331st field artillery, United States army, 1917-1919 . this peiiod of training which ended on August 15th of the same yearCongressdefinitely framed the law which provided for a new army to - -at least half a million men. and had set in motion the necessary ^.nery fothe selection of these men. Likewise, during tins same period, in sixteen sectionsof the country, construction had been commenced upon extensive cantonmentseach one of which was to tram a division. One of these cantonments-CampGrant-wa located at Rockfoid, Illinois. Its men were tc be drawn from llinc,and southern Wisconsin; its off
331st field artillery, United States army, 1917-1919 . this peiiod of training which ended on August 15th of the same yearCongressdefinitely framed the law which provided for a new army to - -at least half a million men. and had set in motion the necessary ^.nery fothe selection of these men. Likewise, during tins same period, in sixteen sectionsof the country, construction had been commenced upon extensive cantonmentseach one of which was to tram a division. One of these cantonments-CampGrant-wa located at Rockfoid, Illinois. Its men were tc be drawn from llinc,and southern Wisconsin; its officers, from the graduates of the Illinois section ofthe Fort Sheridan officers training camp. THE VANGUARD On August 29th the officers of the Regiment of Field Artdlery reportedfor duty at Camp Grant. The sight of that camp as they saw t on tha hot-—liners dav is one thev shall long remember. Hundreds of acres of farm land, turned over in the early summer to th< construction engineers had, like magic, THE REGIMENT A 331L1 Field Artillery,.
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