. 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. the French and British armies gave the regiment, with other units of the division, intensive training, and by means of draft contingents sent forward from Camp Grant, the personnel was increased to the proportions prescribed in revised army regulations. Although the regiments training was somewhat delayed by the work of eliminating the physically unfit and enemy aliens from the drafts, the 130th was a well-trained unit by Ma
. 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. the French and British armies gave the regiment, with other units of the division, intensive training, and by means of draft contingents sent forward from Camp Grant, the personnel was increased to the proportions prescribed in revised army regulations. Although the regiments training was somewhat delayed by the work of eliminating the physically unfit and enemy aliens from the drafts, the 130th was a well-trained unit by May, 1918, when the division received orders to move. On IVIay 3, with Lieutenant Colonel Edward J. Lang in command, the regiment left Camp Lo-gan. It was refitted atCamp Upton, N. Y., andthen, on ]\Iay 16, sailedon the transport Aga-memnon, formerly theKaiser W i 1 h e 1 m entertained byany of the Illinois fight-ers as to the govern-ments success in trans-porting troops vanishedwhen, after an unevent-ful voyage, the Agamem-non steamed into theTHE GOOD SHIP AG.\MEMNON harbor of Brest. On all Which carried the 130th Infantry to France. sideS were great shipS. 446 ILLINOIS IN THE WORLD WAR swarming with men in khaki. Fifty thousand soldiers were waiting to land,and the 130th was held on board ship from the 24th to the 26th of May, be-fore its turn came to disembark. With other units of the division the 130th remained for a week at Ponta-nezen barracks near Brest. Then it entrained for the British front, arriving atOisemont on June i and 2. Regimental headquarters, with the supply and headquarters companiesattached, were established at Maigneville. The first battalion was billeted at\ismes-au-Val, the second at Recourt, the third at Doudelainville, and themachine gun company at Sept Meules. The British were genuinely glad to see the Americans. The British briga-dier general in charge of the transportation of the troops to the war zone couldscarcely believe the statement t
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