. 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. SECOND LIEUTENANTS OF THE ioSth AMMUNITION TRAINLeft to right: J. Clive Kimbrough, Edward McKernan, William R. Melzer, Robert E. MONT DES ALLIEUX, BATTERED BY THE TRENCH MORTARS The 108th Trench Mortar Battery By Captain Charles J. Kraft AR, changed but little in its general featuresin the centuries since gunpowder swept awaythe heroics of mediaeval conflict, underwentradical modifications in the years from 1914to 1
. 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. SECOND LIEUTENANTS OF THE ioSth AMMUNITION TRAINLeft to right: J. Clive Kimbrough, Edward McKernan, William R. Melzer, Robert E. MONT DES ALLIEUX, BATTERED BY THE TRENCH MORTARS The 108th Trench Mortar Battery By Captain Charles J. Kraft AR, changed but little in its general featuresin the centuries since gunpowder swept awaythe heroics of mediaeval conflict, underwentradical modifications in the years from 1914to 1918. In the air, under the sea, in sub-surface labyrinths on land, the soldiers inthe World War found themselves forced tonew methods and new devices. In thismilitary transformation the trench mortaremerged as an effective instrument of short-range combat. And among the few Ameri-can units that had the distinction of serv-ing actively in this new phase of an ancientart was an Illinois organization, the 108thTrench Mortar Battery. The battery was organized at Camp Logan, with the machine gun company of the old sixth Illinois Infantry as a nucleus. The machine gunners of the Sixth were Geneseo men, who had been called to the colors, under Captain Frank Wald- heim, on March 26, 1Q17. They began training
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