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ALS, in pencil, signed 'George S. Patton, Jr,' one page both sides, 5.5 x 9, June 16, 1916. Letter to his mother. In full: 'We have started to move north a little and our next camp will be 60 miles nearer the border. What the move means no one seems to know at all. Certainly we do no good here it is foolish to stay even if we intend to invade the damn country for this is not the right place to invade from. There has been a very delicate situation here for some days with the…people but it’s all quiet now. I have no idea what will be my status if this thing ever ends but if I don’t go to the Islands I hope to get some decent place.' Letter is housed in a free-standing frame measuring 11.5 x 13.5. In fine condition.
Having been promoted to the rank of first lieutenant only a couple of weeks earlier, Patton now found himself assigned to the 8th Cavalry Regiment as aide to General John J. Pershing in his pursuit of Pancho Villa in Mexico. Shortly before writing this letter, Pershing had sent troops to investigate reports of activity near the city of Carrizal—a mission that resulted in several American cavalrymen being killed or captured and forcing President Woodrow Wilson to order more troops to the Mexican border. 'There has been a very delicate situation here for some days...but it’s all quiet now,' Patton informs his mother. The future general also reveals some of his tactical prowess, questioning their encampment and noting that 'it is foolish to stay even if we intend to invade the damn country for this is not the right place to invade from.' Revealing content from Patton’s foreign service assignment with the Punitive Expedition of 1916. Pre-certified John Reznikoff/PSA/DNA and RRAuction COA.
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