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Power System Protection
Second Edition
Paul M. Anderson†
Charles Henville
Henville Consulting Inc.
Rasheek Rifaat
Rifaat Engineering Inc.
Brian Johnson
University of Idaho
Sakis Meliopoulos
Georgia Institute of Technology
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Contents
1 Introduction 3
1.1 Power System Protection 3
1.2 Prevention and Control of System Failure 3
1.2.1 Reactionary Devices 4
1.2.2 Safeguard Devices 5
1.2.3 Protective Device Operation 6
1.3 Protective System Design Considerations 8
1.4 Definitions Used in System Protection 9
1.5 System Disturbances 11
1.6 Book Contents 12
Problems 14
References 15
Index 1401
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Author Biographies
Charles Henville has more than 50 years of experience as a power system engineer, including
40 years as a protection engineer. He worked for 30 years as a commissioning engineer and protec-
tion engineer for a large Canadian utility before starting his own consulting engineering company.
He has been an active participant in the IEEE Power and Energy Society, Power System Relaying
and Control Committee (PSRCC). This committee is responsible for creating numerous IEEE stan-
dards and technical papers dealing with power system protection. Charles was the Chairman of
that Committee and one of its subcommittees and of several of its working groups.
He is also actively involved in teaching and training working engineers. He has presented several
short courses for continuing professional development and has served as an instructor at Gon-
zaga University, the University of Wisconsin, and the University of British Columbia. As a trainer
for utility engineers, he has had broad exposure to protection practices in North America and
worldwide.
Rasheek Rifaat (P.Eng., IEEE Life Fellow) graduated from Cairo University (Egypt), 1972, BSc
and McGill University, (Montreal, QC, Canada), 1979, Master Engineering. He has over 45 years
of experience with industrial and utility electrical power systems in Canada, North America, and
overseas. His experience extends to renewable and traditional power generation, cogeneration,
industrial plants, power transmission, sub-transmission and distribution systems, and large system
interconnections. His long time experience encompasses power system protection design, coordi-
nation and settings, and power system studies including transient studies, insulation coordination,
surge protection, power system reliability, and operational requirements.
He authored and presented over 40 peer-reviewed technical papers and publications and pre-
sented many tutorials on power system protection and transient studies. He is also the current Chair
of the Work Group looking after the IEEE Standards for Protection and Coordination of Industrial
and Commercial Power Systems (formerly known as the Buff Book, Reproduced as Standards Series
3004). He has been involved with the Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers Inc. (IEEE)
for over 40 years and became a Life Fellow Member since 2016. He has been awarded the year 2020,
R. H. Tanner Award for industry leadership for the Canadian Region (Region 7).
He is presently registered as a P.Eng. in Alberta, Saskatchewan, and Ontario and is a member of
the Energy Industry Electrical Engineering Association.
Brian Johnson is a University Distinguished Professor and the Schweitzer Engineering Labora-
tories Endowed Chair in Power Engineering in the University of Idaho Department of Electrical
and Computer Engineering. He received BS, MS, and PhD degrees in electrical engineering from
the University of Wisconsin-Madison. He has worked at the University of Idaho for over 25 years,
where he was chair of the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering from 2006 to 2012.
xxvi Author Biographies
His teaching and research interests include power system protection, HVDC transmission, power
electronic applications in power systems, and resilience controls for critical infrastructure systems.
He is active with the IEEE Power and Energy Society, where he was the chair of the Power and
Energy Education Committee from 2014 to 2015 and of the IEEE HVDC and FACTS subcommit-
tee in 2018–2020. He is currently a member of the editorial board for IEEE Power and Energy
Magazine. He is a registered professional engineer in the State of Idaho.
Sakis Meliopoulos obtained a Diploma in Electrical and Mechanical Engineering from the
National Technical University in Athens, Greece, in 1972 and a Master in EE (1974) and a PhD
degree (1976) from the Georgia Institute of Technology in Atlanta, Georgia, USA. He joined the
faculty of the Georgia Institute of Technology as an Assistant Professor (1976), Associate Professor
(1982–1988) and full professor (1989 to present). In 2006 he was named the Georgia Power
Distinguished Professor. He is actively involved in education and research for improved safety
and electromagnetic compatibility of electric power installations, protection, and control of power
systems and the application of new technology in these areas. Since 1999 he is the Georgia Tech
Site Director of PSERC, an NSF I/URC. Since 2016 he is the associate director for cyber-physical
security of the Georgia Tech Institute for Information Security and Privacy (IISP). He has pioneered
several new analysis and design techniques for bulk power reliability analysis, safety, protection,
and electromagnetic compatibility of electric power systems. Most well-known is the EPRI trans-
mission reliability program TRELLS (now renamed TransCARE), the GPS-synchronized harmonic
state measurement system for transmission systems (first [1993] wide area measurement system
on NYPA), the distributed dynamic state estimation method (SuperCalibrator), the setting-less
relay, the CYMSA software (Cyber-Physical Modeling and Simulation for Situational Awareness),
his invention of the Smart Ground Multimeter, the EPRI grounding analysis programs, and the
WinIGS (Integrated Grounding System analysis and design). He has modernized many power
system courses at Georgia Tech, initiated the power system certificate program for practicing
engineers, and he co-developed the Master of Science Cybersecurity, Energy Systems degree. He
is a Fellow of the IEEE. He holds three patents, and he has published three books, and over 430
technical papers. He has received a number of awards, including the Sigma Xi Young Faculty
award (1981), the outstanding Continuing Education Award, Georgia Institute of Technology
(twice 2002 and 2014), the 2017 D. Scott Wills ECE Distinguished Mentor Award, the 2020 ECE
Distinguished Faculty Achievement Award, he received the 2005 IEEE Richard Kaufman Award
and the 2010 George Montefiore international award. In 2019 he received the Doctor Honoris
Causa from his alma matter, NTUA.
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In the First Edition, Paul Anderson built a solid foundation of analytical study of electric power
system protection. Most of the analytical techniques are still applicable. During the 23 years since
the first publication, there have been many advances in the technology that are now incorporated
in the second publication. Such advances included two fronts. The first front has been associated
with the gradual reformatting of the overall system with more renewable generation, high efficiency
components, and increased interests in safe and secure operations of the power system. The sec-
ond front has been associated with the applications of numeric multifunction relays with further
intelligence and abilities in recognizing fault occurrence, and in developing protection operational
decisions. With the continuation of such advances, protection engineers and specialist need a solid
understanding of the correlated concepts discussed in the book.
The first edition was a massive work for a single author. This second edition needed the combined
efforts of four the authors to bring the book up to date.
Most of the review work was provided by internal review between various authors other than
the initial author/updater. However, we gratefully acknowledge additional thoughtful and helpful
reviews by Vijay Vittal and Ralph Barone.
In addition to updating references and standards and correcting a few typographical errors, the
second edition now includes the following:
In Part 1, Protective Devices and Controls, issues such as power quality and regulatory require-
ments are updated. New technologies such as phasor measurements and proliferation of precise
time applications are noted. The impact of IEC standards on fuse ratings and peer-to-peer commu-
nications is discussed. Six generations of protective relays are now noted in Chapter 3 instead of the
four in the First Edition. These additional generations are discussed in appropriate later chapters.
The standardization of digital overcurrent relays is described, together with migration from using
graphical time current characteristics to calculated ones. Inverter based resources now have an
impact on network faults.
In Part 2, Protection Concepts, we add discussion of different measuring principles such as
negative sequence overcurrent, new methods of polarizing directional ground overcurrent relays,
coordinating overcurrent relays measuring currents at different voltages, and transmission line
protection using quadrilateral distance relays. Analytical techniques for distance relays in Chapters
8–10 remain largely unchanged.
In Part 3, Transmission Protection, we add discussion of issues that have arisen since the first
edition. These include the following:
● A detailed settings example for a three zone quadrilateral distance relay
Charles Henville
Vancouver, BC, Canada
Rasheek Rifaat
Calgary AB, Canada
Brian Johnson
Moscow, ID
Sakis Meliopoulos
Atlanta, GA
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List of Symbols
The general rules used for symbols in this book are as follows. Letter symbols for units of physical
quantities (unit symbol abbreviations) are given in Roman or Greek typeface, e.g. A for amperes, VA
for voltamperes, or Ω for ohms. Mathematical variables are always given in italic typeface, and may
be either Roman or Greek, e.g. v for instantaneous voltage, V for rms phasor voltage magnitude,
or 𝜆 for failure rate of a component. Complex numbers, such as phasors, are given in bold italic
typeface, e.g. I for current and V for voltage. Matrices are specified by bold Roman typeface, e.g.
Z for an impedance matrix. The following tabulations give specific examples of symbols used in
this book.
1. Capitals
A ampere; unit symbol abbreviation for current
A complex two port network transmission parameter
B = Im Y , susceptance
B complex two-port transmission parameter
C capacitance
CTI coordination time interval
C complex two-port transmission parameter
D damping constant
D complex two-port transmission parameter
E source emf; voltage
ES source voltage, relay equivalent circuit
EU source voltage, relay equivalent circuit
F failure probability
F farad; unit symbol abbreviation for capacitance
G = Re Y , conductance
H inertia constant
H henry, unit symbol abbreviation for inductance
Hz hertz, unit symbol abbreviation for frequency
I rms current magnitude
I rms phasor current
K spring constant; controller gain
L inductance
LL line-to-line
xxx List of Symbols
LN line-to-neutral
M = 106 , mega, a prefix
M matrix defining relay voltage and current
MOC minimum operating current, overcurrent relay
N newton, unit symbol abbreviation for force
P average real power
Pn natural power of a transmission line, SIL
Q average reactive power, unavailability
R = Re Z, resistance
S = P + jQ, complex apparent power
SB base complex or apparent power, VA
SIL surge impedance loading of a transmission line
T time constant
V rms voltage magnitude
V rms phasor voltage
V volt, unit symbol abbreviation for voltage
VA volt-ampere, unit symbol abbreviation for apparent power
VAR volt-ampere, reactive, unit symbol abbreviation for var
W number of failures in a specified time period
W watt, unit symbol abbreviation for active power
X = Im Z, reactance
Y = G + jB, complex admittance
YC characteristic admittance of a transmission line +1/Z C
Y admittance magnitude
Y admittance matrix
Z = R + jX, complex impedance
ZR impedance seen at the relay at R
ZE external system impedance of a network equivalent
ZS source impedance of a network equivalent
ZU source impedance of a network equivalent
ZF fault impedance
Z impedance magnitude
Z impedance matrix
2. Lowercase
ac alternating current
a–b–c phase designation of three phase currents or voltages
b = 𝜔c, line susceptance per unit length
c capacitance per unit length
dc direct current
det determinant of a matrix
e base for natural logarithms
f frequency
h distance measurement parameter
i instantaneous current designation
List of Symbols xxxi
√
j −1, a 90∘ operator
k = 103 , kilo, an mks prefix
k degree of series compensation
l inductance per unit length
𝓁 length of a transmission line
In, log natural (base e) logarithm, base 10 logarithm
m = 10−3 , milli…, an mks prefix
m mutual inductance per unit length
pu per unit
p instantaneous power; Maxwell’s coefficient
r apparatus resistance
s distance along a transmission line
t time
v instantaneous voltage
var voltampere reactive, when used as a noun or adjective
w frequency of failure
x line reactance per unit length; apparatus reactance
y line shunt admittance per unit length
z line impedance per unit length
3. Uppercase Greek
Δ delta connection; determinant (of a matrix)
Σ summation notation
Ω ohm, unit symbol abbreviation for impedance
4. Lowercase Greek
𝛾 propagation constant of a transmission line
𝛿 voltage phase angle
𝜁 magnitude of impedance
𝜃 phase angle of voltage or current, angle of impedance
𝜆 item failure in reliability calculations
𝜇 = 10−6 , micro, an mks prefix
𝜋 pi
𝜌 resistivity, magnitude of admittance
𝜏 time constant
𝜙 phase angle of voltage or current, angle of admittance
𝜔 radian frequency
5. Subscripts
a phase a
A phase a
xxxii List of Symbols
b phase b
B phase b
B base quantity
c phase c
C phase c
LN line-to-neutral
LL line-to-line
max maximum
min minimum
R receiving end, of a transmission line
S sending end, of a transmission line
u per unit, sometimes used for clarity
Part I
Introduction
The purpose of this book is to present an introductory treatment of power system protection. This
includes a study of common types of abnormal occurrences, such as faults, that can lead to power
system failure, and the methods for detecting and clearing these abnormalities to restore normal
operation. The method of detecting and clearing faults requires the use of special hardware, which
is designed for this purpose. This book does not emphasize the hardware, as this requires timely
information concerning the products marketed by various manufacturers. Instead, the emphasis
will be on analytical techniques that are needed to compute the system conditions at the point of
detection and the methods of making detection fast and effective. Most of these techniques are
applicable to protective devices of any manufacturer and, therefore, constitute general methods for
protective system analysis.
The treatment of the subject of system protection is intended primarily for the engineer or student
who is learning the subject. This does not mean, however, that the presentation is elementary. It is
presumed that the reader has mastered the usual requirements of the bachelors degree in electrical
engineering and is familiar with the use of digital computers. It is also presumed that the reader
has a working knowledge of symmetrical components, as presented in [1].
System protection has evolved, over the years, from relatively primitive devices with limited capa-
bility to complex systems that involve extensive hardware. These modern protective systems are
more selective in their detection and operation and often require greater analytical effort in their
application. This book is concerned with this analytical effort. We begin with a review of the basic
equipment arrangements that provide the protective equipment with its raw data. We then progress
to the computation of protective system quantities, beginning with simple circuit arrangements and
progressing to more complex situations. This involves a treatment of the Thevenin impedance seen
by the protective device at the point of application. This concept is examined in settings designed to
protect lines, generators, transformers, and bus structures. Finally, we examine some special topics,
including system aspects of protection, and protective system reliability.
Power System Protection, Second Edition. Paul M. Anderson, Charles Henville, Rasheek Rifaat, Brian Johnson,
and Sakis Meliopoulos.
© 2022 The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. Published 2022 by John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
4 1 Introduction
is done in a way that tends to minimize the total transport cost of energy, which requires a balance
between initial cost and maintenance. Insulation design is coordinated to minimize damage to
expensive equipment due to electrical surges. Since it is not economical to design a system to with-
stand all possible system failures, the alternative is to design a protective system that can quickly
detect abnormal conditions and take appropriate action. The type of action taken depends on the
protective device and on the environmental condition that is observed by that device. The two basic
types of protective systems are defined in this book as follows:
1. Reactionary devices. These devices are designed to recognize a certain hazard in the power sys-
tem environment and to take predetermined action to remove that hazard. In most cases, the
hazard is related to an abnormal system operating condition that would eventually cause failure
of one or more system components. Therefore, the action is usually to isolate that portion of the
system experiencing the hazard so that the rest of the system can operate normally.
2. Safeguard devices. These devices are designed to recognize a certain hazard in the power system
environment and to take predetermined action to change that environment to a less hazardous
condition.
Each type of device will be discussed briefly.
x > Xm Inequality
constraint x < Xm
Abnormal Restorative
state state
t>0
t < Tm t > Tm
Action Outage
state state
Time
constraint
Increment
time
N
x > Xm ?
N
t > Tm ? Restore
circuit
Y
Trip
circuit Time
delay
Y
Restore ?
N
Outage
state
Other safeguards are designed to take action, which may include removing equipment from service
if other remedial actions are not effective.
Some safeguard devices are extremely important in power systems. A good example is the emer-
gency core cooling system of a nuclear reactor, which has the capability of preventing core melt-
down following a dangerous reactor failure or accident. Such safeguards must be carefully designed
for very high reliability and security because of the high cost of failure.
For the most part, this book deals with reactionary protective systems, although many features
of these systems are shared by safeguards as well.
Threshold
quantity
other points in the network. Finally, if all checks are satisfied, an action element is released to
operate, which usually means that circuit breakers are instructed to open and isolate a section of
the network.
The time required to take any necessary corrective action is called the clearing time and is defined
as follows:
Tc = Tp + Td + Ta (1.1)
where
T c = clearing time
T p = comparison time
T d = decision time
T a = action time, including circuit breaker operating time
The clearing time is very important for a variety of reasons. These reasons are elaborated on in
the following paragraphs.
Timing is important to facilitate coordination with other devices. Since other protective systems
in the network may be time-coordinated with this protective device in order to ensure that only the
necessary portions of the network are interrupted. There is an important message here, namely,
that many protective devices will observe a given disturbance and many of them will find that
disturbance to exceed their threshold settings. Each device should have some kind of restraint to
allow those closest to the disturbance to trip first. Time is one kind of restraint that is often used.
Other restraint mechanisms will be discussed later.
Fast clearing time is also important because some disturbances, such as short circuits, must be
cleared promptly in order to preserve system stability. This depends on many factors, including the
location and type of disturbance. However, it is a general rule that abnormal system conditions
must be corrected, and speed of correction is always important.
Power quality is affected by short circuits. The voltage on faulted phases often drops below accept-
able minimum values for good power quality. In some cases, the voltage on unfaulted phases may
also rise above unacceptable maximum values. Therefore, short clearing times are required to min-
imize the negative impact of short circuits on power quality.
Short circuits also cause problems to power system equipment and expose adjacent personnel and
property to hazards. Damage to faulted equipment will often be reduced if a short circuit is cleared
promptly. Such prompt clearing may make the difference between repairable and unrepairable
equipment. The high current flowing into the short circuit may also cause damage to unfaulted
equipment supplying the fault current. Damage could be caused if the short time overload capa-
bility of the unfaulted equipment is exceeded. Further there is often arcing associated with short
8 1 Introduction
circuits. In many cases, the energy released by the arc is very high. The arc energy exposes nearby
property and personnel to hazards. Injury due to arc flash is a well-recognized hazard to person-
nel working around electric power equipment. This arc flash energy is directly proportional to the
duration of the short circuit.
Finally, high values of short circuit current flowing through the ground may cause significant
voltage drops across short portions of grounded equipment. These voltage drops also expose per-
sonnel to hazards, commonly referred to as step and touch potential hazards. Substation equipment
grounding is usually designed to maintain acceptable maximum values of step and touch poten-
tials. However, for short circuits to ground in public areas, excessive step and touch potentials are
possible. Therefore, minimizing the short circuit duration for short circuits in publicly accessible
locations will minimize step and touch potential hazards to the public.
The protective system should also be designed with due regard for its own unreliability. This
means that backup protective systems should be installed to operate in case of primary protective
equipment failure so that system damage can be minimized and restoration of normal service can
be achieved quickly.
It is also important that the protective system be designed such that the system can perform
under normal operating conditions. The protective equipment senses system voltages and currents
and, from these measurements, computes a relaying quantity which is compared to a threshold
or trip value. This threshold must not be set too low or the protected circuit may be interrupted
unnecessarily. Furthermore, threshold values must be periodically reviewed to make certain that
these settings are satisfactory for current system loading conditions. This is an operating as well as
a design problem.
The operation of protective equipment must be accurate and fast. Bulk power system reliability
standards require that systems survive severe fault conditions without causing a system collapse.
This in turn requires fast and reliable protective system operation. Thus, there is a direct depen-
dency upon the protective system to achieve a given level of system reliability. This adds to the
challenge of designing an effective protective system and a reliable power delivery system.
In this section, we define certain terms which are used in system protection engineering. Other,
more specific terms, will be introduced later, as required.
Protective relaying is the term used to signify the science as well as the operation of protective
devices, within a controlled strategy, to maximize service continuity and minimize damage to
property and personnel due to the systems abnormal behavior. The strategy is not so much that
of protecting the equipment from faults, as this is a design function, but rather, it is for protecting
the normal system and environment from the effect of a system component which has become
faulted.
Reliability of a protective system is defined as the probability that the system will function cor-
rectly when required to act. This reliability has two aspects: first, the system must operate in
the presence of a fault that is within its zone of protection (Dependability), and second, it must
refrain from operating unnecessarily for faults outside its protective zone or in the absence of a
fault (Security) [2].
Security in protective systems is a term sometimes used to indicate the ability of a system or device
to refrain from unnecessary operations. Often we use security as a generic term to indicate that
the system is operating correctly.
Dependability in protective systems is a term used to indicate the degree of certainty that the
system or the device will operate when necessary.
Sensitivity in protective systems is the ability of the system to identify an abnormal condition that
exceeds a nominal “pickup” or detection threshold value and which initiates protective action
when the sensed quantities exceed that threshold.
Selectivity in a protective system refers to the overall design of a protective strategy, wherein only
those protective devices closest to a fault will operate to remove the faulted component. This
implies a grading of protective device threshold, timing, or operating characteristics to obtain
the desired selective operation. This restricts interruptions to only those components that are
faulted.
10 1 Introduction
Station A
Length of Station B
transmission line
Rest of zone
not to scale
6 not shown
5
Rest of zone
1
3
not shown
Rest of zone
Line 1 not shown
4
2 Rest of zone
not shown
Protection zone
boundaries
Protection zones (primary protection zones) are regions of primary sensitivity. Figure 1.4 shows
a small segment of a power system. The primary system is shown in heavy lines, and protection
zones are enclosed by thinner lines with various styles.
Coordination of protective devices is the determination of graded settings to achieve selectivity.
Primary relays (primary sensitivity) are relays within a given protection zone that should operate
for prescribed abnormalities within that zone. In Figure 1.4, for example, consider a fault on
Line 1 from Station A to Station B. For this condition, relays supervising breakers 1, 2, 3, and 4
should trip before any others and these relays are called primary relays.
Backup relays are relays outside a given primary protection zone, located in an adjacent zone,
which are set to operate for prescribed abnormalities within the given primary protection zone
and independently of the primary relays. For example, suppose a fault on Line 1 of Figure 1.4
cannot be cleared by breaker 1 due to relay or breaker 1 malfunction. Assume that breakers 2, 3,
and 4 operate normally leaving the fault connected to the equipment terminated by breakers 1,
5, and 6. Backup relays at locations 5 and 6 should be set to operate for the fault on Line 1, but
only after a suitable delay that would allow breaker 1 to open first, if possible.
Local backup relays are an alternate set of relays in a primary protection zone that operate under
prescribed conditions in that protection zone. Often such local backup relays are a duplicate set
of primary relays set to operate independently for the same conditions as the primary set. This
constitutes an OR logic trip scheme and is an effective safeguard against relay failures.
Undesired tripping (false tripping) results when a relay trips unnecessarily for a fault outside its
protection zone or when there is no fault at all. This can occur when the protective system is set
with too high a sensitivity. Such operation may cause an unnecessary load outage, for example,
on a radial circuit, or may cause overloading of adjacent lines of a network. Thus, in some cases,
unnecessary tripping is merely an inconvenience, which, although undesirable, may not cause
serious damage or overloading. In other cases, where an important line is falsely tripped, it can
lead to cascading outages and very serious consequences.
Failure to trip is a protective system malfunction in which the protective system fails to take appro-
priate action when a condition exists for which action is required. This type of failure may result
in extensive damage to the faulted component if not rectified by backup protection.
1.5 System Disturbances 11
Other definitions used in system protection are given in [3], which is a standard for such defini-
tions in the United States. Many of these definitions will be introduced as needed for clarity and
precision.
A summary of several important terms and definitions is also given in Appendix A.
* * * * *
Last night the beat of hoofs was heard upon the shaded street,
It broke the silent brooding of the peaceful countryside;
I looked and saw a horse that stamped its terrible white feet,
A giant horse, as white as flame, long maned and starry-
eyed.
* * * * *
* * * * *
Birthday Poem—1913
* * * * *
The English meadows call her, and the streets of London Town,
And the pleasant little villages under the Yorkshire Hills.
She can see the roads, like ribbons white, that stretch across
the down,
And the great slow turning sails of sleepy mills.
She longs for stately mansions, in whose eaves the pigeons
coo,
And she longs for yellow corn fields, where the scarlet
poppies shine,
She loves the folk of England, and, of course, they love her too,
But she lingers in America to be my Valentine.
To An Adventurous Infant
On Her Birthday, August, 1915
* * * * *
* * * * *
* * * * *
* * * * *
* * * * *
March, 1918.
Dear Mother:
The sweater arrived, and it certainly is a magnificent specimen of
knitting, and the wristlets are wonderfully purled—whatever purling
may be. Probably I shall need both sweater and wristlets for many
weeks, for although it is Spring now, it often is cold.
Under separate cover I am sending you my warrant as Sergeant. I
thought you might like to have it framed to hang in the Old-Fashioned
Room. The “drafted” in the corner means that the regiment was drafted
into Federal Service; that is, made a part of the United States Army
instead of a part of the New York State National Guard.
I suppose that you have read in the newspapers of the Regiment’s
recent activities. Now we are taking it easy in a very pleasant little
town. I hope we may stay here at least a month, as it is hard to work
when the Regiment is moving about the country. I had a week’s respite
from office work some time ago and spent it doing what is called
“observation” work for the Regimental Intelligence Section. It was most
interesting.
Did Aline tell you of Kenton’s success in school? It seems that he
won a gold medal for being the best pupil in the school. I was delighted
to learn it. So nearly as I can remember, I was not an especially keen
student when I was his age, although I became one later.
There is practically no chance of my rising any higher in the
Regiment than Sergeant, and I am perfectly content. To become an
officer I would have to go to school away from the Regiment for
several months, then if I failed to pass my examinations and win a
commission, I would be sent to some other Regiment than this, and if I
succeeded I would be sent as an officer, not back to the 69th, but to
some other outfit, and I want very much to stay with the Regiment. I
have many good friends here, and I would feel lost in any other military
organization.
I am looking forward to receiving the photographs you have had
taken. By this time you must have received the one I sent you. I hope
you like it.
Your letters are very gratefully received, and I am looking forward
specially to receiving the cake and the candy you sent me. Everything
else you have written of in your letters has arrived in good condition,
and a day or two ago I got five big jars of excellent tobacco from the
Dickens Fellowship ... a most intelligent gift.
Affectionately yours,
Joyce.
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To Kenton Kilmer
Headquarters Co.,
165th Infantry,
A. E. F.
Nov. 28, 1917.
My dear Kenton:
I hope that by this time you have entirely recovered from your
illness. I remember that I had whooping-cough when I was about your
age. If you are back in school, send me some of your monthly reports.
The address you must put on letters to me is just what you see at the
top of this sheet, except that you must put before it “Private Joyce
Kilmer.”
There is a school in the building where I work, much like the school
you attend, except that there are no nuns here for teachers. When the
weather is wet, the children wear wooden shoes instead of rubbers.
They go to school at eight in the morning and don’t leave until five. You
wouldn’t like that, would you?
This letter ought to reach you about Christmas time. I am not
sending you anything at once, but I will later. And I know that your
mother and all your grandparents will give you things, and so will Saint
Nicholas.
Be a good boy, and pray to St. Francis and Our Lady to help you.
You ought to go to Mass every morning, since you live so near the
church. Take care of Deborah and Christopher and Michael, and do all
you can to make things easy for your Mother.
From Your affectionate Dad.
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To Kenton Kilmer
January 10, 1918.
My dear Kenton:
Your plan for ending the war is very good. I showed your letter to
Sergeant Russell, who fought in the Spanish-American war, long
before you were born, and he said that your plan was the one that the
American Army would adopt.
I am glad to see that you can write and typewrite so well. I hope
that you will get Fr. Morris to teach you how to serve Mass, we live so
near the church that you can easily serve his Mass and get your
breakfast and get to school on time, and if you are a priest when you
grow up you will be glad you had such practice when you were young.
Take care of Deborah and Michael and Christopher and your
mother and don’t forget to pray for
Your affectionate Dad.
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To Deborah Kilmer
Headquarters Co.,
165th Inf.,
A. E. F., France.
May 27th, 1918.
My dear Deborah:
About a month ago, I sent you a rubber doll. If you didn’t get it, let
me know and I’ll send you another one.
Yesterday morning about six o’clock I climbed down the mountain
to go to Mass. And just outside the village where the church is, I met a
young lady and walking beside her was a pleasant young pig with a
pink nose.
“Bonjour, M’sieur!” said the young lady.
“Bonjour, Mam’selle!” I replied.
“Bonjour, M’sieur!” said the pig.
“Bonjour, M’sieur!” I replied.
And the young lady and the pig threw back their heads and
laughed heartily and went on to breakfast. And I went on to Mass.
Remember me to young Michael and young Christopher, and
believe me
Your respectful Dad.
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Headquarters Co.,
165th Infantry,
A. E. F.
Nov. 24, 1917.
I am having a delightful time out here—absolutely beautiful country
and very nice people. I am short of money, but I believe we’ll be paid
soon and I’ve borrowed 80 francs from Fr. Duffy. That isn’t as much as
it sounds—you get 5 francs and 70 centimes for a dollar at the
Y. M. C. A. I enclose a bill I received for two enormous boxes of cakes I
hired an old lady to make for me. I furnished the sugar—you know
there was a bag of it in the box of groceries my mother sent me just
before I left. I meant the cakes for dessert for Thanksgiving dinner, but
with the help of my friends I’ve already eaten most of it. There is a
rumour to the effect that we are to have duck for dinner to-morrow, and
the Regiment is much more excited about it than about the good news
of the War in yesterday’s paper. We get the Paris editions of the
London Daily Mail, New York Herald and Chicago Tribune, and before
long I suppose we’ll see the magazines when the Y. M. C. A. opens up
its local tent. I never thought I’d regard the Y. M. C. A. with such
esteem—I wish the Knights of Columbus had a chance to do as much
work for us.
I haven’t written anything in prose or verse since I got here—
except statistics—but I’ve stored up a lot of memories to turn into copy
when I get a chance. The Colonel occasionally speaks of my historical
work, but I doubt if it will be feasible to publish any part of it except
some very general stuff until the war is over. I asked Thomas Hughes
Kelley to send me a history of the 69th published some years ago, and
another copy to you, to make sure. I think it will be useful in preparing
the introductory chapters.
I love you very much indeed and see you clearly always and have
a conviction that I will be with you soon—sooner than you expect.
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Dec. 9th, 1917.
I was delighted to receive the other day (December 7th, the day
after my birthday) a batch of letters, including two from you. I am glad
Kenton is getting along well; I was worried about his illness. It is
fortunate you were able to get a good nurse.
You ought to be receiving some money from the government soon.
I made over half my pay to you, and the government is supposed to
add to it so much for you and so much for each youngster. The whole
thing will come to about $57 a month, I believe! I personally am not in
need of money—I am getting a book of traveller’s cheques from my
father and before I heard he was sending it I wrote to John Timpson
Co., and asked them to open an account for me in some Paris bank.
Also we are paid in francs, which makes us feel wealthy, as there are
5.70 of them in a dollar. And I could live comfortably without any
spending money—all there is to buy is candy and canned stuff and
wine and an occasional meal when the business of my department
takes me to a nearby town.
Fr. Garesché’s poem certainly is beautiful; by far the best thing he
has done. I am enclosing a letter from Sister —— which I think you will
enjoy. Delightful old person, nearly blind, but tremendously energetic.
Harriet Monroe was one of her pupils. Probably you remember her
book on Fr. Tabb.
Your Christmas presents probably will reach you in time for Easter.
I hope to get a pair of wooden shoes for Deborah.
I am having a fine time. My statistical work occupies me in the
evening as well as all day, but it’s interesting, and will be increasingly
important, since the Statistical Department really is the only link
between the soldier and his family.
I hope as soon as we get settled I’ll be able to do some writing, I’ve
been too busy so far. I love you very much, and always think of you.
In your letters you spoke of sending me some stuff. Send anything
you think of as soon as you think of it—don’t wait to find out if I want it,
because the mails take too long. Just now I want snap-shots of you
and the children, especially Deborah, and tobacco. I love you.
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December 17.
I hope you are getting the letters I send you from time to time. I got
one admirable batch of letters from you by way of birthday present—
they came on the day after my birthday. Perhaps I’ll get another batch
for Christmas—it’s December 17th now, and we should receive
another mail soon. I hope to send you a photograph soon. I believe
personal pictures may be sent through the mail. It will be a beautiful
sight. I got a Sing Sing haircut recently and am growing a corsair
moustache. This is the pleasantest war I ever attended—nothing to do
but fall in, fall out, pound a typewriter 13 hours a day and occasionally
hike across France and back carrying a piano. However, I do really
enjoy it, and the work is different in kind from newspaper work, and so
a rest from it. By the way, I sent you some time ago a poem called
“Militis Meditatio.” Please send a copy of it to a magazine and tell them
to send the check for it to you. I hope to be able to do some writing as
soon as we get settled and I get some of my statistical work out of the
way. You ought to get your allotment this month, with additions from
the Government (I hope you and the children are not yet in the
poorhouse, or at any rate that you have struck a comfortable
poorhouse). Send me pictures of yourself and the children, especially
Deborah. I have made a nuisance of myself telling my bored friends
about her intelligence in naming her doll “Hugh and Mrs. Leamy.” Also
send me some tobacco, enough to fill a bedsack (also love me as
intensely as possible; I love you more than ever before and think of
you all the while)....
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Christmas Eve.
The enclosed clippings may amuse you—after you read them
you’d better send them to Bob Holliday. They came with a raft of letters
a couple of days ago. It’s very nice the way feasts seem to be marked
—I last heard from you just before my birthday, and I got three letters
from you by way of Christmas present. There must be a lot of parcels
awaiting me, judging from information in your letters and those of my
father and mother. We may get the packages to-night, in which case I’ll
have some hours hard work, for all the Adjutant’s office helps in
assorting mail. But I don’t think the packages will come until after
Christmas. I suppose that you and the children are in New Brunswick
now, and will go to Midnight Mass at St. Peter’s and pray for a vagrant
verse-maker who is trying to be a soldier. We may have a Midnight
Mass in the church here to-night. Fr. Duffy has had a choir practising
for it, and we possess a tenor soloist. He is an Italian, a barber when
not singing or soldiering.
I have allotted half my pay to you, and the Government’s addition
to that will bring it, I believe, up to about $60—enough to pay the rent.
But don’t worry if there is delay in receiving it. It takes a long time,
usually, to set things like that in motion. I recently read that a veteran
of the Civil War had just received a check for $12 from Washington,
representing his pay for his last month of service.
I am glad you are sending me some tobacco—I suppose it’s in the
five truck loads of Christmas packages said to be awaiting us at a town
some miles away. I have been able to get American tobacco, I am glad
to say, but not my favourite brand. Also I’ll be glad to get the cigars my
father has sent me—I have smoked all of Fr. Duffy’s. But be sure that
tobacco or anything else you send me, such as Michael and Deborah,
is very securely wrapped and tied, as the journey is hard on packages
and many of them go to pieces.
I am hoping to get more letters from you soon—write as often as
you can. I’d rather get a letter from you than anything else now
possible. (I love you more than ever before).
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