. 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. Spring brought the welcome order to prepare for transport home. Thetrucks, wagons, horses and mules, the caissons and tractors were turned inat ordnance depots. The men entrained at Mersch, for their jaunt acrossFrance to Brest, whence theysailed for home on May 12, onthe transport Charleston. The men of the io8th Am-munition Train returned to theUnited States with a record ofwhich they had every right tobe proud. Many of th
. 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. Spring brought the welcome order to prepare for transport home. Thetrucks, wagons, horses and mules, the caissons and tractors were turned inat ordnance depots. The men entrained at Mersch, for their jaunt acrossFrance to Brest, whence theysailed for home on May 12, onthe transport Charleston. The men of the io8th Am-munition Train returned to theUnited States with a record ofwhich they had every right tobe proud. Many of them hadbeen cited for personal bravery,and their organization had wondistinguished official officers and men ofthe train had lost their lives inFrance, either in action or as aresult of sickness, and forty-three men of the train were en-titled to wear wound chevrons. After landing at Hoboken,the ammunition train remainedat Camp Mills until the end ofMay, then entrained for Chicago,where the artillery brigades re-turn was celebrated on June days later the personnelwas mustered out of service atCamp Grant. the rocky gateway at pontarlier. 640 ILLINOIS IN THE WORLD WAR
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