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* EARLY MacARTHUR LETTER AT START OF MILITARY CAREER *
Typed letter signed “Douglas MacArthur” during MacArthur's early years as a junior officer, April 19, 1911, 8×10.5, letter headed “Headquarters, 3rd Batt’n Engineers / Maneuver Division/ San Antonio Texas”. MacArthur sends this letter from San Antonio, where he was participating in exercises with the Maneuver Division, in part:
After practice marches and at other times when the officers shower bath is in demand, officers are requested to undress and dress in their own tents so as to avoid holding the shower an unnecessarily long time. By order of Captain Lukesh.
14 officers are listed below, with initialed acceptance by all.
In very good condition, age toning and wear.
This is the only letter we can locate sent by MacArthur while in San Antonio. MacArthur was promoted to captain in February 1911 and was appointed as head of the Military Engineering Department and the Field Engineer School, which led him to the Maneuver Division in Texas.
* EARLY MacARTHUR LETTER AT START OF MILITARY CAREER *
Typed letter signed “Douglas MacArthur” during MacArthur's early years as a junior officer, April 19, 1911, 8×10.5, letter headed “Headquarters, 3rd Batt’n Engineers / Maneuver Division/ San Antonio Texas”. MacArthur sends this letter from San Antonio, where he was participating in exercises with the Maneuver Division, in part:
After practice marches and at other times when the officers shower bath is in demand, officers are requested to undress and dress in their own tents so as to avoid holding the shower an unnecessarily long time. By order of Captain Lukesh.
14 officers are listed below, with initialed acceptance by all.
In very good condition, age toning and wear.
This is the only letter we can locate sent by MacArthur while in San Antonio. MacArthur was promoted to captain in February 1911 and was appointed as head of the Military Engineering Department and the Field Engineer School, which led him to the Maneuver Division in Texas.