Walter J. Warner letter to Frank M. Rumbold - January 26, 1919
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Dagonville [January] 26 [1919] Col Frank M. Rumbold. Buckingham Hotel St. Louis. [Missouri] U.S.A. My dear Frank. Your two letters of [January] 4th reached me a couple of days ago, and I presume that as the time of their receipt you were on the
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Ammunition was scarce so we were limited in the mission apparent to us and the final hour found us firing from the same position that we had occupied from the day of our arrival; the advance made by the Inf in our sector being so slight that we had no opportunity to move to advanced position. On [November] 16th our new Reg C.O. arrived almost without warning, the fact of his assignment was communicated to our Hdqs by the Brigade a [ms illegible: 1 wd] half hour before he reached the P.C. His assignment came it is needless to say. As a decided [ms illegible: 1 wd] to everyone, [ms illegible: 1 wd] had been made on my recommendation to fill all Vacancies that had been open due to officers going to hospital & to schools etc. and I had about concluded that there would be no change in the station of the C.O. of the Reg. Col. Geo. F. Taylor has been in the regular army for eighteen years, but is not a [ms illegible: 2 wds] he was a Capt of Coast Artillery on the Border in 1916 a Major and Brigade Adg. at Camp Meade, and came over were the 79th Div. in that capacity, He commanded the 312th F.A. as a Lt Col. at a school at La Crature and was promoted to Col on [October] 26, [1918] and assigned to the 128th F.A. He has never seen active service on the front
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Within myself and thanked the donor the purse I have put away and will turn it over to you in person. Of the Cigarettes, they have been presented with your compliment to the officer whom were your nearest friends. Which of course included Lt Cevlliand, all of whom wished to be cordially remembered to you. As you probably know, after we were withdrawn from the Meuse-Argonne sector we were sent up to the Reserve sector, and particular sub sector covering approximately a front from Hodemaus to Manheuller, We were in position there on [October] 15 [1918] and remained until after the signing of the Armistice, the nearest town to our position was Sommedieue, about [November] 1st the Infantry of the 35th Div was withdrawn, and the 86th took their place, Gen McFarland was in Command of the 162 Brigade and occupied P.C. Taylor at which place the 128th F.A. had its P.C. also. As they had no artillery the 60th FA. Brigade remained in position in their artillery support. We did but little firing [ms illegible: 1 wd] the last drive was started and which ended on [November] 11th [1918]
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Before war declared he was Inspector Instructor for the R.I.N.G. with Hdq at Providence [Rhode Island] We remained at our position near Sommedieue until [January] 21st [1919] when we moved back to our present location. The regiment is billeted in Ligneres, Dagonville, Concarneau and [ms illegible: 1 wd], all located between Commency and Bar le Duc. Brigade Hdq is at Resson the Village near which we stopped on the way up to Rancourt, you were billeted at the Padre
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Several weeks ago Gen Traub was transferred to another Division, and at present the 35th is commanded by your old friend Gen Dugan who has for some time been in command of one of the Infantry Brigades, Saw Col Klemm a couple of weeks ago and he told me that Gen D. is a greatly changed man, and speaks quite proudly of the graduates of his School of a year ago. Klemm was laid up for a time after the Argonne drive but resumed command of his Regt before the finish. The weather had been very wet up to a week ago when it turned cold and has remained so ever since, the ground is frozen hard and it feels very muck like it did last [January] in San Antonio. Wood is not very plentiful so we are not as comfortable as we might be. Kindly convey to Mrs Rumbold my deep appreciation of the kindly remembrance sent at Christmas. All [ms illegible: 1 wd] and the cook are well and send their regards. All hope that the rumor that we are to return soon is true. With [kindest personal regard to Mrs Rumbold and yourself I remain Sincerely Yours W. J. Warner Lt. Col 128 F. A. U.S.A.
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| Title | Walter J. Warner letter to Frank M. Rumbold - January 26, 1919 |
| Creator | Warner, Walter J. |
| Source | Warner, Walter J. Letter to Frank M. Rumbold. 26 January 1919. Rumbold, Frank M., General Collection. A1331. Missouri History Museum, St. Louis, Missouri. |
| Description | Letter from Lieutenant Colonel Walter J. Warner of the 128th Field Artillery to Colonel Frank M. Rumbold telling him of the units recent movements. 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; Cigarettes--1910-1920 |
| 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 | January 26, 1919 |
| Language | English |