. 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. n what proved to be oneof the most trying weeks of itsmihtary experience. On the nightof September 29 the batteriescame under severe shelling for thefirst time. Late that afternoon thesecond battalion moved to Epinon-ville. The men had scarcely dugthemselves in when a zone firebegan to sweep the town and theroads leading out of it in the vicin-ity of Major John D. Whites postof command. On the following morning,Lieutenant Ha
. 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. n what proved to be oneof the most trying weeks of itsmihtary experience. On the nightof September 29 the batteriescame under severe shelling for thefirst time. Late that afternoon thesecond battalion moved to Epinon-ville. The men had scarcely dugthemselves in when a zone firebegan to sweep the town and theroads leading out of it in the vicin-ity of Major John D. Whites postof command. On the following morning,Lieutenant Harry H. Wertz, aliaison officer, appeared at the sec-ond battalion post of commandwith eight shell fragments in hisback. That evening LieutenantCarl M. Wiley was wounded in the head by a bit of a high explosive 6 p. m. the bombardment increased in the vicinity of Battery Fsposition. Captain Albert A. Sercombe immediately visited the emplacementsof the firing battery and ordered the men to get under cover. Then beforehe himself could gain shelter a shell burst only a few yards from him. Afragment struck him in the back and he died on the way to the MAJOR FRANK L. REARDEX Senior major of the 124th during combat service.
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