T.J. Christmann letter to Frank M. Rumbold - December 27, 1918
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[Knights of Columbus letterhead] [December] 27th 1918 Dear Colonel:- Your letter of [December] 11th has finally reached me
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be able to give you a little information. To begin with, we are still in the woods near Verdun, the only changes being that the men have been taken from the gun positions to the echelons. About the middle of November we were ordered to take all our wheeled material to the rail head at Dugny preparatory to entraining for a training aera. But over a month passed and we still sat here so the C.G. ordered us to bring the guns back to the eschelon and include gun drill in our weekly drill schedule. So here we are, still out in the woods drilling five hours a day and the same old grind of gun drill, foot drill etc as the days of Doniphan.
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[Knights of Columbus letterhead] The 35th Div is located in and around Commency and as we are once more definitely a part of the 35th, we were supposed to move over in that aera but I understand the C.G. objected on the ground that we were better situated where we are. We were to have made the move around the first of January but the dope came out today that beginning [January] 5th the entire division would move to an aera just south of Paris where we would turn in all our equipment. I have not been able to get any thing definite on
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on it so far and it may turn out only a rumor like so many others. So in the meantime I guess we will continue to quake and tremble before the wrath of the C.G. I dont know whether we are any worse than the other two outfits or not, but he sure is on our neck for dirty horses, harness and wagons. The mud is only a foot deep and we go from one to 3 kilometers for water, but you know excuses don
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[Knights of Columbus letterhead] Thompson, also a 1st Lt. Billings, who is still a second and under arrest and a new man who came early in [November] from the replacement. Givin still has B Btry and has Salongne, [ms illegible: 1 wd] and Harrison with him. McKinney has C, with Barlow and a couple of new officers from replacement. Davidson is a Capt, commanding D, and E and F are as they were. F Battery at present is far ahead of the rest of the regiment. The staff is about as it was
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and Crisler intelligence (also assisting Fehlig). Major Rumsey is attached to the staff and also Capt. Mallonee and a Capt. Cralson who came from the A.F.S, Army Artillery, 1st Army just after the armistice was signed. My brother, who was also in the A.F.S. was likewise turned adrift at that time and tho he requested being assigned to the 128th, he was assigned to the 129th and the C.G. wouldn
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[Knights of Columbus letterhead] consignments of American Horses and Missouri mules which bring us up to within 200 of what we are allowed. We had salvaged our harness in [November] when we transferred most of our horses and are now getting the same harness back in a rotten condition
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| Title | T.J. Christmann letter to Frank M. Rumbold - December 27, 1918 |
| Creator | Christmann, T.J. |
| Source | Christmann, T.J. Letter to Frank M. Rumbold. 27 December 1918. Rumbold, Frank M., General Collection. A1331. Missouri History Museum, St. Louis, Missouri. |
| Description | Letter from Captain T.J. Christmann to Frank M. Rumbold while he was away from the 128th Field Artillery. Christmann provides Rumbold with details of the recent promotions within the regiment. Frank Meeker Rumbold served as Colonel of the 128th Field Artillery during World War I. He later served as Adjutant General of Missouri from 1925 to 1927. |
| Subject LCSH | World War, 1914-1918--Correspondence; United States. Army. Division, 35th; Argonne; Promotions, Military; World War, 1914-1918--Military life--United States; Mules |
| Subject Local | WWI; World War I; United States. Army. Field Artillery Battalion, 128th |
| Site Accession Number | A1331 |
| Contributing Institution | Missouri History Museum |
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| Date Original | December 27, 1918 |
| Language | English |