Byrnes, Ben

Scope and Contents Letters and photographs from Earl C. James to his mother, Emily James, and sisters Gwynneth James and Daisy James, describe basic service training at Fort Bliss, El Paso, Texas, and his service overseas, where he was assigned to Battery F 5th, Field Artillery. Photocopied correspondence between the U. S. Army and the James family discusses the soldier's death 1919 April 21 and return of his body from Germany to the United States. Earl Jones was killed in a motocycle accident, in Simmern,...

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This collection contains twelve letters written by Rumsey Bissell Marston just prior to and during his deployment to France and Great Britain during WWI to his father, mother, brother and sisters. Additional items in the collection are: his military service record, a photograph, a drawing, and the envelopes in which the letters were sent.

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Registration certificate card for military service, hand-completed, dated and signed.

Scope and Contents "You are hereby notified that pursuant to the Act of Congress, approved May 18, 1917, you are called for military service...you will report at the office of this Local Board for physical examination on Aug 15, 1917 at 8 a.m....." Serial No. 2984. On verso: Printed form explaining the penalities of making false statements. Includes a handwritten note, presumably by John O. Miller: "Wire Board #3, San Antonio c/o of me at my expense, jurisdiction over physical examination. ...

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"You are hereby notified that you were on the 3rd day of Sept 1917, certified by this Local Board [Dallas County] to District Board [Northern District of Texas, Fort Worth] as having been called for the military service of the United States and not exempted or discharged...."

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From the War Department Local Board for Dallas County, Texas: Order to report to the local board at 10 a.m. on the 10th day of Oct 1917 for military duty and for transportation to the Army Mobilization Camp at Camp Travis, San Antonio, Texas. Order No. 966 addressed to Jno. O. Miller, 5747 Prospect, Dallas, TX.

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Received and registered mail receipt with postmark, signed by J.O. Miller.