Class j l^a Book COKRIGHT DEPOSfE BRIGADIER GENERAL DANIEL F. CRAIG Commissioned Colonel Aug. 17, 1917. Commanding Regiment from Sept. 4, 1917 to Oct. 15, 191S. Brigadier General Oct. 15, 1 9 1 Si, assigned to command the 157th Field Artillery Brigade, 82nd Division. Address: c o Riggs National Bank, Washington, D. C. 302 nd Field Artillery United States Army 3o2 nd Field Artillery Association Josi iM |. Lane, Secretary 144 Lexington Avenue, Cambridge, Massachusetts • stv \o« w Copyright 1919 BY THE 302nd Field Artillery Association ©CI.A530785 To Brigadier General DANIEL F. CRAIG Commander of the Regiment from the time of its organization, September 5, 191", until his promotion to Briga- dier General October 15, 19 18. INTRODUCTION This book is the result of a desire throughout the regiment for a memento of the Great War and of the comradeship enjoyed in the service by the members of the 302nd Field Artillery. The book is published under the auspices of the Regimental Asso- ciation. Captain William H. Clarlin, Jr. wrote "The Story of the Regiment," spending a great deal ot time and effort in checking up the data he used in order that the work would be as near historically true as possible. In addition he had general charge ot the issuance ot the book. Corporal Joseph J. Lane, Secretary of the Association, accomplished an immense amount of work connected with the printing and selling ot the book. With the assistance ot the battery clerks and first sergeants, he collected and accounted tor orders tor 1264 books previous to publication, and was entrusted with the thousand and one details connected with the publi- cation of the book. The drawings are the work ot William G. French of C Battery and Dan W. Twiddy of A battery. The photographs were taken after the armistice by Lieutenants Wellman and Whipple. The map was traced by Sergeants Hauser and Binder ot Headquarters Com- pany from an old French map ot the sector. It is believed that the book fulfills the desires ot the regiment, and that much credit is due the men who made its publication possible. T. Jeffersox Coolidge, 3rd., President 302nd Field Artillerj Association Magnolia, Mass., August 12, [919. COLONEL WILLIAM P. PLATT West Point. Commissioned Colonel Oct. 26, 1918. Commanding Regiment since Nov. 6, 1918. Address: Fort Leavenworth, Kansas. MAJOR ROBERT A. DOYLE Commissioned Major Dec. 31, 191 "• Assigned to Regiment Oct. II, 1918. Commanding 2nd Battalion from Oct. 13, 191S to Feb. z8, [919. Address: Little Rock, Arkansas. MAJOR MORRIS HADLEY Commissioned Major at Plattsburg, Aug. 15, 1917. Commanding 2nd Battalion Aug. t ;, [917 to Oct. IJ, 191N. 3d Battalion Oct. 1 ;, 191N to Dec. 4, 1918. Trans. Hdqrs., Third Army, Dec. 4, 191 N. Address: Whitnev Ave., New Haven, Conn. j MAJOR WILLIAM GAMMELL, JR. Commissioned Captain Jan. 9, 191"". Commissioned Major April 10, 1918. Commanding 1st Battalion since April id, [918. Address: [70 Hope St, Provi- dence, R. I. MAJOR EDWARD I). SINKS, M. C. Commissioned Major Jan. z6, [918. Commanding Med. Det. since June XI, 1918. Address: 122 East Circular St., Lima, Ohio. CAPTAIN HARCOURT AMORY, JR. Commissioned Captain Aug. 15, 191 7. Battalion Adjutant 3d Battalion. Commanding 3d Battalion. Address: 293 Beacon St., Boston, Mass. CAPTAIN SAMUEL W. ATKINS Commissioned Captain at Plattsburg Training Camp. August 15, 1917. Commanding Battery E, Address: Marietta, Pa. CAPTAIN LINCOLN BAYLIES Commissioned Captain at Plattsburg Training Camp, Aug. 15, 1 917. Commanding Battery F. Address: 5 Commonwealth Ave., Boston, Mass. CAPTAIN JOHN M. BULLARD Commissioned 2nd Lieut, at Plattsburg, Aug. 15, 191". 1st Lieut. Dec. 31, 1917. Captain May 21, 1918. Personnel Adjutant since May 21, 1918. Regimental Adjutant since Jan. 1, 1919. Address: 428 County St., New Bedford, Mass. :i **$&*> CAPTAIN HOWARD T. BYLES Commissioned Captain at Plattsburg Training Camp Aug. i ^, 1917. Commanding Battery C to March 3, 1919. Address: Central \'illage, Conn. CAPTAIN WILLIAM H. CLAFLIN, JR. Commissioned Captain at Plattsburg, Aug. 15, 1917. Commanding Headquarters Co. Address: 269 Com- monwealth Ave., Boston, Mass. CAPTAIN T. JEFFERSON COOLIDGE, .id Commissioned Captain at Plattsburg, Aug. 1 ;, 1917. Commanding B.ittcrv I), Sept. 4, ivi~ to Dec. 1 ; ,191". Regimental Adjutant Feb. 17, 191s to Jan. 1, [919. Commanding Battery since Jan. 1, 1919. Address: i*4 Beacon Street, Boston, Mass. CAPTAIN SAMUEL S. DURYEE Commissioned Captain at Plattsburg Training Camp, Aug. 15, 191". Commanding Battery A. Address: Garrison-on-Hudson, New ^ ork. Il - CAPTAIN BURGESS A. EDWARDS Commissioned Captain at Plattsburg Training Camp Aug. 15, 1917. Commanding Battery B. Address: 87 Milk St., Boston, Mass. CAPTAIN CALEB L. ETHERIDGE, ORD. Commissioned 1st Lieut. Sept. 29, 1917. Captain March 12, 1919. Commanding Ordnance Detachment. Address: 1027 Calhoun St. Columbia, S. C. CAPTAIN EVAN HOLLISTER Commissioned Captain at Niagara Training Camp, Nov. 27, 1917. Commanding Supply Co., and Regi- mental Supply Officer. Address: 780 West Ferry St., Buffalo, New York. CAPTAIN JOHN F. STREETER, M. C. Commissioned Captain Nov. 6, 1917. Duty with Med. Det. Address: 55 Walnut St., Springfield, Mass. fc#>in ikd LIEUT. ROBERT H. ATKINSON' Commissioned 2nd Lieut. August I, i 1 s . Joined the Regiment Sept. 2;, UyiK. Duty with Battery A. Addrcs-.: 62 Governor Street, Providence] Rhode Island. 2nd LIEUT. CHARLES E. BLAKE Commissioned 2nd Lieul November 2-, 1917. I)ut\ with Supply Company to February 2s, 1919. Vddress: 406 Farmington \ve., Hartford, Connecticut. im LIEUT. ALLEN II. BOARDMAN Commissioned 1st Lieut, at Plattsburg, Nov, 2-, [917. Dutj with Batter) I) to Mar. jig. Commanding B.utcr\ C since Mar. 11, \<>t<>. Address: 165 Bucking- ham St., VVaterbury, Conn. 2nd LIEUT. LLOYD G. del CASTILLO Commissioned 2nd Lieut. July 4, 191 8. Duty with Headquarters Company, Band Leader. Address: 324 Franklin Street, Cambridge, Mass. ?*«- - " ' ■ - — ' - -^r ist LIEUT. & CHAPLAIN CURTIS \V. CHENO- WETH, i. s. a. Commissioned ist Lieut. June 19, 1918. Duty with Regiment until Feb. 28, 1919. Address: University ot Idaho, Moscow, Idaho. 2nd LIEUT. HUGH B. HAMILTON Commissioned 2nd Lieut. Aug. 1, 1918. Joined Regi- ment Oct. 3, 191 8. Duty with Battery E to Feb. 20, 1919. Trans, to Army Educational Commission, Paris, Feb. 20, 1919. Address: Moberly, Louisiana. 2nd LIEUT. ALVIN E. HARDGROVE Commissioned 2nd Lieut. Aug. I, 191 8. Joined Regi- ment Sept. 25, 1918. Duty with Battery E to Jan. 15, 1919. Trans, to Combat Officers' Replacement Depot, Gondrecourt, Jan. 15, 1919. Address: Wolf Street.. Creek, Montana. 2nd LIEUT. JOHN F. COVER, JR. Commissioned 2nd Lieut. August I, 1918. Joined Regiment Sept. 25, 1918. Duty with Headquarters Company. Address: Lima, Ohio. ist LIELT. GORDON Cl'RTIS tst LIEUT. WILLIAM H. FLYNN, .«. c. Commissioned 1st Lieut. Nov. ly, [917. Duty with Commissioned 1st Lieut. June :,, I917. Duty with Battery D. Address: Wellesley Farms, Mass. Med. Der. Address: Unionville, Conn. A 'JL 1,1 II I. ROBERT K. GORTON 2nd LIEUT. FREDERICK C. HnLBROOK Commissioned 2nd Lieut. August [5, I917. DutJ with Commissioned 2nd Lieut. Nov. ;-, 1 f > 1 — . Joined the Headquarters Company. Address: 14; Freeman St.. Regiment Aug. 20, 101S. DutJ with Battery C Brookline, Mass. Address: Brattleboro, Vermont. 2nd LIEUT. WALLACE A. HOWES Commissioned 2nd Lieut. August 15, 1917. Duty with Battery A. Address: 74 Maple Street, Florence, Mass. 2nd LIEUT. ROY M. HUNTER Commissioned 2nd Lieut. Aug. 1, 1918. Joined the Regiment Sept. 25, 1 9 1 8. Duty with Headquarters Company. Address: iji Chauncey Street, Brooklyn, New York. 2nd LIEUT. JAMES C. KEMPTON :nd LIEUT. GALEN L. LOCKE Commissioned 2nd Lieut. Aug. 15, 1917. Duty with Commissioned 2nd Lieut. August 15, 1917. Duty with Battery C. Address: c o Springfield Waste Co., Headquarters Company. Address: 50 Cushing Ave., Mill St., Springfield, Mass. Belmont, Mass. i»i LIEUT. HENRY P. KIDDER Commissioned ist Lieut. August i ;, [917. Duty with Headquarters Company. Address: Southboro, Mass. ist LIEUT. HUGH KN'OWLTON Commissioned 2nd Lieut. Aug. 15, ly 17. ist Lieut. Nov. 4, 191S. Duty with H'di|. Company to Oct. 29, [918. Aide Brig.-Gen. D. F. Craig Oct. :o, 191 8 to Jan. 18,1919. Duty Battery D. Address: Radnor Hall, Charles River Road, Cambridge. Mass. mo LIEUT. LAWRENCE K. MARSHALL Commissioned 2nd Lieut. November :-, [917. Dutj with Battery B. Address: 399 High Street, West Medtord, Maxv. m LIEUT. ANDREW B. McCLARY Commissioned 2nd Lieut. Aug. K, [917. 1st Lieut. Dec. ;i, 1917. Duty with Batter; C to Feb. 2s, 1919, Address: Windsor, Vermont ist LIEUT. GUY D. McKINNEY Commissioned 1st Lieut. Nov. 27, 1917. Duty with Battery A to Feb. 28, 1919. Address: 1602 Fourth Ave. North, Fort Dodge, Iowa. ist LIEUT. RICHARD J. METZGER Commissioned 1st Lieut. November 27, 1917. Duty with Battery E. Address: 241 West Avenue, Buffalo, New York. ist LIEUT. ADRIAN (I. MORSE Commissioned 2nd Lieut. Aug. 15, 191". ist Lieut. Dec. 31, 1917. Duty with Battery C. Address: Durham, New Hampshire. 2nd LIEUT. HUGH W. MYERS Commissioned 2nd Lieut. August 15, 1917. Duty with Battery D. Address: Hamilton, Virginia. 2nd LIEUT. JOSEPH M. NEVILLE Commissioned Second Lieutenant August 15 Duty with Battery C. Address: Simsbury, [917. Conn. ist LIEUT. JOSIAH C. PALMER, JR. Commissioned 2nd Lieut. Aug. 15, 1917. 1st Lieut. Dec. 31, 1917. Dutv with Battery F. Address: S40 Park Ave., New York, N. V. *&£ ■ 2nd LIEUT. TREMAINE PARSONS Commissioned 2nd Lieut. Aug. 15, 1917. Duty with Battery B. Address: 15 Dell Ave., Hyde Park, Mass 2nd LIEUT. MYLES S. PERKINS Commissioned 2nd Lieut. August 15, 1 917. Duty with Battery B to February 28, i'>">- Address: 144 Pine Ridge, Waban, Mass. ist LIEUT. PRESTON B. PORTER Commissioned ist Lieut. November 27, 1 9 1 7. Duty with Supply Company. Address: 489 Linwood Ave., Buffalo, New York. ist LIF.L'T. JOHN M. RAYMOND, JR. Commissioned ist Lieut. April 20, 1917. Captain March 12, 1 9 19. Duty with Hdqrs. Company. Battalion Adjutant to Jan. 15, 1919. Trans, to Com- bat Officers' Replacement Depot, Gondrecourt, Jan. 15, 1919. Address: 438 Lafayette St., Salem, Mass. 2nd LIEUT. LAWRENCE F. ROSSITER Commissioned 2nd Lieut. August 15, 1917. Duty with Battery E to February 28, 1919. Address: Greenwich, Conn. LIEUT-COLCNELL E. R. WARNER McCABE Commissioned Lieut-Colonel May 26, 1918. Joined Regiment Aug. II, 1919. Commanding Regiment from Oct. 15, 191 8 to Nov. 6, 1918. Commissioned Colonel Nov. 12, 1918. Address: Richmond, Vt. ist LIEUT. FREDERICK W. POLLARD Commissioned ist Lieut. November 27, 191". Duty with Supply Company. Address: 14 Commonwealth Ave., Boston, Mass. 2nd LIEUT. WILLIAM A. PARKER Commissioned at Plattsburg Training Camp Aug. 15, 191". Duty with Battery D to Nov. 7, 1918. Address: 8 Gloucester Street. Boston, Mass. :xd LIEUT. EDWARD VAN V. SANDS ;xd LIEUT. PAIL B. SESSIONS Commissioned 2nd Lieut August 15, 1917. Duty Commissioned 2nd Lieut. August 15, 1917. Duty with with Battery A. Address: 101 East 39th St., New Headquarters Company. Address: 25 Bellevue Ave., York, N. Y. Bristol, Conn. isr LIEUT. ALEXANDER H. SCOTT 1 .Jp— ^>vS* 1 i 3 1 ' »"* f^^*** 1 "" dv 1 i . HHHUB K^^Ki^^H :m> I.IFLT. PALL B. SCOTT Commissioned 1st Lieut. November 27, 1917. Duty Commissioned 2nd Lieut. August 1, [918. Joined with Battery K. Address: ^41 Pine St., Manchester, Regiment September 2;, 1918. Duty with Batter] I''. \. II. Address:" Reidsville, N. C. ■HK - ***. isr LIEUT. CLAYTON" J. SMITH Commissioned 2nd Lieut. Aug. 15, 1917. 1st Lieut. Dec. 31, 1917. Duty with Headquarters Company. Address: 115 Jefferson Street, Stamford, Connecticut. f/t h ~~- J -0 ■< 2nd LIEUT. EMERSON P. SMITH Commissioned 2nd Lieut. Aug. 15, 1917. Duty with Battery F to Feb. 28, 1919. Address: 170 Brown St., Providence, Rhode Island. isr LIEUT. JOHN S. STANTON, JR. Commissioned 1st Lieut. Aug. 15, 1917. Duty with Headquarters Company. Address: 54 South Port- land Ave., Brooklyn, New York. CAPT. HALLECK LF.FFERTS Commissioned Capt. at Plattsburg, Aug. 15, 1917. Commanding Battery D to Nov. 11, 1918. Gassed in action Nov. 11, 1918. Transferred to hospital at Commercv. Address: 8-53 Park Ave., New York City, N. Y. CAPT. KENNETH F. SIMPSON Commissioned Capt. at Plattsburg, Aug. 15, 1917. Regimental Adjutant to February I - , 1918. Bat- talion Adjutant 1st Battalion to Jan. 17, 1919. Address: c o Fifth Ave. Bank, 1530 5th Ave. New York City, N. Y. 2nd LIEUT. LOUIS N. SCHRUPP Commissioned 2nd Lieut. August 1, 1918. Joined Regiment September 25, 1918. Duty with Battery B to February 28, 1919. Address: i743__\Vhite St., Dubuque, Iowa. ■* :^» -.-».- „ ,^j- :si> LIEUT. WILLIAM D. SWAN", JR. 2ND LIELT. WILLIAM F. SIMPSON Commissioned ;nd Lieut. Aug. I, 1918. Joined Regi- Commissioned 2nd Lieut. Aug. 15, [917. Duty with mem Oct. 3, [918. Duty with B:ittcty I). Address: Headquarters Company to Feb. 28, 1919. Address: 167 Bratt'c St., Cambridge. Mass. Kenwood Place, Wheeling, West Virginia. 2ND LIEUT. ALLAN W. WAITE ist LIEUT. JOHN B. WATERMAN Commissioned :nd Lieut. Nov. 17, 1 <> 1 - . Joined Commissioned 2nd Lieut. Aug. 15, I917. Ist Lieut. Regiment Aug. 20, [918. Duty with Battery F. Dec. 31, 1 9 1 ~. Duty with Headquarters Companj Address: c Aetna Life Insurance Co., Hartford, to Feb. ;!>, 1910. Address: Highland Ave., Fall Connecticut. River, Mass. ist LIEUT. DONALD C. WATSON Commissioned ist Lieut. Nov. 27, 1917. Joined Regiment Aug. 20, 191 8. Duty with Battery B. Address: Hinckley Road, Milton, Mass. ist LIEUT. HAROLD O. WELLMAN Commissioned 2nd Lieut. Aug. 15, 191 7. ist Lieut. Dec. 31, 191". Duty with Battery E. Judge Advo- cate. Address: 15 Saxon Terrace. Newton High- lands, Mass. ist LIEUT. FREDERIC E. WHEELER Commissioned ist Lieut. November i~, 191". Duty with Battery F. Address: 908 Mutual Life Bldg., Buffalo, New York. 2nd LIEUT. LEVLAND WHIPPLE Commissioned 2nd Lieut. August 15, 191". Duty with_Headquarters Company to February 28, 1919. Address: Bangor, Maine. .Jwi-r" zno LIEUT. ROWES B. WILCOX Commissioned 2nd Lieut. Aug. I, 19 iS. Joined Regi- ment Sept. 25, 1918. Duty with Supply Company. Address: 71 Main St., Stonington, Connecticut. ist LIEIT. WILLIAM G. WILLIAMS Commissioned ist Lieut. Sept. ib, 19]-. Duty with Medical Detachment. Trans, to Base Section :, SOS, March 19, 1919- Address: I.addins Rock, Stamford, Connecticut. 2ND LIEIT. JAMES II. W1THINGTON Commissioned :nd Lieut. Aug. 15, [917 Dut] Batterv E. ith Home Address: 31 Chestnut Terrace, Newton Center, Mass. ist LIEUT. DONALD C. WRIGHT Commissioned 2nd Lieut. Aug. 15, 1917. ist Lieut. Dec. 31, 1 v 1 ~- Duty with Batter] A to Feb. - s , 1919. Address: Orange, Connecticut. ymfr S/nc Story of mt ^^^= Regiment The Colors Hilt Story of & tht ft? 302 nd FIELD ARTILLERY United States Army OX September 3, iq'Ti the 302nd Field Artillery became a unit of the United States Army. To establish its relation with the many other organizations that saw service in the war against Germany, it is necessary to explain briefly the general plan upon which the Army was organized. When the United States declared war against Germany, the War Department realized the fact that the Regular Army and the National Guard could not be expanded to sufficient size to meet the requirements that faced the country. The solution to the great problem was found in the passing by Congress of the Selective Service Acts, establishing compulsory military service. As a direct result of this very drastic military measure, the National Army came into existence. Since the Regular Army and the National Guard were established systems, Divisions made up of troops from these organizations were the first to be sent abroad and naturally, the first to reach the Front. The National Army, however, had no foundation whatever upon which to build. It was an entirely new Army, created solely for the present war. The difficulties surrounding the formation of this Army have no actual place in this history. The building of the cantonments, pro- viding equipment, food, and the countless other items essential to a mili- tary organization, form in themselves a history, making an enormous accomplishment, in comparison with which any former military efforts of our country seem very trivial. The plan upon which arose the National Army called for seventeen Divisions, numbered consecutively from the 76th to the 92nd. The 31 32 THE STORY OF THE 302ND FIELD ARTILLERV sites for divisional cantonments were selected at various strategic points throughout the country, and the machinery set in motion that brought forth a finished product prepared to meet the best troops of Germany. The 302nd Field Artillery began its existence as one of the regiments comprising the 76th Division, which was in command of Major-General Harry L. Hodges. This Division was formed at Camp Devens, Aver, Massachusetts, and continued its training there until it sailed for Europe. Camp Devens, like all the other cantonments, was a marvel of construction. The rapidity with which this city was constructed — a wilderness in June; the home of thirty thousand in September — is merely one example of the many stupendous efforts made by the Wat- Department to plant an Army in Europe in the shortest possible time. When the officers first arrived, in fact all through the month of Sep- tember, Camp Devens was a seething mass of construction. Barracks sprang up as if raised by magic. Thousands of workmen swarmed every- where. Once the framework of a building was raised, it was a jumble of humanity; hammering, sawing, building, building, building! Trucks loaded with lumber bounced over abominable roads and came to a halt beside a scrub oak thicket. In two days the scrub oak thicket had given way to a row of two-story barracks. The wildest dreams of a west- ern boom town appeared as child's play compared to the frantic efforts of thousands of workmen, racing against time, to make this city ready for the first quota of the Draft, due to arrive the first week of September. It was into this bedlam of confusion that the officers of the Regiment arrived on August 29, 191 - . All day they trickled in, until by evening the entire quota was present; housed in a recently constructed barracks on Infantry Hill. Although the period spent by the officers in their training camp is not actually a part of the Regiment's lite history, nevertheless it was during that period that the Regiment first began its moulding. The 2nd Battery, 1st Provisional Training Regiment, a unit of the Officers' Training Camp at Plattsburg, turned out the officers for the Regiment. During the first month at Plattsburg all officers took Infantry Instruction. It was not until the middle of June that the candidates were separated into the various branches of service, and the future officers of the 302nd THE STORY OF THE 302ND FIELD ARTILLERY ^3 Field Artillery became segregated in the 2nd Battery under the com- mand of Lieutenant Beare. During those two months the candidates were crammed with Artillery knowledge. The "Four-Ringed Circus" seemed to stretch on and on into a never-ending succession of subjects. Finally the camp came to an end on the 15th of August, and it was with any other feeling than regret that the newly commissioned officers left Plattsburg with orders to report to Camp Devens on August 29th. It was not until the afternoon of August joth that the officers had their first official meeting. It was then that Colonel Craig introduced himself to each officer of the Regiment. The first impression of esteem felt by everyone, was more than justified as the Regiment progressed through its months of training. Lieutenant Colonel Danforth was second in command. He was later assigned as commander of the Artil- lery Camp at Camp Jackson. With Colonel Craig and Lieutenant Colonel Danforth at the helm, the Regiment had two of the best men the service could offer, to direct its course. The days before the first quota of the Draft arrived were uneventful. The officers busied themselves in learning their way about the Camp. The future Regimental Cantonment in those days was rough-looking, to say the least; barracks built in a "stump field"; no officers' quarters; brush and brambles everywhere; and no roads that were worthy of the name. Two days before the arrival of the first recruits, however, the officers' quarters sprang into being, and, by the 6th of September, every- one was housed in quarters belonging to the Regiment, eagerly looking forward to the coming of the first men. The officers were assigned to Headquarters Company, the six Bat- teries and the Supply Company. Regimental General Order Number 2, dated September 4, 1917, made the assignment. The Organization Commanders appointed were as follows: Regimental Adjutant: Captain* Kenneth F. Simpson. Headquarters Company: Captain William H. Claflin, Jr. Supply Company: Captain Halleck Lefferis. Battery A Battery B Battery C Battery D Battery E Battery F Captain Samuel S. Dlrvee. Captain Burgess A. Edwards. Captain Howard T. Bvles. Captain Thomas Jefferson Coolidge, 3rd. Captain Samuel A. Atkins. Captain Lincoln Baylies. 34 THE STORY OF THE 302XD FIELD ARTILLERY September 6th brought forth great speculations. What would the men be like? Would there be any men with previous military train- ing? What would be their attitude? It was with a strong feeling of curiosity that the officers watched the first little band of recruits troop up the dusty road towards Regimental Headquarters. Twenty-nine men came that first day. A mere handful, but that little handful of men marked an epoch in the history of our Country. If a man had ventured the prophecy six months before, that selective military service would be in existence in so short a time, his mental soundness would have been doubted. Yet these few men were living examples of the existing fact. The old order of things had gone forever. The volunteer system was history. Here were soldiers of a new regime. Few as they were in numbers, these men gave an impression that assured the success of the National Army. Small batches of men dribbled in each day until the loth, when the last of the first quota of five per-cent arrived. On that day the Morning Report showed an enlisted personnel of 163 men, including 10 Non- commissioned Officers, who had been sent from the 14th Field Artillery as a training nucleus. During the next few days very little work of a military nature was done; the men were examined and clothed, and the work of cleaning the regimental area began, while awaiting the arrival of the first forty per-cent scheduled the 19th. On the 19th, and 20th, large numbers of recruits were due to arrive from Connecticut and Vermont. The Connecticut contingent arrived in the evening of the 19th. To say that they made a decided impression on the Regiment, would be putting it mildly. The weather was very disagreeable and the roads were even muddier than usual, when the news reached Regimental Headquarters that the whole male population of New Haven was on its way up from the gate. The Captains established themselves behind tables piled high with qualification cards. The Medical Detachment was notified. The Adjutant, Captain Simpson, busied himself with the arrangement of various lists, and made all preparations to pass as many men as possible through the initial examination that night. It was dusk before the hosts from New Haven arrived. Lieutenant Kidder, mounted on a horse borrowed for the occasion, led the parade; THE STORY OF THE 302ND FIELD ARTILLERY 35 while Lieutenant Maclnnis, also mounted, brought up in the rear. The straggling line ot men stretched tar out ot sight — strangers in a strange land. The attempt at a column of tours was soon lost, once a halt was made. "Hail, hail, the gang's all here" seemed to be the chief method ot expressing their like or dislike tor their present condition, hut by no means the only one; some just shouted, tor no particular reason than perhaps to keep up their courage. There were tall men, short men, thin men, and fat men. By the variety ot languages that drifted out ot the rumble ot voices, the nations ot the world were present, even including our enemies. The question, "Where are you men from?" brought forth a roar of " New Havens." Each had a tag tied on his person with " New Haven " printed on it in large red letters. Some wore them in their hats, some in their button holes, while a tew preferred to have them pinned in the middle of their backs. Little Red Cross bags were very much in evi- dence. American Flags were everywhere. One man carried a huge flag which would have done justice to a large Army Post on the Fourth of July. Another man stood out conspicuously on account of his red shirt, whiskers and lack of hat. "As your names are called, answer 'Here,' and go through that door." It was decided not to examine the men that evening but only assign them to batteries. About eighty men were crowded into the Adjutant's office at one time. One new member enlivened the pro- ceedings by throwing a fit in front of Captain Simpson's desk. A very large man handcuffed to a very small man, also added a diversion to the routine. The large man later became Sergeant Craft; the small man was an Austrian who objected strenuously to joining the Army, having two brothers in the German forces. By ten o'clock the last recruit had been disposed of, and the five hundred odd inhabitants ot New Haven were housed in their new home; seven two-story barracks, furnished with rows of little iron spring cots provided with ticks filled with straw. The next few days were devoted entirely to examining and equipping the recruits. Several additional groups ot men arrived. Vermont and Connecticut furnished all ot the men who came during the early days of the Regiment. The Vermont men were put into the First Battalion, 36 THE STORY OF THE 302ND FIELD ARTILLERY while those from Connecticut made up the Second Battalion. This system was adhered to as much as circumstances would allow. The remaining days in September were devoted mostly to preparing the cantonment, as well as the command, for the strenuous period of training to come. Stumps soon disappeared from the immediate vicin- ity of the barracks. The work of clearing the miniature wilderness which Copyright Sanborn Photo Co. Panorama of Camp separated our barracks from those of the 303rd Field Artillery was well under way by the first of October. Clearings made around the officers' quarters improved appearances immensely. It was during this period of general improvement that six additions to the Battery Barracks, the Guard House, Regimental Exchange, and Headquarters Company Barracks, were added to the cantonment. All officers, and Battery Commanders in particular, will remember those first weeks. There were no Mess Sergeants, no Supply Sergeants, no First Sergeants, no Battery Clerks. The Battery Commander in those days scarcely ever left his Orderly Room. There were records without end to make out. The Adjutant's office seemed continually crying out for immediate information. It was a matter of running an organization without any organization with which to run it. About this time the Regiment began to transfer men away. September 22nd saw the first group leave; twenty-two men, and at a very liberal estimate, five out of that twenty-two were Americans. The Foreign Legion was a unified body compared with that gathering of American soldiers which THE STORY OF THE }02ND FIELD ARTILLERY 37 left for Boxford, where they joined the 103rd Field Artillery, 26th Division. By the first of October the first stage of contusion and organization had passed, and the Regiment began to stride out on its long course with more or less assurance of what it was about. With October came the first concentrated efforts at military train- ing. The Regiment now numbered 60 officers and 1049 men. The most Devf.ns, Ayf.r, Man important obstacle to be overcome was that ot training non-commissioned officers. A school for Non-commissioned Officers was established in the Headquarters Company barracks under the supervision of Captain Claffin. Each organization sent all men with prospective non-com- missioned officers' ability to this school. These men were put through a four weeks' course. The work was laid out by Lieutenant Colonel Dantorth, an expert in such undertakings, and, at the end of the four weeks, non-commissioned officers were turned out, able to instruct as well as to carry on the ordinary duties of a non-commissioned officer. While the selected men were being carried on as rapidly as possible in their work, the rest of the men were being grounded in the school of the soldier. Everyone took the same instruction, regardless of his desires concerning his future career in the Regiment. The arrival of 400 recruits on October 3 necessitated some change in the training schedule, but these men were assimilated comparatively easy. The Morning Report of October 4 showed an enlisted personnel of 141.}, the greatest strength ever reached by the Regiment. Sergeants Corporals 1 1 9 IO '.> 9 U 6 15 7 >3 IO 12 9 1 1 I 38 THE STORY OF THE 302ND FIELD ARTILLERV The Non-Commissioned Officers' School ended with a general com- petitive examination, open to all men in the Regiment, held on October 28 and 29. A careful record was kept of the marks and these marks were used as a basis upon which the men were appointed. The first regi- mental formation was held on November 1, at which the names of the non-commissioned officers were read and the appointments authorized. The following non-commissioned officers were appointed: Headquarters Company Band Section Battery A Battery B Battery C Battery D Battery E Battery F Supply Company Total 65 S; With the appointment of non-commissioned officers, the Regiment took on a new lease of life. Not only was the training greatly facili- tated, but the administration of the organization was established on a firm basis. A battery without non-commissioned officers is practi- cally no battery at all; merely a conglomeration of men. The weeks spent upon the training of non-commissioned officers were not spent in vain. They were given a thorough grounding in the rudiments of a soldier, and the slight delay in the development of the Regiment as a whole, was more than compensated for by the excellent work accom- plished by this first group of warrant men. The close of the non-com- missioned officers' school allowed room for the formation of the Head- quarters Company. Both non-commissioned officers and privates were drawn from the Batteries and transferred into the Headquarters Com- pany. The Supply Company was also started as a unit at this time. The period of the school of the soldier was passed. The Regiment now started on its more interesting work of learning artillery. Rapid progress was made until the Winter, with its zero weather, snow, and ice, which made organized training almost impossible. However, by the time winter closed, the instruction had reached its practical limit, considering the utter absence of materiel and equipment. The wooden THE STORY OF THE 302ND FIELD ARTILLERY 39 guns had played their part. Standing gun drill was no longer a novelty. Foot drill was an old story, guard duty was being practiced, rather than studied. Customs and Courtesies had been approached from every angle. The Semaphore and Wig-wag were no more mysteries. Com- puting Firing Data was being mastered by those who were to use it. The great cry was tor equipment. With only one 3-inch battery, instruction of gun squads was slow. In short, the coming of the winter found the Regiment well-established in all the fundamentals of artillery and ready tor equipment. Without it, progress would have been almost impossible, even with perfect weather. It was in this condition that the Regiment plunged into the long winter of 1917-18. The men were trained as soldiers, but the lack of equipment made their further train- ing as expert artillerymen almost impossible. Although the winter as a whole makes a very uninteresting period in the Regiment's development, there are, however, several features and events of those long cold months that deserve a place in this History. It was, above all, a period of schools, individual instruction, Divisional schools, as well as Regimental schools. The instruction in the Regiment was handicapped to a certain extent by the departure of Lieutenant-Colonel Danforth during the first week in November, for Plattsburg. The following is a list of Divi- sional schools with their attendance: Week OF DECEMBFR Is, Kyl- School Officers attending Enlisted Men Anti-gas school h Stable Sergeants' School 3 Coordination I Bakers' school 6 Court-Martial 3 Cobblers' school 1 Equitation 2 Anti-gas school 2 Panoramic Sketching :> Buglers' school 3 Captain duPont's Lectures All officers Blacksmith's school 6 Liaison school s Saddlers' school 4 School of Eire at Et. Sill + Besides the above list of Divisional schools, there were courses of instruction earned out in the Regiment, both for officers and enlisted men; radio, telephone, mapping, gunnery, ballistics, probabilities, cooking, equitation, elements of firing data, blackboard firing, and sev- eral other subjects. The courses ran from one to six weeks, new clas being organized upon the graduation of the preceding ones. Lieutenant 40 THE STORY OF THE 302ND FIELD ARTILLERY Langely on Probabilities was especially interesting. Lieutenant Glover, on any subject whatsoever, was amusing, as well as interesting. Every- one in the Regiment either taught or attended school; and although at the time, the enthusiasm manifested in them was not of the highest order, they served their purpose and helped not only to ground the officers and men in important subjects, but also aided materially in keeping knowledge already gained from slipping the memory. Some new subjects were attached, Anti-gas being the chief of them. The officers' course lasted a week, and those officers who were unfortunate enough to strike a cold week were duly impressed with the discomforts of the small box respirator. A mile hike in masks with zero weather and icy roads is a day's work for any man. Every officer and non-commissioned officer in the Regiment took the course, and at some time or other paid a visit to the "Gas House" near the Base Hospital. Before leaving the subject of schools, the series of lectures on the War given by Lieuten- ant Swift (later Major Swift, Brigade Adjutant) deserves due praise. Officers and men looked forward with eagerness to his talks, which not only described the movements of the armies with accuracy, but likewise brought home to everyone the situation at hand and the duties yet unaccomplished. The schools played their part in the development of the Regiment and their importance cannot be overlooked. Closely allied with the schools were the officers' meetings which, until the club house was completed, were held in the mess hall of the hospital. Everything was discussed, from the price of fur-lined coats to whether squads-right should be done in seven or nine counts. When adjournment was announced within an hour and a half, the evening was a success. Although necessary, the officers' meetings did not make the long winter evenings any shorter — with their hot, sleepy hours, and confidential pamphlets without end. The original number of officers was considerably increased by the arrival, on December 15, of recent graduates from the training camps at Plattsburg and Ft. Niagara. The new arrivals included Major Hadley, Captains Gammell, Amory and Hollister, twenty-eight First Lieutenants, and eleven Second Lieutenants. Lieutenant-Colonel Danforth came back also, but for only a short time, as he was soon sent by the War Depart- THE STORY OF THE 302ND FIELD ARTILLERY 4 1 merit to Camp Jackson, S. C, to start an artillery training camp. Within a few days the novelty of seeing so many new faces wore off, and, except tor a slight rearrangement of duties, the Regiment settled down into its ordinary existence. Captains were leaving regularly tor Fort Sill, and upon the departure ot Captain Lefferts, Captain Hollister was assigned to the Regiment and made Supply officer. With the month of December the Regiment received its first horses. Before the New Year arrived 1006 were sheltered in the group of stables allotted to the Regiment. One thousand horses, without either saddles or harness, became quite a problem. The question "What to do with the men?" was no more the chief topic of discussion; "What to do with the horses?" was now infinitely more vital. The horses on the whole were excellent. Naturally there were some trouble makers, but in a few weeks they became accustomed to their new surroundings and were no longer a cause of annoyance. The horses were assigned to organizations according to color. F Battery, with all grays, made a very striking appearance. Equitation commenced almost immediately. Rings banked with snow served the purpose excellently. Riding in winter, under perfect conditions, has its drawbacks, but riding bareback, with no bridle, on horses not especially adapted to such exer- cises, made the periods anything but enjoyable to the would-be horsemen. On March nth when the weather conditions were just becoming favorable for horse work, the War Department decided that the Regi- ment should be organized as a motorized unit. The first week in April saw the final passing of the horse. It was with a combined feeling of pleasure and regret that the Regiment watched the long line of horses leave the cantonment for the last time, en route for the Remount Depot. The months of grooming and training had been spent in vain. Although, at the time, the majority of the officers and men regretted losing the horses, the months to come brought out only too plainly that the change was for the best. The horse and all that went with it soon became a memory, and the Regiment turned its attention to mastering its new means of transportation: motor vehicles. Glancing back again at the winter as a whole, it is marked by a series of quarantines. Measles was the chief cause. B Battery was 42 THE STORV OF THE 3F THE }02XO FIELD ARTILLERY 47 in civilian lite and these men assisted greatly in this work. A few men were sent auay to receive instruction on tractors, trucks, and motor cycles. By the end of June the Regiment had a sufficient number of motor transportation men to meet its immediate needs. Several Divisional reviews made acceptable breaks in the routine of training. On June 19 a skeleton division formed on the main parade be -*'i h Division. ground while the 4th of July saw a full war strength Division swing by Major-General Hodges. The review on July 4 was the last public appear- ance of the 76th Division, as such, either in America or in Europe. During the latter half of May and throughout June, recruits poured into Camp Devens, having been sent from various other camps in the East to fill the depleted ranks of the 76th Division. On May 21 the Regiment received 290 men from Camp Upton, while on June 23 and 25, 212 more arrived, bringing the Regiment almost up to its required war strength. The recruits were put through a rapid course ot elementary training before being assimilated into the organizations. Throughout May, rumors followed one another in rapid succession, setting the dates for sailing overseas. That the Division was scheduled for an early departure, was evident. June found the rumors more and more persistent. In every regimental cantonment, boxes marked with A. E. I', triangle were very much in evidence. Inspection followed 48 THE STORY OF THE 3<32ND FIELD ARTILLERY inspection. Overseas equipment in large quantities arrived at the camp and was issued to the organizations immediately. A tremendous latent excitement existed throughout the entire cantonment. June 26 saw the advance detachment of the Regiment, which included fourteen officers and twenty-seven men, depart for Europe. Drills became now very perfunctory. Everybody was busy preparing for the final day. Four- day leaves were granted to many men. By the 7th of July all materiel was packed, boxes marked, individual equipment inspected, and an- nounced in order. The only thing lacking was the final order. Late in the afternoon of the 10th of July, a long line of infantry in full marching order tramped past the Regimental Headquarters on its way to the railroad yards in front of the Quartermaster warehouses. Each day saw thousands of men streaming down to the trains. Day and night, trainloads of troops pulled out of the yards. The 76th Divi- sion was moving! The infantry and machine gun battalions had gone. The artillery's turn was next. On July 1 1 an order arrived from the Com- manding General, Port of Embarkation, designating July 15 as the day when the 302nd Field Artillery should bid good-bye to the United States. Headquarters National Army Cantonment Camp Devens, Aver, Mass. confidential July 11, 1918. Special Orders No. 175 9. In compliance with telegraphic instructions from the Port of Embarkation, the following organiza- tions of the 76th Division will proceed so as to arrive not later than 4 A. M. Tuesday, July 16 at B. & A. Pier, Boston, Mass., for embarkation overseas: Ship R. 302nd Field Artillery, 16 officers, 1096 men. 301st Trench Mortar Battery, 3 officers, 159 men. The organizations are authorized to carry a surplus ot enlisted men ot 2 per cent of their authorized strength. This number is in addition to those quoted above. The Commanding Officers will communicate with the Transportation Department, Camp Quartermaster, this station, for information with reference to the trains and hours of departure. The Quartermaster Corps will furnish the necessary transportation. The Commanding Officers concerned will arrange for rationing their men enroute. The travel directed is necessary in the military service. * * * * By Command of Brigadier General McNair: official: M. B. Stewart, R. A. Dunford, Brigadier General, N. A., Major, Infantry, U. S. A., Acting Chief of Staff. Adjutant. THE STORY OF THE }02\D FIELD ARTILLERY Headquarters Port of Embarkation Hobokes, New Jersey SERIAL NO. 2J TENTATIVE AnMONUEN I 49 July 9, 1918. Transport Xo. 601. (England.) B. & A. Piers, Boston, Mass July /6, / ■: — ML - i.llLI T "Hommes 40, Chevaux 8" and marched down the hill again into Le Havre, finally halting in the railroad yard. The train assigned for its use was already made up. To a Regiment fresh from the United States, full of vivid memories of how- troops generally travel at home, the sight of a French troop-train filled the minds of all concerned with varied thoughts; thoughts on the whole not complimentary to the train. For any one who has not seen the French freight car "a large packing box on wheels" is the best descrip- tion. The words, "Hommes 40, Chevaux 8" painted on the side of each car, brought forth a chorus of barnyard cries from the lines of men waiting to board. A train made up of similar cars, loaded with cattle, that happened to pass just then, added greatly to the din. 'Thirty men to each car," was the order. The divisions were soon made, bread and canned stuff loaded into each car, the men climbed into their rolling homes, and after a short delay the long train, with several jerks, started on its journey for Bordeaux, the destination of the Regiment. The novelty of riding in a freight car soon wore off" and the men settled them- selves as comfortably as possible in the little space available. At stated 60 THE STORY OF THE JOiND FIELD ARTILLERY intervals the train stopped, coffee was served, and an opportunity tor washing offered. As the route followed was continually used by Ameri- can troop trains, the population of the towns along the way did not show any unusual excitement at the sight ot another train-load of soldiers from across the sea. In tact, many ot the towns had United States troops billeted in them. The country between Le Havre and Bordeaux does not offer many interesting features, and with the exception ot being crowded and bounced about for two days, the journey was not marked by any important events. Bordeaux was reached on the morning of the 8th. For several hours while nearing the city, the country, as far as the eye could see, was one vast vineyard. After some delay in the station, the train started off again. It was only a matter ot twenty minutes before the train finally backed onto a siding at Cadijauc. The news spread very rapidly that the Regiment was about to experience its first taste ot billet life. It was a short march to Villenave d'Ornon, where the Headquarters Com- pany was detached and sent to its billets. The rest of the Regiment continued on to Pont de la Maye, some two miles away, where the organizations separated, each marching to its respective billets. The billets on the whole were excellent. Headquarters Company camped on the lawn of a beautiful chateau. A nearby grove proved a pleasing spot to pass away idle hours. Colonel Craig made his head- quarters at Villenave d'Ornon. The batteries for the most part also occupied the premises of chateaus. The Supply Company, on the other hand, was not so fortunate, being housed in an old church, which in latter years had been used as a theatre. The surrounding country was ideal. Vineyards on every hand, with numerous shade trees, made an extremely picturesque setting for the many chateaus. Billet life was a strange and new experience for every member of the Regiment; and as strange for the Colonel, living in the midst ot a large French family, as it was for any member of his regiment. Both officers and men had abundant opportunities to improve their slight knowledge of French. The Regiment led a much more disjointed life than when it was quartered in a single cantonment; each battery or company, for all practical purposes, acting as a separate unit. THE STORY OF THE f,02ND FIELD ARTILLERY 6l Upon arriving at Bordeaux, the Regiment found that its status had again heen changed. This time it was to organize as a motorized "4.7" rifle regiment, with three battalions, instead of two as heretofore. Within a very few days, twenty-four "4.7" rifles arrived and the Regiment started to master the construction and operation ot its new materiel. Fourteen Quad trucks were delivered soon after the guns. The Regi- ment remained in Pont de la Maye until it moved to Camp de Souge (14 kilometres from Bordeaux) on September 5. During the month, before moving into the training camp, the men were given thorough instruction in their new gun, much attention also being directed to train- ing additional truck drivers. The advance school detachment which had preceded the Regiment from America, after attending a two weeks course at Yaldehon, had been ordered to Camp de Souge. On August 12 an additional number of officers and men were sent to Souge to take an advance course, making a total detachment of 33 officers and 212 men. The course of instruc- tion covered radio, telephone, orientation, machine gun, materiel, and lectures on general artillery subjects. As may be seen from the above list, the courses were chiefly designed to train specialists and were suc- cessful in this respect. There were only a few incidents that marked the period until the entire Regiment entered upon its course of instruction. On August 11, Lieutenant-Colonel E. R. Warner McCabe reported for duty, immediately making his presence felt throughout the command. On August 29 and September 5 the Regiment took part in reviews, held under the direc- tion of General McNair at Gradignan and Leognan respectively. A few officers and men were sent away to gas schools, while Lieutenants Kidder and Stanton spent three weeks at the front, studying the artillery infor- mation service under the French. On the whole, the first month in France, although not actually spent in a training camp, was very profitable to the Regiment, and, besides the actual artillery knowledge gained, the majority of men had ample opportunity to accustom themselves to the ways ot France. On September 5, one month to a day after arriving in France, The Regiment left its comfortable billets and moved to Camp de Souge. 62 THE STORY OF THE J02ND FIELD ARTILLERY A large number of trucks pulled the guns, also providing a means of transportation tor the men. The long line of trucks, guns and caissons loaded down with men, trundled into camp late in the afternoon. The area just east of the Field Artillery School buildings was assigned to the Regiment, the materiel being parked between the barracks and the school. The barracks were long single story wooden or brick buildings, with cement floors. Rows of double decked bunks lined the walls. The windows were of cloth instead of glass. Each barrack was capable of holding eighty men. The officers occupied quarters near the main gate, nearly three-quarters of a mile from the rest of the Regiment. The change from the vineyards of Pont de la Maye to Camp de Souge was so violent that it took several hours before the Regiment could sufficiently recover from the initial shock to really appreciate its new surroundings; countless barracks finally fading from sight in the heat waves of a veritable desert. Sand without end; dust, great clouds of dust sweeping along like miniature tornadoes. The road was filled with a never-ending stream of men, horses, guns, wagons, caissons, trucks, and automobiles. The continual roar of guns on the range added to the confused mass of impressions that crowded the mind during the first few days; and the flies, myriads of them! They sprang out of the sand by thousands. The kitchens, mess halls, stables, and barracks were black with flies. The water, too, was bad, and, if drunk in large quanti- ties, guaranteed a mild form of dysentery. Wagons loaded with dead horses continually passed along the dusty roads. Here and there a few infant trees struggled for existence. A pine forest bordered the camp on the east and north, while at the other end of the camp the range, a flat brushy waste, stretched out of sight. The row of tribunes, roofed platforms raised on a skeleton of timbers, afforded the only means of observation over the sea of sand. Three sausage balloons floated over the Balloon School; objects of curiosity at first, but soon considered a part of Camp de Souge scenery. Fort Sill or any of the main posts along the Rio Grande were oases compared with Camp de Souge. It was in this atmosphere of sand, flies, and heat that the Regiment began its final weeks of training before taking its place on the line. A staff of instructors from the Field Artillery School had entire HOP Mill 1 Jity^ry IIIIIHIU! ^3-vX V- The Entrance to Camp de Soug 64 THE STORY OF THE 302ND FIELD ARTILLERY charge over the Regiment during its four weeks course. Target practice began on September 10 and continued daily until the final barrage. Either the morning or afternoon was devoted to work on the range, while the other hah of the day was taken up by lectures and classes in vari- ous subjects. The advanced detachment finished its work shortly after the arrival of the Regiment and attended the general course. The evenings were also given over to lectures at which all of the officers were present. During the first two weeks ot the course, the daily life of an officer was one continual rush to and from classes, out to the range, back again for gas drill, rushing to luncheon and rushing away from dinner. The evenings without lectures were greeted as holidays. The adminis- tration of the organizations was left entirely in the hands ot the sergeants. Long truck rides out to O. P. 6 and O. P. 7; the continual roar of the guns, 75 >s > I 55' s an d 4-7's; targets impossible to see, intersections and resec- tions with Pin Repere, Pyronee Poplar, and Pilon Canteen as goededic points, problems with airplanes, balloon problems, lateral observation, map firing, telephone systems, faulty ammunition, continual criticism by the instructors, hours spent with the compass goniometer and plane table, and countless other things crowded themselves into those four weeks in such rapid succession that it was impossible to keep track of the day's work, much less the passage of time in general. The day for the final barrage arrived before many ot the officers and men had suffi- ciently recovered from the whirl of events to realize that they were actually attending a school. At two minutes of eight on the morning of October 5 all the guns were laid and ready to open fire on their objectives. On the firing line, together with the 302nd Field Artillery, were the 347th, also equipped with 4.7's; and the 301st and 346th, two 75 regiments. The ninety- six guns stretched out of sight along the flat plain. At the tick of eight a yellowish-green flash spurted along the line ot tribunes, followed by a stupendous crash; a black line of smoke burst into being along the first objective. The 75's, for the first five minutes, barked away at 6 shots per gun per minute, the 4.7's firing at the slower rate of two shots per minute. For twenty minutes the roar was continuous, the black mass of smoke creeping slowly out across the range. At eight-twenty the ■ The Foir Point Seven American Field Piece -■ "- * '• - i I. I'. 66 roar broke off as abruptly as it had commenced. This barrage, which marked the conclusion ot the Brigade's course ot instruction, was an excellent piece ot work. Before leaving the subject of the final weeks ot training it is neces- sary to mention the two day manoeuvre which commenced October 10. The Regiment went into position during the night, opening fire early the next morning. The firing continued at spasmodic intervals through- out the next twenty-four hours. The manoeuvre was an excellent experi- ence. During those two days the Regiment accomplished more towards fitting itself for work at the front than in any other two weeks of its former training. The 302nd worked in conjunction with the three other regiments with which it had fired the barrage. When the final message came over the telephone to "Close Station" everyone had a thorough feeling of satisfaction. Something had actually been accomplished. Numerous difficulties had been successfully overcome and officers and men were looking forward with confidence to overcoming like difficul- ties, but under conditions ot actual war. The remaining days spent at Souge were an anti-climax. The Regi- ment was ready after the night manoeuvre, and the work that came after this did not increase the efficiency of the organization to any appreciable degree. A tew minor details were smoothed out, but on the whole, the period from then until the Regiment left for the front, may be charac- terized as days of waiting. Besides the actual training undergone at Souge there were other events that stand out as prominent mile stones along the road that led the Regiment to the front. First is the matter of equipment. The week after the regular course of instruction was completed found the Regiment excellently equipped. The congenial methods employed by Captain Hollister, in his ceaseless hunt tor necessities of all sorts, had brought forth their well deserved results. Twenty-four ten-ton Holt tractors, forty trucks, ten Dodge motor cars, six White observation and recon- naissance cars, and twelve motor-cycle side cars comprised the regimen- tal transportation, amply sufficient to meet any ordinary needs. The batteries and Headquarters Company were completely equipped with fire control instruments. The supply ot signal property on hand also 1 'i i u E :-. Mess — SoL'CE Corner of Barracks 68 met the requirements, every organization being especially fortunate in its comparatively large number ot telephones. In regard to personal equipment, every man had the designated articles ot clothing. Shortlv before leaving Souge, rifles were issued to the organizations. This being the first time the Regiment had been equipped with small arms considerable time was devoted to the manual ot arms and target practice. The only question regarding the equipment that troubled the Regiment on the eve of departure, was that of ammunition. From all available reports no shells for the 4.7 had arrived in France, though the supply of shrapnel was sufficient to meet the demands ot two regiments on the line. In passing, it may be said that the 302nd Field Artillery went to the front much better equipped than the average regiment. Anti-gas training was another subject that occupied considerable time during the latent weeks before departure. Although the Regiment passed through the gas chamber on September 26, the instruction in this subject continued throughout the entire stay at Souge. Lieutenant Pollard, the regimental gas officer, was ably assisted in this work by the officers and non-commissioned officers who had attended gas school. The Regiment had changed its official position several times while at Souge; the final disposition found it brigaded with the 303rd Field Artillery, designated as the 151st Brigade and assigned as Corps Artillery. The 76th Division had long since faded into oblivion, as a replacement division. The 301st Field Artillery, a tellow regiment at Camp Devens, found itself brigaded with the 346th Field Artillery and designated as Army Artillery. It was also during this period betore leaving Souge, that the first and only issue of The Rammerstaff, the Regimental paper, made its appearance. The paper was brought out under the guidance ot Corporal Lane of Headquarters Company and, although short lived, proved a great success. The most important and vital event that happened to the Regiment during its entire training in France was the loss ot Colonel Craig. The loss of General McNair by promotion had been a great disappointment to the command, but upon the news that Colonel Craig was no longer Commanding Officer, the feeling was that ot heart-telt regret and sorrow. THE STORY OF THE 302ND FIELD ARTILLERY 69 The Regiment sorrowed at its own loss, but naturally, at the same time, telt proud and honored that its Colonel should be selected tor promotion. Throughout the year that Colonel Craig was with the Regiment he held the esteem and highest respect of every man and officer. Although he himself was no longer a part of the Regiment, his personality had planted itself st) strongly in the minds of all, that his desires and wishes still remained as a background upon which the command acted during the following months. Upon the promotion of Colonel Craig, the command of the Regiment tell to Lieutenant Colonel McCabe, the Brigade being under the com- mand of Brigadier-General Richmond P. Davis. His initial speech to the officers of the Regiment made a lasting impression. No account of the stay at Souge is complete without recalling the epidemic of Spanish Influenza. Until the end of September the Regi- ment had been remarkably fortunate in its few cases. The disease, however, once started, descended upon the huge artillery camp with great Yiolence; but, even while it ran wild in the neighboring organ- izations, the 302nd Field Artillery still kept up its remarkably small sick report until the first of October, when the number of sick began to increase with leaps and bounds. Influenza had arrived in force. Wet, damp days aided the disease in its ravages. On October § the Regiment went into quarantine. By the 10th there were one hundred and thirty cases in the hospital, E Battery leading with twenty-nine men marked "sick in hospital." The dread of the sickness spread throughout every organization. The question "Who will be next?" was uppermost in everyone's mind. Funerals soon began, the band having nearly a daily march to the cemetery. The plot chosen tor the cemetery, a small clearing along the road to Martignas, saw large gatherings every afternoon. As many as ten funer- als were held in a single day. When the Regiment arrived at Souge there were three crosses within the white fence, but when the Regiment left, there were one hundred and fifty-two. It was a gloomy story, with Spanish Influenza as the chief character. Fortune, however, continued to favor the Regiment in the comparatively few number of deaths. Major Sinks deserves great praise tor his excellent judgment in handling ■JO THE STORY OF THE 3, tob Batter) A Buttery B The departure from Camp de Souge marks the end of the first epoch in the Regiment's life. As the last train rumbled away from Bonneau, that large first page of its history slowly swung over, tell with a slam, burying forever the long period of organization and training. The Regiment was on its way to play its part on the front; to perform the duties for which it was organized over a year before. The year's training had turned a heterogeneous body of men into a well disciplined organization. The 302nd Field Artillery rolled along on its way to the battle-line, happy, confident, and eager to join the fighting army before the great war became history. The French troop trains were no longer a novelty. The box cars were taken as a matter of course. But unlike the trip from Le Havre, there was plenty of room, each man having plenty of space, not only for himself, but for his equipment as well. The train followed the main line used by the American Army from Bordeaux to the front. Limoges was the first city of any importance reached after leaving Bordeaux. Chateauroux, Bourges, and Chaumont were left behind in due time. At St. Dizier, the main routing point tor troop trains entering the Toul and \ erdun sectors, the Regiment received its first impression of that territory occupied by the fighting armies. Troop trains, trains filled with supplies and munitions, flat cars loaded with guns, wagons, and other instruments of war, crowded the sidings at St. Dizier. Huge American engines pulling long trains of American freight cars were very much in evidence. Long lines of coaches marked with a big red cross also waited on some of the sidings. The whole atmosphere was far different from that in the S. O. S. At first it gave the impression of con- 72 THE STORY OF THE J02ND FIELD ARTILLERY fusion, but gradually the feeling of tremendous system rolling along at top speed supplanted the first hasty ideas. Everywhere the fact was evident "The Front is Near." From St. Dizier the tour trains were routed to Dugny, a rail head about eight kilometers from Verdun. The first train arrived on Novem- ber ist, just before sundown. The 3rd and 2nd Battalions also pulled in soon after, but the last train, carrying the ist Battalion, did not reach Dugny until well into the next night. E Battery and Headquarters Company, after unloading, marched to Ancemont, where they spent the night. The tew glimpses ot the surrounding country gained betore the sun went down, gave the members ot these two organizations their first impressions of the strange world they had plunged into; a world ot barbed wire, trenches, shell holes, ruins, and camouflage, inhabited only by fight- ing men. The march to Ancemont and the process ot finding billets in the dark also provided many new impressions. "Put out that light!" was a new and strange order. The little narrow streets ot a French town on a cloudy night can be about as black as any place whether on or under the earth, and Ancemont on the night of November first was no excep- tion to the rule. The proximity ot a large naval gun, which roared at stated intervals during the night, also aided in strengthening the theme running through everyone's head, "we are actually at the tront." It is an existing fact of human nature that, when entering upon a new form of existence, certain things which make a tremendous impression at first, are soon considered trivial and matter ot course. This applies especially to the first night near the tront. The utter absence ot lights and the impenetrable blackness made a vivid impression; an impression which was, however, very short-lived, being entirely torgotten atter the third or fourth night. It is a matter of getting accustomed to seeing in the dark, but that first night at Ancemont the Regiment had yet to acquire that very useful habit. The second of November saw all the organizations arrive in Rupt- en-Woevre, with the exception of the ist Battalion. E Battery also had some ot its men billeted in Bouement. Rupt-en-\Yoevre had been acquired through the efforts of Lieutenant-Colonel McCabe. It was Rl'PT-EN-WoEVRE ■ III Fin . , p "v. J" N. 74 THE STORY OF THE J02XD FIELD ARTILLERY excellently situated as an eschelon for the Regiment, immediately in the rear of the sector of the line to be occupied, accessible to the various supplies and ammunition dumps, and sufficiently far off the main road from St. Mihiel to Verdun to miss the great volume of traffic using this important thoroughfare. In the advance party with Colonel McCabe were Major Doyle, commanding the 2nd Battalion, who had been assigned to the Regiment on October 12, Captains Coolidge, Amory, and Claflin, and Lieutenant Ravmond, together with several non-commissioned officers. This advance party had been working in the sector tor a week, choosing bat- talion positions, Command Posts, and in every way possible familiariz- ing themselves with the sector to be occupied. The advance party made St. Mihiel its headquarters, going out to the front each morning. The march of the organization was so regulated that they did not reach Rupt until after dark. Headquarters Company had a com- paratively easy march, but the 2nd Battalion and Supply Company, coming from Dugny, had nearly twenty kilometers of hard road to travel. The last half of the hike was made at night, a dark misty night, over muddv roads, with heavy packs, and the usual night traffic; the most dangerous tvpe being the huge French Camion which sways along through the dark with no lights, keeping on the road by sheer force of habit — nothing else. The twenty kilometers were rude reminders that the quiet life of training was over. The organizations tramped into their new home dog-tired, a few a bit shaky, but all ready to go further if it was necessary. The men were immediately shown to their respective billets. There was no desire to explore the town or the billets that night; the occasional rumble of artillery was not of the slightest interest; sleep was the only thing in demand, where, did n't matter, as long as there was space to lie down. The materiel of the 2nd and 3rd Battalions reached Rupt the night of November 2nd, E and F Batteries parking their guns and tractors in the woods back of the town, while C and D secured their materiel from aerial observation in the buildings of the Amblonville Farm, two kilometers northeast of Rupt. The guns of E Battery, as they turned off the main Verdun road at Genicourt, were greeted by six shells from a M\ IN l\ PI Regimental Hkadi;i utters Ri 76 THE STORY OF THE 302XD FIELD ARTILLERY long range gun. Although the shells struck very close, they did no damage, except tor throwing a bit of mud on Lieutenant Scott's uniform. The whine ot the shells as they passed along on their journey had a remarkable effect on the morale ot the band, which had marched from Dugny and had almost despaired of ever reaching Rupt. The shelling gave new life to several ot the stragglers who had fallen out near the cross roads. By midnight, Rupt, lying a black mass ot billets and deep shadows, had completely swallowed up the arriving organizations. No one stirred on the dark streets except a few sentries. Not a light or a sound betrayed the presence ot nearly one thousand men. The rats, however, as they carried on their nightly manoeuvres, found many strange objects to hinder their journeys, but to the rats ot Rupt, new and strange objects were interesting — not alarming. With the coming ot morning, interest and curiosity gained the upper hand in the minds ot all. Cow sheds, lofts, halls, cellars, and rooms of every description emptied their tenants of the night into the streets. Sleep had had its inning. The men tried first to grasp the features of their immediate surroundings, and then there followed a general tour of inspection of the town. There was nothing exceptional about the little town ot Rupt-en- Woevre, except that it had never been occupied by the troops of the Emperor. Very few ot its brothers and sisters scattered throughout the battle area could say the same for themselves. Within the range of the enemy's guns tor over tour years, and still offering comfortable billets, was another condition decidedly in its favor. Its hundred or more stone houses, clustered together as if for mutual support, had offered the only habitation tor the occupants ot the valley in which it lay. Close lying lines ot hills had protected it from the elements for over a hundred and fifty years, and had been especially helpful during the last four years of its existence, acting as a shield against direct observation from the German lines. Notwithstanding its comparatively favorable location, many Boche shells had wrought havoc in the town, and aerial bombs had also added to the destruction. Gaping holes in many of the walls and roots told their tales of well directed shots, while here and there whole build- Billets " Main Street," Ript-en-Woevre The Grave Yard 78 THE STORY OF THE J02XD FIELD ARTILLERY ings had been turned into crumpled masses of stone and mortar. A single wall or arch here and there were reminders ot the houses that had stood before the war. The destruction, however, had not been general. The Mairie and Church, the two most conspicuous buildings, remained practically unhurt, and throughout the town were plenty ot houses which offered good billets. In some cases tour years of neglect had caused almost as much delapidation as the German shell fire, and the continual presence of troops had in no way aided in the preservation ot either buildings or furniture. The civilian population fled in the Fall of 1914, the Priest and the Mayor alone remaining. The grave yard at the out- skirts of the town, with its several hundred crosses, testified that Rupt had not by any means acted the role ot a silent partner in the events enacted within a few kilometers. The many rows of crosses, with their red, white and blue markers of tin, told the long story of French occupa- tion, while the three rows of brown crosses with their little tin American flags told the same kind of story, but shorter, and about a different nation. The two last crosses bore the regimental designation of the 302nd Field Artillery. Such was the little town of Rupt, battered by tour years of war, but still ready to do all that it could to aid in the defeat ot the enemy who had not only driven off all of its former inhabitants, but also laid waste its surroundings. As one stood on the hill back of the little town and looked up and down the valley, there was not a single sign ot civiliza- tion; the idle fields lay gray and weather-beaten. The bands ot barbed wire, and systems of trenches which zig-zagged across hill and valley, were the only recent signs of the work ot man; a wilderness in one respect, but the frontier of Civilization in another. During the morning of the 3d, while the majority of the Regiment were acquainting themselves with their surroundings, the 1st. Battalion, under Captain Edwards, pulled into Rupt. Regimental Headquarters had already been established in the largest and best preserved house in the town. Majors Doyle and Hadley, with their details, made the final reconnaissance of their future positions. Many other details were attended to by the officers and men whom they concerned. The question of communications, supply of provisions, ammunition, camouflage, \ Battery of 4.' Panorama Rupt-en-Woevre I I '- 1 'IS 1 I'Jl.l 'I KAl IOR 80 THE STORY OF THE JOIND FIELD ARTILLERY building material and gasoline were things that had to be assured before the regiment could hold its place on the line as a fighting unit. The night ot the 3rd saw the guns ot the 2nd Battalion moved into position. It was only a short haul rrom Amblonville Farm to the posi- tions of C and D Batteries, C on the left, and D on the right of the road running east from Rupt, and some two hundred yards rrom the Grande Tranchee. Both positions were located in the forest, there being suffi- cient dugouts to furnish the necessary protection for the personnel. The process of getting the guns into position was not marred by any more difficulties than generally accompany such an undertaking, moving into a new position at night always requiring the overcoming of many diffi- culties. Before daylight the eight guns ot the 2nd Battalion were con- cealed under their camouflage nets, and laici on objectives within the enemy's lines. During the next day the 1st and 3rd Battalions made the final preparations for occupying their positions, the 1st Battalion going into the wooded ridge west ot Les Eparges, while the 3rd took the more advanced position on the ridge west ot St. Remy. A detail, with Lieu- tenant Kidder and Lieutenant Smith, occupied the Regimental Command Post, and the work ot stringing the many telephone lines was well under way before darkness put a stop to further progress. The Regimental Command Post, established in an old German position on the road con- necting the Grande Tranchee and St. Remy, was given the code name of P. C. Coolidge. The Regiment was not entirely in position until the morning ot the 8th, a heavy gas attack on the 3rd Battalion position on the night ot the <;th delaying the movement ot the 3rd Battalion guns from Rupt. The position, however, was already occupied by the personnel, who were constructing the gun pits and shelters. During the night over three thousand gas shells fell in the vicinity, the excellent gas discipline ot the two batteries, however, preventing any serious casualities. The telephone details worked incessantly during their preliminary period: lines were completed from P. C. Coolidge to the three Battalions, and intersecting lines laid; observation posts were established, and communication with Rupt was obtained through a direct line, as well as u 82 THE STORY OF THE /J02ND FIELD ARTILLERY by connecting with the Signal Corps system. Nearly forty miles ot wire were in operation by the morning ot the 7th, an accomplishment which deserves due praise to the men who were occupied on this work. The service ot supply was assured by the arrival on November 6 of the truck convoy, Major Gammell having joined the day before with the majority of the touring cars. Although the Regiment as a unit was not completely in position until the morning of the 8th, the 2nd Battalion fired the first shot of the Regiment at the Hun on the tick of midnight, November 6. General Davis, together with several members of his staff, arrived at the 2nd Battalion positions shortly after eleven o'clock. Colonel Piatt, who had just assumed command of the Regiment, was taken out to the positions by Lieutenant-Colonel McCabe. Major Doyle, Captain Coolidge, and Captain Streeter ot the Medical Corps were also among the little group of officers who gathered back of Number 1, of C Battery. The guns had been laid before the party arrived. The tour muzzles stared into the eastern sky; the little slits ot light on the aiming stakes winked occasionally at the big steel machine which they were directing; the time had come. Captain Byles stepped into the gun-pit and pulled the lanyard. There was a flash, followed by a roar, and the projectile rushed off upon its errand. The first shot of the Regiment was on its way; the first shot, not only of the Regiment, but the first shot ever fired at the Germans by American-made Field Artillery. The few days which passed until the afternoon ot the 10th were not unusual, as tar as days go on the front. The working day at the front was made up of twenty-four hours, the night being by tar the more active. When the roads became sufficiently dark, the trucks would leave Rupt loaded with supplies for the various batteries. The roads .were dark, rough, slippery, and dangerous, but the excellent work of the drivers always brought them back in Rupt before daylight. The truck driver, as he left Rupt for the 3rd Battalion, had before him a night's work, the accomplishment ot which deserves the utmost credit. As he rumbled out from the black shadows ot Rupt only a few feet ot the road were visible, a grayish streak soon lost in the black wall of the night. The constant rains and fog made the surface like glass; MOUILLY Up the Valley towards the Grande Tranchee The Old German Front 1 .1 N E The Road Down to the Valley 'jAjfMm 84 THE STORY OF THE J02ND FIELD ARTILLERY numerous chuck holes, filled with water, appeared harmless in the dark. Slowly the truck bounced along, took the right hand turn before reaching Amblonville Farm, and, slipping and sliding, now on this side and now on that, finally rolled into the black street of Mouilly. The skeleton walls resounded with the throbs of the engine; the M. P.'s whistle on the cross roads signalled a clear track; up the valley towards the Grande Tranchee the road became a mass of bumps, ruts, and shell holes; the blasted forest lifted its skeleton arms towards the forbidding sky. A 60 centimeter train wheezed along the wooded ridge. The little engine strained under its load of" provisions and ammunition. At the Grande Tranchee a string of ammunition carts blocked further progress for several minutes. The steaming horses, as they loomed out of the mist, floundered and splashed through the shell holes on the cross roads. The truck driver, in his eagerness to cross before another midnight caravan delayed him, stalled his engine. Before his assistant could turn the heavy crank, a company of machine gunners poured up the Grande Tranchee, evidently having just been relieved. The ears of the pack mules flapped lazily with every step, a pleasing diversion in the gliding line of shadowy men and animals. The way clear, over the Grande Tranchee and towards St. Remy bounced the truck. The masses of barbed wire, once protecting the German front line, assumed peculiar contortions in the night mist. The flash of a nearby gun revealed for an instant the devastated front line. As the truck strained over the narrow gauge, the driver instinctly looked up as the shrill whine of a German shell announced trouble for the cross roads; a flash, immediately followed by a crash, announced the arrival of the 77 mm. shell. A negro, a member of some labor battalion who was out for his nightly stroll, decided that the ditch was much safer than the road. Several more shells whined over the truck before it reached P. C. Coolidge. A short stop at P. C. Coolidge to deposit rations was a pleasing relaxation, but the night was none too long for the round trip, and un- avoidable delays were liable to occur. The down grade into St. Remy was slippery, the heavy truck persistently sliding into the ditch. When half of the slippery descent had been left behind, the driver stoppeci his truck and listened. Out of the black valley came the moaning of a THE STORY OF THE ^OZND FIELD ARTILLERY S5 sirene; a weird sound, and a sound full of meaning; above the sirene wobbled the gas shells, the dull puff as they struck the ground in St. Remy barely audible; other gas alarms took up the warning; the valley resounded with numerous clankings and shrieks. The driver stopped his engine and settled down for a wait until the Huns decided that they had thrown enough gas into St. Remy. Nearly an hour went by before an infantryman coming back from the line announced that the gas had dispersed. Numerous wagons, trucks, and carts had halted back of the truck. The driver proceeded down the remainder of the hill, through the ruined St. Remy, where the odor of gas was still in the air, and up the rut-lined road which climbs the last row of hills bordering the plain. It was past midnight when the driver backed his truck up to the 3rd Battalion dump. The waiting detail soon unloaded the next day's supplies, and the driver and his assistant sat and listened to the rumblings of the never ending battle line as they waited for various papers which were to be taken back to Rupt. There were a few seconds of absolute quiet, and then there came a faint murmur from far to the north. Some battery near Verdun was worrying the Hun. After another second of absolute stillness — "whine — bang!" — and the Germans had started to harass another portion of the night's traffic. Ten or a dozen shells moaned through the air. As the listeners waited for the high pitched whine of the next shell a nearby 75 mm. battery barked away for a few minutes. The last shell rushed out of hearing and the stillness again became master, only to be broken by the patter of a distant machine gun. Flashes stabbed the darkness, resembling a huge electric car system on a rainy night. The heavy reports of a 155 mm. battery made the 75's seem insignificant. The buzz of several airplanes, on their way to bomb some back area, throbbed down from the heavens. The two men were straining their eyes in a vain attempt to see the night bombers, when a messenger brought the expected papers, and the start of the journey back to Rupt stopped any further listening to the nervous rumblings of the front. The seven miles of mud-soaked road still lay before the laboring truck before it could call its night's work over. The return trip found the roads just as slippery, the holes just as big, and the night just as dark. 86 THE STORY OF THE 302XD FIELD ARTILLERY As the first streaks of gray were breaking through the mist, the driver backed his truck under a shed, took a last look at his mud-bespattered F. W. D., and went away to catch a few hours of sleep. Such rides were nightly occurrences for the truck drivers, and the greatest credit is due the men who handled the transportation during the sojourn at the front. During the hours that the truck drivers were creeping laboriously over the slimy roads, the gunners, at stated intervals, were directing their shells at targets within the enemy's lines. The fire carried on by the Regiment was entirely of a harassing nature. In the early hours of November 9 the Regiment took part in its first operation with other troops. The 33rd Division, which was holding the line in front of the regimental sector, staged a raid into the Woevre Plain. The operation was successful, the raid being directed against St. Hilaire. The following orders were issued in connection with the operation: Headquarters icist Field Artillerv Brigade American Expeditionary Forces France memorandum: November 8, 1918. No. 8. To C. O, 302nd F. A. 1. Available guns will deliver harassing fire on night November 8-9, beginning at 24 hours and ending not later than 3 hours, on the following targets: Maizeray Pintheville-Pareid Road Pintheville-Maizeray Road Butgneville and St. Hilaire The latter very important. 2. Ammunition may be used up to the amount of daily authorized expenditure. 3. This fire will be as an aid to an action in the nature of a raid, to take place in the region of St. Hilaire and Butgneville. 4. Between 5 and 6 hours, November 9, at intervals, there will be considerable concentrated fire delivered on Pintheville. By Command of Brigadier General Davis: Parton Swift, PSA/PJD Major, Field Artillery, Adjutant. Headquarters 151ST Field Artillery Brigade American Expeditionary Forces France memorandum: November 9, 1 91 8 . No. 12. For Regimental Commanders. I. The Brigade Commander announced with much pleasure that the Divisional Commander of the 33rd Division expressed extreme satisfaction at the excellent results of last night's fire. By Command of Brigadier General Davis: Parton Swift, RPD/PID Major, Field Artillery, Adjutant. Th i. M KIN Street in I Eparges The Valley IN WHICH LAY St. Rem. The Valley Looking Toward Crater Hii.i. 88 THE STORY OF THE J02ND FIELD ARTILLERY The life at the eschelon was comparatively quiet with one exception. On the night of the 5th, just before midnight, the inmates of Rupt were awakened by "Fire Call." The warning notes of the bugle brought everyone into the streets with a rush. The cause of the alarm was only too evident. A large shed and loft, used by the Supply Company as a store house, was a mass of flames. Great clouds of flame and smoke hurdled into the air, and muffled explosions told their tale of gasoline. Nearly one thousand gallons of gasoline were feeding the fire that had already gained tremendous headway. Everything possible was removed from the adjacent buildings. The crackle of small arms ammunition rose above the roar of the flames and exploding barrels of gasoline. The town became brilliantly illuminated, the low lying clouds reflecting the flow. When the fire was at its height, the hum of an airplane announced the presence of an undesirable visitor. Whether friend or enemy, no one knew, but after circling the town several times, the night flier dis- appeared. Everyone expected momentarily the commencement of a bombardment, but the Huns were evidently engaged in other directions. The fire finally died a natural death, and, upon examining the ruins, the charred body of a man lay smouldering in the debris. The fire had destroyed a large quantity of supplies, together with nearly all of the records of the Supply Company. By the 10th of November, the Regiment had completely established itself on the line, and had become familiar with its sector. The line of hills bordering the Woevre Plain, the valley in which lay St. Remy, Les Eparges and Mesnil, and the wooded hills to the east, had all been explored. The Grande Tranchee, running through the forest in a north and south direction, was a familiar thoroughfare. The favorite points at which the opposing Germans directed their fire were soon learned by everyone who travelled the roads. Visits were exchanged with the neighboring batteries, and with the infantry. The continual presence of airplanes during the day no longer attracted attention. The white and black puff's, dotting the sky as some anti-aircraft gun indulged in its favorite pastime, no longer were the cause of breathless speculations. The regiment had settled down into its new life, and took existing events as a matter of course. R-5 o u cd tt V) O O c = r^ "z H JS i-i -J OJ < ~ z < tij C/] Bj _^ .__ , CJ _« O y o Sit -H J EA U « II 9. r- YVoevre lay Conflans, Briey, and Metz. At noon on the loth, the 2nd Army began an operation in force, with Conflans and Briey as its immedi- ate objectives, its ultimate objective being to swing around Metz from the north, and, in conjunction with a French army pushing up from the south, to completely cut off the stronghold from communications with the Fatherland. The 151st Field Artillery Brigade was attached to the 2nd French Colonial Corps, which was operating with the Second Ameri- can Army in the move against Metz. The 33rd Division held the line immediately in front of the 302nd Field Artillery. At noon on November 10 the artillery all along the line opened up, preparing the way for a raid in force, which was to take place early in the afternoon, and to ascertain as correctly as possible the amount of opposition to be met with in crossing the Plain. The Germans soon took up the challenge, and began shelling roads, towns, and positions along the immediate front. A lively artillery duel resulted. At the stated hour, the infantry advanced and met very heavy resistance, consisting chiefly of machine guns. After overcoming stubborn outposts, the 33rd Division entered Manheulles, and pushed the enemy back farther to the south. Before dark, a German barrage, followed by a counter attack, not only stopped further advance, but also forced the American troops to relinquish their gains east of Manheulles. The ground gained in the vicinity of St. Hilaire, however, was held intact. As darkness shut down the battle developed, and the rattle of machine gun and rifle fire rose and fell above the continual rumble of the guns and exploding shells. A mist prevented the parties in the observation posts from gaining much information. During the night, the Plain took on the aspect of a huge Fourth of July celebration. Vivid flashes, rockets, flares, and countless spurts of flame, lighted up the fog. During the afternoon an order reached P. C. Coolidge assigning the two French 155 mm. batteries to the 302nd Field Artillery. The eight batteries were designated as the Groupment Piatt. It was not until some time after the infantry had attacked that P. C. Coolidge could gain any definite information regarding the out- come of the operation. The heavy firing told plainly of a concerted action, but no accurate information was available. Field Orders Number Manhei'lles ,- A German Machine Gun Emplacement that held up our Infantry Woevre Plain 94 THE STORY OF THE J02ND FIELD ARTILLERY 3 threw some light upon the subject, although the Germans had com- menced their counter attack before the order arrived. The raid, which started merely as a preparatory reconnaissance, had developed into the main attack. Headquarters kist Field Artillery Brigade American Expeditionary Force, France Field Orders: November 10, 1918. No. 3. 1. In the front ot the 33rd Division in this sector and of the 81st Division on its left, the enemy has been driven back, and our troops occupy approximately the line Manheulles-Fresnes-Marcheville-St. Hilaire-Bois de Warville. The advance is meeting resistance, with strong machine gun fire by the enemy. 2. On the morning of November II, a further attack will be made in a general northeasterly direction, to such a depth as may be necessary to maintain contact with the enemy. 3a. The 303rd F. A. and the Groupement Piatt (consisting of the 302nd F. A. and two French batteries) will be prepared to support the attack with accompanying, counterbattery, interdiction or harassing fire on objectives to be indicated. 3b. There will be no firing on points south or west of the line Henxemont-Pareid-Allamont-Brainville except on order trom these Hqtrs., or on special request from the intantry transmitted by a regimental or higher commander thereof. Fire may be delivered elsewhere upon such order or request, and against enemy batteries reported as actually firing upon friendly position, during such fire. 3c. One officer and necessary enlisted personnel will report at once from each artillery groupement as liaison officer to each intantry brigade taking part in the advance. Since the precise rate and extent ot the intantry advance are not fixed, the ability ot the artillery to support the infantry safely and efficiently depends on liaison. Each artillery groupement will secure such telephone communications as are possible with the infantry, and will study and take advantage of every possible means of liaison with the Infantry Brigades. 4. Messages to P. C. Davis, Creue. PSA Davis. The battalion commanders were immediately notified to make reconnaissances tor advance positions, and plans were set on foot to move P. C. Coolidge down on the Plain. All available telephone wire was collected, but the supply was far below the quantity required to keep up communication during advance. The arrival of Memorandum Number 15 gave the necessary order to move, but the instructions were so general that P. C. Coolidge issued additional orders designating the positions to be occupied. Headquarters 151st Field Artillery Brigade American Expeditionary Forces, France memorandum: November 10, 1918. No. 15. To Commanding Officer, 302nd Field Artillery. 1. Put one Battalion on the plain in front of the left in such position as you select. Tresauvaux and Saulx seem the natural places. However, you are not confined to these particular places. 2. Put another Battalion on the move to take its place on the right flank tomorrow. 3. Keep the 3rd Battalion in reserve opposite the center of the line, using it to fire tonight if it is not already out of position. by Command of Brigadier General Davis: Parton Swift, PS, PJD Major, Field Artillery, Adiutant. The Road from Les Ei'arces to Tresauvaux Six iv Centimetei Train 96 THE STORY OF THE J02XD FIELD ARTILLERY It was decided to lea\'e the 3rd Battalion in its present position. The 2nd Battalion was to be held in readiness, drawn up along the Grande Tranchee, while the 1st Battalion was to take up an advance position in Tresauvaux. Earlier in the afternoon the 2nd Battalion had received, by telephone, instructions to move down into Bonzee, but the order was soon counter- manded. The manoeuvre, carried out in broad daylight, in sight of the German batteries, would have been very disastrous. Orders were sent out from P. C. Coolidge about six o'clock, which set the 1st and 2nd Battalions in motion. There had been a meeting or the battalion commanders at Rupt earlier in the afternoon, at which the various details had been discussed. The 2nd Battalion left its old position, and moved south along the Grande Tranchee, halting near the eschelon of the 114th Field Artillery. This Battalion remained in readiness throughout the night; its telephone detail, under Lieutenant Simpson, anticipating a move forward, had constructed a telephone line nearly to Bonzee, but this line was never used. The 1st Battalion, which up to now had not fired a shot, pulled out or its gun pits, and drew up on the road leading to Mesnil, waiting tor the return of Major Gammell and the battery commanders, before it started tor its new position. The eight tractors roared along, pulling the heavy guns and caissons without the slightest difficulty, going south along the Grande Tranchee, then turned lett down the road that went past P. C. Coolidge. The red-hot exhausts glowed like beacon lights. Once down in the valley, the Battalion took the left hand road leading towards Les Eparges. Both St. Remy and Les Eparges were being shelled as the guns swung into the valley road. Columns ot infantry rested in the bordering fields, waiting to take part in the attack. Machine gun companies, ammunition carts, caissons, ambulances, and detach- ments ot engineers pulled off to one side as the tractors splashed and jolted through the mud. Through Les Eparges and to the right, up the last slope trudged the Battalion, past the first aid station on the pitch ot the hill, over the crest, and down the last slope. The Woevre Plain, at the height ot its Fourth of July splendor, now lay in plain view. It seemed more than probable that the exhausts of the tractors would draw The Grave Yard at ARCES The Craters The Chcrch at Les Fparges 98 THE STORY OF THE 302ND FIELD ARTILLERY the fire of the German batteries, but the batteries reached the limited protection offered by the ruined walls of Tresauvaux without suffering any casualties. Battery A went into position on a sunken road to the left ot the Les Eparges - Fresnes thoroughfare, B Battery placing its guns in an orchard to the right. The remains of Tresauvaux lay between the batteries and the enemy. As the batteries were preparing their positions with all possible haste, shells crashed into the town, and the hill back ot A Battery soon received a large number of — 's. When the shelling increased towards morning, the men took shelter in nearby trenches and dugouts, awaiting the orders to fire. The exact position of the American front line was so uncertain that it was impossible to open fire without instruc- tions from the Regimental P. C. The morning light crept slowly over the plain. Luckily the fog shut in thicker than ever, protecting the two exposed batteries from direct observation. Shells continued to land in and about Tresauvaux, the Germans mixing a tew gas shells in with their high explosives. The batteries remained inactive through the morn- ing, though continually under fire, and chafing to take up the German batteries' challenge. Every man and officer longed to take an active part in the battle that was being fought on the plain beyond, but the much desired orders to open fire never came. With the coming of day, the infantry all along the plain advanced again to the attack. Reenforcements had been brought up during the night, and many of the light batteries had taken up advanced posi- tions. Low flying airplanes, both Allied and German, skimmed over hill and plain, vainly attempting to locate the changing battle line. The officers at P. C. Coolidge directing the operation ot the Regi- ment, were just about to designate targets to the ist Battalion when Brigade Headquarters called up, transmitting the following information : "The armistice goes into effect at 1 1 :oo A. M. today. There will be no more firing whatsoever." Rumors about the coming armistice had been circulating freely all night, but it was not until 7:30 A. M. on the morning of the nth that definite orders, proclaiming the coming end ot hostilities, reached Regi- mental Headquarters. The "Cease Firing" order was quickly trans- German Tank-Mine- West of Manheulles A Diu IOO THE STORY OF THE J02XD FIELD ARTILLERY mitted by telephone to the two battalions on the line, and the members of P. C. Coolidge sat in the chart room, staring blankly at the map- covered walls, dimly aware ot the rumble ot the battle a few kilometers awav. The information that the war was shortly to be over, would cause such a tremendous change in the lite ot the world, that it was impossible for any human mind to grasp even a slight part ot its significance. The ist Battalion called up frantically asking tor permission to open fire. Lieutenant Colonel McCabe's reply that the war was over brought forth storms of protests from the other end ot the wire. Protests cen- tered about the fact that the battalion was that very minute being shelled with mustard gas. The only definite orders issued by P. C. Coolidge in answer to this request were to put the men in a sate place. Shortly after nine o'clock a batch ot German prisoners tramped past under guard. The battle to the northeast was momentarily increasing. The 8ist Division (commonly known as the Wild Cats) were either meeting stub- born resistance or pushing the attack to the limit. Motor ambulances began to go by in increasing numbers. The anti-aircraft guns were continuous in their protests against low flying Boche planes. A strange feeling of doubt crept into the minds ot the little group of officers at P. C. Coolidge as the rumble ot the battle increased. Not a moment went by without someone looking at his watch. The telephone rang continuously. Everyone was demanding information. "Is it going to stop or not?" was the great question. A company ot infantry swung by on its way to the line. The cross roads down in the valley were receiving more than their usual share ot shelling. The rapid suc- cession of whines preceding the explosions were distinctly audible. The morning dragged by. It seemed days since the message re- garding the armistice came over the wire. Ten-thirty, and the cannon- ading and rattle of small arms persisted in violence. A last frantic appeal from the ist Battalion to be allowed to fire, was considered tor the moment; a request to Brigade Headquarters tor permission to return the fire of enemy batteries brought the answer that hostilities had ceased. Brigade Headquarters in St. Mihiel was too tar away to hear the battle. Ten forty-five, and there were no signs of the armistice ever going into effect. Reports from the forward observation posts brought only infor- THE STORY OF THE 302ND FIELD ARTILLERY IOI mation of heavy tiring all along the Plain. (). F. Kidder, on the nose of Fes Eparges ridge, was shelled intermittently.. Ten minutes more — ■ five minutes more — everyone kept his eyes on his watch. Not only at P. C. Coolidge, but all along the two hundred miles of battle front, thousands of men were watching their watches tick off those last tew minutes. Two minutes of eleven, and the whine of a Boche shell was a plain reminder that the war was still on. One minute ot eleven; the rumble of the battle seemed to be dying; yes — no- yes. By two minutes past only an occasional shot echoed up the valley. Five minutes past eleven, and the stillness was nerve racking. The time-keeper's whistle had blown, and the big game was over. A taint cheer from away out in the mist broke the silence tor a minute. Everyone stopped whatever he was doing. Along the roads, as tar as the eye could reach, not a soul moved. Five minutes before a tremendous machine had been in motion; thousands ot men rolling forward, but now everything had stopped. A strange feeling ot fatigue descended upon man and beast. AVas the war really over? It seemed impossible. There was no cele- brating, no dancing, no singing or shouting. The wild enthusiasm which shook the cities ot the Allied Nations did not reach the front. The taint cheer that echoed back through the mist was meagre and short lived, — probably a reserve company on its way to the tiring line was rejoicing at the prospect ot immediate rest and food. The traffic, momentarily paralyzed by the sudden cessation of the battle rumble ot years, soon started moving again. The men smiled a bit more than usual, a few shook hands as they met, but no celebrating could penetrate the stupor that hung over the front. Down on the Plain, the infantry rested where it had stopped. Some men talked, others watched, but the majority slept. Here and there sprawled an American or a Boche who had made the supreme sacrifice on the last day of the war. In Manhuelles, where the fighting had been especially bitter, a small band ot negro engineers were picking up heaps ot O. D. and depositing them none too carefully in a little shell-torn graveyard. The sight of dead comrades, comrades who tor all sense and purpose had been killed needlessly, did not make the troops feel like bursting out into any form of organized celebrating as they marched back from the lines. The IOZ THE STORY OF THE 3 Helping to Pass the Monotonous Days The Officers' Mess IOS THE STORY OF THE J02ND FIELD ARTILLERY level. Continual rains had turned the barracks into a flock of arks. Kitchen, mess halls, officers' quarters, all were surrounded by a sea. The mental state of some of the officers reached such a point that they took up sailing homemade boats from their door steps. The arrival of an order allowing twenty per cent of the command to be on leave at anv one time, the gradual recession of the rains, and the increased interest in athletics brought the morale back to its former high standard. The command finally resigned itself to an indefinite stay at Souge, rumors no longer had their heart-rending effects, and officers and men settled down to wait, making the best of the existing conditions. Several times during February there were persistent rumors that General Pershing, the Commander-in-chief, was about to visit Camp de Souge to review the Brigade. The rumors culminated in definite instructions from Headquarters of Base Section No. 2, that the General would arrive at Camp on or about February 28. Several practice reviews were held in anticipation of the coming event. The exact time of his arrival in Camp was finally fixed for 1 1 o'clock, February 28. The Brigade, together with all the other troops in Camp, were massed north of the motor park. As the General's special Locomobile came to a stop, a large Bugle Corps sounded four flourishes and the General's March. After exchanging formalities with the Camp Commander, the General, followed by his large staff, proceeded to inspect the troops. The General inspected every organization of the Regiment, his military bearing and strength of character impressing itself upon the minds of all. The Regi- ment made an excellent appearance and brought forth only favorable comment from the Commander-in-chief. After the inspection General Pershing mounted, and took up his position at the reviewing post. The combined bands of the 302nd and 303rd regiments moved into position. The 303rd led the review. The Regiment, in line of squad columns, swung by, a sea of steel helmets and rifles. The 302nd followed at the prescribed interval. The alignments and step were excellent. The heavy marching order increased the impression of military strength. After the last organization had doubled away from the reviewing officers, the officers and non-commissioned officers of the Brigade gathered about the Commander-in-chief. In the few minutes that followed General no Pershing thanked officers and men tor their help in bringing about the final victory. It was the heart-felt appreciation ot a Commanding Gen- eral for his troops, a final word ot praise, and best wishes tor the tuture. The Regiment esteemed the honor ot being reviewed by the Commander- in-Chief, considering it more than a fitting climax to. its stay in the A. E. F. The remaining days at Souge were spent in the accustomed manner; a short drill period, followed by a regimental parade, now comprising the onlv military work. During these weeks the Regiment materially increased in smartness under the direction ot Major Gammell. During the first week in March many officers lett the Regiment for various universities in France and England. The tears, however, of many of these officers were contradicted by the arrival ot an order directing the Regiment to enter the Embarkation Camp at Genicart before noon on March 19. The Regiment moved to Genicart in motor trucks. The joy and relief at leaving Souge was unbounded. The rain did not detract from the pleasure ot the ride that took the Regiment away from their home for the past two months. The recollections of the next three days drift back as a series ot sleep- less nights and foodless days. One night was spent at the so-called "Dirty Camp," then a short march to the "Clean Camp," where the Regiment underwent the systematic operation ot being relieved of most of its personal belongings. The rightful name of the institution through which the Regiment streamed was "the delousing plant." It was gen- erally and commonly known as "the Mill." Men entered its walls well clothed, free from bodily inhabitation, and generally pleased with life. They came out with ill fitting clothes, minus many personal belongings, and with an attitude anything but favorable towards the Army or any- thing that had to do with it. To a regiment well equipped and well cared for, the Mill could hardly be described as a benefit. Early the next morning, in fact before daylight, the organizations were formed in heavy marching order, and the Regiment tramped away from Genicart as the first feeble streaks of gray struggled through the mist and rain. The march to Bassens, some seven miles away, was made in a driving rain. As the long column of twos splashed along through the mud there Rkc.imf.si Passing i\ Review Before iue Commander-in-Chief w&yj. **-$ Rei IMENTAL Review at Camp DE SouCE 112 THE STORY OF THE 302ND FIELD ARTILLERY were many speculations and comparisons voiced by the dripping mem- bers of the 302nd Field Artillery. The name of the Mill occurred often, generally not in a complimentary manner. After passing long lines of docks, the Regiment finally halted in a large shed occupied by the Ameri- can Red Cross. The pleasing and efficient manner in which the mem- bers of this organization distributed sandwiches, coffee and candy to the hungry men was an enjoyable relief after the struggle ot the past two days. The sight of American girls was appreciated beyond description. After partaking freely of the hospitality of the Red Cross, the Regiment marched to the boat that was to carry it down the Gironde. The two lines of men that streamed over the gang plank disappeared into the hold. How all of the men got onto the little boat was a mystery. The trip down the Gironde was of short duration, Pauillac being reached in about two hours. A high wind, driving before it a cold rain, did not add to the first impressions received at Pauillac. As the organizations came off the boat thev were formed and marched away; some were fortunate enough to be assigned barracks, but the majority were housed in old hangers or huge sheds, formerly used by the Naval Air Service as machine shops. The Embarkation Camp had been a Naval Aero Station, and the con- glomeration of sheds, shops, hangers, and barracks, clustered along the river bank, did not look inviting. The knowledge, however, that the next move would be the last one in France, brightened the prospects of cramped quarters, and the Regiment settled down to wait again, minus many of the forebodings that surrounded the long stay at Souge. The weeks spent at Pauillac never reached that monotonous proces- sion of days which characterized the months of January and February at Souge. The country surrounding the Embarkation Camp was inter- esting: it was a huge vineyard dotted here and there by chateaux and small villages. For the first week, therefore, the morning road marches proved an interesting, as well as beneficial form of exercise. After all of the organizations had become thoroughly familiar with the nearby scenery however, the morning excursions into the country were not greeted with their former enthusiasm. Officers and men alike were permitted to leave the camp only in formation. The confinement imposed by the camp authorities seemed hardly justified. The officers Amerii Kmbarkation C IM r, I'm h Fran 1 HE Battalion Hall 114 THE STORY OF THE 302XD FIELD ARTILLERY from behind the high barbed wire fence that surrounded their quarters watched the trusted German prisoners wander along the road with envi- ous eyes. If the Regiment had been allowed to leave the Camp at will, the associations connected with Pauillac would have been far brighter. There was, however, one form of enjoyment that the camp authorities did not attempt to hinder; namely, watching for ships. From dawn to sunset, that part of the camp bordering the river was lined with men eagerly watching for their ship to come in. Each steamer that passed, whether transport or freighter, was greeted with wild cheers of delight. The enthusiasm aroused by crowded transports going downstream, how- ever, was not so marked. Each ship that passed the camp was the basis for countless rumors. Rumors spread like wild fire from one end of the camp to the other, the magic sailing date always receding, a phantom that continually danced before the eyes of the Regiment, but never came near enough to take definite form. It was nearly two weeks after the arrival of the Regiment at Pauillac before the first troops left. The knowledge that a ship had actually stopped at the camp electrified everyone with joy. Once the ice had been broken, ships docked and took away their eager hundreds in astounding regularity. By the tenth of April the four thousand troops that were ahead of the Regiment had dwindled to a few hundred. The next boat would be ours. The good news came in due time that the 303rd and approximately half of the 302nd would sail on the Santa Rosa, on or about April 13. This information brought a mixture of feelings. The pleasure aroused by the knowledge of an early sailing was materially reduced by the tantalizing question "Who will be left?" The choice of the organizations to go on the Santa Rosa was decided by lot. Only the organization commanders can appreciate the terrible suspense before the fatal drawing. Batteries B, C, and D were finally picked as the winners. There were, however, enough remaining places so that each of the organizations left behind could select between 20 and 30 men who were urgently needed at home, to go with the first contingent. As the three Batteries formed for the last time on French soil, there was a universal feeling of sadness. Everyone felt that in a few minutes the 302nd Field Artillery would be broken up forever. It was extremely u. s. s. Santa Rosa A I Si a I Il6 THE STORY OF THE 302ND FIELD ARTILLERY disappointing to the officers and men to see the Regiment split in such an unsatisfactory manner and go back and scatter to its hundreds of homes without some sort of final formation befitting the occasion. But such are the ways of the army and the lucky half of the 302nd sailed away for America, leaving the unlucky half wondering when its turn would come. Although it was only a week before the longed for ship arrived, those seven days, filled with visions of becoming Casual companies and cor- responding delays, seemed like months. The Canandaigua, one of the old mine-laying fleet, was assigned to carry the remainder of the Regi- ment home. Batteries A, E, F, Headquarters and Supply Companies sailed on Easter Sunday, April 21, the last glimpses of the French shore bringing forth no feelings of sadness or regret. The Canandaigua, as well as the Santa Rosa, were typical of the converted transports. Four tiers of bunks, crowded decks, congested quarters and long mess lines were discomforts annulled by the fact that each day brought home several hundred miles nearer. The trips of both ships were marred by rough weather and slight break downs; the Santa Rosa had engine trouble while the Canandaigua drifted for twelve hours off Nantucket lightship with a disabled rudder. The delays and rough weather, however, were soon forgotten when once the ships steamed up Boston harbor. The Santa Rosa landed its quota on April 26, while the Canandaigua docked on May 3. The transports were met by two steamers carrying friends and relatives, who showered the returning troops with doughnuts and candy. The same chorus of whistles welcomed home the Regiment that nearly ten months before had sped it on its way. France, with its many memories, was lost in the flood of delightful impressions aroused by the first glimpse of the United States. Each man, as he stepped off the gang plank, was full of unbounded apprecia- tion of his own country. "How different things are here than in France!" was the thought uppermost in the minds of all. After the troops had been formed, rolls called, and the Red Cross had distributed eatables, the men filed into day coaches that took them to Camp Devens. What a difference between day coaches and the "Homines 40, Cheveaux 8" of the olden days! Wooden houses, stone walls, real street cars, all were Welcome Home ' Landing at Commonwealth Pier The CaNANDAICI A I 1 8 THE STORY OF THE 3 1 New Haven, Conn. Kenney, Harold F.; Mus.icl, 67 Belmont St., Cambridge, Mass. Kenniston, Luther E.; Pvt.icl, Amherst, Me. Kent, Richard B.; Corp., 33 West 51st St., New York City THE STORY OF THE 302ND FIELD ARTILLERY U5 Klein, John (i.; Sgt., 52 Furnace St., Poult ne) , N't. Koleda, Constantine C; Corp., 149 East 15th St., New York City Krneta, Nick; Pvt., I- ast Akron, < )hu . Kruppa, Frank A.; Corp., 5239 Hutchinson St., Chicago. 111. Lafley, Hector II.; Mussel., Enosburg Falls, Vt, Landry, Henry A.; Corp., Wilder, Vt. Lane, Joseph J.; Corp., 144 Lexington Ave., Cambridge. Mas-.. Langewai , Henrj A.; \\ ag., R. F. D. No. t, F'errishurg, Vt, Ledcrer, Ward II.; Pvt., to Park Ave., New York City Legendre, Joseph H.; Pvt.icl., Lanesboro, Vt. Levin, Irving H.; Pvt., 54 Ridge St., New York City I.evine, David; Pvt.icl., 19 Asylum St., New I laven, Conn. Lewis. Cieorge I..; Sgt., Pittsburg, P.i. Lewis, James; Pvt., Warren, N. 1 1. Lewis, Leon C; Pvt., 70 Park Ave., Keene, N. H. Liqued, Harry \V.; Sgt., 1 14 Hast St., Rutland, N't. Love, Walter C; 1st Sgt., P. 0. Box 294, Honolulu, H. 1. Lovett, Thomas J. ; Cook, [1 8-1 8th St., Fall River, .Mass. Lovoy, Sam; Pvt., 92a North list St., Birmingham, Ala. Lynch, Francis P. J.; Corp., 46 Water St., Rutland, Vt. MacCracken, Richard N.; Pvt., 501 E. Sanduskj Bellelontaine, Ohio [Ave., MacDonnell, Elbridge F.; Corp., South Paris, Me. Macl.ellan, Harry R.; Sgt., 67 Woburn St., Reading, Mass. Maher, William I'.; Corp., 454 Second Ave., West Haven, Conn. Mainella, Francis A.; Mus.2cl., 75 Elizabeth St., Waterburj , Conn. Manley, Frank; Pvt.icl., M'alone, N. V. Maretz, Julius; Corp., 259 Columbus Ave., New Haven, Conn. Marshall, Antone I..; 368 Allen St., New Bedtord, Mass. Marshall, Leon ().; Pvt., R. F. D. No. I, I opsham Me. Marston, Bonnie O.; Corp., 75 Elm St., Lewiston, Me. McAllister, Leonard J.; Bugl., 9 Arnold Circle, Cambridge, Mass. Meacham, Willi. 1111 M.; Pvt., Morrisville, Vt. Miskill, Simon H.; Corp., Broad Brook, Conn. Mitchell, William N.; Sgt., P. 0. Box II, Southville, Mass. Moore, William F.; Sgt., Chester Depot, \ t. Mopty, Mphonse P.; Pvt., ;i:\\ ■ ; .-i St., New Vork City Morris, Charles P.; Sgt., II South Main St., Rutland, Vt. Morse, Harley B.; I'm., K. I . I). No. :, Sw .int. in, Vt. Mullen. Mason R.; Pvt., R. F. I). No. i, Iron Station, \. C. Nash, Aubrey A.; S Pearl St., New Haven, Conn. Noel, Elmore M.; Mus.2cl., 34 Pawtucket St, 1 [artford, Conn. Norman, Arthur N.; Pvt., 39 Ticonic St., Waterville, Me. Nussman, Julius; Asst.Bnd. Leader,! i 2 NVindsorAve, Hartford, Conn. O'Bleness, Murn 1..; Pvt.. Kahoka, Mo. Parshley, William F., Jr.; Sgt. Bugl., \\ est I pton, Mass. Patrillo, Pasquali; Mus.icl., 125 Columbus Ave., New Haven, Conn. Peterson, Erne! A.; Mess Sgt., 1 McCrea St., Fort Edward, N. V. Pickard, Dwight A.; Corp., Cavendish, Vt. Priest, Joseph K.; Pvt., 44 Fast Pearl St., Nashua, N. H. Pvper, Douglas E.; Corp., Altona, N. Y. Quintan, Walter H.; Pvt., River St., River Point, R. 1. Rash, Charles M.; Corp., 31 S West 57th St., New York City Reid, William T.; Bnd.Sgf., IS Pleasant Ave., Somerville, Mass. Reidemann, Henry J., Jr.; Pvt., 379 Madison St., Brooklyn, N. Y. Schiavello, Donato; Pvt., no East nSth St., New York City Sequin, Albert J.; Color Sgt., Newport, N't. Silva, Anthony J.; Mus.jtcl. 72 Northend St., Peabody, Mass. Sinnett, John B.; Corp., 471 Grand Ave., Dayton, Ohio Skierski, Stephen; Corp., 98 L Street, South Boston, Mass. Skillings, Alanson E.; Corp., R. F. D. 35, Box 103B, Oakland, Me. Smith, Guy E.; Mus.:cl.. 99 Waban Hill Road, Chestnut Hill, Newton, Mass. Smith, Howard E.; SupplySgt., 662 North Main St., 1 orrington, Conn. Snowman, l.crov C; Pvt.icl., Ashland, Me. Sordillo, S5 \\ 10 P. T.; G irp., 2g Alpine St., Somerville, Mass. Sorel, Paul; \Vag., 84 Mohawk St., Co hoes, N. Y. Spalvieri, Pacifico; Mus. 3d., 53 Rossmore Road, Jamaica Plain, Mass. Sperbeck, Benjamin H.; Wag., Richmondville, Schoharie Count), N. Y. Sponholz, Walter F.; Pvt., 4042 West 22nd St., Chicago, 111. Stuehlcr, bred H.; Pvt., [94C Edd) St., Chicago, III. Sullivan, John ]•'.; Pvt.icl., 445 bast 52nd St., New York City l 3& THE STORY OF THE J02ND FIELD ARTILLERY Tedeschi, Dominick M.; Pvt., Box 25, South Spencer, Mass. Thomas, Benjamin S.; Mus.jcl., 45 Greendale Ave., Needham Heights, Mass. Trambly, Philip; Pvt., 35 Union St., Somersworth, N. H. Trowbridge, Merle E.; Pvt.lcI., 530 Waverley Waltham, Mass. " [Oaks Road, I'ngewitter, Charles F.; Mus. 3d., Broad Brook, Conn. Van Deusen, Everette K.; Wag., R. D. No. 5, Cooperstown, N. Y. Viner, Eli M.; Color Sgt., 182 Dudley St., Providence, R. I. \ rattos, Peter G.; Mus. 3d., 79 Summer St., Salem, Mass. Wall, William L.; Sgt., iS Howell St., Dorchester, Mass. Walsh. John F.; Pvt.ic!., S76 Lexington Ave., New York City White, Clyde E.; Pvt., Hartsville, Ind. Whitney, Le Roy; Bn. Sgt. Mai., M. W. Kellogg New York City [Co., 90 West St., Williams, Charles M.; Pvt., 73 Gilmore St., Waycross, Ga. William, Waino F.; Pvt., Box 754, Maynard, Mass. Wilson, Plezzie M.; Pvt., Route A., Statesboro, Ga. Wolcott, Henrv D.; Pvt.icl, R. F. D. No. 2, Orwell, Vt. Yeasting, Calvin M.; Pvt.icl., Gibsonburg, Ohio Yungk, Ernest P.; Corp., 9 Elliott St., Hartford, Conn. Zens, August F.; Wag., Cromwell, Conn. Zerneri, Peter; Band Corp., P. O. Box 132, Lee, Mass. BATTERY A Auderle, Charles J.; Pvt., 1321 So. Karlove We., Chicago, HI. Andres, Charles \V.; Pvt.icl., 44- West 4 Sth St., New York City Antonievicz, Boleslaw; Wag., 1 46 Collette St., New Bedford, Mass. Ashley, Leonard H.; Pvt.icl., 10 High St., ' , Sco- Boston, Mass. | ville Mfg. Co., Bacher, John J.; Pvt.icl., 2810 Fulton St., Brooklyn, N. V. Bahan, Ham E.; Sup.Sgt., Elm St., Bennington, Yt. Baldwin, Knos; Sgt., 40 Endicott St., Canton, Mus^. Barone, Anthony; Ch.Mech., 157 County St., New Haven, Conn. Bassett, Homer E.; Cook, 38 Fairview Ave., Barre, N't. Bella, Angelo; Pvt., U4l-44th St., Brookl) n, N. V. Bellis, Carlton T.; Pvt.icl., Arlington, \ r. Benner, George J.; Pvt., 1 38 Vernan St., Roxbury, Mass. Bergen, Nils A.; Pvt., 449-74th St., "Brooklyn, N. Y. Bernstein, Aaron; Corp., 100 Myrtle St., Boston, M;bs Bilodeau, Wilfred; Pvt., 28 Chestnut St., Rochester, N. H. Blake, Clark M.; Pvt.icl., No. Bennington, \ t. Blake, William A.; Pvt., Hodgdon, Me. Blancharll, Alfred J.; Pvt.icl., Pinsville St., Prince Edward Island, Canada. Bouplon, Floyd J.; Mech., NO. Bennington, Yt. Bridges, Colon V .; Pvt.icl., Meddybemps, Me. (Washington County.) Briggs, Egbert R.; Corp., Pittsford, Vt. Burcham, Frank J.; Bug!., 55 Hemlock St., New Bedford, Mass. Carpenter, William J.; Corp., So. Wallingford, Yt. Canney, John R.; Corp., 33 Baxter St., Rutland, Vt. Casco, Salvatore; Pvt.icl., 257-9^ St., Brooklyn, N. Y. Cline, John W.; Corp., 116 Granger St., Rutland, Vt. Cook, Henry B.; Pvt.icl., R.F.D. No. 2, Cambridge, Yt. Corlev, Eugene M.; Pvt., Route No. 4, Saluda, S. C. Cosalio, Mike; Pvt.icl., Manchester Depot, Vt. Cowher, Jesse; Cook, Sandy Ridge, Pa. (Center County.) Crossman, Percy H.; Pvt., K.F.D. No. 2, Rutland, Yt. Cyr, Rene E.; Pvt., Van Buren, Me. Dahlberg, F'rank (i.; Pvt., 10 Pleasant St., North Easton, M;i^. Darden, James L.; Pvt. Clinton, N. C. Daroskevious, Joseph; Pvt., 345 Park St., Holyoke, Mass. Davis, Lewis C; Pvt., Versailles, 111. Davis, Newton H.; Pvt.icl., Barre, Yt. Delphia, Rodney H.; Corp., II Killington Ave., Rutland, Yt. Demeule, Arthur; Pvt., 173 Lincoln St., S ico, Me. Deschenes, Ernest; Pvt.icl., Lewiston, Me. Dobson, John S.; Pvt.icl., 59 Hartland Ave., Pittsfield, Me. Donlon, John J.; Wag., i:S West ('7th St., New York City Dunn, William J.; Sgt., 19 Maple St., Brewer, Me. Eaton, Byron H.; Corp., 3 I.atrancis Block, Springfield, Vt. Eckenrode, Ellsworth A.; Pvt., Hastings, Pa. Ennis, A. EL; Pvt., Marshfield, Yt. Fisk, Ralph H.; Pvt.icl., 11 Lincoln Ave., Rutland, Vt. Fitzsimmons, James P.; Sgt., 96 Killington Ave., Rutland, Vt. Flanagan, Edward J.; Pvt.icl., 109 Union St., Somersworth, N. H. Fox, Edward J.; Mess Sgt., 78 South St., Rutland, Yt. Fried, Michael; Pvt., 542 East 139th St., Bronx, New York City Frizza, Claudino; Corp., 19 Winchester St., Boston, Mass. Galipeau, Arthur; Bugl., 104 Pratt St., Bennington, Vt. Gang, Joseph; Pvt., 370 Osborn St., Brooklyn, N. V. Garbin, Thomas P.; Pvt., 120 Lafayette St., Torrington, Conn. Geer, Alpheus M.; Pvt.icl., 18 Tennis PL, Nutley, N. J. Gelpi, Giosue; Pvt.icl., 417 No. Main St., Barre, Vt. GeorTrion, Albert O.; Pvt.icl., 15 Howard St., Waltham, Mass. Gerritv, James L; Pvt.icl., 619 Lexington Ave., Brooklyn, N. V. GetzofF, Harry; Pvt., 449 Powell St., Brooklyn, N. Y. Goforth, Clinton H.; Pvt.icl., Athen St., Wilder, Ga. Gordon, Joseph F.; Pvt.icl., Philadelphia, Miss. Gormley, Charles H.; Sgt., 27 Robbins St., Avon, Mass. Goss, Leland H.; Wag., So. Wallingford, Vt. I THE STORY OF THE J02XD FIELD ARTILLERY Green, Adelbert C; Set., 103 Bradford PL, Bennington, Yt. Greenawav, William S.; Wag., 106 Central Ave., Dover, X. H. Hall, Ralph I.; Corp., Arlington, Yt. Hamilton, William J.; Sgt., Brandon, \ t. Hanales, David; Pvt., I^o-aind St., Brooklvn, N. Y. Hardv, William F.; Pvt., Buckley, 111. Harrington, Earl; Pvt. icl., 934 E. Main St., Bennington, Yt. Harrington, Ray. B.; Pvt.icl., 240 X. Branch St., Bennington, Vt. Harvey, Allen; Pvt.icl., P.O. Box 42, South Lee, X. H. Haskell, Clifton I..; Pvt., New Bedford, Mass. Hayward, Arthur C; Corp., 2S E. Center St., Rutland, Yt. Healy, Daniel F.; Pvt.icl., bit Grove St., Manchester, X. H. Hearst, Harold R.; Pvt., Bennington, Yt. Hugo, William J.; Pvt.icl., 307 Jefferson St., Brooklvn, X. V. Hunt, Harold M.; Sgt., Xorwich, Yt. Hunt, Norman M ; Corp., 565 Adams St., Dorchester, Mass. Hyland, Patrick; Pvt., 805 Willow Ave., Hoboken, X. J. Ingalls, Harold E.; Corp., Berwick Hotel, Rutland, Yt. Johnson, Engnai A.; Corp., West Rutland, Yt. Johnson, Stephen H.; Pvt.icl., Xewfane, Vt., R. F. D. Xo. 1. Jones, Rutus, Jr.; Corp., Wynnton, Columbus, Ga. Killinger, Lewis; Pvt., 1148 Spring St., Reading, Pa. King, Hosea E.; Mech., Sandgate, Vt., R. F. D. Xo. 1. Laflam, James A.; Pvt.icl., 214 Depot St., Bennington, Yt. Latrancis, Roy A.; Corp., Wallingford, Yt. Laidig, Samuel W. E ; Corp., Laidig, Pa. (Fulton County. 1 Lawliss. Jesse L.; Sgt., 13 Yine St., Montpelier, Yt. Lehr, Leo A.; Pvt.icl., S5 Granger St., Rutland, Yt. Lillie, Daniel F.; Ch.Mech., R. F. D. Xo. 2, Bennington, Yt. Lincoln, Clarence E.; Pvt., P. O. Box"l8, West Palm Beach, Fla. Linekin, David R.; Wag., ~ Glazier St., Gardner, Mass. Locatelli, Peter; Pvt., Cuttingsville, Vt Loyzelle, George J.; Wag., Gen. Del. Rutland, Yt. Mackenzie, Kenneth; Pvt., 1 30 Brooks St., East Boston, Mass. Manney, Henry t.; Pvt.icl., 124 Adams St., Bennington, Yt. Manos, Louis G.; Pvt.icl., 59 Church St., Burlington, Yt. Marshall, Antone L.; Sgt., 36S Allen St., Xew Bedford, Mass. Martin, Arthur A.; Pvt., Plaisted, Me. McDonald, Frank H.; Pvt.icl., Brandon, Yt. McGarrity, John E.; Sgt., 308 We>t St., Rutland, Yt. McGee, Dillard E.; Pvt.. Alberton, Ga. Melikiano, Toros; Pvt.icl., Winooski, Yt., P. O. Box 171. Michaud, George ].; Pvt.icl., 129 Hemlock St., Berlin, X. H. Millar, Konstantz; Pvt., 2 Albert PI., South Framingham, Mass. Miller, Galen, R. H.; Bugl., 419 Main St., Bennington, Yt. Mobus, Fred A.; Corp., Warren, Yt. Morin, Theodore; Pvt.icl., Railroad Ave., Gonic, X. H. Muscara, Achille; Pvt., Sj; Summer Ave., Xewark, X. J. Xichols, Simeon W.; Corp., Pearl Lake Road, \\ aterbury Conn. Xolan, William F.; Pvt., 33 Sagamore St., Lynn, Mass. Oglesby, Fred; Pvt., Central, S. C. Panzella, T.; Pvt.icl., 41 1 S 4th Hamilton Ave., Brooklvn, X. Y. Patch, Roy L.; Mech., Wallingford, Vt, Peters, Bennie J.; Pvt., 1620 Ave. "H", Galveston, Texas. Plue, Freeman E.; Sgt., 25 Lafayette St., Rutland, Yt. Powers, John A.; Corp., Manchester, Vt. Putnam, John J.; Mech., West Rutland, Yt. Quinn, William P.; Corp., Wallingford, Conn. Rae, Wesley; Pvt., 42 Pleasant St., Long Island City, X. Y. Randall, Harry R.; Pvt., 655 Congress St., Portland, Mc. Riendeau, John B.; Pvt., 1S6 Harrison St., Pawtucket, R. I. Rpgers, T. C; Pvt.icl., 1499 Williamsbridge Rd., West Chester, Bronx, X. Y. C. Rudin, Alfred H.; Corp., 25 Watkins Ave., Rutland, Yt. Ruiter, Harold C; Wag., West Charleston, Yt. Ryan, George X.; 1st Sgt., 21 Baxter St., Rutland, Yt. Ryan, Thomas M.; Pvt.icl., 422 Walnut St., Kingston, Pa. Scholl, Peter; Pvt.icl., 402 Xorth Hyde Park Ave., Scranton, Pa. Segall, Irwin; Pvt., 41 1 Ocean Ave., Brooklyn, X. Y. Seguin, Albert J.; Sgt., Xewport, Yt. Selleck, Robert E.; Corp., Summer St., Rutland, Yt. THE STOR1 OF THE J02ND FIELD ARTILLERY 139 Shaylor, Willis P.; Pvt.icl., \j.iu am, Mass. Sherman, Philip; Pvt.icl., 34 West 116th S New York City Shipley, William M.j Corp., :.:." Windsor Ave., Baltimore, Maryland. Shut'elt, Harris K.; Pvt., Lowell, Vt. Slade, Leo O.; Pvt., Bondville, Vt. Smith. Harvey R.; Pvt., K. 1'. D. No. I, Garland, N. C. Squires, Dwight H.; Pvt.icl., Newport, Vt. Stalker, Cecil E.; Pvt.icl., 177 Beech St., Bennington, Vt. Stevens, Percy B.; Cook, Brandon, Vt. Stone, Raymond F.; Pvt.icl., Dauby, \'r. Stratum, Amos H.; Pvt.icl., 109 Temple St., Rutland, Vt. Stroh, Henry F.; Wag., I49 E. iSth St., New York City Suling, William A.; Wag., 1666 Zerega Ave., New York City Swaney, Mattison L.; Pvt.icl., Britt, Iowa. Tang, Edward J.; Pvt., 1958 West list St., Chicago, III. Taylor, Cyrus P.; Wag., South Danby, Vt. Thompson Jefferson: Pvt., Mclntyre, Fla. Thompson, William H.; Pvt.icl., Sunderland, Vt. Turner, Martin; P\ t., ham, s - C. Marion County.) Twiddy, Dan W.; Pvt.icl., Boston, Einco, England. Vance, Clyde S.; Corp., West Glover, Vt. Vantush, John; Wag., 51 ; Carroll Ave., Bridgeport, Conn. Wailgum, Rudolph J.; Corp., Springfield, Mass. Cien. Del. Walsh, William J.; Wag., 126 So. Second Ave., Mechanicsville, N. Y. Warren, Ernest W.; Pvt., Caribou, Me. W ters, James H.; Pvt., Zirconia, N. C. Weir, Alexander; Pvt.icl., West Hebron, N. Y. Westcot. Ira C; Corp., 77 Harrison Ave., Rutland, Vt White, Roland J.; Pvt.icl., 11 Alsop Ave , Middletown, Conn. Whitehill, Raymond M.; Pvt., R. F. D. No. 1, Derby. Vt. Wilkinson, Harry A.; Pvt.icl., 231 Bradford St., Bennington, Vt. Willis, Frank R.; Pvt., 1604 15th St., Elyoor City, Fla. Wilson, Clarence E.; Cook, P. O. Box No. 77, Bennington, Vt. Winner, Benedict L.; Pvt., Wilmington, N. C. Wood, William S.; Pvt., York, S. C. Zink. Frank; Pvt.icl., Su South St., Chicago, III. BATTERY B Allard, Andrew R.; Cook, Proctor. Vt. Amborzon. Domenio J.; Pvt., 15 Carpenter Lane, Greenfield, Mass. Ames, George B.; Corp., c/o P. E. Young, Fairhaven, Mass. Anderson, Emil C; Pvt., 4047 N. Whipple St., Chicago, 111. Armato, Marco; Pvt., i428-66th St., Brooklvn, X. Y. Bacon, Lee' W.; Wag., R. F. D. Xo. 1. South Fairlee. Vt. Barletta, Peter; Pvt., 1 334 Herkimer St., Brooklyn, X. Y. Batease, Archie G.; Pvt.icl., R. F. D. Xo. 1, Wells, Vt. Bean, Roy E.; Corp., 9 West St., Bellows Falls, Vt. Beane, Raymond R.; Sgt., 25 Crescent St., Rutland, Vt. Bearor, Arthur W.; Pvt., 3 Clymer St., Burlington, Vt. Beattie, Eustis E.; Pvt.icl., Lyndonville, Vt. Benson, Car! E.; Corp., 7 Goldsmith PL, Roxbury, Mass. Bessette, Edward; Wag., East Charlotte, Vt. Betts, Leighton H.; Pvt., Bristol, Vt. Billings, Heywood Y.; Sgt., Mountain Lakes, X. J. Bilo, John; Pvt., West Pawlet, Vt. Blair, Arthur J.; Bugl., 11 High St., Haverhill, Mass. Bolton, Harry A.; Pvt., Xorth Troy, Vt. Bonnett, Frank E. ; Corp., Xorth Thetford, Vt. Boulgaris, Leonidas A.; Cook, 13 Magazine St., Cambridge, Mass. Brackett, Herman C; Pvt., Casco, Me. Brennan, John D., Jr.; Pvt., Pleasant Mount, Wayne Co., Pa. Brennan, Ralph A.; Mech., Xewport, X. H. Brown, Albert J.; Mech., 39 Granite St., Webster, Mass. Bruya, Raymond A.; Pvt.icl., Middleburv, Vt. Bullard, Haven S.; Pvt., Springfield, Vt. Buller, Henry; Pvt., 1145 Bath Ave., Brooklvn, X. Y. Burgin, Ralph W.; Pvt., Groton, Vt. Burns, John C; Corp., 41 Tremont St., Cambridge, Mass. Burrell, James A.; Corp., 20 Lincoln PI., Brooklyn, X. Y. Butler, Albert; Pvt., 246 Pratt Road, Fitchburg, Mass. Calhoun, Philip S.; Pvt., 43 South St., Middleburv, Vt. Carlson, Carl H.; Pvt., 57 Denmark Ave., Muskegon, Mich. Caron, Fred P.; Pvt.icl., School St., Troy, X. H. Carter, Joseph J.; Ch.Mech., Robinson, Vt. Carter, Roland P.; Pvt.icl., Poultney, Vt. Cavagnaro, Frank; Pvt., 69 Adelphi St., Brooklyn, X. Y. Chapman, Courtney G ; Cook, Route 3, Society Hill, Chesterfield, S. C. Chase. Orville H.; Sgt, Xorth Springfield Vt. Cherrier, Earl A.\ Pvt., R F. D. Xo 1, Fairfax, Vt. Clark, Frank A.; Pvt., Glover, Yr. Clarke, Milton W.; Corp., Berlin, X. H. Colburn, Edward R.; Sgt., 11 Pratt St., Revere, Mass. Collins, Joseph J.; Pvt.icl., S3 Brook Ave., Dorchester, Mass. Cotier, Harold J.: Pvt.icl., Greenville. Me. Cross, Howard L.; Pvt., R. F. D. Xo. 3, Brandon, Vt. Curtis, Arthur B.; Pvt.icl., 29 Kneeland St., Boston, Mass. Daily, Henry; Bug!., Xorth Ferrisburg, Vt. Daves, McTimothy; Pvt., Route 3, Pickens, S. C. Day, George L.; Pvt., Fackler, Ala. Denton, Claude A.; Pvt.icl., Whiting, Vt. Denton, Ervin L.; Pvt.icl., Whiting, Vt. Dumas, Dayton O.; Pvt.icl., R. F. D. Xo. 1, East Shoreham, Vt. Fklund, Carl B.; Pvt., 105 Broadway, Salem, Mass. Engelhardt, John L.; Pvt., 3614 X. Claremont Ave., Chicago, 111. Farr, Ralph L.; Pvt., R. F. D. Xo. 2, Hardwick, Vt. Farrar, Loren J.; Mech., R. F. D. Xo. 1, Enosburg Falls, Vt. Faufaw, Gordon G.; Pvt.icl., Woodsville, X. H. Fernane, Mortimer F.; Pvt., 82 Dorchester St., Worcester, Mass. Flinn, William T.; Pvt.icl., 114 Gardner St., West Roxburv, Mass. Flood, John P.; Pvt., Poultney, Vt. Foster, William V.; Corp., Xewport, Vt. Gardner, Edward A.; Pvt.icl., South Hero, Vt. THE STORY OF THE 302ND FIELD ARTILLERY 14' Garrow, George R.: Pvt.icl., R. F. I). No. i, I m sours Falls, Vt. Garvey, Gerald T.; Pvt., 5904 MacPherson Ave, St. Louis, Mo. Glander, I l.irr\ A.; Pvt.icl., 297 West 12th St., New York (.'in I .con I- '.: : ( Means, Vr. Gran I I « I E., Ir.; I'vt., Bradford N't. Grosse, fohn; Pvt., 404, Grandview Ave., Ridgewood N. V. Hall, Chem A.; Pvt. 73 Newton St., Holyoki Mass. Hallenbrook, Fred J.; Corp., 21 Milk St. Boston Mas.. Hatch Frank I'.; Wag., 9 Mi. Vernon s ' Winchester M Hathawa; GeorgeM.; Pvt.icl. 1 Wa M lebur) Vt. Hebert Ernest C.; Pvt., 83 Frederick S - Manchester, N. H. Hemming l< \.; Pvt., Barton, N't. H Geoi Pvt. Pittsford, Rutland Co., Vt. Herbeck Frederii kl 3 •.. R. F. D. Box 101, Bloomfield Conn. Herman, William; Pvt | ..; Stanhope St.. Brooklyn N. V. Herring Leon; Pvt.icl., R. F. D. No. Burgaw V C. Horton, Karl; Sgt., 25 Union St., Taunton, Mi 5, Howe, William D.; Wag., Bradford, N. H. Hughes, Hugh D.; Pvt., B01 Pi lultnej , N't. 1 [umphrey, Griffith; I'vt., Castleton, N't, Hurd, William J.; Sgt., N ergennes, N't. Hutchinson, Frank 1 J .; Pvt.icl, 14 Maple St., Newport N. H. Jarvis, Joseph; Wag., Isle La Motte, Vt. Jenkins, Robert I..; Pvt., R. F. D. No. 2, Powder Springs, Ga. Johnson, Frank P.; Pvt.icl., 17 Reesdale St., Allston, Mass. Kamiensky, Henry; Pvt., 9 Sullivan St., Kingston, Pa. Kaufman, Abraham; Pvt., jo Sylvan Ave., New Haven, Conn. Kearney, Joseph I..; Corp., [34 NN'est 96th St., New York City Kelley, Charles J.;' Pvt., R. F. D. No. 2, Fair Haven N't. Kelly, Charles P.; Sgt., 30 Marble St., NN'est Rutland, N I Kenney, Harry I..; Sgt., 4S Washington St., Brewer, Me KniL'ht, Joseph I'.; Pvt.icl., S4 Goff St., New Haven, Conn. I.acourse, Alfred F..; NVag., Orleans, N't. Lamprey, Charles NV.; Pvt., 4 Central Sq., Brockton, Mas-,. Lawrence, Philip J.; Pvt., 345 E. 99th St., New York City Lee, John M.; Pvt.icl., 10 Spellman Terrace, Rutland,, N't. I.erch. Harr) F ; Pi I I lamilton, Pa. Leu is, E rvin L.; Pvt., I lancock, Vt. Lindsle) , Hiram C.j P\ 1 Brandon N't. McNamara, Prank E., Corp., Villagi West Medn aj Mass. Mahcu, Benjamin; Corp., R. F. 1). No. 2, Middli Inn 1 \ ■ McKinnon, Thomas F.; G Bristol, N't. Mahonej Charles B.; I'm 427 Howard N New 1 lav en, Conn. May, Oakley E.; Pvt. Granville, N't. Mayo, Leon J.; Sgt., 2; Union S( . NN indsor, N't. Miner, Daniel K.; Pvt., K. F. D. No. 4, Barre, N't. Minott, Prank F..; Corp. Si, Everett St. Middleboro Mass. Moore Albert 1-..; Corp.. North Hero \ t. Moran, James J.; Pvt.. 300 New Main St. i" onkers, N. Y. Morrison, Ham H.; Pvt.icl., St. Johnsburj N't. Morse George C.j Pvt.icl., Danville, N't. Murphy, Charles 11.: Corp., Fast Main St., A\ mi, Mass. Nutting, George P.; Pvt.. Hartland, N't. Parent. John A.; Corp., New Haven, N't. Paterno, John; Pvt.icl., 24S iSth St., Brooklyn, N. Y. Phillips, Wade A.; Pvt., R. F. D. No. 3, Seneca, S. C. Pittsley, Lorenzo G.; Pvt., :'« School St., Middleboro, Mass. Platania, Charles; Pvt., !'y Abbott Blvd., Palisade, N. J. Pontc, Manuel. Jr.; PvLIcI., 2210 N. Main St., Fall River Mass. Pvle. Harry A.; Pvt.. Blue Rock, Ohio Richard, Henry; NVag., Acushnet Station, Box New Bedford, Mass. Roller, Charles; Pvt., 4219.15th Ave., Brooklyn, N. Y. Ho ell, Albert G.; Pvt., 1242.53rd St., ', Hunter Brooklyn, N. Y. Rowell, James J.; Corp., R. F. D. No. I, Hardwick, N't. Rowlee, Harold R.j Wag., Felchville, N't Sakaluski. Joseph; Pvt., 42s Green St., NN'est Hazelton, Pa. Scholl, Edward J.; 1st Sgt., c/o John M. Scholl, Louisville, Ky. ,41 Norton Bldg., Schwab, Frank; Wag., 993 Glenmore Ave., Brooklyn, N. Y. Scully, James; Pvt., 529 NN'est 133d St., New York City Searl, Sherburn C; Pvt.icl., R. F. D. No. I, Cavendish, N't. 14- THE STORY OF THE JOlXD FIELD ARTILLERY Shultz, Artuse; Pvt., 4 Ledge St. Court, Worcester, Mass. Six, Earl; Corp., 7 Jarvis Court, Windsor. Vr. Snide, Luther \V.; Pvt., Springfield, Vt. Spaulding, James S.; Cook, Proctorsville, Vt. Stabler, Ernest L.; Pvt., Box 57, North, S. C. Stahnke, William G.; Pvt., 156 West Grand Ave., Chicago, 111. Steele, Willard C; Corp., Moberly, Mo. Strom, Leonard E.; Pvt.lcl., Donovan, 111. Sweeney, Patrick J.; Pvt., Castleton, Vt. Sweet, Ralph C; Mech., West Lincoln, Vt. Swenor, Byron B.; Pvt., Shoreham, Vt. Tanner, George L.; Pvt., Milton, N. H. Thiaville, Joseph D.; Corp., Fair Haven, Vt. Thibault, Victor W.; Pvt.ic!., 4; Elm St., St. Albans, Vt. Trombley, Abraham A ; Corp., Shoreham, Vt. Turner, James C; Pvt., Clover, S. C. Vause, Jarrot T.; Pvt., R. F. D. No. 3, Timmonsville, S. C. Vinton, Francis W.; Pvt., Braintree, Vt. Wald, Charles C; Pvt., R. F. D. No. 3, Walahalla, S. C. Walker, Paul R.; Pvt., 68 Woodstock Ave., Rutland, Vt. Watson, Sam C; Pvt., R. F. D. No. 3, Bennettsville, S. C. Webster, William; Pvt., 3 Delaware St., Worcester, Mass. Welty, John B.; Pvt., 6555 North Ashland Ave., Chicago, 111. Werner, George W.; Corp., 3931 N. Marshfield Ave., Chicago, 111. White, Albert L.; Pvt., 316 Lamon Ave.. Chicago, 111. White, Thomas A.; Sgt., 122 Taylor St., Waltham, Mass. Wilson, Charles; Pvt., Middleburv, Vt. Wilson, Edgar E.; Pvt., R. F. D. No. 2, Jeffersonville, Ind. Yates, Sanford R.; Pvt., 314 Mill St., Fort Worth, Texas. Zellar, Howard; Pvt., 1509 S. Main St., Phillipsburg, N. J. BATTERY C Aborn, William H.: Corp., 9 Fairfax St., Dorchester, Mass- Adams, John S.; Pvt., Burgaw , N. C. Adams, Lowell G.; Pvt., Ludlow, \'t. Ahem, Ccurge; Pvt.icl., 32 Camden Ave., Providence, R. I. Aldrich, James F.J Corp., Mount Pleasant St., St. Johnsbury, Vt. Aim, Charles H.; Pvt., 3035 N. Ashland Ave., Chicago, III. in, Frederick; Pvt., V\ atervliet, N. V. Andrews, Foster I.; Sgt., Morrisville, \'t. Atwood, Clarence C; Pvt.icl., R. F. D. Bristol, \'t. Badger, Clarence F.; Sgt., Hyde Park, Yt. Ball, Horace F.; Corp., Cobleskill, N. Y. Barlow, Paul E.; Wag., Moulton, Ala. Harriett, Thomas J.; Pvt., 506 Chestnut St., Brooklyn, N. Y. Beebe, John J.; Pvt.icl., 26 Caroline St., Saratoga, X. Y. Belden, Ashley M; Wag., Shoreham, Vt. Belvedere, Joseph; Pvt.icl., 5616 New Utrech Ave., Brooklyn, N. Y. Berninger, Walter; Corp., 303 W. 126th St., New York City Berry, Guy C; Wag., West Fox, Me. Binnie, James; Pvt.icl., 164 W. 66th St., New York City Blackmer, Clarence M.; Bugl., Dorset, Yt. Blasch, Gustave A.; Pvt., 558 Woodward Ave., Brooklyn. N. Y. Blethen, Davis M.; Mech., Salem Depot, N. H. Boardman, Dennis; Pvt.icl., Morrisville, Vt. Booker, John L.; Pvt., Fairfield Ctr., Me. Bostwick, Riley A.; Cook, Granville, Vt. Bradford, Phil L.; Corp., Wayne, Me. Brady, Cornelius; Pvt.icl., 4 Hampden St., Ludlow, Ma«. Brewster, Buell A.; Sgt., Cambridge, Vt. Cappuccio, Carmino; Pvt., 57 Coutland St., Everett, Mass Carey, Frank; Wag., 151 F'ront St., Port Jervis, N. Y. Cavanagh, John J.; Pvt., 641A Baltic St., Brooklyn, N. Y. Chase, Harrv A.; Pvt., Colebrook, N. H. Cleveland, Grover I.; Pvt.icl., ida, N. Y. Coiro, Lewis; Pvt., 264 N. 9th St., Brooklyn, N. Y. Cook, Walter S.; Pvt.icl., Bennington, Yt. Cram, Pcrrv I..; Pvt.icl., Lincoln, Yt. Daley, Edward P.; Wag., Colebrook, N. H. Dalle Molle, Benedict F.j Pvt., :;i Broadway, Boston. Mas-. Davis, Lewis A.; Pvt., Esmond, R. I. Dejadon, Napoleon J.; Corp., Middlebur) , \ t. Dillenbeck, John W.; Pvt., 118 Hedgeman St., Schenectady, N. Y. Domino, Frank L.; Pvt., \ ergennes, Vt. Downes, Irvin R.; Sgt., 24 Hamilton Ave., Orange, Mass. Drew, Willis IX; Corp., R. F. D. No. 3, Monrpelier, Yt. Drouin, Samuel; Pvt., -4 Water St., Lawrence, Mass. Dunn, John J.; Pvt., R. F. D. No. 2, Stamford, Yt. Dyner, Felix; Pvt., 695 Fifth St., Brooklyn, N. Y. Eastman, Edward Y.; Sgt., Windsor, Yt. Ellis, Oral R.; Pvt., R. F. D. No. 4, No. 34, Oakland, Me. Elwell, Clyde A.; Pvt., S. Shattsbury, Vt. Estey, Charles B.; Sup.Sgt., Springfield, Yt. Fairbanks, Robert C; Wag., Cassetts, Yt. Fortin, Alfred; Pvt.icl., Swanton, Vt. Frary, Adrian W.J Pvt.icl., South Royalton, Vt. French, William G.; Pvt.icl., -5 Alsop St., Jamaica, N. Y. Fritz, Burpee E.; Pvt., 60 Lincoln St., North Abington, Vt. Futrell, Grover C; Pvt., 1208 Lackawanna Ave., Jacksonville, Fla. Gaudette, Oscar; Pvt.icl., 143 West Hollis St., Nashua, N. H. Graham, John R.: Pvt.icl., Watkinsville, Ga. us, Raymond P.; Sgt., 90S Kirkpatrick St., Syracuse, N. 1 . Gray, Vivian, Jr.; Pvt., Denand, Fla. Grodinsky, Lewis; Pvt., 251 Linden St., Brooklyn, N. Y. Guible, Jacke; Bugl., Fitzdale, Yt. Haight, Walter E.J W N. Ferrisburg, Vt. 144 THE STORY OF THE JOIXD FIELD ARTILLERY Harrington, Wallace; Sgt., S. Shaftsbury, Vt. Hartshorn, Ivan C. ; Corp., E. Concord, Vt. Harwood, Fred J.; Corp., Rupert, Yt. Henke, Hugo ().; Pvt.icl., Box 217, Mellen, Wis. Herden, Edward; Pvt., 138 Wyckoff Ave., Brooklyn, X. Y. Hodgson, Oscar F. ; Pvt.icl., Campton, N. H. Hoffman, Isador; Pvt.icl., 5616 New L'trech Ave., Brooklyn X. "\ . olloway, Walter C; Pvt.icl., Soperton, Ga. Honeycutt Herbert; Pvt., Four Oaks, X. C. Home, Percy H.; Pvt., Dover, Me. Hoyd, Earl W.; Pvt., Zaleski, Ohio Hutton, John G.; Corp., Main St., Bennington, Yt. Ingram. William B.; Pvt., Parnell, Mo. Irish, Walter L.; Mech., W. Lincoln, Vt. Irving, David K.; Wag., Hampton Falls, X. H. Johnson, Fred A.; Pvt., Route Xo. 2, Box 60, Staunton, 111. Jones, Fred; Pvt., Kenly, N. C. Jones, John H.; Pvt.icl., 38 E. Liberty St., Ashley, Pa. Joslyn, Charles; Pvt., Lindenville, Yt. Kandel, Sydney; Pvt.icl., 402 West 44th St., New York City Karakos, Louis E.; Pvt., 52 Locke St., Haverhill, Mass. Karkavatios, Nicholas; Cook, Boston, Mass. Kenetick, John G.; 1st Sgt., Prospect St., Barre, Yt. Kennett, William H.; Pvt.icl., Montgomery, Yt. Kershaw, James E.; Pvt., 38 Clark Ave., Pawtucket, R. I. Kilbourn, Francis L.; Corp., Bristol, Yt. Knippel, Henry W.; Pvt., 1621 Bryn Mawr Ave., Chicago, 111. Knox, Robert B.; Sgt., 174 Merchant St., Barre, Yt. Kolbick, Michael; Pvt., 27 Gates St., Detroit, Mich. Krupinski, John J.; Pvt., 125 South Halsted St., Chicago, 111. Krzemieniewski, Leo F.; 1230 Madison St., Chicago, III. Larron, Joseph; Wag., Pearl Lake Rd., Waterbury, Conn. Laundry, Henry J.; Pvt., 130 Webster St., E. Boston, Mass. Leonard, John T.; Cook, Westerdale, Woodstock, Yt. Lord, Fred ].; Corp., 72 Mason St., Berlin, N. H. Lovett, Miller H.; Corp., Middlebury, Vt. Lower, Joseph L.; Pvt.icl., 37 Water St., St. Albans, Vt. Luce, Burton H.; Ch.Mech., South Pomfret, Yt. Lynsky, George M.; Pvt., 49 Oxford Ave., Dudley, Worcester, Mass. McDermott, Joseph F.; Pvt., R. F. D., Valley Falls, R. I. McLean Arthur G.; Pvt.icl., Anson, Me. Markowitz, Joseph; Pvt., '14 West 11 8th St., Xew York City Marsh, Gordon A.; Corp., Norton Mills, Yt. Matthews, Charles A.; Pvt.icl., R. F. I). X,.. 3, Bristol, Yt. Mayo, Wallace J.; Mess Sgt., Middlebury, Yt. Miller, Leon W.; Pvt.icl., R. V. D., North Stratford Vt. Mitchell, James F.; Wag.. 749 Atwells Ave., Providence. R. I. Monahan, William; Pvt., 462 Maple St., Holvoke, Mass. Moselev, Perrv D.; Pvt., R. F. D. No. I, Box 73, Bald Knob, Ark. Munger, Walter; Pvt., 396 Hamilton Ave., Waterbury, Conn. Murphy, Cornelius J.; Pvt., 174 Burwcll St., Little Falls, X. Y. Murphy, Thomas R.; Pvt.icl., Granville, X. Y. Nelson, Harold B.; Pvt.icl., 103 Barre v.. Montpelier, Yt. Nichols, Charles E.; Wag., Barre, Yt. Nichols, Ray E.; Corp., R. F. D., Felchville, Yt. Nier, Albert; Corp., 1102 Halsey St., Brooklyn, N. Y. Nulty, James H.; Pvt., 9 Elbert St., Roxbury, Mass. Osha, Arthur T.; Corp., Rochester, Yt. Paine, Robert C; Corp., Bethel, Yt. Patenode, Joseph F.; Pvt.icl., Box 32, Highgate Falls, Yt. Pedlev, Edward; Pvt.icl, 21 Tremont St., Central Falls, R. I. Pelletier, Lawrence; Wag., 14 Branchard St., New Bedford, Mass. Place, Earle J.; Corp., Newport Center, Yt. Ploof, Mark H.; Corp., Stowe, Vt. Quebec, Edmund E.; Pvt.icl., 202 Lake St., St. Albans, Xt. Riley, John J.; Pvt., 227 Lake Ave., Manchester, X. H. Robinson, William E.; Pvt.icl., Bloomfield, Yt. Rockwell, Julian P.; Sgt., Swanton, Yt. Rowe, Kinard; Pvt., R. F. D. No. 4, Saluda, N. C. Russell, Charles; Pvt.icl., F^den Mills, Vt. THE STORY <)l LND FIELD ARTILLERY 145 Russell, Leon; Corp., R. F. D. No. 2, Stowe, Vt. Sanborn, Benjamin F.j Wag., 14 Clifton Ave., Salem, Mass. Shaw, Raymond H.J Pvt, IS; Summer St., Springfield, Vt Shaw, Samuel; Corp., North Pownal, Vt. Shepard, Lewis K.; Pvticl., R. K. I). No. 2, Bristol, Vt. Shurtleff, Howard J.; Pvt, 15 Elm St., Middleboro, Mass. Siklek, Max; Way., 26 Clinton St., Springfield, Vt Silvia, Manuel E., 3rd; Pvt., Box S ;, South Hanover, Mass. Sperry, Harold W.j Cook, Brandon, \'t. Stearns, William F., Jr.; Corp., Francis St., Naugatuch, Conn. St. John, Henry; Pvt, R. F. D. No. I, Vergennes, Vt Tatiosian, Vartan; Pvtld., 154 Brockton Ave, Abington, Mass. Tatro. Oliver I ..; Sgt, Vergennes, Vt. Taylor, Carlton L.; Cook, Hyannis, Mass. Taylor, Howard A.; Wag., 231 Argyle Rd., Brooklyn, N. V. Thompson, John W.j Pvticl., 1758 Third Ave., New York City Toner, Reginald; Wag Hamilton, Mass. Walbridge, Henry B.; Ci>rp., Bennington, Vt. Ward, Isaac I-.; Pvt., Ripley, Ohio Weeks, Percy F.; Pvt.lcl., 1 2- Main St, Spencer, Mass. Welch, Thomas; Pvticl., Southington, Conn. White, Rudd I..; Corp., Bennington, Vt. Wieliel, Gustave B.; Wag., [6 Filth St., Woodside, L. I., N. V. Wiethoff, John, Jr.; Pvt, 2466 McBrayer St., Cincinnati, Ohio Williams, David W.; Pvt., R. F. D. X... 1, Bentonville, N. C. Williams, Raleigh N.: Pvt., R. F. D., Eagle Springs, N. C. Wilson, Clarence H. j Ch.Mech., P. O. No. --, Bennington, Vt. Wilson, Virgil F..; Pvt., Green Cove Springs, Fla. Wooten, George W.; Pvt., Picher, Okla. Zuravsky, Boleslaw; Saddler, S. Franklin St., Holhrook, Mass. BATTERY D Ahlberg, Eric A.; Sup.Sgt., 171 Prospect St., Middletown, Conn. Alderman, Samuel M.; Corp., 40 Spruce St., New Haven, Conn. Amendola, Tony; Pvt., 70 Adeline St., New Haven, Conn. Armstrong, Luther K.; Pvt., 518 Piedmont Ave., Canton, Ohio. Aronson, Bernard; Pvt.icl., 128 West nth St, New York City Balekaes, John; Pvt., 15 Diamond St., Union City, Conn. Basilico, Nick; Pvt.icl, 31 Bav 14th St., Brooklyn, N. Y. Beaudette, Edward; Sgt., Box 463, Wilder, Vt Berman, David E.; Corp., 176 Washington Ave.. New Haven, Conn. Berry, Winfield M.; Pvt.icl., 1415 River St., Hvde Park, Mass. Blake, 'Patrick J.; Pvt., < River St., North Walpole, N. H. Bober, Jacob; Pvt.icl., 660 Hallett St., Bridgeport, Conn. Bolen, Thomas; Pvt., 1 1 2 W. King St., Shippensburg, Pa. Bonasera, John; Pvt.icl., 75 1 i-ijth Ave., Brooklyn, N. Y. Bossardet, Jacob G.; Pvt.icl., 5S9 Metropolitan Brooklyn, N. Y. [Ave. Breland, William I.; Pvt., 1 21 8 Devine St., Columbia, S. C. Brouillard, Joseph; Pvt.icl., 51 Columbus St., Manchester, N. H. Bryce, Owen; Pvt.icl., 9S Baltic St., Brooklyn, N. Y. Cameron, Hugh W.; Corp., 62 Bowery St., Cohoes, N. Y. Caperton, Thomas W.; Pvt., Greenwood, Ark. Carey, Dennis J.; Pvt.icl., 749-ioth Ave., New York City Carty, Patrick W.; Pvt., Lancaster, N. H. Cassani, Antonio; Pvt., 45 Granite St., Barre, Vt. Childs, Kenneth J.; Wag., 2242 Creston Ave., New York Citv Clack, Floyd H.; Pvt., Chester, S. C. Clark, Samuel F.; Pvt., Lovilia, la. Classey, Edward A.; Sgt., 40 Rubber Ave., Naugatuck, Conn. Cominskie, George J.; Pvt.icl., Box 385, Girardville, Pa. Conlon, John A.; Pvt., 69 Harbor St., Nashua, N. H. Connor, Irby Q.; Pvt., 140 Pinkney St., Chester N". C. Corley, Cleophus; Pvt., R. F. D. No. 4, Saluda, S. C. Cormack, George H.; Pvt., 47 Saunders St., North Weymouth, Mass. Cote, Alexander L.; Pvt., 8 Central St., Windsor, Vt. Cote, Charles W.; Pvt., 315 Wood Ave., Woonsocket, R. I. Crawford, Carl McM.; Sgt., R. F. D. No. 2, New Milford, Conn. Cucurello, Michael, Pvt.icl., 33 Myrtle St., New Haven, Conn. Cuddy, Edward T.; Pvt., 11 Church St., Nauuatuck, Conn. Deans, Elijah F; Pvt.icl., R. F. D. No. 3, Princeton, N. C. DeHeldt, Frank R.; Corp., 2S0 Portsea St., New Haven, Conn. Dennison, Artson V.; Corp., P. O. Box 180, Claremont, N. H. Dion, Louis F.; Bugl., 641 State St., New Haven, Conn. DiPillo^Salvatore; Pvt.icl., 339 Cherry Ave., S. E. Canton, Ohio Donnelly, John J.; Sgt., 35 William St., New Haven, Conn. Duquette, Wilbur J.; Sgt., 176 Washington St., Barre, Vt. Dwire, Harry C; Sgt., Stockbridge, Vt. Dymond, Roval; Pvt.icl., 5 Sheldon St., Glens Falls, N. Y. Ehehalt, Rudolph; Pvt.icl., 7 Wooster PI., New Haven, Conn. Eldridge, Richard B.; Pvt.icl., 801 Albany St., Schenectady, N. Y. Evendorff, Charles; Pvt., 1050 Dean St., Brooklyn, N. Y. Fessler, George; Pvt.icl., 405 Woolsey Ave., Astoria, L. I., N. Y. Fife, Orville P.; Pvt., Box 10, Canterburv Center, N. H. Fimbcl, Alfred L.; Pvt.icl., 71 Mary St., Aldenville, Cnicopee Falls, Mass. Fischer, Gustav E.; Pvt.icl., 61 JerTery Ave., Jamaica, L. I., N. Y. Fitzgerald, Thomas J.; Ch.Mec, Eng. Co., No. 22, Providence, R. I. Fitzpatrick, Patrick J.; Corp., 1 19 Clinton Ave., New Haven, Conn. Fox, Daniel; Pvt.icl., P. O. Box 46, Warren Point, Bergen Co., N. J. Frankfurter, John O; Sgt., 321 Newhall St., New Haven, Conn. French, Herbert L.; Wag., South Londonderry, Vt. Frerichs, George, Jr.; Pvt., R. F. D. No. 2, Gilman, 111. Fuller, Frederick; Pvt., 249 Wilson Ave., Brooklvn, N. Y. Gallagher, Rusell J.; Pvt., 93 Lake PI., New Haven, Conn. Gaynor, Albert T.; Pvt., 63 Bassett St., New Haven, Conn. Geffken, George F. W.; Pvt., Rockfall, Conn. Gladu, Emmanuel; Pvt., 278 Manchester St., Manchester, N. H. THE STORY OF THE 302ND FIELD ARTILLERY 147 Gfe) . Walter B.; Way., P. O. Box I 26, \1\ stic. Conn. Graham, William; Wag., P. O. Box 45, Lew iston, Vt. Grenda, John; Pvt.icl., i-:|, Washington St., Worcester, Mass. Griffin, John; Pvt., I [43 Greene Ave., Brooklyn, N. V. Griffith, Truman A.; Pvt., Motor, R. B., Kingfisher, Okla. Gross, Shirlcv B.: Pvt., Oceanville, Me. Guthrie, George A.; Sgt., 73 Rosette St., New Haven, Conn. Hale, Rufus F.; Corp., 3S1 Harvard St., Cambridge, Mass. Hammond, Lawrence E.; Pvt., 1 1 ; North White St., Le Roy, 111. Hemmig, Anthony 1.; Pvt,, 1 54- N. Ninth St., Reading, Pa. Hennessey, James \\; Corp., ;'>4 \\ ashington St., Muldletown, Conn. Clarence J.; Corp., 71 Hoadley St., Naugatuck, Conn. Holland, John W.; Pvt., [69] So. Main St., hall River, Mass. Hollenbach, John R.; Cook, 21 Bridge St., Windsor, Vt. Hoy land, William; Pvt.icl., Main St., c L. Burleigh Middletown, Conn. Hudon, Edward I.; Pvt. icl., Salmon Falls, N. H. Johnson, Ellsworth S., Cook, Springfield, Vt. Jones, Ellis L.; Pvt., [37 Shelton Ave., New Haven, Conn. Kallimnios, John; Pvt. Icl., 34 Sommer St., East Boston, Mass. Kane, Robert; Pvt.icl., P. 0. Box 335, Huron, O, Karpe, John J.; Bugl. R. F. D. 3, 71 Silver St., Middletown, Conn. Kay, Willie M.; Pvt.. Honea Path, S. C. Keane, Patrick; Pvt., 4;'] Union St., Brooklyn, N. Y. Kiernan, John F..; Pvt., 49 Lyman St., Providence, R. 1. Kimball, Benjamin L. D.; Pvt., Box 5 1 , Bridgeton, Me. Kinney, William C; Pvt. icl., 166 Spring St., New Haven, Conn. Kremser, William C.j Mech., 174 Foster St., New Haven, Conn. Lavigne, Arthur; Pvt.icl., 26 Green St., Putnam, Conn. Lazaro, Louis; Pvt., 1 1" Monroe St., Rahway, N. J. Lee, Radford; Pvt., Four Oaks, N. C. I.epre, Vincenzo; Pvt., 9] Dean St., Providence, R. 1. Lew's, Eli C; Pvt., 41- Kingston St., West Somerville, Mass. Lizotte, George; Pvt., -2 E. Walnut St., Nashua, N. H. I gan, Charles C.J Wag., West Cheshire, Conn. Lovejoy, Walter F.j Wag., North Chestervillc, Me. Luby, Stanley S.; Pvt. id., 13 Dwight Si Bristol. Conn. Marico, Anthony A.; Pvt. icl., ;. No. 4, Addison, Vt. Haven, Joseph C; Cook, North St., PittsfieJd, Mass. Haynes, Ralph R.; Cook, Box 355, Bennington, Vt. Himovitch, Charles S.; Mech., 22- E. ',4th St., Brooklyn, N. Y. Holmes, Leon V. L., Pvt., 18th St. cc Ave. C , College Point, I.. I., N. Y. Horenstein, William; Pvt., 2j2 Linden St., Brooklyn, N. Y. Hoyt, Philip H.; Wag., R. F. D. No. I, Sharon, Vt. Jennings, Austin; Wag., 12: West 97th St., New York City Kennison, Ane C; Pvt., Iresburg, Vt. Knapp, Farwell; Regt.Sup.Sgt., 9 S. Marshall St., Hartford, Conn. Laber, Loyal M.; Pvt., Hardwick, Vt. Ladd, Charles N.; Wag., R. F. D. No. 1, Barre, Vt. Landon, William C; Pvt.icl., Attica, Ind. Lassor, Carlos J.; Cook, Danby, Vt. Levesque, Steve E.; Pvt.icl., Glass St., Suncook, N. H. Lord, Harry E.; Wag., c o W. F. Benson, Chester Depot, Vt. McDermott, James W.; Pvt.icl., 323 N. Main St., Naugatuck, Conn. McDufFee, Clayton J. ; Pvt., I.\ ndonville, Vt McGuinniss, Charles J.; Mess Sgt., 28 Front St., Middletown, Conn. Malenfant, loseph A.; Pvt., ; ; Walnut St., Nashua. N. H. Merchant, Jacob; Pvt., Windham, N. H. Monahan, Edward P.j Wag., s;., Grand Ave., c/o New Haven, Conn. (Mrs. Reynolds. O'Connoe, Matthew F\; Wag., 320 Concord St., Manchester, N. H. Otto, Arch T.; Mech., 13 Sixth St., Wheeling, West \'a. Parot, Percy'H.; Pvt.icl., South Hero, Vr. Patch, Clarence A.; Wag., R. F. I). No. 2, Johnson, Vt. Petell, Leon E.j Wag., R. F. D. No. 1, Derb) Line, Vt Racine, Joseph A.; W Morgan, \'t. Reed, Edward E.J Pvt., ;2 Dover St., Whitman, Mass. Robinson, Ernest M.: Pvt. icl., 4c; N. First St., Austin, Minn. ic6 THE STORY OF THE 702ND FIELD ARTILLERY Sampson, Fred D.; Ch. Mech., Salisbury, Vt. Severino, Peter; Pvt., 233 St. John St., New Haven, Conn. Sheppard, Wendell T.; Wag., Weston, Vt. Sheridan, Hugh B.; Pvt., 1084 Chestnut St., Newton Upper Falls, Mass., Shrubshell, Walter D.; Pvt., Maryville, Mo. Simpson, Edmond; Pvt.icl., Humphrey, Ark. Smith, Thomas E.; Wag., Manchester Depot, Vt. Smith, William H.; Pvt.icl., 41 Amonosuc St.. Woodsville, N. H. Stall, Frank; Cook, 14 West St., Proctor, Vt. Strong, Frank L.; Wag., R. F. D. No. 2, East Hardwick, N't. Sweeney, Kirwan F.; Sgt., ?9 Lincoln Ave., St. Albans, Vt. Thompson, William J.; Wag., 722 Main St., Middletown, Conn. Tomlinson, R. L.; Regt. Sup.Sgt., 58 Seaman St. Providence, R. I. Tuttle, William W.; Corp., 130 Essex St., Boston, Mass. Verna, Nichola; Pvt.icl., 65 North Park St., Franklin, Mass. Vuolo, Tony; Mech., 624 Oak St., New Haven, Conn. Walsh, Michael J.; Wag., 146 East 97th St., New York City Walters, Theophilus D.; Corp., Stauffer, West Md. Co., Pa. Weir, Alexander; Regt.Sup.Sgt., West Hebron, N. Y. Wenzel, Carl A.; Pvt., 620 Curtis St., Toledo, Ohio. ORDNANCE DETACHMENT Betuel, Gerald; Sgt., 12 Seventh Ave.. Brooklyn. N. V. Bonicke, Rudolph; Corp., 181 Hallock Ave., New Haven, Conn. Emerson, James F.; Pvt., Starksboro, Vt. Godwin, Frank A.; Sgt., 212 West 14th St., New York City Joslyn, Charles M.; Ord.Sgt., R. F. D. No. 2, South Hero, Vt. Leahy, Patrick J.; Corp., 533 West 49th St., New York City Lepeo, Angelo, Pvt., 7 Everett Place, East Boston, M.is^. Levinson, David D.; Ord.Sgt., 2134 N. Sixth St., Harrisbum, Pa. Lillie, Everett's.; Pvt.icl, R. F. D., No. 2, Bennington, Vt. Lohrer, Henry; Pvt.icl., 2076 Bergen St., Brooklvn, N. Y. McClellan, Charles W.; Ord.Sgt., Averill Park, Rense Co., N. Y. McDonald, William, Jr.; Corp., 20 Cliff St., St. Johnsbury, Vt. Mahan, Jesse E.; Sgt., R. F. D. No. 2, East Randolph, Vt. Miller, Harry; Pvt., 892 Irvine St., Bronx, New York City Persky, William A.; Pvt.icl., 315 Park St., Holyoke, Mass. Regan, Patrick J.; Pvt., 2469 Eighth Ave., New York City Savage, Mark A.; Corp., P. O. Box 592, Harrison, Westchester Co., N. Y. Sears, Harold S.; Corp., 30 School St., Rockland, Mass. Shea, William A.; Pvt.icl., 271 Oceanside Ave., Oceanside, Rockville Center, N. Y. Sullivan, William J.; Sgt., 1472 Broadway, New York City Thompson, Samuel S.; Pvt., 193 Thornton St., West Manchester, N. H. Trimble, Frank J.; Pvt., 430 Bay Ridge Ave., Brooklyn, N. Y. Vollkomer, Louis; Pvt., 655 Fresh Pond Road, Ridgewood, N. Y. MEDICAL DETACHMENT Allen, Fred I'.; Pvt.icl., 54 Summi Rutland, Vt. Burns, Francis C; Pvt.icl., 1 1 J. Maple St., White River Junction, Vt. Cianciarulo, Joseph; Pvt.icl., loo Maverick St., East Boston, Mass. Conrad, Andrew; Pvt-,c o Charlotte Scott, Box 76, Shortsville, N. V. Darivoff, Philip M.; Pvt.icl., 10 Green St., Haverhill, Mass. Douglass, Regis P.: Pvt.icl., 509 Church St., Gallitzin, Pa, Elisberg, Samuel; Sgt.icl., 1604 Broadway, New York City Freeman, Rolierr I..; Pvt.icl., Naugatuck, Conn. McLaughlin, John J.; Sgt., cor. High \ Bridge StS. Mittineague, Mass, McLeod, Norman 11.; Pvt.icl., o 4 Adams St., Burlington, Vt. Marshall, William A.; Pvt.icl., K. !•'. D. No. 1, Old Mission, Mich. Mauer, H. J.; Pvt.icl., 416 Knickerbocker Ave., Brooklyn, N. Y. Mesquita, John E.; Pvt.icl., 2304 Mass. Ave., Cambridge, Mass. Mulholland, Edward I-".; Pvt., Anthony, R. I. Rauch, William J.; Pvt.icl., Ingraham, 111. Ravencraft, Glen I..; Pvt., Maysville, Ky. Rennier, George; Pvt.icl , Willow Hill, III. Riesenberger, loseph; Pvt., 812 West "I' Belleville,' 111. R Homer; Pvt., Route No. I, Moweaqua, III. >.ii-. Abraham W.j Pvt.icl., 4:4 W. Sixth St., Delphos, Ohio Schmitt, Clarence I..; Pvt. id., St. Jacob, III. Shouse, Charles E.; Pvt.icl., -14 West Short St , Lexington, Ky. Smith, Kenneth J.; Pvt.icl., 232 Park R Ambridge, Pa. Sowers, Oscar; Pvt.icl., Montrose, 111. Speers, Clifford L.; Pvt., R. F. D. No. 1, New Lothrop, 111. Spence, Lum; Pvt.icl., Cynthiana, Ky. Stookev , Samuel; Pvt.icl., . I t "A" St.. Belleville, 111. Strong, George; Pvt., Gilpin, Ky. Thacker, John S. ; Pvt.icl., R. I". D., No. 4, Maysville, Ky. Tranmer, William E.; Sgt., R. 1 •'. I)., No. I, Bridgeport, Conn. Trotter, George W.; Sgt., Bolton, Miss. Turner, Harvey C; Pvt., R. F. D. No. 1, Sanders, K.\ . Turner, Leslie; Pvt., Monticello, Ky. Woodhed, Harry S.; Sgt., Poland Springs, Me. BRIGADE HEADQUARTERS DETACHMENT Originally Members of the ifl2nd Field Artillery Allen, Edwin O.; .14 County Way, Beverlej , Mas.. Baldwin, Harry G.; Shoreham, N't. Brawn. Howard D.; P. O. Box 395, Foxboro, Mass. Butterfly, Edward E.; 83 South Main St., Rutland, Vt. Curry, Martin M.; 5 Fountain Hill, Boston, Mass. Cushing, George E.; 87 Walnut St., North Saugus, Mass. Dean, Eugene A.; Chester Depot, Vt. DeLorme, Arthur G.; 368 Hildreth St.. I ' iwell, Mass. Durkee, Gordon A.; 6;o Grove St., Newton Lower Falls, Mass. Forbes, John R.; 22., Highland Ave., Somerville, Mass. Forbes, William J.; 41 Elm St., New I laven, Conn. 1 [1 1» aid, Austin L.; [627 South Main St.. Brockton, Mass. Kelsey, Edwin W.; 45 Hillside St., Waverley, Mass. Larrabee, Howard B.; 7 Cutler St., Worcester, Mass. I.eFave, Harold I).; 44 Waverlej PL, Melrose, Mass. Locke, Harry D.; 17 Ridge St., Winchester, Mass. Mann, LeRoy; 47 Jaques St., Somerville, Mass. Morris, Louis C; 35 Winslow Ave., West Somerville, Mass. Murphy, Thomas R., Jr.; Fast Mam St., Cambridge, N. Y. Olson, Victor O. ; 75 New St., Naugatuck, Conn. Parks. Edward A.; 2b Brighton St., Belmont, Mass. Richards, Samuel E.; 1701 Avenue G, Ensley, Ala. Robinson, William J.; 4 Nashua St., Somerville, Mass. Stewart, Benjamin; Oil City," La. Sullivan, Henry P.; 32 Lewis Ave., Arlington, Mass. I angredy, Joseph A.; Danb} , Vt. White, Carl B.; I- ast Wallingford, Vr. Wilson, Oscar M.; 654 Fairfield Ave., Bridgeport, Conn. Wiltsie, Edward D.; 106 Bellevue Ave., Rutland, Vt. In flfoemoviam Pvt. Charles I. Strobles, February u, [919. Camp de Souge, France. Next of Kin: Dr. Sim A. Hussey, Newberry, Florida. Headquarters Company. Pvt. Edward Kircher, October 25, 191S. Camp de Souge, France. Next of Kin: Mrs. Nellie Kircher, 6359 Halstead Street, Chicago, Illinois. Headquarters Company. Sgt. Clifford J. Copping, April 3, [918. Camp Dev- ens, Mass. Next of Kin: Mrs. George E. Copping, Fast Dorset, Vermont. Battery A. Pvt. Claude H. Buffum, January [3, [918. Camp Devens, Mass. Next of Kin: Mr. Frank Buffum, Fast Wallingford, Vermont. Battery A. Pvt. George Belzil, September 23, 1917. Camp Dev- ens, Mass. Battery B. Pvt. id. Joseph P. Knight, Camp de Souge, France. About December 1, 1919. Next of Kin: Miss Alice Knight, S4 Goffe St., New Haven, Conn. Battery B. Corp. Austin Noble, — -Next of Kin: Mrs. Ida B. Noble, Bethel, Vermont. Battery D. Pvt. Fred Dunne, October 23, 191 8, Camp de Souge, France. Battery E. Pvt. Frederick Pearson, November 24, 1918, Camp de Souge, France. Battery E. Pvt. Charles L. Demmoxs, October 21, 1918. Camp de Souge, France. Next of Kin: Charles Demmons, Detroit, Maine. Supply Company. Wagoner Austin Jennings, November 5, 1918, Rupr en Woevre, France. Next of Kin: Thomas Jennings, Kilbannon, Tuam, County Galway, Ireland. Supply Company. " Kim, I.a (jierre ' 302nd Field Artillery Association OFFICERS President T. JEFFERSON COOLIDGE, 3d, 184 Beacon St., Boston, Mass. / ice-President WM. H. CLAFLIN, Jk., :»h> Commonwealth Ave., Boston, M.,ss. Secretary and Treasurer |i ISEPH J. FANE, 144 Lexington Ave., Cambridge, Mass. Massachusetts Secretary DONALD N. GILBERT, 2- State St., Boston / ermont Secretary H. \V. LIQUED, 114 East St., Rutland Connecticut Secretary STILES D. WOODRUFF, Orange Xeii- York Secretary H. LeROV WHITNEY, 4= West St., New York City; c b M. W. Kellogg Co. Board of Governors T. Jefferson Coolidge, 3d, Samuel W. Atkins, 184 Beacon St., Boston, Mass. Marietta, Pa. Wm. H. Claflix, Jr., Evan Hollister, 269 Commonwealth Ave., Boston, Mass. 780 West Ferry St., Buffalo, N. Y. Allen H. Boardman, Burgess A. Edwards, 165 Buckingham St., Waterbury, Conn. s- Milk St., Boston, Mass. Lincoln Baylies, Samuel S. Durvee, 5 Commonwealth Ave., Boston, Mass. Garrison-on-Hudson, N. Y. Organizing Committee Chosen by the regiment at Camp de Souge, France, March, 1919, "to draw up articles of organization " for a regimental association. Sgt. Raymond R. Beane, Btry. B. Ord. Sgt. Charles M. Joslvk, Ordnance Det. ist Sgt., George F. Benson, Btry. F". istSot. John G. Kenefick, Btry. C. Corp. John C Burns, Btry. B. Corp. Ray T. Keyes, Btry. K. Corp. James A. Blrrell, Btry. B. Sgt. John H. Klein, Hdqrs. Co. Sot. J imes P. Fitzsimmons, Btry. A. Recti.. Slp. Sgt. Farwell Knapp, Supply Co. MESS Sot. Edward J. Fox, Btry. A. Sgt. William N. Mitchell, Hdqrs. Co. Pvt. icl. Armond Frasca, Btry. F. ist Sgt. Joseph C. Raytkwich, Jr., Btry. D. Sot. K mi. E. (J iskell, Btry. F". Corp. Ernest E. Root, Btry. E. Si, 1. Wm. J. Hamilton, Btry. A. Corp. Wm. F. Stearns, Jr., Btr\. C. Sot. Ellsworth S. Johnson, Btr\. I). Corp. Henry B. Walbridge, Btry. C. Sot. Shi 1 - D. VVooDRurp, Btry. E. The 302nd Field Artillery Association CONSTITUTION I. Name: The name of this society shall be The 302d Field Artillery Association. II. Objects: To perpetuate the patriotic spirit of our Regiment, and the friendship borne of com- mon effort in our nation's cause during the war with Germany; to help members of the Regiment in sickness or distress; and to preserve that fra- ternity and good fellowship existent during our association as members of the American Expedi- tionary Forces. III. Membership: Officers and enlisted men who were members of the 302d Field Artillery for a period of at least three months, or who served with the Regiment in the American Expeditionary Forces, are eligible to membership. IV. Officers: The Officers of this Society shall be: 1. President, 2. Vice President, 3. Secretary and Treasurer, 4. Vermont Secretary, ;. Con- necticut Secretary, 6. Massachusetts Secretary, 7. New York Secretary. V. Board of Governors: There shall be a Board of Governors composed of the Organization Commanders of this date (April 2d, 1 9 1 9) . Captain' William H. Claflin, Jr. C4Ptain T. Jefferson Coolidge, 3RD. Captain Evan Hollister Captain Lincoln Baylies Captain Samuel YV. Atkins Captain Samuel S. Duryee Captain Burgess A. Edwards ist Lt. Allen H. Boardman They shall adopt all necessary by-laws for the proper carrying out of the purposes and objects of the society, shall elect the President and Vice President and shall fill vacancies in an office when such occur. VI. Term of Office: The Members of the Board of Governors shall be elected for life. Vacan- cies in the Board of Governors may be filled by plurality vote of the remaining members of the Board of Governors. VII. Secretaries: The Secretaries shall be elected by the Organizing Committee, and shall hold office until such time as they are unable to continue in their office or the Board of Governors shall see fit to relieve them from their office. VIII. Dues: There shall be no Dues. IX. Amendments: Amendments to the Consti- tution may be made in the following manner: The proposed amendment shall be subscribed by fifty members of the society and shall be presented to the Board of Governors on or before the first day of August in any year. On the first day of September following there shall be mailed to everv member of the society a copy of the proposed amendment, in ballot form, which when marked shall be mailed to the Secretary of the Society. No ballots shall be accepted or counted unless received by the Secretary not later than the first day of November following, on which date the ballots are to be opened and counted. If a majority of the ballots cast shall be in the affirmative the said amendment shall be a part of the Constitution of the Society, and a memorandum to that effect shall be mailed to each member of the society. BY-LAWS (As accepted by the Board of Governors at Meeting at Pauillac, France, April 10, 1919). I. Funds: All money received by the Associa- tion will be deposited as soon as practical, in a reputable bank. Checks on this bank will be signed by the Treasurer, and the President or Vice President. Money so drawn may be spent at the discretion of an officer ot the Association on associa- tion business. Record of receipts and expendi- tures will be kept by the treasurer, together with vouchers showing the source of receipt and the purpose of expenditures. This account will be audited once a year. All expenditures not previ- ously approved will be approved by the Board of Governors at each meeting. A statement will be sent to all members of the Association once a year. II. Meetings of the Board of Governors: The Board of Governors will meet at least once a year on the call of the President or Vice President. Notice of this meeting will be sent to all the Secre- taries, who are privileged to attend the meeting. III. Quorum of the Board of Governors: Five members of the Board of Governors constitute a quorum. A majority vote of the quorum is necessary for the enaction of By-Laws or transaction ot business. In the absence of a quorum any busi- ness will be referred by letter to all members of the Board and nothing will be considered passed until five members of the Board signify their approval in writing. IV. The Secretary will keep a record of the meet- ings of the organizing committee and the report of the organizing board, of the board of governors, and a copy of the constitution and by-laws. V. There will be a yearly report sent to all mem- bers showing the work of the association and inter- esting facts concerning members of the association. VI. The President is responsible that the Consti- tution and By-Laws are adhered to. (Signed) T. Jefferson Coolidge, 3RD, President. Regimental Theatricals in France Memoirs Written at Rupt-en-\Voevre, France November, 1918 Say fellows, Do you remember when we first landed At Camp Devens? Remember Hew the place looked? Wasn't it a weird sight? Didn't the officers look swell In their pretty uniforms? We surely did admire them At first. Then they put misfits on us, And Started in to make Soldiers out of us. The iron bunk. The straw mattress. The blanket. The mess-kit. Nothing like home, Was it? That was some camp though. We saw it grow From a crude wilderness To a first class Establishment. * * * Remember the first drills? Squads east, Castle Thenics, Semi 4, Genera! Orders. Gee, they were interesting For a day Or so. Then, The wooden guns. The wooden horses. Also interesting — About once. Next came the stables, And regular horses Some of them. Damn tew, though. Gosh, it was cold About that time. Remember the first casualties, And how we laughed i66 THE STORY OF THE 302ND FIELD ARTILLERY llntil we got kicked Ourselves? Some winter we spent With those nags. Did you ever get to ride In a saddle? I know, I didn't. Then When we learned to ride How they took the plugs away. Remember? It was just turning Spring. Made us a motor outfit. Gave us practice in Hiking. Consistent, wasn't it? Constant, too. Recall The firing on the range With the 3" guns? Gee, how we kicked about Walking out to the O. P. How far would you walk now For a little Kon — vac? Recall the tough battling At Harvard Still River Shirley The Holliday House? Happy days, weren't they? How'd you like to be there Now? * * * Remember When we got the bunch of Rookies? May, wasn't it? We thought we were Regulars, then. We were In comparison. Not in fact, though. * * * Remember Those rumors about sailing? The inspections. The reviews. Some of us got Furloughs For four days. 1 know a fellow who got Seven days. A. W. O. L. Great dope, eh? Rumors came true, though. 'Twas The Ides of July, When we sailed from Boston Harbor. Some ship we sailed on. Remember the name? H. M. S. Port Lincoln. Meaning, Have More Stew. Fifteen days aboard that Cattle boat, Including the two days In Halifax Harbor. Wow! What a memory. Some trip, though. Remember The dirty decks, The hammocks, The canteen JJSfJ n, The submarine battle, And The stew? Better left unsaid. Remember How we kicked At Camp Devens One Sunday, Because our ice cream was soft: No kidden, Combien francs Would you give now, for a little Ice cream? * * * Remember Our arrival in Liverpool? Some hike that night, with Full packs, and Sea legs, to Knotty Ash. Some camp that was, eh? Two days felt like So many years. Then, that trip to Winchester, In those Funny English coaches. Once inside, There's No getting out. Lucky We didn't get much to eat. Guess the English Must travel on an THE STORY OF THE }02\D FIELD ARTILLERY l6 7 Empty stomach. Remember That hike up the hill At night When we landed at Winchester: I'm tired from it, yet. Remember The wooden beds Made of slats, And The jam and tea For meals? Some bed And Some board. Synonymous, I'll say. Next came the short ride to Southampton. And, the sail by night From there On the good ship Harvard For the land of "Ou, la la And Yin blanc." Regular American ship, though, With REGULAR sailors And REGULAR comforts. Remember The morning we landed at Le Havre, in "Sunny France"? It rained that morning And Has been raining Ever since. "Sunny" must be French For "Mud." That was some hike That morning, too. Wonder why they always Build camps On the top of the Highest hills. Must be healthy. Made me sick. 1 know that. * » » Remember That afternoon we lett Le Havre, Headed for a training camp "Somewhere in France"? Recall The first view of French troop trains? Pour-wheeled Flat-wheeled Funny French Freight cars. Very short And narrow. Recall the printing On the door? " Hommes 40" "Chevaux S"? Which probably means "Crowd in 4c" "Room for 8." Some cars And Si ime trip! Two days and two nights Enroute, packed tight, With no sleep, And with Corned Willie and Beans For rations. Devens began to look pretty good, Didn't it? Remember The large cities We passed thru? I don't. Couldn't see thru the door, And The windows were jammed. * * * Finally arrived at a Rest Camp In southern France And Near Bordeaux — If you were above Grade XVII. Remember That first real picture Ot France? The vineyards The wine gardens The wine bottles The wine, itself. That was some "Rest Camp." Wow!! Called "Camp Kon-yac." * * » Recall When we left there for Camp de Souge? Like losing your best friend, i68 THE STORY OF THE ^02ND FIELD ARTILLERV Wasn't it? Souge was some place! Not for me, though. Gee, wasn't it Hot And Dusty? French couldn't live there So they gave it to the U. S. Forty dead horses Carried out each day, Including Sunday. Remember When we first got paid In francs? I got "beaucoup." Nearly 200 of them. Looked like cigar coupons, And cheap ones At that. Recall Your first French lessons? Vin blanc Combien Merci Beaucoup Etc. Some vocabulary! Carried me through, though. * * Recall The new guns 4-7 "? First of its kind In France. Remember The intensive training. O. P. 7. The night firing. The range battles And The familiar cry of Nuts! Nuts! Remember The day we left For the Front? Happy day, wasn't it? Recall The interesting sights Enroute? The aviation camps, The German prison camps. The hustle And The activity As we approached the Front. The landing at Dugny And the mess In the dark. Remember The walk to Ancemont, or Beaquemont? And The haunted billets? All I could hear, \\ as, "Put out that light." Then the hike to Rupt-en-Woevre. Gosh, it was dark. And wet And far. Began to look like War After all Didn't it? Recall How we breezed into Rupt, And Went to sleep on the floor In pitch dark? And actually enjoyed it. Did you ever think You could see in the dark? I didn't. I do now, though. Remember The daylight view of Rupt-en-Woevre In the morning? Ye Gods! Stone buildings, Wall-less Roofless Floorless And Abris, galore. Recall Our first trip To the actual Front To get located, And The permanent movement There? The hard work Digging emplacements. All done at night. Pretty tough, eh? Interesting, though. Remember THE STORY OF THE ,02\1) HELD ARTILLERY [69 The deep dugouts The dirty dugouts The rat-ridden dugouts! V. M. C. A. L'avc us soap In the dugouts And Water .; miles awaj . Recall TheO. I'. On Hill 37a, Tin- communicating system. 'Hie battalion positions. The batterj positions, The M I I), The Grand Tranchee, The few shots At the Huns, The sleepless nights. And days, The aeroplanes overhead, The whizz bang. And The whizz Without the bang. Some memory, I'll never forget. Remember The night we got orders To move forward? Had hardly got settled Where we were. Some experience that night, At Les Epargc And Tresevaux. I I, uas shells, I li< bombardment Of our new positions. Wow ! I'm dizz) yet. Recall the joyous news That morning! VRMISTICI I (Fective at 1 1:00 A. M. As welcome as A check from home, Used to be. Remember The return to Rupt, And 1 low much better It looked this time? Guess Devens will look pretty good When we return, too. Fifteen months ago We first landed At Devens. Doesn't seem such a long time, Does it? How would you like To stay here Fifteen months More? Don't get sore, I'm only kidden. Fini! Corp. Saul CowAf Hdq. Co. A THRILLING ADVENTURE Oft-times there comes into my mind A thought of long ago, When 1 was in a place called Rupt, A-soldiering there, you know. It happened in the Great World War, I was a private then, A young man in the prime of life, A man among the men. There was no fear within my heart, That is — not through the day. 'Twas something happened there one night That turned my hair to gray. We were quartered in an old stone house Built way before the flood, \\ hose ghostly shadows in the night Would surely chill your blood. I slept in one small room alone With no companions near, But I was brave and strong and young, And little did I fear. One fatal night that changed my life And left me weak and frail, I strode into the room and hung My coat upon a nail. The moon shone in the window, And by its pale white light I rapidly undressed myself And settled for the night. My eyelids closed in slumber As I lay upon my back, And I had pleasant visions of Corned Willie and Hard Tack. 1 started up, and in distrust, Groped blindly for a shoe; The rats had troubled me before So 1 knew what to do. But this rat was a different sort, And did not run away. He ambled slowly o'er the bed As it he meant to stay. In vain I struck out with my feet, In vain I hurled my shoe. Friend Rat, he dodged it all And stuck around like glue. And then the blood froze in my veins And I lay still as stone, As half a hundred squeaks or more Showed he was not alone. His relatives and children too Had come unto the feast, And all that night I wrestled with A thousand rats at least. They played leap-frog, and hide and seek All night around my bed, And one was bold enough to gnaw Some hair from off my head. Next morning I staggered from my bunk With weak and trembling knees, And found some knave had hidden there A chunk of Schweitzer Cheese! Private I. Segall, Batterv A. When suddenly beside my ear There pounced just like a cat, So close that I could feel his breath, A big bewhiskered rat. THE STORY OF THE }02M) FIELD ARTILLERY 171 FIRESIDE THOUGHTS As I sit in contemplation in the town beside the Meuse, Full many are the pictures, and many are the views; And strong indeed the contrast to the life we had before Our entry in the army, in those good old days of yore. Then we dined in quiet comfort, seated at the family board, And shared alike the good things that in plenty had been stored. What a difference as we picture those by-gone days, and now As we stand in line with mess-kit, preparing for the chow, While the raindrops run and trickle in a cadence slow or fast; Well, we know we're in the army and those good old days are past; And we boys long for their returning as we chew and chaw and b:te, While we're searching for a dry spot, but there's not a one in sight. Then the picture how we travelled in those days before the war, In the twin-six or the flivver, or in any other car. Now it's different, vastly different; we journey here by weight, And we pass through town and country packed and labelled as fast freight. "8 chevaux" and "40 Hommes" is the sign upon the door, But no one now has faith in signs, since we entered in the war. 17- THE STORY OF THE JOlND FIELD ARTILLERY Now those billets in the village, where we stopped for quite a time, Different from the old home comforts, in our genial western clime. Here a hayloft, now a stable or a barn beside the sheep, Just some wall to hang your packs on, floor enough to let you sleep. How we worked and fussed and labored in a general clean-up fray, Model bunks, and then inspection was the order of the day. Now our days of strife are over, and the Great World War is won, And the hosts of truth and freedom view their mighty task well done; And our boys with pride and pleasure look from here across the foam, Where beyond the far horizon is the threshold of their home. There, the new day just awakening beckons with a roseate hand, Recalling each brave wanderer back unto his native land. THE ATTACK ON HILL n 44 . 'Twas on a dark and stormy night Away up on the lines; The rain came pouring down in sheets, The wind howled through the pines, The constant booming of the guns Resounded through the night; And now and then a rocket's flare Would cast a fitful light. When down a road of treacherous mud A storming party came; They were brave men, and determined To uphold their country's name. Now and then a man would stumble As he bucked the blinding gale, But with grit and nerve unfailing They hit the slippery trail. Suddenly a hill loomed up To block our heroes' way; 'Twas on the crest of that dark hill That their objective lay. They staggered up the narrow path 'Mid darkness black as pitch, And cursed when they fell o'er a wire Or stumbled in a ditch. At last they reached the summit; "Thank Gcdl" I heard them say As they reached their goal so difficult — The French Y. M. C. A. Private I. Segall, Battery A. The Cosmos Press Cambridge, Massai iu'SETTS