This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1919 Excerpt: ...the division, boarded the De Kalb March 28 at 4 o'clock, and sailed the next afternoon at 1 o'clock. The ship docked at Newport News, Virginia. The 137th Infantry and 130th Field Artillery arrived in the harbor at New York April 23. The division in landing was split between New York and Newport News, those that sailed ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1919 Excerpt: ...the division, boarded the De Kalb March 28 at 4 o'clock, and sailed the next afternoon at 1 o'clock. The ship docked at Newport News, Virginia. The 137th Infantry and 130th Field Artillery arrived in the harbor at New York April 23. The division in landing was split between New York and Newport News, those that sailed from Brest going to New York and those embarking from St. Nazaire to Newport News. The Thirty-fifth left 1530 in dead in France, and returned with 10,605 replacements. Practically all of the organizations on the way to Camp Funston, Kansas, for demobilization, paraded two cities of Kansas and Missouri. The streets were banked with crowds, and the people from the countryside were out with bands and flags. Short work was made of the demobilization at Camp Funston. The men were given their discharges, their pay, and the sixty-dollar bonus due every discharged soldier of the army. On an average, less than three days were spent by the organizations at the demobilization camp. Slips were given for transportation. The men boarded the trains armed with grins and new suitcases. And the unvoiced thoughts we could but translate: France, we have told you goodbye. We tramped through the mud of your fields, we slept weary nights in your rains that never cease, we gave all you asked and repaid all we sought of your Lafayette, and now we have returned. All of us who went are not returning. All of us who went and have returned possess a larger vision of your sacrifice, a broader insight into your heroism. All the the praise you offer us for throwing the weight on the scales and defeating the Huns can never equal your valor in preserving the balance until we arrived. You fought against odds and we fought with them; you fought against the seasoned and the fresh ...
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