. 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. irty-third Division, was composed of the 129thand 130th Infantry Regiments, the 123rdMachine Gun Battahon and the brigadeheadquarters detachment. These organiza-tions were formed from units of the IlHnoisNational Guard whose home stations wereoutside the city of Chicago, With the rest of the division, theSixty-fifth Brigade was trained at CampLogan, Intensive drill transformed the or-ganization into a brigade of physically f
. 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. irty-third Division, was composed of the 129thand 130th Infantry Regiments, the 123rdMachine Gun Battahon and the brigadeheadquarters detachment. These organiza-tions were formed from units of the IlHnoisNational Guard whose home stations wereoutside the city of Chicago, With the rest of the division, theSixty-fifth Brigade was trained at CampLogan, Intensive drill transformed the or-ganization into a brigade of physically fit,well disciplined soldiers, ready for theservice they were to perform so creditablyin France. Several months of rigid train-ing eliminated the unfit, and left onlymen capable of and ready for hard duty. The division reached France in the latter part of May, 1918, and wassent to a training area back of the lines. Although delayed somewhat byquarantine, the Sixty-fifth Brigade was able to spend most of June and Julybehind the British front, and received from seasoned Australians instruc-tions in all the details of trench fighting. As the training proceeded, the 397. 398 ILLINOIS IN THE WORLD WAR
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