331st field artillery, United States army, 1917-1919 . ired from the army onFebruary 19, 191Q? 402 — HEADQUARTERS COMPANY ^1 5311 Field Artillery f Getting Ready Henceforth and hereafter you are under military law. And they were soldiers, in name at least. Discarding their blue serges, their English coats or their peg-topped trousers,the men who later were to form the 331st Field Artillery left their respective homesfor Camp Grant. Some took a last farewell fling at old John Barleycorn while others of a pes-simistic frame of mind invested in cemetery lots believing that they would receivea wee
331st field artillery, United States army, 1917-1919 . ired from the army onFebruary 19, 191Q? 402 — HEADQUARTERS COMPANY ^1 5311 Field Artillery f Getting Ready Henceforth and hereafter you are under military law. And they were soldiers, in name at least. Discarding their blue serges, their English coats or their peg-topped trousers,the men who later were to form the 331st Field Artillery left their respective homesfor Camp Grant. Some took a last farewell fling at old John Barleycorn while others of a pes-simistic frame of mind invested in cemetery lots believing that they would receivea weeks training with a broomstick and be hustled off to France to become cannonfodder. Arriving at Camp Grant the men were greeted by the six day veterans withcries and cat calls such as: Youll like it. Where you from? Close up. Halting in fronting which laterhome, at least forclad soldiers metname of First Steel cots andissued and theriors settled downtion of which wasA whistle with ashriek rang through Thats one ofmens whistles thatabout back in West. gH of a wooden build-proved to be theira time, the civilianthe man by were thenenthusiastic war-for a rest, the dura-exactlyone penetratingthe building,those traffic police-I heard so muchLima, said Sipse of the curiosity. Peckham, sticking his head out of the window to get Outside, bawled an authoritative voice. I believe somebody wants us, drawled Peckham in his gentle way. And Peckhams deduction was correct. Somebody did want them. What in H. do you guys mean by sitting there while I blow the I blow the whistle, fall out. But, protested Peckham, its quite a distance to the ground. And then the meaning of the first sergeants whistle was explained to him. At this formation a mysterious piece of aluminum called a mess kit was issuedand the boys filed into the mess hall to eat the first army meal. That night the former civilians lounged around, some in pool room style whileothers, acc
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