US Army Infantry School - Doughboy Yearbook (Fort Benning, GA)

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I A 1-1 Y -Q 'Noni 1 a f l xl? I In .:.L.,:L-A f A5 11324 DOUGHBQQM Zone and the troops were for some time engaged in construction and altera- tion to fit in to the needs of a military command. For five years the regiment had been split up in three battalion posts and, except for short periods of field training during the summer months, had not served as a unit. Now united and fairly comfortably quartered the regiment entered upon its duties of training and improving the defenses of the Canal with enthusiasm and energy. From January 26 to March 5, 1916 the regiment was engaged extensively in reconnoitering and opening trails through the jungles and on other con- struction work in connection with the defense plans for the Canal. In February 1917 companies were placed on guard at sensitive points on the Canal: the locks and docks Mira-flores, Pedro Miguel, Gamboa and De Lessepo. and in support of the Coast Batteries at Fort Randolph. On April 12, Co. C was sent to Taboga Island to guard Interned German prisoners. Co. C was relieved in October by a company from the Porto Rican Regiment. In july all enlisted men, 4 per cent in number, having a year on more to serve were transferred to the 33d Infantry, and the 29th Infantry received from that regiment men due to be discharged within a year. Officers were also mutually transferred in accordance with their length of foreign service. On August 25 the regiment Qless lst and 2d Bnsj sailed from Cristobal on Kilpatrick reaching New Orleans, La. on Augusta 31 and Camp Beaure- gard, La., on September lst. The lst and 2d Battalions followed leaving Cristobal on September 3d and reaching Camp Beauregard via New Orleans on September 9th. Soon after the arrival of the 29th Infantry at Camp Beauregard the organization of the 17th Division consisting of the 33d and 34th Infantry Brigades and other component organizations commenced. Two new regi- ments of infantry, the 83d and 84th were organized, the nuculous being fur- nished by transfer of officers and enlisted men from the 5th Infantry and the 29th Infantry respectively. During this early period in the organization of the 17th Division an epidemic of influenza struck the Camp. There were about 4,000 cases, one tenth of which proved fatal. The 84th Infantry to which many officers and enlisted men of the 29th Infantry had been trans- ferred lost two officers and thirty-eight of the enlisted men. Late in October the influenza subsided but before the troops had fully recovered from its LY -. z Pa Q -'L' ilx . ? fi 93 fu 9 , . . ,,. ,qw -,qu 14 x IFR I ,mfs

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il 4 ' 'xv J 'K m I A 1 I 9, f. LA? it bf: .I ' 1:-21111:-aff.:-it 7 AQ l9z4- go al-mov Nox-Commrssxowxso OFFICERs-TWIQNTY-NNm INFANTRY OUTLINE HISTORY 29th INFANTRY 4 'N January 29th, 1813 Congress authorized the organization of I 7 forty-four regiments of infantry and the first 29th Infantry was created in that year but in 1815 this regiment was demobilized and its personnel transferred to the 6th Infantry. In 1866 the 3d Battalion 11th Infantry was designated the 29th Infantry. In 1869 this second.29th Infantry was consolidated with the 24th Infantry and made up the 11th Infantry. The present edition of the 29th Infantry was authorized by act of Con- gress February Zd, 1901, and its organization was commenced at Fort Sheri- dan, Illinois on the third. On April lst, 1902 the regiment sailed for the Philippine Islands, on the Sheridan, and reached Manila, on May lst. Ten stations were garrisoned by the regiment on the islands of Ceba, Bohol, Negros and Panay. Companies G and H-3 officers and 152 enlisted men were sent to the Island of Mindanao in March 1903 Where they were for some time engaged in field operations against hostile Moros. On April 7th, 1904 the regiment returned to the States on the Sheridan and garrisoned Fort Douglas, Utah, Whipple Bks, Ariz., Ft. Duchesne, Utah. The regiment sailed from San Francisco August 5th, 1907 on the Logan and took station at Fort William McKinley, Luzon. On August 15th, 1909 the regiment sailed for the United States on the Thomas, and garrisoned Fort jay, Fort Porter, Fort Niagara. On March 17th, 1915 the regiment embarked at Weehawken, N. and sailed on the Buford for service, in the Panama Canal Zone. Arrived at Cristobal on March 25 and took station at Camp Gaillard, Culebra. This station had formerly been the seat of the Civil Government of the Canal L C j J J 1- Q , - :' 1 - S S .S - -Q fu 5 ' '41 QS' 4? ,i yt if-A 14 x I Ink

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6 W' 1 1 ' Mr- f A A! - f 5 I924- nouauaorgk effects the Armistice was signed and the hopes of the regiment, to participate in the World War, were blasted. After the demobilization of the 17th Division the 29th Infantry continued on duty at Camp Beauregard until that camp was closed and then moved to Camp Shelby, Miss. in March 1919. Soon after this change of station the First Battalion moved to Camp Benning, Georgia. The Regiment Cless lst Battalionj remained at Camp Shelby on duty in connection with the dem- obilization of the thousands of troops that had been drafted for the war in that section of the South. In October 1919 the entire regiment was at Camp Benning, Georgia, and entered upon the very important and varied duty of combat demonstration at The Infantry School. X , . f . as f 1 I .wa - 'X 1 a- X 1 Z L .1 1 'Q , ii , 'A L Q X I, ' 1 f ' 7 ' f' 7' -. , .J X My is - ' Z A A . f f'Tfze Queen of Baftfexn