Letter from Captain Harry S. Truman to Merry Optical Company

BATTERY D. 129th 8. A. Ameriean E. F. France, 10 netober 1918. Merry optionl Company Merry Building, Kansas Cityo Missouri. Centlemen: In reply to yours of August 30th regnrding the enclosed bill. 1 do not remember having received any such shimments from your firm. this Exchange was closed up and all accounts settled sometime in April. The books are not available now, and I can- not check the bill upe It may be, however, that you have con- fused our account with the 129th Infautry or with the 129th Machine Our Battallion, as this was freguently done while we were statiened at Cemp Doniphen. our accounts were always checked in and promptly paid as long as I was in charge of this exchange, and I am sure that you have these ite S chargod to the account. x turned this Exchange ever to capts. Chaunoy Butterfield the first of April. He is now in Kansas City and can probably assist you in straightening out this account. Yours vory truly, HST/K Harry S. Troman Cap't. 129th Field Artillery.