Smith, Stanley C. letter - handwritten     Date of Enlistment: July 26/[19]16 Military Camps to which went: * Eagle Pass, Texas, Aug. 31/[19]16 to May 19/[19]17 * entrained for Syracuse, N.Y. expansion (regular army) camp, arrived May 25/[19]17 * sailed out of New York-harbor at noon Nov. 21/[19]17, by the way of Half of[f?] to Liverpool, Eng. on the Carpathia (British ship), * arrived at Liverpool Dec. 8/[19]17 * arrived in [Sondercourt] area France, Dec. 13/[19]17 Units to which belonged: * Co. "D', 30th U.S. Infantry * transferred to C. "D", 38th U.S. Infantry June 1/[19]17 * transferred to Mg [machine gun] Co., 16th Infantry, Aug. 14/[19]17, and * sailed over seas in Mg Co. * transferred to Co. "D" 16th Infantry Dec. 14/[19]17. Date of trip overseas: Nov. 21/[19]17 to Dec. 8/[19]17 Service there: * Entered the trenches with (Co. "D" -- 16th U.S. Inf.), Jan. 16/[19]18 at Ansauville sector (Toul), stayed until Mar. 3/[19]18 * entered Montdidier sector April 24/[19]18 until July 8/[19]18 (Cantigny May 28, Montdidier-Noyan) * entered Aisne-Marne (Soissons) July 18/[19]18 to July 23/[19]18 * entered Saizaris sector (Toul) Aug. 4/[19]18 to Aug. 22/[19]18 * entered St. Mihiel opperation [sic] (at fort of Mt. Sec Ansauville sector) Sept. 12/[19]18 until Sept. 20/[19]18 * entered Meuse-Argonne Oct. 4/[19]18 at [Cherpenty] until Oct. 13/[19]18 at Flerille (Hill 272) * entered Meuse-Argonne the second time at Muzon on Meuse R. Nov. 1/[19]18 along R[iver] north to Sedan and on the out skirts with in a thousand yds. of Sedan until Nov. 9/[19]18 at Hill 252 we were released [i.e., relieved] by the French troop[s] so that they could take the city of Sedan. Date of return: * Left Army of Occupation Aug. 15/[19]19 * arrived New York [? ?]     NOTES Follows the format of the survey sheet. Texas Tech University. Southwest Collection/Special Collections Library. Eagle Pass Army Camp: An Inventory of Photographs, 1881-1918, at the Southwest Collection/Special Collections Library (Texas Archival Resources Online) http://www.lib.utexas.edu/taro/swcpc/00131/swc-00131.html Camp Syracuse - WWI Recruitment Camp - Pictures (page 3) (Ancestry.com. RootsWeb) http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~nysghs/Camp_Syracuse2.htm Camp Syracuse - WWI Recruitment Camp - Pictures (page 3) (Ancestry.com. RootsWeb) http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~nysghs/Camp_Syracuse3.htm RMS Carpathia (Wikipedia) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RMS_Carpathia Carpathia, 1903-1918 (The Great Ocean Liners.com) http://www.thegreatoceanliners.com/carpathia.html Toul (Boucq) Sector (March-June 1918) (Soldiers' Mail) http://worldwar1letters.wordpress.com/the-adventure-unfolds/over-there-1918-1919/toulla-reine-boucq-sector-march-june-1918/ 30th Infantry Regiment (U.S. Army. Center of Military History. Lineage and Honors Information) http://www.history.army.mil/html/forcestruc/lineages/branches/inf/0030in.htm 38th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Division, US Army - World War I The Neukomment Files) http://neukomment.blogspot.com/2011/05/38th-infantry-regiment-3rd-division.html Weapons of War -- Machine Guns (FirstWorldWar.com) http://www.firstworldwar.com/weaponry/machineguns.htm 16th Infantry Regiment (United States) (Wikipedia) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/16th_Infantry_Regiment_(United_States)#World_War_I 1918, Occupation of the Ansauville Sector (Footage Farm. YouTube) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HH0eElJjuOc Montdidier-Noyon, 9–13 June 1918. In United States campaigns in World War I (Wikipedia) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_campaigns_in_World_War_I#Montdidier-Noyon.2C_9.E2.80.9313_June_1918 Battles - The Battle of Cantigny, 1918 (FirstWorld War.com) http://www.firstworldwar.com/battles/cantigny.htm Aisne-Marne Offensive, 18 July-6August 1918 http://www.historyofwar.org/articles/battles_aisne_marne.html Toul, France During WWI (Ancestry.com. RootsWeb) http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~gregkrenzelok/veterinary%20corp%20in%20ww1/toultranceww1willyresearch%20%20.html Battle of St. Mihiel (Wikipedia) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Saint-Mihiel The St. Mihiel Offensive (Doughboy Center) http://www.worldwar1.com/dbc/stmihiel.htm Path of Fire: The Meuse-Argonne Offensive of 1918 (FirstWorldWar.com) http://www.firstworldwar.com/features/pathoffire.htm Battle of the Argonne Forest - 1918 (Maps of the World.com) http://www.mapsofworld.com/world-war-i/battle-of-argonne-forest.html Army of Occupation (World War 1 Vets.com) http://www.wwvets.com/AOC.html