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In this letter to Governor Capper, General Leonard Wood, Commander of Camp Funston, thanks Capper for sending Adjutant General Huffman to Funston to assess the situation during the Influenza of 1918. Reinforcing his belief that he and his staff did everything in their power to keep deaths to a minimum, Wood states that "the Medical and Nursing Staff, here are entitled to the gratitude, and not the criticism of the relatives and friends of the men who are sick."
Creator: Kansas. Governor (1915-1919: Capper)
Date: October 24, 1918
Item Number: 217150
Call Number: Governor's Office, Governor Arthur Capper, Correspondence Files, Alphabetical File Box 16 Folder 53a
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 217150
Collections - State Archives - Governor's Records - Capper, Arthur
Community Life - Disasters and accidents - Epidemics - Influenza of 1918
Date - 1910s - 1918
Government and Politics - State Government - Governors - Capper, Arthur
Military - Wars - World War I - Homefront
Objects and Artifacts - Communication Artifacts - Documentary Artifact - Letter
People - Notable Kansans - Capper, Arthur, 1865-1951
People - Notable People - Wood, Leonard, 1860-1927
Places - Cities and towns - Topeka
Places - Counties - Shawnee
Places - Forts and military installations - Camp Funston
Thematic Time Period - World War I, 1914 - 1919
Type of Material - Unpublished documents - Government records - Correspondence
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