Maurice Stevenson letter to Jay - June 26, 1918
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France, [June 26, 1918]. Dear Jay :- Your letter of just a month ago came to me two days ago along with several more very welcome ones--one of which was a letter from Charlie in the camp on Long Island, dated June 2. I am still expecting to hear from him from over here very soon for I have heard that the entire division is over here in France and not in England as he said that they expected. I will now positively very soon, then I shall start my workings to try and fix things up so that I may get to see him. If he should happen to be stationed any where within fifty miles of me, I am going to try to the very dickens to get to him. I am certainly glad that he got his Seargancy before coming over here, and have no doubt but that he will make good at it. I think that he must have been picked for the job on account of his soldiering ability, for I think that the short time that he has been having engineer work is too short to make him qualified to be a technical engineer expert. Even so, it may be so, and I know that he will have gotten a great deal of good out of the work that he will do and the training that he has had. I totalled about twenty letters in the last bunch--stretched out over two days, and was certainly mighty glad for them, as it is the first news from the states that we have had since the 12th of June. I got one letter as late as June 7, from an Irving teacher, announcing her marriage. Miss Landes, of Irving, is also to be married very soon. I mention her, as she is a niece of Dug Cottingham, and I thought that you might know of her at least. I also was glad to get a few copies of the Star from about May 10th to the 15th. I wrote the folks not to send it any more as it takes up too much room that could be used for something else of more importance, but they evidently had not received the letter. Things hereare just about as quiet as I have ever seen them, but it may be just the preceding calm. We at Reg. Hq. are pretty well fixed for accommodations, etc., and the evident fact that we are to
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The picture you mentioned was not of our unit - we have never been in England - and I dont ever remember having marched for pictures over here. Some other unit perhaps. Maurice Jay.
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| Title | Maurice Stevenson letter to Jay - June 26, 1918 |
| Creator | Stevenson, Maurice |
| Source | Stevenson, Maurice. Letter to Jay. 26 June 1918. Stevenson, Charles S. Collection. 1979.24; 1982.202. National World War I Museum, Kansas City, Missouri. |
| Description | Maurice Stevenson wrote to Jay that he had received his letters and was going to try and find Charles Stevenson while in France. 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 |
| 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 | June 26, 1918 |
| Language | English |