331st field artillery, United States army, 1917-1919 . UJ Route, Bordeaux-Marseilles THE REGIMENT — P; ?A \ 5511 Field ArtiUeryy^l Street,/and , soon appearedMayor Hylans tug with news-papers and a band. Reportersand photographers of NewYork and Chicago paperswere on hand to learn andsnap what they could as thetroops passed onto]the Weehawken trains werewaiting to carry the regiment toCamp Merritt. This campseemed like Paradise and itsfood was plentiful and su-perb. Men from Minnesotaand Iowa left the regimenthere to be mustered out atCamp Dodge. H \ W\\ #if— : On the Way to Marsei.
331st field artillery, United States army, 1917-1919 . UJ Route, Bordeaux-Marseilles THE REGIMENT — P; ?A \ 5511 Field ArtiUeryy^l Street,/and , soon appearedMayor Hylans tug with news-papers and a band. Reportersand photographers of NewYork and Chicago paperswere on hand to learn andsnap what they could as thetroops passed onto]the Weehawken trains werewaiting to carry the regiment toCamp Merritt. This campseemed like Paradise and itsfood was plentiful and su-perb. Men from Minnesotaand Iowa left the regimenthere to be mustered out atCamp Dodge. H \ W\\ #if— : On the Way to Marsei. On February nth the regi-ment left on through trainsvia the New York Centralfor Chicago, again stoppinga few hours for a glimpse ofNiagara Falls. On the 13 ththe men filed off in the PolkStreet Station and marched tothe First Illinois NationalGuard Armory. Thestaywasnot long enough to permit ofseeing the throng of relativeswaiting there. Organizationswere quickly reformed andstarted in a pouring rain to bereviewed by Major GeneralWood and parade through the Loop. A regimental dinnerat the LaSalle Hotel was en-joyed by all. At five oclock in the after-noon the trains were off againfor Camp Grant, reachingthere at q:oo p. m. Leav-ing the train, the regimentmarched to the barracks ofthe 4th Battalion DischargeUnit—its final army quar-ters. The following morningthe machinery of musteringout commenced its those days which wereexceedingly strenuous for clerksand their assistants, the restof the regiment had little to
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