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Artillery at Sevier to Begin Playing with Big Guns Monday
The second battalion of the 14th Field Artillery, Batteries D E and F, under Major Horace Frierson, will leave today for the range 26 miles away in the mountains. Battery hk from Nashville will bring four 3 inch rifles while the others march to the range, two days on foot. Firing starts Monday as units move to the range. Brig Gen. Gatley moves HQ there and will stay throughout. A second battery of 4 inch guns arrived yesterday to keep training uninterrupted. Wireless will maintain range communications. Observers and spotters face tough work firing at hidden trenches and pasteboard force models. Officers of the 105th ammunition train hope for range duty. division tests in February boosted signaling proficiency with semaphore and Wigwag.
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14Th Field Artillery
Horace Frierson
Nashmille
France
105Th
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