capt. Engstrom, in Charge at 302 B’ldg said this morning that he thought we would begin Mustering the Development Battalion out Thursday of this week. They are transferring a lot of men to this now. So that we will have 2 or 3 thousand of them. Do not think that there will be any Change to arrange for your singing out at this Camp now. Everything is upset here. It might
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| Title | Dr. Everett Powers letter to Marian Powers 8:30 A.M. - Nov. 18, 1918 |
| Creator | Powers, Everett |
| Source | Powers, Everett. Letter to Marian Powers 8:30 A.M. 18 Nov. 1918. Dr. Everett Powers Collection. AR Box 1918. Powers Museum, Carthage, Missouri. |
| Description | Dr. Everett Powers wrote to his wife, Marian Powers, from Camp Dodge, Iowa on November 18, 1918. Dr. Powers served in the Medical Corps as a physician at Camp Dodge. In this letter, he discussed a trip he made to Fort Des Moines, the chances of him being mustered out of service, and various other topics. |
| Subject LCSH | World War, 1914-1918--Medical care--United States; Camp Dodge (Iowa); World War, 1914-1918--Armistices; Fort Des Moines (Iowa); Military discharge |
| Subject Local | Medical Corps; World War I; Mustering out |
| Site Accession Number | AR Box 1918 |
| Contributing Institution | Powers Museum |
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| Date Original | November 18, 1918 |
| Language | English |