[Letter] 1917 Sep. 29, Headquarters 89th Division, Camp Funston, Kan. [to] Dean Yeomans / Leonard Wood.

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[Letter] 1917 Sep. 29, Headquarters 89th Division, Camp Funston, Kan. [to] Dean Yeomans / Leonard Wood.

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Maj. Gen. Wood writes as a concerned father about his son Osborne to Yeomans who is a dean at Harvard University. Wood asks that Yeomans "keep as close an eye as possible on the boy. ... Buck him up a bit now and then." Wood then writes about the situation at Camp Funston where he is the commanding general of the 89th Division. Under his command currently are 25,000 troops who are without appropriate equipment. The enclosed photograph [dated Sept. 28, 1917] illustrates his point--a man in denim overalls with a wooden rifle. Furthermore there are another 25,000 troops scheduled to arrive. He blasts the "dishonesty of the official statements concerning our condition."

[2] leaves ; 27 cm. + envelope and 1 photograph

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Wood, Leonard, 1860-1927

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General (GEN) Leonard Wood was stationed at Headquarters, Eastern Department, Governor's Island, NY on 16 November 1914. From the description of Leonard Wood papers, 1914. (US Army, Mil Hist Institute). WorldCat record id: 61241654 Leonard Wood was a physician who served as Chief of Staff of the U.S. Army (1910-1914), military governor of Cuba (1899-1902) and Governor-General of the Philippines (1921-1927). His son Osborne (sometimes spelled Osborn) at the time of this lette...

Yeomans, Henry Aaron

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