. 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. A GROUP OF THE 14QTH FIELD ARTILLERY Colonel Reilly at the rio;ht; seated at the table, Lieutenant-Colonel Curtis G. A DANGEROUS CORNER IN EXERMONT Men of the Eighteenth Regiment running for shelter from shell-fire. The First Division hadjust taken one end of the town when this photograph was taken by Lieutenant Nicholas McDonald(of Chicago), October 7, 1918. A RECORD OF SERVICE The Thirteenth Engineers, a regiment
. 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. A GROUP OF THE 14QTH FIELD ARTILLERY Colonel Reilly at the rio;ht; seated at the table, Lieutenant-Colonel Curtis G. A DANGEROUS CORNER IN EXERMONT Men of the Eighteenth Regiment running for shelter from shell-fire. The First Division hadjust taken one end of the town when this photograph was taken by Lieutenant Nicholas McDonald(of Chicago), October 7, 1918. A RECORD OF SERVICE The Thirteenth Engineers, a regiment of railroad men recruited fromsix systems entering Chicago, and trained in that city, was also among thefirst units to leave for France. For nearly two years this regiment ren-dered valiant service in the operation of French railroads in the war railroad men were often under fire, and they performed their difficultand hazardous duties with such bravery and skill that many officers andmen of the regimentwere awarded the Croixde Guerre and other dec-orations by the Frenchgovernment. Though nota combat organization,the Thirteenth was givencombat classification onits discharge. From the coloredpopulation of the statecame two regimentswhich were in the thickof the fighting. Thesewere
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