Departure of the Old Fifth Recalled by Return of 33d
Quincy bids farewell to the 33d Regiment as Company F and the machine gun company march to Camp Logan Texas. About 230 men total in the two units leave behind 582 in Camp Parker earlier, with 152 and 74 respectively on the last pay day. A crowd of 15,000 witnesses the entrainment on Front street as the long train departs at 12 47 pm.
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Quincy
Frank Wood
Front Street
Broadway
Houston
Tex
Camp Logan
Jacksonville
Bloomington
Hillsboro
Camp Parker
Gardner Park
Frank S. Wood
Tomorow
France
Col. Wood
Salemn
Parker
al. Ellis
The
Burlington
Wood
St. Louis
San Francisco
Fort Worth
Fifth Regiment
Fifth
Where Old Machine Gun Co Sergeants Are
Sergeant William H. Henning after Camp Logan was transferred to the air service and commissioned as lieutenant. He has received his discharge and is home now. Sergeant Chester I. White was commissioned as lieutenant and served in France with Company A of the 124th Machine Gun battalion. He arrived in the States on the Mt. Vernon. Sergeant Roy Keller was commissioned as first lieutenant and wounded in action in France. He has been home for the past few months. Sergeant Robert Strickland was commissioned as lieutenant. Sergeant Otto A. Wurl rose from sergeant to major, went to France head of the Quincy unit, returned to the State as instructor, and weeks ago received his commission as major after muster out.
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William H. Henning
Camp Logan
Air Service
Chester I. White
France
124Th Machine Gun Battalion
States
Mt. Vernon
Roy Keller
Robert Strickland
Otto A. Wurl
Quincy
Arrivals of 349th Infantry to New York Navy Yard
Twenty seven officers and 1205 men of the 349th Infantry, 88th division from Minnesota, Nebraska and the Dakotas arrived in New York aboard the Henry R Mallory. The contingent included field and staff, first battalion headquarters, medical detachment, supply unit and machine gun companies A B and C.
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New York
349Th Infantry
88Th Division
Minn
Towa
Nebr
North and
South Dakota
Henry R. Mallory
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