Excerpt from Reminiscences of the 137th U. S Infantry

It is with a certain sense of relief, a certain hope toward the future, and a sincere trust, that we now gather up the few remaining bits o" paper, lay aside the much used manuscript, place upon the shelf remaining documents, and close our desk with a well spent sigh.

You have at hand a "reminiscence" of days that were, a memoir of some of the many things we heard, saw, and felt. You who were comrades in the cause will no doubt know, feel, understand, and the followed pathway will appear clear and well beaten. You require but a "caption" of each chapter, and the story reaches home. You see things as they actually were, and you know the results obtained. When we mention "Life at camp Doniphan," "In Alsace," "The Argonne Battle," you discover that your mind is fast at work, recalling scores of episodes, incidents and experiences which, during those stated times, transpired. However, with all this, still there must needs be many little incidents, many little happenings of which you were unaware, and which, if added to your present store of "reminiscences," that which you personally have in mind, can and will prove a story worth keeping.

To you who did your lit at home, the story herein contained should prove pertinent and not a little interesting. You have before you a record, a diary of events, portraying to you the experience which were borne for whom your every thought and prayer was offered during the dark days of the great war while they were facing the gray-clad horde of the enemy upon far distant battlefields of France.

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