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Battery C Entrains for Home Tomorrow as Troops Muster
Des Moines dispatch reports Battery C will entrain for home tomorrow from Brownsville Texas, with infantry units not leaving until December 18. Des Moines arrival targets December 18 to 22 for artillery and December 21 to 22 for infantry, with 1700 miles to cover. Mustering out expected by December 6 or 7, enabling troop movements to reach the city for Christmas. A Clinton source confirms Battery A and others will begin training at Brownsville and depart for Des Moines area, while a Davenport muster is sought for certain units.
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