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Lot 576

Sale 5213 - Rare Books and Manuscripts
Apr 4, 2013 6:00AM ET
null / Philadelphia
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Typed Letter Signed. MacArthur, Douglas. Washington D.C., Dec. 5, 1916. 1p., 8vo; slightly toned, scattered minor staining. To Capt. Francis W. Ralston, relating to securing Capt. Ralston's son on appointment in the officer's reserve corps, but also touching on the effort to establish universal training..." The fight between the regular service and the militia...will only end in the destruction of one or the other." Signed as Chief of Staff, War Dept. on his official letterhead.
Douglas MacArthur (1880-1964); United States Army General.

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