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        "Truman, Harry S., 1884-1972",
        "Spina, Frank E., 1887-1972",
        "Klemm, Karl D., 1880-",
        "Wooldridge, Glenwood F., 1893-1977",
        "Pershing, John J. (John Joseph), 1860-1948",
        "Thacher, John H., 1872-1960",
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    "ocrText": "2\nFt. Sill, Okla.\n1\nAfter many months of waiting for the time to come when we should\npack up and start our journey to the coast, with France in view, as our\nobjective, we received them on May 6, 1918.² There was much joy and\ncelebration over the news. We at once set out to making boxes to put\nharness, saddles, blankets and horse equipment in. They were made\naccording to dimensions required by the Q.M. and strapped with strap iron.\nThen came the job of painting and addressing the boxes for identification\nand when completed there were one hundred and fifty four boxes for our\nbattery alone.\nOn the third day we were ordered to turn in our horses, 153 in all.\nThere was a great deal of haste to be the first to arrive at the Remount\nstation, in order to keep from waiting for hours until our turn. We arrived\nin due time and turned in one horse more than we started with. There was\ngreat rejoicing by the men because the would be no more horses to groom\nby detail, no more stable police, no more equitation and mounted drill.³\nOn the last day we were paid off, every one had plenty of money. 4\nThere was still a final clean up of all the tents and area and was somewhat\nhard to convince the men that it was necessary to leave the place clean.\nTRUMAN\nARCHIVES&\n\"NATIONAL RECORDS ADMIN\nto\nCONTRACTORS\nDoniphan\n1\nFort Sill is the United States Army Field Artillery Headquarters. Camp Doniplan was built within\nthe fort perimeter. Camp Doniplan Donighan was the assembly point and training base for National Guard and National\nArmy troops from Kansas and Missouri.\n2\nThirteen months from April 6, 1917, the day the United States Congress declared war on Germany.\n3 Stable police is a euphemistic military term for mucking out stables. Mounted drill practiced setting\nthe gun up.\n4\nPay per month was $15 for a private, $21 for a corporal, $30 for a sergeant, $45 for a top sergeant,\n$142 for a Second Lieutenant. Then came various voluntary and involuntary contributions, along with disciplinary\nfines."
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