Lieutenant William T. Powers supervises as Private Walter Missley operates a gas equipment while receiving telephone instructions from Private Richard Pereyer, who is serving as an observer. The photo captures Battery A of the 108th Field Artillery, previously known as the 2nd Regiment Field Artillery and the detachment of the 1st Cavalry of the Pennsylvania National Guard. Taken in Varennes-en-Argonne, Meuse, France. Approved by the censor.

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