Meanwhile in the United States, Monty’s mother has been worried enough about not getting mail from her “son Lieut. T.C. Montgomery who is somewhere in France” that she has contacted US Senator Ellison Smith. In a letter dated February 13, 1918, Senator Smith assures Mrs. Annie S. Montgomery that he has referred the matter to the War Department. “As soon as I have definite information from it, I shall communicate further with you.”