. 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. COLOXEL GORDON STRONG THE 124TH FIELD ARTILLERY 607 rest camp at Winchester, England, whence, after a brief stay, they were rushedthrough Southampton across the channel to Havre and thence by train to thetraining area at Ornans and Valdahon, France. At the Second Corps Artillery School, where the three artillery regimentsreceived 75-millimeter guns and new horse equipment, the Fifty-eighth FieldArtillery Brigade received a r
. 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. COLOXEL GORDON STRONG THE 124TH FIELD ARTILLERY 607 rest camp at Winchester, England, whence, after a brief stay, they were rushedthrough Southampton across the channel to Havre and thence by train to thetraining area at Ornans and Valdahon, France. At the Second Corps Artillery School, where the three artillery regimentsreceived 75-millimeter guns and new horse equipment, the Fifty-eighth FieldArtillery Brigade received a rating as one of the best trained organizationsin the A. E. F. This led to the shortening of the ordinary period of probationby a full month and the dispatch of these regiments to a sector where therewas promise of activity. The 124th Field Artillery left Valdahon for the front August 22, batteries started overland for Besancon at 5 a. m. Supply and head-quarters companies entrained at Valdahon, leaving at 9 p. A GROUP OF NOXCOMS? The highway leading down into the valley of the Doubs was the routefollowed by the legionaries of Caesar in their conquest of Gaul. From somelearned source in the column came the information that one Varus also hadmarched down this road with the eagles of Rome before him and two hundredthousand men at his back to fight the Germans—and at the end of the roadthe Hun had overwhelmed and massacred his command. This cheerful news reached the head of the column just after it hadpassed through the tunnel between the valley of the Loue and the valley ofthe Doubs. The leading battery had halted for a rest, and the men weresitting alongside the road looking down upon the most wonderful panoramathey had seen or were to see in France: a white road falling away between itsrows of spear-pointed poplars, past sleepy villages to a glistening river. 6o8 ILLINOIS IN THE WORLD WAR The caisson corporal of the firstsection received the news of the sadfate o
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