Letter from Robert E. Williams to Dr. W.E. Simonds

Title

Letter from Robert E. Williams to Dr. W.E. Simonds

Description

Knox College faculty member Robert E. Williams writes to Dr. Simonds: "I felt it coming all the time, the fever to do my part on the world war and I am writing you to say that I am a member of the University of Chicago Ambulance Corps No. 3. I enlisted Tuesday and am to be mustered in next Saturday..... I am sorry not to be able to return for Knox for I grew to be very fond of the school and the people connected with it but I'm doing the most unselfish act of my life right now I think and that is compensation enough for all sacrifices made. I hope that you and the faculty will keep me in mind and if opportunity permits write once in a while to a "rooky" [?] at the war..." He then inquires whether "it would be possible for you people to grant me a year's leave of absence so that if the war should be over next summer I could feel that I had a position awaiting me? If such a thing were possible I should feel much better because I have several debts hanging over me that I was unable to get rid of this year."

Subject

World War I; First World War; Ambulances; Medical aspects of war;

Creator

Williams, Robert E.;

Date

6/28/1917

Format

21.4 x 27.8 cm

Language

eng

Type

Text

Identifier

WWI-494;
WWI-495;

Coverage

1917-1918

Citation

Williams, Robert E.;, “Letter from Robert E. Williams to Dr. W.E. Simonds,” Knox College Experiences the First World War, accessed November 8, 2018, https://knoxcollege.omeka.net/items/show/855.

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