. 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 IllinoisNational Guard. His career as an officer began with a captaincy in the FifthInfantry in January, 1908, and he was a major, commanding the first bat-talion of the Fifth, when the regiment was called into the federal service. He retained his rank and went overseas at the head of the 124th MachineGun Battalion. With that unit he served through all the campaigns of theinfantry and machine gun troops of the Thirty-thi
. 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 IllinoisNational Guard. His career as an officer began with a captaincy in the FifthInfantry in January, 1908, and he was a major, commanding the first bat-talion of the Fifth, when the regiment was called into the federal service. He retained his rank and went overseas at the head of the 124th MachineGun Battalion. With that unit he served through all the campaigns of theinfantry and machine gun troops of the Thirty-third Division, winning cita-tions from Major General Bell and General Pershing. Captain Charles J. Kraft had eighteen years experience in the marinecorps and the national guard when he was placed in command of the newlyorganized io8th Trench Mortar Battery at Camp Logan. As a memberof the marine corps he served in the Boxer campaign in China and thePhilippine insurrection as well as in Cuba, Panama and Nicaragua. He wasalso on border duty with the Illinois National Guard in 1916. Captain Kraftcommanded the io8th Trench Mortar Battery throughout its service ON THE BANKS OF THE MEUSE AT DIEUE The Thirty-third Division Staff By Major Frank W. Barber, Division Inspector lERE is no exaggeration in the statement that MajorGeneral George Bell, Jr., commander of the Thirty-third Division, was reasonably fortunate in the per-sonnel of his staff. Himself a regular army officerof brilliant attainments and many years experience,he instilled into the staff his own loyalty and desireto excel, which contributed in no small degree to thesplendid achievements of the division as a in his enforcement of discipline, he yet pos-sessed a soft heart for the men under his recognized always that they were not mere auto-matons, but men of flesh and blood, of intelligenceand forethought, of character and perception—thatthey were the flower of the manhood of Illinois. To
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