Memorandum from Major Marvin Gates to the Commanding Officer of the 129th Field Artillery, with Attachments

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Headquarters and. Bn. 129th.F. A Dot. 24th.1918. 370 From: comm. officer, and. Bn. 189th. F. A. : and TO: Comm. Officer 129th. F. A. subject: Reconnisance of Battery position and Battalion P.C. (2). I have today redoncitered positions for my three batteries and for a battalion P.C. The following battery positions have been selected D Battery 36-74, E Battery 39-74 F Battery 8-79, I (3). It will be necessary for E Battery, to use the position 41-75, which are near at hand. This later position was not selected for E Battery, because it proved to be a pesition for SO or heavery and 75 could not fire from the implacemente. (3). Battalion P.C. was located es per your memorandum at 37-33. This is nothing: lixe as good a P.C. as the one I now occupy, but I believe the distent from my present p.c. is to great, to handle the battalion in ite new positions, particularly in view, of the fact, that the supplies of telephone wire is BO limited. (4). I am badly in nesd of additional telephone wire, to establish comunication in the nsw pésition. JHH Marvin H Gates. Major 189th. F. A. Comm. and. Bn.