. 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. the io8th Trench Mortar Battery, attachedto the Fifty-eighth Field Artillery Brigade, of which the 123rd was a part. The paper transformation was easy; the actual remaking of the regi-ment was a much more difficult task. An organization of doughboys had tobe turned into a seasoned artillery outfit—and there was no equipment. The 123rd was not to be discouraged, however, by a shortage of horsesand guns. The men made harnesses
. 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. the io8th Trench Mortar Battery, attachedto the Fifty-eighth Field Artillery Brigade, of which the 123rd was a part. The paper transformation was easy; the actual remaking of the regi-ment was a much more difficult task. An organization of doughboys had tobe turned into a seasoned artillery outfit—and there was no equipment. The 123rd was not to be discouraged, however, by a shortage of horsesand guns. The men made harnesses of sticks and strings and used eachother as horses. For guns they used wooden saw horses, until dummy gunsnot unlike those used in camouflage overseas were available. When the pos-sibilities of the wooden guns had been exhausted the War Department pro-vided the regiment with a platoon of venerable field pieces whichhad served long and well in the Spanish-American war. Just before theseveterans were due to collapse they were succeeded by a battery of which actually could be fired, if one were not in a hurry or particularas to WHEN THE OLD SIXTH ILLINOIS WAS AT CAMP LOGAN THE 123RD FIELD ARTILLERY 575
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