Typed Note Signed by ROGERS, Harry L. (1867-1925)

This Army officer had a long and distinguished career that brought him to the attention of President Taft and General Pershing, who insisted he be in charge of supplying the soldiers of his American Expeditionary Force in France; in 1918 he was appointed the 25th Quartermaster General of the U.S. Army, a post he filled until 1922. TNS, 1p, 8" X 10½", Washington, DC, 27 July 1922. Addressed to Seldon P. Spencer. Very good. Faint age toning, with inoffensive paper clip impression and staple hole at upper left. On "War Department / Office of the Quartermaster General of the Army" letterhead, Rogers tells this Republican senator from Missouri (who had asked whether the Army would provide round-trip passage gratis for some Missouri politicos to attend a ceremony in France) that "relative to transportation to Europe for five or six State Representatives from Missouri to attend the dedication of a monument in France in memory of the Missouri soldiers who died overseas... I know of no means by which the commission referred to can source transportation to Europe and return, free." Nicely signed in brown ink. Written one month to the day prior to Rogers' official retirement after 26 years in the Army. Also present is an onion-skin carbon paper of Senator Spencer's letter a few days later to a disappointed constituent.