| Show A brief history of the infantry the infantry was organized in syracuse N Y in june 1917 trained at camp green N C until march darch 1918 and the last battalion to arrive in france landed in brest april 1918 hustled out ot of its training aiea abea in the department of haute flaute marne on the day of 0 may and rushed with all speed to the neighborhood of chauteau thierry the found itself against the real thing in modern warfare it found the day of trenches aud and the day of 0 give and take fighting at an end although it actually had no part in helping the ath N G battalion to hold the chateau thierry bridge one of the final phases of the german offensive in fit may the thirty eighth realized what front ine duty was this was the period when even battalions were separated and included directly under french command two coro corn panes of the second battalion relieved the french cur asaiees at posay east of chateau thierry Th lerry and on the following day the first battalion went into the line the third battalion however was moved to chez sur marne several kilometers west of 0 chateau thi erry to relieve the ath french cur as two days more brought the regiment toge loge however with two battalions on the front real not simulated training for the next six weeks prepared the for its defense of july every soldier and officer know knew the feel of darkness with boche snipers and machine guns across the narrow marne this sharpened eyes and ears as no other form of training could accomplish all had experienced the whistle whiz and bang of german shells and most of all by july 15 there were nieu men in every company who had either killed germans or had tired fired at them at close range and had formed certain definite impressions these were the men who left field equipment and crossed the marne to raid the town of gland during this period too occurred the first casualties and by july ast 1st nearly a dozen of the killed in action crosses of wood formed a row lu in the little church churchyard yard cemetery in courboin oln at ten minutes after midnight on july a flash a roar a rumble and the drive was on in thirty seconds it had settled down to a steady continuous succession of arriving shells there was no break no stop no rest this bombardment was of various calibers shells from on the river bank and railroad line then and further south long range heavies ploughed sloughed hed into the earth even at Mont information front from prisoners stated that 4 batteries were in action on the Sur molin valley rapid tire fire continued until a in and the moderately heavy schedule vegan began including tear and sneezing gas shells on forward areas and lethal gas on supports and reserves by 1215 1216 every man in the regiment had adjusted his gas mask to wear tor for the next six or seven hours and had I 1 reached his previous constructed ted splinter proof slit silt trench the bombardment on the front lines was no more intense than at any other point until when a concentration of 0 shells on the waters edge where the petit posts ol of automatic rifles rides were located announcing noun cing the beginning of the rolling barrage and attack fifteen minutes orthis of this destructive kind ot of tire fire pr preceded ceded the advance and the few liaison aenas who reached their company P C s on the railroad use line reported that the enemy under the cover of 0 smoke screens was as about to cross as daylight was about to come through the fog mist and smoke one could see boats being tilled filled and pioneer troops hauling pontoons pon into place men ot of the who had escaped the tour four hours bombardment met every attempt with rifle and automatic weapon fire and the reports from all prove conclusively that scores of 0 those boats and rafts were shattered and sunk stink with practically all on board general pershing in his final funai report stated that on this occasion a single regiment of the third division wrote one of the most brilliant pages of our military annals it prevented the crossing on certain points of 0 its front while on either flank the germans who had gained a tooting footing pressed forward our men tiring firing in three direct directions iong met the tha trman boterman attacks with counterattacks counter attacks at critical points and succeeded in throwing two german divisions into complete contusion confusion capturing GOO prisoners ort on november 1918 the regiment began to advance into germany and arrived at where regimental headquarters were established on november 1918 description OP OF FORT DOUGLAS fort douglas is located about 3 miles east of salt lake city in the foothills of 0 the wasatch mountains and otters offers a splendid view of salt lake valley twenty minute street car service is maintained between fort douglas and salt lake city fort douglas has its own store restaurant theatre swimming pool gymnasium and gas station prices are lower than in salt lake city recreational I 1 activities such as tennis handball baseball swimming and golf in summer and skiing bobsledding ice hockey during the winter are available |
