Over- seas commander of the Eighty- sixth Division. Martin, Brigadier General R. Bur- . nett of General Headquarters, American Expeditionary Forces; Colonel. Charles F. Stodter of the adjutant- general's office; Colonel Roger S. Fitch. Lieutenant Colonel Charles E. Lull, Lieutenant Colonel Oliver L. Spauld- . ing, Jr., and Lieutenant Colonel A. Edwin Starr War And Peace RarlabDannemiller, of the General Staff. Captain William Quayle Setliffe and Richard A. Dale, of the Eighty- sixth. Division Association, and Miss Ruth Sonnedecker, of the Pictorial Section. Historical Branch, War Plans Division, General Staff, without whose assist- .
Edwin Starr War And Peace RarityThe. thanks of the division also is extended to Mr, Eugene Cour, the Chicago. Evening American, and the International Film Service, for their generous. Many of us were classmates or comrades of from twenty to. At least we thought we did. Subsequent accom- . It seemed to us that we must inevitably be. Bryan had assured us that at the call to arms a million men. Is a free URL forwarding service (URL redirection) allowing anyone to take any existing URL and shorten it. Just type/paste a URL in the box below to shorten it and the short URL will forward to the long one. Torrent anonymously with torrshield encrypted vpn pay with bitcoin. A fact we never doubted, knowing the patriotism. Americans. A million men would rise ? Were the arms. in readiness? Would we dare send our fine Americans forth ? We all know how our forebodings were answered. I. need not dwell upon the fine quality of patriotism which sent men forth. For three months we toiled indefatigably. The high type of the majority of the men we had to deal with was. It has been well. On August 1. 5, 1. I was informed that a commission as brigadier in our new national army had. I was ordered to report to Major General Thomas. H. Barry, who would organize and train the Eighty- sixth Division at Camp. Grant. Illinois being my native state, it was with deep gratification and for- . I ventured forth to continue the work of training. They were men who either had served their country long and faith- . It was not wealth, chance, nor political or. The atmosphere of the place created by. The men vied with one. Camp Grant knew no eight- hour law. I will not go into details of the long. In many of our embryo soldiers these. Repeatedly was our. Officers and men alike faced the discouraging situation with great. It was the burning desire of every one there to get to the front. To. look on at the departure of the fortunate ones and continue to put one's best. All realized the necessity for. I. recall, also, those practice marches in the deep snow; the range practice. Woodcock's farm where the doctor practiced the men in. Black Hawk's war cry. That during the long wait on Long Island, from August 2. Sep- . tember 9, there should have been only two desertions from those who arrived. Unfortunately the Eighty- sixth reached. France too late to be equipped to go into action as a whole. Yet, under other. Meuse- Argonne. Although an unhappy fate played us havoc. Is it to be wondered at, when one considers the historical. Black Hawk country from which they came, and further, the fact that their. Landis, who brought his court to us at. Camp Grant in the spring evenings of 1. There gathered many of our. It is my earnest hope that those of us who have been. American. and continue to give our best in order to perpetuate the traditions and ideals. Black Hawks. Pershing, praising the Black Hawks for their . Baker, secretary of. GRANT. For whom Camp Grant was named. The site. selected for the training of the divi- . Rock. and Kishwaukee Rivers, five miles. Rockford, Illinois. Bennett, a Chi- . On June 1. 8 he was. War Department to. The next day he. drove over the site with difficulty. Washing- . ton. Sawyer, construction quartermas- . Camp Grant now was a. The first load of lumber. June 2. 5. A railroad switch was run in. Within a month 1,0. The barrack buildings were along. The minor axis ran due north and south. Also in the center of the camp was the civic center. Y. Auditoriums, the Christian. Science Welfare House, the library erected by the American Library Asso- . Redpath amusement tent, which later gave way to the. Liberty Theater, the Jewish Welfare Hut, the camp store, the post- office. The guardsmen re- . September, when they proceeded. Camp Logan, Texas, where they became a part of the Thirty- third Divi- . Major Davis attaining the rank of colonel and commanding the i. Infantry, the old Second Illinois. Surplus officers were attached to the depot brigade, which also. Barry, who had been in com- . Central Department, with headquarters at Chicago, was directed. August 2. 7 he issued his first gen- . Heistand, Camp Adjutant. Fitch, Chief of Staff. Kimball, Judge Advocate. Phalen, Division Surgeon. Lull, Assistant Chief of Staff, G- 2. Swift, Division Adjutant. Burt, Division Quartermaster. Gillespie, Division Ordnance Officer. Richardson, Aide- de- Camp. BARRY. First commander of the Eighty- sixth Division. He was born in. Germany, coming to the United States when eleven years of age. Colonel. Reichman was exonerated by the military affairs committee of the Senate. Eighty- sixth Division at Camp Grant, and it was not until October. France, that the shadow was lifted and Colonel. Reichman was sent back to Camp Grant as a brigadier general to take. Depot Brigade. Kimball, Division Judge Advocate; right, Lieutenant Colonel. Colonel) James M. Phalen, Division Surgeon. Burt, Division Quartermaster; right, Major (later. Lieutenant Colonel) Alexander S. Gillespie, Division Ordnance Officer. Thus not only was confusion avoided to. To the barracks, left. Drill fields were laid. Their train pulled into the Camp Grant station at 5: 3. It must. be admitted that the predominant words of the singing were. Hail, hail, the gang's all here. What the hell do we care now! Gathering. rain clouds hastened the. But there was no. But Lieutenant. Colonel Fitch, who had. Again the train started, pulling up. After being assigned to barracks, the men were lined up for mess. When taps sounded at. II o'clock most of them were ready to turn in and. Golf caps, derbies, slouches and. American soldier. Silk shirts and cotton, collars and ties, went into the. Feet not always properly clad found an opportunity to spread. Munson last, which every man swore . Hikes later proved that the army knew. The new arrivals were cheered. Bradley Smol- . len, motion picture. Tom A. Martin. Chicago sporting writer. They themselves had not yet achieved the. The writer of this. Lieutenants Lloyd E. Thrush of the Quartermaster Corps, Eugene Morgan. AND STILL THEY CAME. Infantry, Charles Flanagan and Orion Mather of the 3. Infantry, and Oldham Paisley of the 3. Infantry. Mimeograph machines were provided, which turned. As the increments of selected men arrived. General Barry. insisted that the game be played . The newspaper. THE EIGHTY- SIXTH DIVISION. RAISING THE FLAG AT PRESS HEADQUARTERS. Left to right: Tom Martin, Spearman Lewis, Harry Reutlinger. Harry Beardsley. On. Eighty- sixth Division were assembled just. General Barry went. The appearance of the division commander. Rank and caste were. Illinois and Wisconsin who had set their. France. Most of you are. We shall play no favorites in this camp. For the first week they followed the. A. Promotion had been promised them as rapidly as their ability and. Captain (later Major) Albert L. Cap- . tain Denman immediately began a. Chicago. policemen among the selected men. Camp Grant area. At the same time that. Men who had. struggled to gain exemption and remain out of the National Army now. Not a few shed tears when turned back to civilian. A strapping athlete of twenty- four years who fell short on the eye test. O. K.; a one- eyed man who had. Chicago offered to whip any two- eyed or. Commanding the Military Police. Krause and Danny Goodman. In. addition to motion pictures and other entertainment furnished through the. Y. This encouragement of manly sports and cheering recrea- . Taylor, divisional. Danny. Goodman was trans- . First In- . fantry, Illinois National. Guard, before that or- . Texas, and took charge. Charley. White, Chicago's fast as- . Fred Dyer. The. officers are Lieutenants Spencer (left) and Eddy (right). Lieutenant Colonel Fitch . It should be men- . Camp Grant as prisoners. War Depart- . ment's offer to enter the. National Army without. Charges. were dropped against. AWAITING COLONEL ROOSEVELT those who reached this. THE EIGHTY- SIXTH DIVISION. To meet the. problem the War Department had established its personnel division. Whiting, former Chicago football star, was assigned as personnel. Camp Grant, and under his direction were prepared the thousands of. With. this record of the soldier's expe- . The system. in the Eighty- sixth Division was. Captain (later. Major) Robert K. Fast, who. remained as division personnel. Up to this. time there had been the school. Krags, platoon. and company drill, and hikes. First the commissioned. THE COLONEL ARRIVES . Company, battal- . American soldier, such as camouflage, close combat weapons. Very pistols and signal. Sweeney, a Chicago physician. Company officers, both commissioned and. So thorough was the gas course arranged by Major Sweeney. In detachments the men of the division were marched to a rolhng. Meridian Highway just east of the cantonment. Behind it and. higher, the second and third- line supporting trenches were built and con- . THE EIGHTY- SIXTH DIVISION. MAJOR ROBERT K. FAST. Division personnel adjutant. Barbed wire entanglements. When com- . pleted, the firing trenches, communi- . Chicago and other. Camp Grant, and the dugouts and. From Samuelson Road to Cleveland, Meridian Highway to. Miller, the lines were occupied and evacuated, barraged, stormed, counter- . Hardly had the. division begun to take really promising form than inroads were cut into its. National Guard. divisions scheduled for early embarkation overseas. Most of the officers and. Instead. time after time the division was depleted, new increments of men arrived. France with other. These replacements were drawn from the. Infantry 6. 50. 3. Infantry 1,1. 00. Machine Gun Battalion. Infantry 1,1. 10. Infantry 1,1. 10. Machine Gun Battalion. Field Artillery 9. Field Artillery 4. Field Artillery 5. THE EIGHTY- SIXTH DIVISION 2. The first 5. 00 of these men were marched over to the railroad spur on. October 2. 2nd and started toward Camp Logan. Bal des Conscrits de Besse. On vous propose de venir vous d!
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