Charles Stevenson letter to Ogee - September 16, 1917
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Camp Funston September 16 Dear Ogee: Just today I got the letter you wrote away last September 5. It was a good letter and I thank you very much for it. Yes, it was at own my request that I was sent in the first bunch and I am only too grateful that I was handled thusly. From the first bunch now on hand it is probably that the non-commissioned officers will picked. I hope to be a corporal. There is a possibility of my being made a sergant, but
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The engineers generally do no fighting, altho in case of emergency they are used. Most of their work is constructive and destructive. We have to take all the infantry work, as well as our own. A regiment consists of six companies; a company consists of two hundred men. I am in Company A of the 314th Engineers Regiment. We have twenty-three in our company at present. Next Wednesday when the next bunch arrives we will get our full two hundred men. Giving us our full quote at once and forcing the infantry and cavalry and artillery to wait longer for their full number means, we all take it that we will be among the first to step across the sea. You comment on my lost motion is interesting. I will watch it. I myself have much pleasure out of watching the types of men here. There are some mighty well bred fellows and then there is a class of bums. Our company is to date the only one without a single fellow in it not having a venereal disease!
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Thanks for your offer to send me what I wanted! Sooner or later I may take you up. At present I don
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| Title | Charles Stevenson letter to Ogee - September 16, 1917 |
| Creator | Stevenson, Charles |
| Source | Stevenson, Charles. Letter to Ogee. 16 September 1917. Stevenson, Charles S. Collection. 1979.24; 1982.202. National World War I Museum, Kansas City, Missouri. |
| Description | Charles Stevenson wrote this letter to his Ogee and explained how his company was divided and that he was now a member Company A of the 314th Engineers. Stevenson enlisted in Kansas City, Missouri and became attached to Company A, 314th Engineers at Camp Funston, Kansas. Stevenson was shipped overseas on June 12, 1918 where he remained for the duration of the war. He arrived back in the United States on May 26, 1919. |
| Subject LCSH | World War, 1914-1918--Military life--United States; Camp Funston (Kan.) |
| Subject Local | WWI; World War I |
| Site Accession Number | 1979.24; 1982.202 |
| Contributing Institution | National World War I Museum and Memorial |
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| Date Original | September 16, 1917 |
| Language | English |