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A History of Pittsburg and Western Pennsylvania Troops in the War
By John V. Hanlon (Copyright 1919 by The Pittsburg Press)
Chapter I
(The Pittsburg Press, Sunday, Jan. 5, 1919, pages 61-63)
Names included in this chapter: Miller, King,
Collins, Cronkhite, Clements, Pershing, Kearns, Hulings, Rickards, Bliss,
Brumbaugh, Muir, Hawkins, Coulter, Kem, Barnett, McKee, Shannon, Negley,
Campbell, Gurthrie, McKibben, Smith, Rutledge, Logan, Bigger, Crookston, Wiley
The night was Sept. 4, 1917. In Pittsburg and
practically every city and village in this section of the state was given over
to fetes and [unreadable] for the men who had received notice from their draft
board to hold themselves in readiness to go to the war. The demonstrations of
farewell were carried out [unreadable] ….
THE DRAFTEES DEPART
The large crowd gathered…[unreadable] giving up their
lives, many of whom would never return home, while others would return scarred
by the battle’s bloody strife. [They knew] only too well the terrible toll
exacted by war, for they had received first-hand information from out nearby
neighbors in Canada, where there remained hardly a home that had not been
touched with sorrow for lost sons. Canada had paid her penalty, even in the
early days of the conflict, by reason of the dash and daring of her
unconquerable legions.
But with all the sadness and the bitter thoughts of
what the future might have in store for the boys who were going away,
nevertheless there is a brave attempt at cheerfulness, and many a mother went
through the ordeal with Spartan spirit as she gave her only son to Uncle Sam. No
one will ever know the heartaches and the torture which the mothers suffered
during the days when all these Western Pennsylvanians were leaving for armed
camp, and then on through the long days and nights until the armistice was
signed and the casualty lists finally were completed.
First disease invaded the camps and death claimed many
of the lads even before they had completed their training, and then when they
were safely overseas the cable would commence to bring stirring accounts of
battles and tell of the brilliant fighting of the Pennsylvanians. And after the
news of the battles would always come those lists of sorrow for the homes. There
would come a rap at the door and a messenger would quietly hand in a telegram
from the War Department at Washington. That was all, and it was ofttimes the
sudden end of the hope and joy of a lifetime. But there was always the
consolation in knowing that he died with the bravest of the brave and for a
cause in which millions of other men cheerfully gave up their lives.
LOCAL BOYS GOOD FIGHTERS
[unreadable] here it was necessary to use soldiers who
would excel in the tasks assigned them, our boys were sent. And such work was
usually found where the fighting was the thickest and hottest and the enemy
offering desperate resistance with picked regiments.
During September, 1917, the University of Pittsburg
Base Hospital No. 27, the female personnel of which had been encamped at Ellis
Island, embarked for France. The unit numbered about 300 persons and was in
command of Lieut. Col. Robert Miller. This base hospital was recruited in
Pittsburg and was originally financed by a contribution of $25,000 made by Mrs.
Henry S. Collins from the funds of the Pittsburg Chapter, American Red Cross.
The Allegheny Hospital Unit, known as Unit 1, was
mobilized early in September and departed for France early in December, 1917,
under the command of Major Victor King.
In addition, there were hundreds of men leaving this
section of the country almost daily under orders inducting them into certain
special branches of the military establishment where their particular skill
along mechanical and other lines made their service greatly desired. Some
received commissions while others were inducted as privates or in various
non-commissioned grades. It was this gradual filtration of the skilled men in
and about the Pittsburg industrial district which eventually helped make the new
army or the United States so proficient in almost every line of its endeavor.
MANY PITTSBURG AVIATORS
No matter where one would turn, either in this country
or overseas, in aviation, quartermaster, ordnance, signal corps or any of the
many different and exacting branches of the service, Pittsburg and Western
Pennsylvania men could be found performing the most difficult work and gaining
lasting reputations for energy, close attention to duty and as master craftsmen.
The aviation service, offering as it did exceptionally
hazardous opportunities, was a favorite with many of the young men of Pittsburg
and Western Pennsylvania and hundreds of them later won the right to wear on
their uniforms the wings of the graduate flying man. Many thousands of other who
offered were unable to get into the aviation camps because of the great
popularity of this branch of the service and were forced to seek some other arm.
But those who did gave a good account of themselves both in the air as pilots
and observers or on the ground as engineers and mechanics.
The tank service was another branch which was
attractive for the men from this section and many hundreds were accepted and
became highly proficient in manipulating these monsters of modern warfare.
Chemical warfare, too, was attractive to many Pittsburgers and Western
Pennsylvanians, because in this section there were many men skilled in chemistry
and Uncle Sam had crying need for these experts in order to make ineffective the
avalanches of gas so frequently sent over by the Hun.
TERRIBLE GASES READY
If the war would have gone on much longer the Germans
would have had occasion to learn even more of the work of these chemists from
Pittsburg and Western Pennsylvania, for they had devised gases so devilish and
deadly that even the worst the enemy had to offer were mild in comparison.
To enumerate all the special branches of the service in
which men from Pittsburg and Western Pennsylvania were engaged both at home and
abroad would require a book in itself. They were everywhere and doing every
imaginable sort of work and in every rank and station in that great army.
Pittsburg and Western Pennsylvania physicians and
nurses were at the front in large numbers administering to the soldier boys, and
the work of men and women from this section of the country in connection with
the various religious, athletic and other activities must not be forgotten.
Pittsburg and Western Pennsylvania furnished many men and women who voluntarily
left peaceful and happy homes to undergo the hardships of life on the
battlefield so that they might assist our fighting men.
Many such were striving by night and day in connection
with the Y.M.C.A., Knights of Columbus, Jewish Welfare Board, Salvation Army and
the other agencies and they helped materially to lighten the load of the soldier
boy billeted on a foreign shore away from home and kinfolk.
Gen. Pershing says:
“The face that our soldiers, in a land of different
customs and languages, have borne themselves in a manner in keeping with the
cause for which they fought, is due not only to the efforts in their behalf, but
much more to the other high ideals, their discipline and their innate sense of
self-respect. It should be recorded, however, that the members of these welfare
societies have been untiring in their desire to be of real service to our
officers and men. The patriotic devotion of these representative men and women
has given a new significance to the Golden Rule, and we owe to them a debt of
gratitude that can never be repaid.”
330,000 MEN FROM PENNSYLVANIA
In the Red Cross, too, were many men and women from the
western section of Pennsylvania, and wherever there were works of mercy or
relief to be performed, either among the soldiers or the civilians of devastated
towns and villages, their kindly ministrations will be long remembered.
Pennsylvania furnished the stupendous total of 330.000
men to the world war, according to figures obtained from the draft headquarters
at Harrisburg, and estimates made from the state totals indicate that Pittsburg
and Western Pennsylvania alone furnished almost half this number.
Draft boards throughout the entire state furnished
195,203 men, and of this number 77,514 were supplied by this section of the
commonwealth. The Harrisburg draft officials estimate that in reality the state
supplied 250,000 men through the draft, because there were individual inductions
amounting to 7,528 men sent to the student army training camps and 219 to the
navy. The balance of the estimate is made up by adding delinquents and deserters
and replacements for rejected men at camps.
The State National Guard furnished approximately 30,000
men, and in the neighborhood of 50,000 men volunteered in the various branches
of the Army, Navy and Marine Corps.
Recruiting officers in charge of the Pittsburg stations
of the Army, Navy, and Marines Corps, and who have charge of all enlistments
that they received into the service more than 10,000 men.
DEPARTURE OF ONE CONTINGENT OF PITTSBURG DRAFTEES
Drafted men from the First, Third and Twelfth Wards at
B. & O. Station, Pittsburg, on Sunday, Sept. 23, 1917
Of this number the Army had about 3,000, the Marine
Corps 2,200 and the Navy approximately 5,500. Aviation and other special
branches also obtained relatively large quotas here.
Thus it is said to be safe to place the total of
Pennsylvanians in the service at 330,000. If the same ratio would hold good in
figuring the grand total for Pittsburg and Western Pennsylvania, as in the
actual draft figures, this section can safely lay claim to at least 140,000 men
in the war.
Here are the draft figures for Pittsburg and the
various counties of Western Pennsylvania:
Pittsburg 18,467
Allegheny County 14,198
Beaver 2,850
Blair 1,261
Butler 1,827
Bedford 568
Clarion 830
Clearfield 2,239
Crawford 1,130
Cambria 4,726
Elk 981
Erie 3,207
Fayette 4,202
Forest 182
Greene 622
Huntingdon 701
Lawrence 1,648
Mercer 2,425
McKean 1,050
Somerset 1,372
Venango 2,381
Warren 806
Washington 4,565
Westmoreland 5,276
When the National Guardsmen from Pittsburg and Western
Pennsylvania arrived at Camp Hancock and the drafted men at Camp Lee those who
had never participated in military affairs before received their first taste of
the hardships which often accompany army life. Especially was this so at Camp
Lee, because there was a scarcity of bed clothing, no heat and the weather was
anything but comfortable.
The National Guardsmen had considerable equipment
before they departed for the South and so were more fortunate in this respect
than the selective service men, but even then there were other inconveniences
with which the boys had to put up until such time as the camp was thoroughly
organized and equipped. Many were the complaints of unnecessary hardships which
filtered back from Camp Lee to the folks at home, and what was true of Lee was
true of most every camp in the country.
AT THE CANTONMENTS
In undertaking to create so large an army Uncle Sam had
many obstacles to meet and overcome, and it was no small task to provide the
necessary equipment for so large a boy of men in so short a time between the
declaration of a state of war and the calling of the men to camp. In addition to
bedding, being scarce considerable time elapsed before all the men were equipped
with uniforms and other articles of clothing required to withstand the rigors of
an army camp in winter.
There were instances of carelessness on the part of officers in exposing the new
men to the elements, and no doubt much sickness was caused as a result. This
carelessness most generally took the form of forcing men to stand in line in
unheated buildings to await their turn for medical examination or for various
inspections, but such conditions were soon corrected by the chief military
authorities. There were also some cases of neglect in properly caring for men
who were ill, but these, too, were incidents due to the inexperience of the
officers in handling large bodies of troops and they did not happen after the
camp became thoroughly organized and in smooth running order.
But these experiences only served to give the men an
idea of what might be expected in the way of hardships under war conditions, and
on the whole they bore up bravely, accepted their lot with a highly commendable
spirit of patience and prepared to acquire everything offered in the school of
the soldier. They later gave ample and sufficient demonstration on the
battlefield that, although they learned the arts of war quickly, nevertheless
they had learned their lessons thoroughly and well. And some of the former
kaiser’s best well knew the truth of this statement.
At the two camps, Hancock and Lee, where the large
majority of the Pittsburgh and Western Pennsylvania boys were stationed, the
usual courses of intensive training were commenced shortly after their arrival
and continued without interruption until the divisions were declared fit to go
overseas to complete their studies.
LEARNING THE ART OF WAR
Of course, the guardsmen were for the most part
familiar with military discipline and the major field maneuvers, so that it was
possible to start them in on the advanced studies of the most modern forms of
warfare within a few weeks they went into camp.
But the selected men at Camp Lee were, with few
exceptions, entirely without any previous military experience, so it was
necessary to teach them the very rudiments of the camp. From the start the men
at Camp Lee had one of the most successful soldiers in the Regular Army as camp
commander, Maj. Gen. Adelbert Cronkhite, and it was freely predicted in high
army circles in Washington that if the Pittsburgers and Western Pennsylvanians
had the stuff in them to make soldiers that he would turn out one of the best
divisions in the new army. How well this prediction held out is known to the
General Staff, for the Eightieth Division was noted as one of the most highly
trained and proficient divisions of the National Army when it finally received
orders to move to France.
And while the selected men at Camp Lee were going along
steadily and developing into first-class soldiers the guardsmen down at Camp
Hancock were commencing to have troubles in the shape or an order for the entire
reorganization of the Pennsylvania National Guard Division to conform to the new
army standards. Gen. Pershing, after making a study of the British and French
army organization standards, had worked out a plan taken from the best points of
both, and the carrying into effect of this plan played havoc with the various
guard units.
SCHEME CAUSES BIG PROTEST
The strength of an infantry regiment under the new
standards called for many more men and officers than under the old scheme of
organization. Thus some regiments were broken up to bring others up to the new
strength, and it was at this time that the stir was caused when it became known
that the Old Eighteenth, of Pittsburg, was to lose its identity entirely by
being broken up, with part of the regiment to be used as a depot brigade.
Maj. Gen. Charles M. Clements, then division commander,
had arranged the scheme of reorganization and some ugly stories were circulated
at the time relative to an attempt by Philadelphia politicians to save the
identity of a Philadelphia regiment at the expense of the Pittsburg unit. The
citizens of Pittsburg were indignant that the historic Duquesne Greys, upon
which the regiment was founded, should be thus relegated into oblivion and a
mighty protest went up.
Delegations composed of the Pittsburg representatives
in Congress, together with Col. E. L. Kearns, the commander of the regiment,
hastily appealed in person to Secretary of War Baker and to Gen. Tasker H.
Bliss, then chief of staff of the Army, to save the Eighteenth. The information
was given that the reorganization was purely a matter for Maj. Gen. Clements to
decide. Then Governor Martin G. Brumbaugh was asked to exert himself in behalf
of the Eighteenth and he even made a trip to Washington to consult with the
Secretary of War. The tide of dissatisfaction was running uncurbed for a time
over this controversy. As the result of some alleged irregularities, including a
telegram bearing the signature of the governor, which he declared he never
signed, an investigation by the War Department into the whole affair was
threatened. Congress also began to hear of the row and rumors of an
investigation by the House Military Affairs Committee were rife.
THE OLD EIGHTEENTH IS SAVED
Later, however, and much to the relief of the citizens
of Pittsburg and the men of the Eighteenth, the plans were changed so as to
allow this regiment to retain its identity, but it had a narrow escape from not
being able to add more glorious chapters to its long history.
All fair men in or out of the Pennsylvania National
Guard will admit that , although considered excellent as a state militia
division, this organization had much to learn anent the brand of warfare being
waged in Europe when it entered the camp. Politics, both internal and externals,
had left imprints in spots, and such imprints were considered as retarding the
efficiency of the men and the units.
The General Staff at Washington was well aware of these
conditions and did not hesitate to clean up these spots, although taking full
cognizance of the fact that such renovation would undoubtedly cause much talk
and dissatisfaction in the quarters attacked. Nevertheless, to have left matters
as they were would have been to needlessly jeopardize the interests of the
soldiers in the division both as regards training and leadership. The first and
foremost consideration was capable officers throughout every branch of the
organization, and today none know better than the men themselves how important
and for their interests were the changes made at Camp Hancock.
The weeding-out procedure removed many officers either
for physical defects, age or for other reasons deemed in the interests of the
service. Many of the officers so removed were patriotic, sincere men, who had
given a lifetime of service to the guard and were loved and respected by the men
of their commands, but in this war there was no room for sentiment and so some
had to suffer.
GEN. MUIR TAKES CHARGE
Maj. Gen. Clements, the guard’s division commander when
it went to camp, was early separated from direct contact with his command by
being sent overseas on an observation trip and upon his return was retired and
replaced by Maj. Gen. Charles E. Muir. Before being relieved of his command Maj.
Gen Clements had also removed and shifted about a number of officers, including
Col. E. L. Kearns, commander of the Eighteenth Regiment, of Pittsburg. And Maj.
Gen. Muir did not hesitate to carry out this policy of swinging the ax whenever
he became convinced the service could be benefited.
A lifelong and thorough soldier, Maj. Gen. Muir had not
been long in command of the division before improvement was noticeable in the
discipline and morale of the troops. “Regulations” Muir they called him. He
demanded promptness and efficiency on the part of officers and men and he did
not hesitate to speak his mind when things were not to his liking. He won the
admiration and confidence of the men by demanding respect for them on the part
of officers as well as absolute obedience by the men. And from that time on
there was a new spirit of service, a new atmosphere about the camp reflected in
every activity. Thus was the Twenty-eighth Division made and thus was it brought
up to the standard of proficiency where it stood first on the list of all the
National Guard divisions of the United States.
LOCAL GUARD REGIMENTS
Before proceeding further with the story of the
activities of Pittsburg and Western Pennsylvania units in the great war it will
be well to examine somewhat the history of the guard regiments from this section
of the state and also to set forth the results of the reorganization whereby
these regiments may be identified in the Army of the United States. This history
will deal chiefly with the Twenty-eighth and Eightieth Divisions, because it was
in these divisions where a large majority of these men served.
The Three Hundred and Nineteenth and Three Hundred and
Twentieth Regiments of infantry, One Hundred and Sixtieth Brigade, Eightieth
Division, were the units comprised for the most part of the selected men from
Pittsburg and the western end of the state, although many were scattered
throughout this organization in the various arms of the service.
The guard regiments were the Tenth Infantry, now the
One Hundred and Tenth Infantry. Fifth-fifth Brigade, Twenty-eighth Division;
Eighteenth Infantry, and Sixteenth Infantry, now the One Hundred and Twelfth
Infantry, Fifty-sixth Brigade, Twenty-eighth Division; First Artillery, now the
One Hundred and Seventh Artillery, Fifty-third Artillery Brigade, Twenty-eighth
Division; First Field Battalion, Signal Corps, now the One Hundred and Third
Field Signal Battalion, Twenty-eighth Division; Ambulance Companies, now the One
Hundred and Third Sanitary Train, and Field Hospitals to Field Hospitals Nos. 11
and 112, Twenty-eighth Division. Truck Companies nos. 5 and 6 became the One
Hundred and Third Supply Train of the Twenty-eighth Division.
THE “FIGHTING TENTH”
The One Hundred and Tenth Infantry, formerly the Tenth
Regiment of the National Guard, was mustered into the state service in December,
1873. Its military district comprises the counties of Westmoreland, Washington,
Somerset, Blair, Fayette, Indiana, Beaver and Greene. The respective company
headquarters are located at Greensburg, Latrobe, Mount Pleasant, Connellsville,
Somerset, Hollidaysburg, Blairsville, Indiana, New Brighton, Monongahela,
Washington and Waynesburg. Col. John A. Black, of Greensburg, was it first
commanding officer and he was succeeded by Col. Alexander L. Hawkins, who had
been captain of Co. H, at Washington. The regiment served during the
Spanish-American war in the Philippines, where it obtained the sobriquet of the
“Fighting Tenth.” Its tour of duty there was from July 17, 1898, until July 1,
1899, when it embarked for home. The regiment suffered casualties in the
Philippines of: killed in action 6; wounded 70; died of wounds 9; died of
disease 6; and missing l.
The death of Col. Hawkins occurred on shipboard July
18, while on the journey home. The regiment was re-organized in 1900 with Col.
James E. Barnett as Commander who served in that capacity until 1907. He was
succeeded by Col. Richard Coulter Jr., of Greensburg. The regiment served on the
Mexican border during the Mexican aggressions from July 8, 1916, until Oct. 4 of
the same year. In August, 1917, Col. Coulter was promoted to be Brigadier
General and he was succeeded in command of the regiment by Lieut. Col. Henry W.
Coulter. In the reorganization for service overseas as part of the Twenty-eighth
Division the table of organization called for 3,750 officers and men and to
effect this change the Third Infantry was directed to transfer the enlisted
personnel of that organization, less than 346 men to the Tenth (now the One
Hundred and Tenth) Regiment. Orders also assigned some officers of the Third
Regiment to the One Hundred and Tenth and Col. George E. Kemp was named as
regimental commander, with Lieut. Col. Coulter the second in command.
“PITTSBURG’S OWN”
The Eighteenth regiment was Pittsburg’s own and perhaps
the most historic military organization in the state and one of the oldest in
the nation. It was known as the Duquesne Greys and was organized Aug. 5, 1831.
In the Mexican was it served as Company K, First Pennsylvania volunteers, in the
Civil War as Company B, Twelfth Pennsylvania Volunteers and gave 69 officers to
the Union army, including Maj. Gen. James S. Negley and seven colonels.
The Duquesne Greys was organized as a regiment of the
National Guard of Pennsylvania in September, 1869. The organization in the early
days of its existence was given certain special privileges, vested rights and
immunities and all military codes of the Commonwealth since 1832 have contained
clauses recognizing these grants made by the legislature.
During the Spanish American war the regiment became the
Eighteenth Pennsylvania Volunteers. It was on the Mexican border service during
the Mexican aggressions in 1916, was called to do patrol duty in the state April
12, 1917, and drafted into the Federal service Aug. 5, 1917, by proclamation of
the President. Upon reorganization of the Twenty-eighth Division it became the
One Hundred and Eleventh Infantry, Fifty-sixth Brigade. Sufficient of the
enlisted and commissioned personnel of the Sixth Infantry was transferred to the
Eighteenth to bring it up to the new standards.
Since the organization of the Duquesne Greys as a
regiment in the National Guard of Pennsylvania it has been commanded by Col.
David Campbell, 1869-1870; Col Presley N. Guthrie, 1870-1883; Col. Chambers
McKibben, 1883-1884; Col. Norman M. Smith, 1884-1899; Col. Frank I. Rutledge,
1899-1909; Col. Albert J. Logan, 1909-1912; Col. James H. Bigger, 1912-1916.
Col. Edward L. Kearns was in command of the regiment on the Mexican border and
also when it went into training at Camp Hancock.
THE SIXTEENTH REGIMENT
The Sixteenth Regiment, used as a nucleus around which
to build the One Hundred and Twelfth Regiment, hails from the thriving oil and
manufacturing cities and country of Western Pennsylvania north of Pittsburg. It
was organized in 1878 with Gen. John A. Wiley, a veteran of the Civil War, as
its first colonel. From the time of its organization until its entry into the
service of the United States during the Great War it had but three colonels:
Gen. Wiley, Gen. Willis J. Hulings and Col. George C. Rickards. During the
Spanish American war the regiment saw active service in Porto Rico and
frequently mentioned in official dispatches for its excellent work. At the close
of the Spanish American was the regiment was reorganized by bringing in five
companies of the old Fifteenth infantry which then went out of existence.
The respective company headquarters are located at Oil City, Corry, Bradford,
Kane, Franklin, Erie, Ridgway, Warren, Kittanning, Butler and Grove City.
In the new reorganization at Camp Hancock sufficient
commissioned and enlisted personnel to make up the new standard was drawn from
the Eighth infantry which formerly had headquarters at Harrisburg and was
recruited from the central portion of the state.
FIRST FIELD ARTILLERY
The First Field Artillery which became the One Hundred
and Seventh Field Artillery of the new army dates back to Civil war days for it
was formed around Battery B from the Allegheny Valley known as Hampton’s
Battery. Hampton’s Battery was organized Oct. 8, 1861, and served in the Civil
war from 1861 to 1865. It was in some of the greatest battles of the Rebellion
including Bull Run, Antietam, Chancellorsville, Gettysburg and others.
As a regimental unit the First Artillery was officially
organized Nov. 30, 1915. The headquarters are a Pittsburg, but the batteries are
drawn from all sections of the state. Two of the batteries, B and [unreadable],
the Headquarters Co., Supply Train, Sanitary Department, are from Pittsburg and
Western Pennsylvania [unreadable] was in service during the Spanish American was
but did not leave the country. During the Mexican aggression it was stationed on
the Mexican border. [unreadable] William S. McKee was the commander at the time
the regiment went into training at Camp Hancock.
The First Field Battalion Signal C which became the One
Hundred and Tenth Signal Battalion of the Twenty-eighth Division was recruited
in and around Pittsburg a number of years ago and was composed of experts in all
branches of signal work. The battalion was considered one of the very best in
the United States by reason of its skilled enlisted and commissioner personnel.
It saw service on the Mexican border during the Mexican aggressions. How well
this battalion accounted for itself in the Great War will be apparent to all who
read of its exploits in the chapters to follow. The battalion was in command of
Maj. Frederick T. Miller when it went into training at Camp Hancock.
OFF FOR FRANCE!
The Truck companies which became the One Hundred and
Third Supply train, the Ambulance companies which became part of the One Hundred
and Third Sanitary Train and the Field Hospitals which took the numbers 110, 111
and 112 were all recruited for the most part in Allegheny county and had been
part of the state guard organization with headquarters in Pittsburg.
Late in April, 1918, the Twenty-eighth having complete
its training and having been declared ready for preliminary work close to the
scene of actual fighting, overseas orders were received by Gen. Muir. The
division embarked May 3 and was in France by June 1, 1918.
The Eightieth Division was transported to France during
the latter part of June and the forepart of July, 1918.
It was almost impossible to obtain any accurate record
of the many shifts in the commissioned personnel of the Twenty-eighth Division
during the time which elapsed between its arrival at Camp Hancock and departure
for overseas. There were many changes and additions during the reorganization as
well as in the case of officers who were found unfit physically and otherwise.
The following officers were in command of the principal
units from Pittsburg and Western Pennsylvania when the Twenty-eighth embarked
for France:
One Hundred and Tenth Infantry, Col. George E. Kemp
One Hundred and Eleventh Infantry, Col. Edward C. Shannon
One Hundred and Twelfth Infantry, Col. George C. Rickards
One Hundred and Seventh Field Artillery, Lieut. Col. Albert C.Crookston
One Hundred and Third Field Signal Battalion, Maj. Frederick G. Miller
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