The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1919-03-27
l46TH ARTILLERY
HAS GREAT RECORD
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ing in the use of the three-inch Amer
lean field piece until December 7th,
when it was sent to Camp Merritt, N.
j. At this camp the officers and en-
listed men received further training
and instruction until December oath,
and on Christmas Eve the regiment
sailed from the docks at Hoboken on
the S. S. Lapland, a White Star liner.
The ship arrived in the harbor at Hall
fax, Nova Scotia on December 26th,
again setting out to sea on December
18th in convoy with seven other ves-
sels.. The course followed by this con-
,voy was in. a northerly direction, turn
ing southeasterly near the Island of
Greenland. The convoy arrived in the
harbor at Liverpool, England, after
passing thru the Irish Sea, on the
,morning of January 7th.
s.. AS soon as the troops could be land
ed they were taken by train to Camp
Morn Hill, Winchester, England. They
remained at this camp until January
10th, when they were carried by rail
to southampton and transported
across the English Channel on q
steamer during the night, arriving at
LaHavre the following morning. The
regiment remained at LaHavre in the
American Rest Camp No. 2 until Jan
cary Ath. when it was tran So ,rted 4 y
rl.l 10 Gimp de Souge. near bordeaux
arriving on January 18th.
| Immediately upon arrival at Camp
de Souge, intensive training was com
menced. in the use of the 155 m. m
G. P. F. gun, under the instruction Of
French officers. At this time the reg,
iment was transferred from the 41sI
Division. The training and firing prac'
tice having been completed the regi'
mept was reported ready for activt
duty at the Front on May LIST. The
reiment was moved from Camp d.
Souge on April 9th to several small
towns near Libourne, Gironde. In
these towns the training was contin'
ued until May 18th, when, the regiment
was ordered to several small villages
in the vicinity of Clermont Ferrand
Puy de Dome. At this training center
officers and men were selected from
the regiment to instruct the 55th ane
seth regiments of Coast Artillery il
the use of the G. P. F. gun.
On July 4th orders were received
for the regiment to go to the Front
and on July 9th, it left Clermont Fer
rand for the city of Meaux in the zone
of advance, arriving there the follow.
ing day. At this time the 66th F. A
Brigade became Corps Artillery, Isl
Army Corps, 1st Army.
From Meaux the various battalions
marched to advanced positions along
the Marine river. The first shot was
fired by the regiment on the Chateau
Thierry sector on July 18th. From this
time the regiment actively participant
ed in the minor and major defensive
and offensive operations. The two ma
jor operations in which the regiment
engaged in this sector are officially
known as the Champagne Marine De-
fensive, July 18th to 18th, and the
Aisne- Marine. Offensive, July 18th tt
August 9Th. The regiment withdrew
from the Aisne-Marne front on the
18th of August, the last shot being
fired on August 11th..
The regiment was again assembled
in the Bots de Chatelet near Bouvarde:
on August 18th. The equipment was
cleaned and overhauled and on August
10th the regiment moved to Villers
sur Marine. This station was left OF
! August 21st, the 66th Brigade march
/ ing in convoy for the Staint Mihiel sec
tor. The regiment arrived at Ance
mont on August 9th and was at thi.
time notified of its transfer from
Corps Artillery to Army Artillery o.
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