It finally dawned on me why there was such a gap in the letters. Theo was home on furlough prior to being shipped to France. (TLT)
Let’s pause for a moment and remember Corporal Howard Ramsey who died on February 22, 2008. Corporal Ramsey was the last know surviving combat veteran of World War I. He was 110.
More filler between letters from “Illinois in the World War” published in 1921 by the States Publication Society, Chicago. Following is an excerpt:
“Apart from the intensive training of the troops – which was somewhat handicapped by the necessity of sending a considerable force to guard the regions from which the Navy derived its principal supply of oil – November, 1917, was notable for several important occurrences. Four British and five French officers, accompanied by a number of noncommissioned officers arrived as instructor and promptly began work.”…The impetus to the training given by the energetic and able supervision of these officers and the schooling in the latest European method was soon manifest and proved of incalculable benefit to the entire division.
Camp Logan, the training site for the 33rd Division, was described as being on Washington Street about four miles from the center of Houston. Houston was not the metropolis it is now. The photo is a general view of the Camp. (From “Illinois in the World War, States Publishing company, Chicago 1921).
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It's interesting to see the faith placed in "the latest European methods"... reminds me of the emphasis on TCP and convoy operations when I was in Basic a few years ago. By the time we got to country, most of the training was obsolete--we weren't riding around in the back of 5-tons anymore due to the IED threat, etc.
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