149th field artillery ww1

Redesignated 1 October 2005 as the 147th Field Artillery Regiment. 1st Lt, 12th US Aviation Observation Squadron. the observers lived on the fat of the land. The United States provided around 240,000 men in nine veteran divisions, nearly a third of the total occupying force, for this task. We also have volunteers and resources at our office in Independence, Virginia. Real-photo postcard of a photograph of unidentified U.S. Army soldiers moving large shells of an M1918 240mm howitzer gun by a pulley chain along a rail track for carts at Camp Bragg, N.C., taken between 1918 and 1922 [circa 1918-1922]. 26th Division Major General Clarence R. Edwards, commanding; Lieutenant Colonel Cassius M. Dowell, Chief of Staff; Major Charles A. Stevens, Adjutant General. The following amount of ammunition was hauled by the motor Battalion while at the front. It mostly served alongside the New Zealand Division and the Australian Corps. Army War College Historical Section (1988b), p. 192. Army War College Historical Section (1988b), p. 210. Mobilized at amp, Wolf, Rushville, Indiana August 5, 1917. Enlisted and sworn into 2nd Indiana Field Artillery (National Guard), at Indianapolis, Indiana on May 6, 1918. Received orders to go over, but the order was rescinded on the eve of embarkation, on request old Commanding Officer at Camp Taylor and I returned to former duty. 2 Memorial Drive, Lineage and Honors Information (2013). Edited by John Mark Ockerbloom (onlinebooks@pobox.upenn.edu)OBP copyrights and licenses. CONTENT MAY BE COPYRIGHTED BY WIKITREE COMMUNITY MEMBERS. Artillery was Trench Warfare and was a major factor in WW1. Harry Robert Hall, Major, Batt. Two men were killed and one wounded in the last eight minutes of the war.. Sailed from Brest, France December 15, 1918 on the USS George Washington, arrived at Hoboken, New Jersey, December 22, from there to Camp Meredith New Jersey, and then to Fort Benjamin Harrison Indiana, were we were demobilize January 15, 1919., Oscar Jesse Hendricks, Private, Field Artillery, Marion County, Indiana, .seen some hard times while in service, Photograph of the 113th Field Artillery Regiment, 30th Division, on March 20, 1919. Disbanded in April 1873 at Kansas City. When we were over at our first town, every time the air raid signal would start going all of the Frenchies would head for the bomb proofs and the Americans would dash out into the street to see it. [18], Activated and organized by Lieutenant General William M. Wright under orders by Pershing, its headquarters was formed in Remiremont, France. This alternative was vetoed by the electorate at the polls in the election of Senator Harding to the Presidency. Photograph of a U.S. Army 240mm howitzer, with its barrel raised up, amid a stand of trees at Fort Bragg, N.C., around the 1920s [circa 1920s]. Army War College Historical Section (1988a), p. 243. Near a cemetery site where a single German machine gunner had accounted for nearly two hundred poilus in the battle of the previous October. Pascal3012 / CC BY-SA (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0), https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:M%C3%A9morial_42e_(1).JPG, Excerpt from the "War Story of C Battery, One hundred and third US Field Artillery". Enlisted as a Private and was commissioned a Captain in 2nd Indiana Field Artillery on May 6, 1918, and assigned to Battery E. As an officer of the 2nd Indiana Field Artillery, I entered the government artillery school at West Point, Kentucky about June 3, 1918, and remained there until about July 12, 1918. Cruisers, German ships seized by the Navy, ships borrowed from the Allies, and many other ships were used to ship troops to Europe from ports in New York, New Jersey, and Virginia. 9 February 2007. Army War College Historical Section (1988b), p. 429. Served as an 8" shell inspector prior to his enlistment. Reorganized 1 September 2008 to consist of the 1st Battalion. Field Artillery | World War 1 Veterans, WWVets.org Serious attempts were made to rid the offensive insects. [19] After the Armistice, II Corps was reassigned to the Third Army's control, before being demobilized on 1 February 1919. From the service of Corporal Reid Disman Fields, Ordnance Detachment, 13th Field Artillery, AEF:Feb. [11], The Second Army was activated on 9 September and was organized by Colonel Stuart Heintzelman. Army War College Historical Publication (1988b), p. 57. Frank Carlton Loring, Captain, Ordnance Department, Officers Reserve Corps, Grant County, Indiana. He sends his greetings. [Translated from German to English]. Trained at Columbus Barracks, Ohio. The thirty-five members of the New York Army National Guard's 42nd Infantry Division gathered with French soldiers at the foot of the Memorial Statue near the French village ofFere-en-Tardenois to celebrate the anniversary on July 2018. George Wythe. 1st Brigade Infantry Major [General] John L. Hines; 2nd Brigade Infantry Major General Beaumont B. Buck, Division Units 1st Machine Gun Battalion, 3rd Brigade Infantry Brigadier General Hanson E. Ely, 4th Brigade Infantry (Marines) Brigadier General John A. LeJeune, 2nd Brigade Field Artillery Brigadier General A. J. Bowley, Division Units 2nd Division Headquarters Troop; 4th Machine Gun Battalion, 51st Brigade Infantry Brigadier General George H. Shelton, 52nd Brigade Infantry Brigadier General C. H. Cole, 51st Brigade Field Artillery Brigadier General D. E. Aultman, Division Units 26th Headquarters Troop; 101st Machine Gun Battalion, 63rd Brigade Infantry Brigadier General William D. Connor, 64th Brigade Infantry Brigadier General E. B. Winans. World War, 1914-1918 -- Regimental histories -- United States, World War, 1914-1918 -- Regimental histories -- United States -- Artillery -- 103d field artillery. It was assigned to the First Army when it was created on 15 August 1918. Photograph taken just after the 113th F.A. AbeBooks.com: C Battery, 149th Field Artillery: Being the Story of a Light Field Artillery Battery From Illinois During the World War: An elaborate illustrated WWI unit history in nice condition with two printed inserts from a later date (the 1950's) referring to men of the unit. Roast pork! This happened at Baccarat, France, on June 5, 1918. The story of the 139th field artillery, American - Archive This page has been accessed 182 times. ", US Signal Corps Photo, America's War for Humanity, "Men of the 313th US Field Artillery cleaning and polishing 75-millimeter shells to be sent over to the Huns at night. The French chose the 32nd Division for two drives on Soissons, the only American Division that fought with the French. We are a public charity under section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code. 2nd Division (U.S.M.C) Brigadier General John E. LeJeune, commanding; Brigadier General Preston Brown, Chief-of-Staff. Enlisted April 5, 1916, at Columbus, Ohio. Much of the material was ersatz [substitute], made of paper products. in moving overseas., William Raymond Harper, Infantry, Vanderburgh County, Indiana. A letter from F. Thunhorst of Riemsloh Germany to Carl Rosendahl, June 3, 1915, related that one of their acquaintances Old [illegible] is still the same and he just keeps going. Men of Batteries A & B, 103rd Field Artillery, formerly 26thDiv., alive after battle of Seichepiey, playing with young lioness mascot. For the primary, peacetime category, see: 67th Field Artillery Brigade The battle is over, day breaks, and the work of repairing and burial follows., Edward Norman Schwamburger, Corporal, Co. B, 6th Infantry, 5th Div., Vanderburg County, Indiana. Major General W. R. Smith, commanding; Colonel E. J. Williams, Chief-of-Staff; Major William R. Scott, Adjutant-General. 1st Division Major General Charles P. Summerall, commanding; Lieutenant Colonel Campbell King, Chief of Staff, Major H. K. Loughry, Adjutant General. You are urged to leave no articles of clothing or equipment in the cubicle after dressing or about the Hut at any time. The members of the Order of the Cootie would entertain veterans in the hospitals after the war. It saw no combat action in World War I. The nickname "Rainbow Division" represented the diversity of men grouped into one division as reflected by Chief of Staff Major Douglass Mac Arthur that they "would stretch over the whole country like a rainbow." Daily, Memorial Day - Labor Day Received honorable discharge from the service at Camp Jackson, Columbia, South Carolina. Army War College Historical Section (1988b), p. 90. The formation was committed to the Lorraine offensive on 26 October. 10 May 2007. See also what's at your library, or elsewhere. 109th Field Artillery Regiment | Lineage and Honors | U.S. Army Center It was finally demobilized on 11 May 1919, with its remnants becoming part of the Third Army. These should be handed for safe keeping to the Leader in charge of the Hut. English. Physical Address The heavy reliance on artillery fire left the war stalemated in the trenches. He was killed over France on July 26, 1918. Is now with the 13th Infantry at Camp Mills, Long Island, New York. About October 1917, I helped organize state militia Co. at Marion, Grant County, Indiana and was made 2nd Lt. Later on, about November 20, 1917, I resigned from the State Militia to aid in the organization of the 2nd Indiana Field artillery, which was a National Guard organization and which the War Department had promised to induct immediately into the federal service. Ammunition Train in December 1917. D501: History: General and Eastern Hemisphere: World War I (1914-1918) Subject. Harry A. McColm, 1st Lt., Cavalry, Tippecanoe County, Indiana. R. C. Hufford, Sergeant Major, Field Artillery, Jefferson County, Indiana. Beer was plentiful at 20 to 30 pfennings a glass, but of a poor grade, as was the wine. All Rights Reserved. While in the battle of Chateau-Thierry, his horse, which he brought from St. Paul, was shot from under him. He came home with a health impairment and resumed his employment at the knitting Mills for a few weeks, but soon resigned and sought less confining employment, which he found at the Square Deal Garage as a repairman. In the correspondence from the service of Private Walter G. Shaw, 18th Infantry Band, 1st Division, dated Oct. 31, 1917:I like France fairly Well dont think I would like to live here always [sic] they have fine roads here. Copyright 1998 - 2023 Grayson County Virginia Heritage Foundation Inc. and New River Notes. Two were wounded, one gassed. The remaining battalions, most often upon arrival in England, were broken up and primarily absorbed into a reserve battalion. Guard for President Wilson at his Paris Mansion and the Peace Commission, from February 12 to July 8, 1919. Sent to Ft. Sill, Okla., where he acted as an instructor. from old catalog, Volume I: multiple formats at archive.org, Volume II: multiple formats at archive.org. Member of the Carnegie Expedition of 1915-16, circumnavigating the South Pole. The cliff in the distance was completely fortified with hundreds of machine guns. The following are the Divisions, Armies, Corps, which this Brigade has been engaged since their arrival at the front. Born at Lafayette. "Catching a little nap under cover of their camouflaged guns, before moving their position under cover of the night, 313th Field Artillery, 155th Brigade. United States World War I Unit Histories FamilySearch Army War College Historical Section (1988b), p. 152. We help researchers and families find and understand materials on our site and on related websites. Had pneumonia when a child and was seventy-five pounds overweight when inducted into the army., Joseph Lewis Hyatt, 2nd Lt. AEF, Ripley County, Indiana, Departed Europe from Pauillac, France. Bayoneted through neck September 12, 1918, and gassed in the Battle of Meuse-Argonne, November 10, 1918. ( 802 Wilt Street, Ft. Wayne, Indiana), Died February 17, 1919, of spinal meningitis developed January 3 from exposure, due to weakened condition. WIKITREE PROTECTS MOST SENSITIVE INFORMATION BUT ONLY TO THE EXTENT STATED IN THE TERMS OF SERVICE AND PRIVACY POLICY. The Cantigny operation was carried out the morning of May 28th, the division advancing the line three to six hundred yards on a twenty-two-hundred yard front. The 42ndwas created in August 1917 and comprised of mobilized National Guard Units from 26 States and the District of Columbia. Clifford Carl Schomber, 32nd Div., Ripley County, Indiana. Redmond was struck by a bomb from an enemy airplane while on detached service with the French in the Chemin-des-Dames Ridge. The story of the 139th field artillery, American expeditionary forces by Moorhead, Robert Lowry, 1875-Publication date [c1920] Topics United States. National Archives Photo, courtesy of Indiana War Memorial Archives. It was used to quench thirst, to enjoy in comradeship, to relax and possibly, to help for a moment, to forget about the horror of war. The beer still tastes excellent, and he still drinks a few pints daily. Assigned to the 151st Field Artillery, Battery B, 42nd (Rainbow) Division in January 1918. Division Units 36th Division Headquarters Troop; 131st Machine Gun Battalion, 151st Brigade Infantry Brigadier General Frank Albright, 152nd Brigade Infantry Brigadier General F. D. Evans, 151st Brigade, Field Artillery Major General William S. McNair, Division Units 76th Division Headquarters Troop; 301st Machine Gun Battalion, 157th Brigade Infantry Brigadier General William L. Nicholson. We provide digital scans of the original military service records of your WWI veteran and can customize our research process to your specific needs. Army. It marched into Germany from 22 November to 12 December 1918. Perviance at the Christian Church, after which he was laid to rest in beautiful Park Cemetery, Fairmount, Indiana., Robert S. Middleton, Infantry, Marion County, Indiana. Enlisted in 1916 in 17th Cavalry. Battery C, 108th Field Artillery firing a salvo at retreating Huns, from the ruins of an unidentified city in France. Headquarters, 402d Field Artillery Brigade. Was in charge of the experimental work, the first of its kind in the United States, for the production of cannon by casting the metal. All our mail is handed to the United States Post Office and we cant use the French ones, so if you're not near a United States one you can't write. Also served with the Army of Occupation in Germany. Was one of the 250 men picked for a Presidential Honor Guard in Paris. 2FHPMR7 - 149th and 150th field artillery regiment fire in battlefield - 1918. Marion F. Patterson, Grant County, Indiana, Battery B, 15th Field Artillery. Independence, VA 24348. In the 2nd Div. served in Pershing's Mexican expedition in 1916 and Mac Arthur's vision, evolving from a desperate need for more experienced officers to train the newly drafted army, created the 42nd. The veterans adopted the name Cootie and formed a reunion group, The Military Order of the Cootie, complete with a uniform of a ruffled shirt, red pants, and a bug emblem on the vest. From U.S. volunteer truck driver, Ned Henschel, Dec. 8, 1918, Verdun, France: a rumour floated around that there was beer to found in a neighboring village. Possibly at Camp Funston. Major General James A. McRae, commanding; Lieutenant-Colonel Harry N. Cootes, Chief of Staff; Major William T. MacMill, Adjutant General. Was firing a six-inch Howitzer gun when it blew up causing my injuries (wounded in the left forearm and thigh at Baccarat, Lorraine Sector) at the same time killing Paul Cross and Bernard Hurst of Shelbyville, Indiana. A printed announcement of a "Reunion and Smoker" party for the 77th Division's MP Company on Oct. 25, 1919 at the 77th Division Association Club House in New York City. After the armistice they served in the Army of Occupation in Germany. 57th Brigade Field Artillery Brigadier General G. LeRoy Irwin. Charles C. Ballou, Charles T. Menoher, and George Bell Jr. all assumed command at some time before the armistice. Real-photo postcard of a photograph of an unidentified U.S. Army soldier with Battery C, 5th Field Artillery Regiment, sitting on the end of the raised-up barrel of an M1918 240mm howitzer gun at Camp Bragg, N.C., taken between 1918 and 1922 [circa 1918-1922]. Real-photo postcard of a photograph of an unidentified field artillery crew standing around an artillery gun on the firing range at Camp Bragg, N.C., taken between 1918 US Signal Corps photo. 41st Division (Sunset) Major General Robert Alexander, commanding; Colonel Harry H. Tebbetts, Chief of Staff, Major Herbert H. White, Adjutant- General. His body arrived there March 2 and his funeral was preached Sunday, March 3 by the Rev. United States Center of Military History. 100 Years ago the Battle of Croix Rouge Farm commenced in France. Grayson County Virginia Heritage Foundation (GCVHF) is established to promote, preserve, and share the cultural and family heritages of Grayson County, Virginia. In wartime conditions, months in the trenches in close quarters with other unwashed soldiers, the lice flourished. Major General C. G. Morton, commanding; Colonel George S. Goodale, Chief-of- Staff; Major James A. Ulio, Adjutant-General. Wine or beer purchased in cafes will be used on the premises and not carried away in bottles or other receptables.. Every shell hole was used for machine-gun emplacements. ", National Archive Photo courtesy of Indiana War Memorial Archives, Chester Elmer Shutz, Sergeant, Co. K. 335th Infantry, 84th Div., Vanderburgh County, Indiana. They were known all over France as the Les Terribles Division. (Cambridge, Mass., Major General C. S. Farnsworth, commanding; Lieutenant Colonel Dana T. Merrill, Chief of Staff, Major Edward W. Wildrick, Adjutant-General. Haven't heard from you for some time and we are expecting to leave Toul for a port of embarkation at any day now, so I thot [sic] I would write you a word so that if I am quite a while.. It served through most of the battles that the American Expeditionary Forces fought on the Western Front. Just before sailing, he had been operated on for appendicitis at Camp Sherman in July 1918. Am going to the Third army. They Battled 40 Days to Keep the Huns from Paris. Rangeval, France. Hospitalized at Base Hospital #32, #3, Rated Cross Hospital #1, Field Hospital #29, Base Hospital #6 (very bad). 129th Field Artillery Regiment | Lineage and Honors | U.S. Army Center Sailed for France Sept. 11, 1917, landing Oct. 2, 1917. With the 2nd American Army from September 22 until the armistice. (1st and 2d Independent Westmoreland Companies [also known as Wyoming Companies] authorized 23 August 1776 in the Continental Army; organized 26 August-21 September 1776 in Westmoreland County,. Sailed from Hoboken, New Jersey, August 18, 1917. With a helmet full of flour and a little corn syrup any hausfrau could produce an elegant set of waffles. Evidently, the waffles reached such an esteemed place that the very name of eierkuchen was transferred to anything that looked appetizing, especially young women.. We had our Christmas dinner in Albert, France in an old sewing-machine factory. MacArthur was promoted to Colonel and designated the 42nd first chief of staff. 32, where he was a patient for three weeks.
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