. Illinois in the World War; an illustrated record prepared with the coöperation and under the direction of the leaders in the state's military and civilian organizations. they were repeatedly cited by the divisional andcorps commanders. The records of casualties sustained by the Thirty-third Division givegrim proof of the severity of the fighting in which it was engaged. Theofficial reports show qSq men of the division to have been killed or to have died of wounds, while6,266 others werewounded — a total of7,255 battle casualties. The Eighty-sixthDivision, which wastrained at Camp Grantand wa
. Illinois in the World War; an illustrated record prepared with the coöperation and under the direction of the leaders in the state's military and civilian organizations. they were repeatedly cited by the divisional andcorps commanders. The records of casualties sustained by the Thirty-third Division givegrim proof of the severity of the fighting in which it was engaged. Theofficial reports show qSq men of the division to have been killed or to have died of wounds, while6,266 others werewounded — a total of7,255 battle casualties. The Eighty-sixthDivision, which wastrained at Camp Grantand was made up chieflyof Illinois selected men,was, in a sense, an ill-starred unit. Depletedtime after time while intraining by drafts madeupon it to fill the ranksof other divisions thatwere about to sail forFrance, the Eighty-sixthincluded in its personnelat various times enoughRECEPTION OF MARSHAL JOFFRE IN CHICAGO men to make up several Left to ripht: Lieutenant Governor O^lesby, Cyrus H. Mc- HiNricinnc Tf if -wrprp nncCormick, Ex-Premier Viviani, Marshal Joffre, Major General ^^vihiuiii,. 11 u werf pub-Barry, Mayor William H. Thompson. sible tO trace all the men. 6 ILLINOIS IN THE WORLD WAR who at one time or another enrolled in the Eighty-sixth, doubtless it wouldbe found that the division was represented in almost every regiment thatsaw active service in France. Despite the difficulties that they continually encountered, the officers ofthe Eighty-sixth Division finally succeeded in evolving out of the streamof raw recruits that was continuously flowing into Camp Grant a divisionwhich they knew would hold its own with the best of the American divisionswhen it should reach the front. Almost a year after it had gone into train-ing at Camp Grant, the Eighty-sixth was ordered to France. It disembarkedat Brest during the latter part of September and the early part of October,and there it received the most disheartening blow of all. The Meuse-Argonne
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