This caption could be revised to be more concise and factual: Members of the first battalion of replacement troops drilling and leaving Camp Meade, Maryland, to board trains at the port of embarkation. They are preparing to sail for the American Army of Occupation during World War One. (Photo by Sgt. Steiniger, April 28, 1919)

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