331st field artillery, United States army, 1917-1919 . *; HI BATTERY C V-Q-) 331SJ Field Artillery^. had any idea of Army life or customs; all were willing enough and anxious to learnbut without sufficient experienced non-commissioned officers the task wasa hardone Uniforms were scarce and shoes were scarcer, but eventually they did filterin Equipment was entirely of the simulated type; we simulated guns, we simu-lated horses, we simulated chow more than once. The local boards had not under-stood their instructions anv too well, and more than one man went back, either for physical unfitness or
331st field artillery, United States army, 1917-1919 . *; HI BATTERY C V-Q-) 331SJ Field Artillery^. had any idea of Army life or customs; all were willing enough and anxious to learnbut without sufficient experienced non-commissioned officers the task wasa hardone Uniforms were scarce and shoes were scarcer, but eventually they did filterin Equipment was entirely of the simulated type; we simulated guns, we simu-lated horses, we simulated chow more than once. The local boards had not under-stood their instructions anv too well, and more than one man went back, either for physical unfitness or forGerman citizenship. The num-ber of records that was re-quired was enormous. Phy-sical examinations were heldat any and all times, and shotsin the arm became a part ofthe daily routine. Any poli-tician passing through couldmake a speech, and one morn-ing we stood at attention andwatched the sun graduallyappear. No one knew chaos, the Battery began to
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