. 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. in Mattes was shot and killed in an effort to disarm negro soldierrioters in the city of Houston, where he had been sent to quell the disturbance. The rest of the regiment broke camp in Chicago and entrained forCamp Logan on September 7, and immediately upon its arrival there itbegan an intensive period of training, covering every phase of field service,with schools for officers, noncommissioned officers and privates lasting
. 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. in Mattes was shot and killed in an effort to disarm negro soldierrioters in the city of Houston, where he had been sent to quell the disturbance. The rest of the regiment broke camp in Chicago and entrained forCamp Logan on September 7, and immediately upon its arrival there itbegan an intensive period of training, covering every phase of field service,with schools for officers, noncommissioned officers and privates lasting farinto the night. Efficiency in every detail was exacted, and step by step rudi-mentary training progressed to firing and field problems. On September 21 the regiment was officially designated the 122nd FieldArtillery and assigned to the Fifty-eighth Field Artillery Brigade. The eagerly awaited order for overseas service came in May, 1918. Theregiment then had attained a high degree of efficiency. Many of the vacanciesin the ranks of the officers, created when selections were made from theregiment to complete other organizations, were filled by promotion from the. THE BAND PLAYS IN HOUSTON THE I22ND FIELD ARTILLERY 543
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