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Odin Bestor Letters, June 4, 1898-June 7, 1898.

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Box 1, Folder 29
Abstract:
Includes three letters from Odin Bestor to his mother Flora (in Baltimore) as Odin was sent from Camp Chickamauga in Georgia to Ocala, to Tampa, to Puerto Rico, then presumably to Cuba. Bestor expresses repeated frustration at the poor professionalism of the officers commanding U.S. Army troops headed for Cuba, stories of which had also separately reached Flora. On printed, illustrated Ocala House stationery (highlighting a 5-mile bicycle path to Silver Springs, "the Mecca of all Florida tourists"). Soldiers' letters, hotels. Partial geographical list: Chickamauga (Ga.), Ocala (Fla.), Tampa (Fla.), Puerto Rico.
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3 items

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