The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1919-05-01
RECORD MADE BY
OUR MEN, ABROAD
THE OFFICIAL HISTORY OF THE
SOUTH DAKOTA REGIMENT
is MADE PUBLIC
BRINGS PRIDE TO EVERY LOYAL HEART
A Record To Be Enshrined In The
Bosom OF Every True Son OF The
: Sunshine State Forever

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That the old Fourth South Dakota
National Guard Infantry took a most
active part in the war, acquitting It
self in a manner of which the state
can well feel proud, is evidenced by
a copy of the official service record
of the 147th Field Artillery which has
lust beer received from Colonel Boyd
Wales by Adjutant General w. A. Nor
ris. This record is to be printed in
pamphlet form for distribution among
the members of the 147th Field Artil-
lery upon their return to the state
some time in May. This account was
first published in the Argus-Leader,
being given out by the adjutant gen.
eral, and the Register publishes it as
a matter of supreme interest to Brook
inss county, whose Company c was
part Of this great regiment.
In a brief paragraph the service rem
dered by our boys can be embraced
in these words: On firing line almost
continuously from June 10 to Novem-
DSl IL suppl tluS IOlu bINlSiOu JUNE
10, the 32nd June "a, the First Moroc-
can (French) September 2, the 10th
September %, the Ord October /, the
32nd October Z, the seth October 20
and the 3rd Corps and Armp Artillery
November Z, all as part of the 57th
Artillery Brigade.
Pursuant to the call of the presi-
dent, the Fourth South Dakota Ma
tional Guard infantry was called into
service July Is, 1917, drafted into fed
eral service, August 5, and shortly
thereafter entrained for Camp Greene,
Charlotte, n. c., arriving there Octo-
Der 2, 1917. The day following the
regiment was ~disorganized, Companies
+ of Howard and Webster, F of
Mitchell and G of Redfield being as
signed to the 18th. Supply train
which was placed under the command
of Lieutenant Colonel Myron L. Shade
of Redfield; Companies of Rapid
City, X of Lennon and l. of Aber-
deem were assigned to the 14Sth Ma
chine Gun Battalion; the Machine
Gun company of Ipswich under com
mand of Captain Lockwood f. Smith,
was assigned to the 146th Machine
Gun Battalion, and the balance of the
regiment was organized into the 147th
Field Artillery under command Of
Colonel Boyd Wales of Howard.
In the organization the field and
staff. headquarters Company of Can
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organization, were retained in like ca
pacitieS. Company A of Pierre was
reorganized into Battery c.; Company
B OF Sioux Falls into Battery d; Com
pany c of Brookings was divided
among Batteries c., d and E; Com
pany d of Parker was organized into
Battery E; Company H of Lead into
Battery F: Company NJ of Yankton
was divided among Headquarters and
Supply Companies and Battery F; and
the Medical Detachment of Rapid City
was assigned to the 147th Field Artil-
lery in a similar capacity. Batteries
A and b of this new organization were
formerly Separate Batteries A and B
of the Oregon Field Artillery National
Guard.
The 147th was assigned to the 57th
Field Artillery Brigade, 41st Division,
but after, arrival overseas was trans
ferred to the 32nd Division of which
division it remained a part until after
the signing of the armistice when it
was transferred for administrative
purposes to the Army Artillery, LIST
Army, then to the 4Oth Division, and
finalr on December %, 1918, was as
signed TO and joined the 8Sth Division
at Gondrecourt.
Period of instruction
On January IL, 1918, the 147th sailed
from New York harbor on the White
star liner Olympic" and after an
uneventful e~ight-day voyage disem-
barked January 10, at Liverpool, Eng
land, and entrained for Winchester.
The next two days We're spent at the
American Rest Camp at that point,
and on January 81, the organization
entrained for Southampton and en-
barked for LeHavre. France, in two
detachn. ents. One Of the ships was
attacked by submarines, but after
spending three days on the English
channel, made port without mishap,
After four days spent at Rest Camp
No. ,, lie Havre, the 147th which was
among the first quarter million Amer
lean Expeditionary Forces to arrive In
France, was fortunate in being select
ed to send attachments to the three
artillery training centers then being
established. The field and staff, Head
quarters and Supply Companies and
Batteries B and e were sent to Mont
richard and from there to the school
at La Courtine; LIST Battalion Head
quarters and Batteries A and c were
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