Letter from Joseph C. Smith to Ralph L. Cheney (March 4, 1918)

A five-page letter from Joseph C. Smith to Ralph L. Cheney, dated March 4th, 1918. In this letter, Smith tells Cheney about his training in the Artist’s Rifles Officer Training Corps and that he is expecting to expect to receive his commission soon and do further training. He also writes about other overseas experiences, such as finding out about a friend named Bob Warren dying through a letter and seeing American troops in London with his wife.Ralph L. Cheney served as the head of Springfield College’s Secretarial Department from 1907 to 1924. Before taking this position, he worked as a YMCA secretary in Albany and Niagara Falls, New York