War Letters of Kiffin Yates Rockwell

August 14, 1914

U. S. M. S. St. Paul, August 14, 1914. Dear Mamma: We are now in the Irish Channel and expect to arrive in Liverpool at six o’clock this evening. We do not go to Southampton as the English Channel is closed. I have spent a week of absolute rest, thinking neither of...

August 6, 1914

Hotel Imperial, New York City, Thursday, Aug. 6, 1914. Dear Mamma: Well, Paul and I are sailing on the American liner, St. Paul, to-morrow morning at 10 o’clock. We would have gone by home to see you and explain things if there had been time. But we had to do some...

Glossary

GLOSSARY (Kiffin Rockwell frequently used French military terms in his letters; instead of translating them, they have been italicized.) Appareil: machine, aeroplane. Appel: roll-call. ” Aux armes”: “To arms.” Amateur: aviator. ” Bebe...

Appendix

APPENDIX The French Legion Etrangere, as it exists to-day, was or­ganized in 1831, although throughout the course of her his­tory France has had foreign troops in her service. The Foreign Legion of 1831 was formed in order to provide em­ployment for the hundreds of...