History of Camden County in the Great War, 1917-1918 . 03d Ammuni-tion Train, 303d Sanitary Train; 307th, 308th and 309thMachine Gun Battalions, beside Field Hospital and Am-bulance Corps. The division remained at ,Camp Dix under intensivetraining until the following spring, receiving additionalmen continually from New Jersey and New York com-munities. Under command of Major General J. , the division began sailing for France in infantry and artillery sailed on separate artillerymen left Camp Dix for Hoboken, the portof embarkation, on May 6 and boarded the great B
History of Camden County in the Great War, 1917-1918 . 03d Ammuni-tion Train, 303d Sanitary Train; 307th, 308th and 309thMachine Gun Battalions, beside Field Hospital and Am-bulance Corps. The division remained at ,Camp Dix under intensivetraining until the following spring, receiving additionalmen continually from New Jersey and New York com-munities. Under command of Major General J. , the division began sailing for France in infantry and artillery sailed on separate artillerymen left Camp Dix for Hoboken, the portof embarkation, on May 6 and boarded the great Britishliner Cedric, which was then being used as a infantry followed a few days later. Both theartillery and infantry landed at Liverpool. The infan-try proceeded across England and boarded a transport,crossing the English Channel and landed at The artillery reached Liverpool May 14 andleft for Southampton. They made the trip across thechannel from this port to La Havre. The infantry and CAMDEN COUNTY IN THE GREAT WAR. 8l. MAJOR-GEXERAL JAMES H. McRAECommander of Seventy-Eighth Division SEVENTY-EIGHTH DIVISION. 83 artillery never joined as a division until the famousbattle in the Argonne Forest. Infantry at Arras. The doughboys, as the infantry was termed, went toa rest camp two miles from Calais. They stayed therefour days and during their sojourn at this campenemy aeroplanes made an attack. None of the soldierswas killed but several coolies, employed as laborers,were slain. From here the infantry was sent to Belquinein northern France, from which place the roar of cannoncould be heard. The division stayed at Belquine for amonth under intense training. They were moved toFramecourt toward the Arras sector. They stayedthere for a month and then hiked twenty miles full packfor two days to a place called Duisans, three miles fromArras, on the British front. Officers and non-commissioned officers were sent intothe lines for observation and experience. T
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