. 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. uring the months of Septemberand October, 1917. The brigade consisted of two regi-ments of light artillery, one regiment ofheavy artillery, an ammunition train, atrench mortar battery and an ordnance re-pair shop. These units were formed fromIllinois National Guard organizations as fol-lows: The 122nd Field Artillery (light) fromthe First Illinois Cavalry, Colonel MiltonJ. Foreman commanding; the 123rd FieldArtillery (heavy)
. 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. uring the months of Septemberand October, 1917. The brigade consisted of two regi-ments of light artillery, one regiment ofheavy artillery, an ammunition train, atrench mortar battery and an ordnance re-pair shop. These units were formed fromIllinois National Guard organizations as fol-lows: The 122nd Field Artillery (light) fromthe First Illinois Cavalry, Colonel MiltonJ. Foreman commanding; the 123rd FieldArtillery (heavy) from the Sixth Illinois In-fantry, Colonel Charles G. Davis command-ing; the 124th Field Artillery (light) builtaround three troops of the First IllinoisCavalry, Colonel Horatio B. Hackett commanding; the io8th AmmunitionTrain, from units of the Seventh Illinois Infantry, Lieutenant Colonel Wal-ter J. Fisher commanding; the io8th Trench Mortar Battery (6-inch Stokesguns) from the machine gun company of the Sixth Illinois Infantry, Cap-tain Charles J. Kraft commanding; and the io8th Ordnance Repair Shop,a new organization, Captain George H. Lawrence commanding. 499. 500 ILLINOIS IN THE WORLD WAR
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