Log Cabin Memorial - Veterans 314th Infantry Regiment A.E.F.
314th Infantry and World War 1 Historical Documents
| June 28, 1914 |
Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria is assassinated in Sarajevo. His death sparks World War I. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Assassination_of_Archduke_Franz_Ferdinand_of_Austria |
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| August 2-4, 1914 |
World War I Begins when Germany invades Belgium. Germany attacked Luxembourg on 2 August and on 3 August declared war on France. On 4 August, after Belgium refused to permit German troops to cross its borders into France, Germany declared war on Belgium as well. Britain declared war on Germany at 19:00 UTC on 4 August 1914 (effective from 11 pm), following an "unsatisfactory reply" to the British ultimatum that Belgium must be kept neutral. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_I |
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| April 22, 1915 |
The first full-scale deployment of deadly chemical warfare agents during World War I was at the Second Battle of Ypres, on April 22, 1915, when the Germans attacked French, Canadian and Algerian troops with chlorine gas. Deaths were light, though casualties were relatively heavy. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chemical_warfare |
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| May 7, 1915 |
German submarine U-20 sinks the passenger liner RMS Lusitania. Of the 1,962 passengers and crew aboard Lusitania at the time of the sinking, 1,198 lost their lives, 128 of them Americans. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RMS_Lusitania |
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| May 12, 1915 |
The Committee on Alleged German Outrages, often called the Bryce Committee after its chair, Viscount James Bryce (1838-1922), is best known for producing the "Report of the Committee on Alleged German Outrages,". The Bryce Report is seen as a major propaganda form that Britain used in order to educate the world on the behaviour of Germany, which had invaded Belgium the year before. The Report was translated by the end of 1915 into every major European language and had a profound impact on public opinion in Allied and neutral countries, particularly in the USA. Though the findings of the Report have been substantiated by several scholars in the 21st century, the eyewitness testimony published in its 320-page Appendix A included some sensationalist accounts of mutilations and rapes for which there is no other evidence. These invented atrocities stigmatized the Report and have made it a target for revisionist historians and writers on propaganda. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Committee_on_Alleged_German_Outrages |
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| September 15, 1916 |
The first use of tanks on the battlefield was the use of British Mark I tanks at the Battle of Flers-Courcelette (part of the Battle of the Somme),
with mixed results; many broke down, but nearly a third succeeded in breaking through. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tanks_in_World_War_I |
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| January 11, 1917 |
The Zimmermann Telegram was an internal coded diplomatic communication issued from the German Foreign Office that proposed a military alliance between Germany and Mexico in the event of the United States' entering World War I against Germany. The proposal was intercepted and decoded by British intelligence. Revelation of the contents enraged American public opinion, especially after the German Foreign Secretary Arthur Zimmermann publicly admitted the telegram was genuine on 3 March, and helped generate support for the United States declaration of war on Germany in April. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zimmermann_Telegram |
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| April 2, 1917 |
When Germany resumed unrestricted submarine warfare, Wilson asked Congress to declare war in order to make "the world safe for democracy." President Woodrow Wilson called for war, before a special joint session of Congress. Emphasizing that the U.S. had to fight to maintain its honor and to have a decisive voice in shaping the new postwar world. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_the_United_States_(1865%E2%80%931918)#President_Wilson https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Woodrow_Wilson http://www.nytimes.com/learning/general/onthisday/big/0402.html#article |
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| April 6, 1917 |
The United States Congress declared war upon the German Empire, but it was far from unanimous.
Text of the declaration: WHEREAS, The Imperial German Government has committed repeated acts of war against the Government and the people of the United States of America; therefore, be it resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the state of war between the United States and the Imperial German Government, which has thus been thrust upon the United States, is hereby formally declared; and that the President be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to employ the entire naval and military forces of the United States and the resources of the Government to carry on war against the Imperial German Government; and to bring the conflict to a successful termination all the resources of the country are hereby pledged by the Congress of the United States.[1] Votes: In the Senate, the resolution passed 82 to 6. In the House the vote on the resolution was 373 to 50, with 9 not voting. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1917_United_States_declaration_of_war_on_Germany | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| May 18, 1917 |
After six weeks of debate, the U.S. Congress passes the Selective Service Act of 1917,
US Code, Title 50A, Chapter 14, SELECTIVE SERVICE ACT 40 Stat. 76 (1917)
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| June 5, 1917 |
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| September 17, 1917 |
(click to view more about this very intersting War Department Form 164-C postcard) |
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| September 21, 1917 |
(click for full-size image) The Boys Who Marched Away - September 21, 1917(out of Tunkhannock, Pennsylvania)Frank Ferris (#10 in the photo above) became a member of the 314th Infantry, Supply Company, primarily as a WagonerPeter F. Malloy (#34 in the photo above) became a member of the 314th Infantry, Company MSeptember 1917 - Arrived at Camp Meade (now Fort Meade) |
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| Winter 1917 - 1918 |
Camp Meade construction
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| October 1917 |
1917 - Barracks 314th Infantry, Camp Meade, MD. PostcardAs documented here, the second barracks on the left is Company G 314th Infantry |
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| November 26, 1917 |
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| November 29, 1917 |
Company K - 314th Infantry - Thanksgiving - Thursday November 29 1917 - Camp Meade, Maryland
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| December 1, 1917 |
December 1, 1917 Franklin Field Interdivisional Foot Ball Camp Dix vs Camp Meade
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| December 1917 |
December 1917 - Troops from Camp Meade Cantonment March Before the Secretary of War
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Or click here to see the entire 2 page article from the New York Times dated December 30, 1917 |
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| 1917 |
Company Drill - 314th Infantry - Camp Meade, Md.(View the back of the postcard) |
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| 1917 |
Colonel Thomas W. Darrah and Officers of the 314th Infantry |
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| 1917 |
1917 - The Infantry Soldier's Hand Book by Waldron
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| 1918 |
Trapshooting : He Learned To Hit 'Em at the Gun Club -- 1918 Du Pont advertisementGratefully downloaded from digital.hagley.org
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| Early 1918 |
Peter F. Malloy (314th Infantry, Company M) [left of photo] and Peter F. Corcoran [right of photo]
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| March 27, 1918 |
Trench and Camp newspaper FOR CAMP MEADE dated March 27, 1918
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| April 1918 |
April 1918 - Troops from Camp March Before President Wilson
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| May 23, 1918 |
Trench and Camp newspaper FOR CAMP MEADE dated May 23, 1918
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| 1918 |
1918 - Actual Photo of the Log Cabin at Camp Meade.
The Officer is believed to be Thomas H. Stilwell, of the Regimental Staff. 
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| 1918 |
Diaries of Frank S. Miller
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| 1918 |
Camp Meade - Songs of the Army - 1918
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| February 15, 1918 |
Camp Meade Herald newspaper - February 15 1918 (four page newspaper)
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| February 1918 |
Bread and Sugar Ration Stamps in France (February 1918)
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| July 1918 |
July 1918 - Completed training and sailed to France aboard the USS Leviathan(please click for many more details)
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Monday July 15, 1918
to Friday July 19, 1918 | 314th Infantry Regiment stationed in France: Brest, FinistereTwo Newspaper Articles concerning Brest France and Saint-Aignan ("Camp Agony"), 1918 |
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Monday July 22, 1918
to Monday July 22, 1918 | 314th Infantry Regiment stationed in France: Laignes, Cote d'Or |
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Tuesday July 23, 1918
to Wednesday July 24, 1918 | 314th Infantry Regiment stationed in France: Puits, Cote d'Or |
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Thursday July 25, 1918
to Sunday Sept 8, 1918 | 314th Infantry Regiment stationed in France: Frettes, Haute Marne |
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| Monday August 26, 1918 |
Albert A. Lease - 1918 letters
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Sunday Sept 8, 1918
to Monday Sept 9, 1918 | 314th Infantry Regiment stationed in France: La Ferte, Haute Marne |
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Saturday Sept 14, 1918
to Sunday Sept 15, 1918 | 314th Infantry Regiment stationed in France: Boise de Brocourt, Meuse |
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| Saturday Sept 20, 1918 | Field Order 20: Initial Attack of Meuse-Argonne Operation, by Pershing/Drum
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Thursday Sept 26, 1918
to Monday Sept 30, 1918 |
314th Infantry Regiment stationed in France: Boise de Hesse, Meuse
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| September 26, 1918 |
The Taking of Montfaucon by James M. Cain
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| September 1918 |
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September 26, 1918
to November 11, 1918 |
To quote from page 4 of the deeply researched and highly recommended book
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"Fought over a period of forty-seven days, from September 26 to November 11, 1918, the Meuse-Argonne
sucked in 1.2 million American soldiers, leaving 26,277 of them dead and 95,786 wounded. Almost all of these casualties came in a period of about three weeks of heavy fighting, and they amounted to about half of the total American casualties for the war. Twenty-two American infantry ddivisions participated in the battle, along with 840 airplanes and 324 tanks. About twenty-four hundred artillery pieces fired over four million shells, more than the Union army fired during the entire five years of the American Civil War. No single battle in American military history, before or since, even approaches the Meuse-Argonne in size and cost, and it was without question the country's most critical military contribution to the Allied cause in the First World War." |
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Thursday Oct 3, 1918
314th Infantry Regiment stationed in France: Bois de Hesse
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Friday Oct 4, 1918
314th Infantry Regiment stationed in France: Bois de Senicourt, Meuse
(Cover says printed October 1918, and inside says October 5, 1918, but William Walker states on page 92 of his book that was distributed September 5, 1918)
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Saturday Oct 5, 1918
314th Infantry Regiment stationed in France: Bois, near Recourt, Meuse
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Friday Oct 11, 1918
314th Infantry Regiment stationed in France: Rupt, Meuse
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Saturday Oct 12, 1918
314th Infantry Regiment stationed in France: Boise de Womby, Meuse
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Tuesday Oct 22, 1918
314th Infantry Regiment stationed in France: Tilly, Meuse
Albert A. Lease - 1918 letters
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Thursday October 24, 1918
314th Infantry Regiment stationed in France: Grand Trenches de Cal.
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Thursday October 24, 1918
314th Infantry Regiment stationed in France: Tilly
Trench and Camp newspaper FOR CAMP MEADE dated October 24, 1918
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Sunday Oct 27, 1918
314th Infantry Regiment stationed in France: Sommedieu
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Monday Oct 28, 1918
314th Infantry Regiment stationed in France: Lempire
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Tuesday Oct 29, 1918
314th Infantry Regiment stationed in France: 23.1-63.9-Dugouts
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Thursday Oct 31, 1918
314th Infantry Regiment stationed in France: Bois de Forges
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Monday November 11, 1918
314th Infantry Regiment stationed in France: In Action
Bois de Chenes, Moirey, Crepoin,
Hills 328 and 319, Cote Romagne.
Armistice was signed by Germany at 5 a.m. on the morning of 11 November 1918,
and came into effect six hours later at 11 a.m.
Hence the oft-quoted "eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month".
Click here for a transcript of the armistice terms, from the U.S. Library of Congress
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Wednesday Nov 27, 1918
314th Infantry Regiment stationed in France: Bois La Conte
Trench and Camp newspaper FOR CAMP MEADE dated November 14, 1918
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Thursday December 26, 1918
314th Infantry Regiment stationed in France: Cote de Morimont (near Damvilliers)
December 20, 1918: WWI Officers Record Book - First Lieutenant - Chaplain
Click here to read more about the December 1918 - 79th Division Christmas card from Major General Kuhn
(the first Christmas after the end of the war the previous month, so much to be thankful for)
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Friday December 27, 1918
314th Infantry Regiment stationed in France: Verdun
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Friday December 27, 1918
314th Infantry Regiment stationed in France: La Chanois
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Thursday March 27, 1919
314th Infantry Regiment stationed in France: Rosnes
Frank S. Miller - Company C (four page letter home)
Company M History (12 single-spaced typed pages)
February 9, 1919 Letter to Mrs. David T. Smith
written by James F. Lennon, Company E
about David T. Smith, Corporal, Company E, KIA September 1918
February 28, 1919 - Letter from Pershing to Gus Mabry Simons
March 1, 1919 - The Lorraine Banquet - Machine Gun Company, Rosenes France
Lorraine Cross newspaper dated March 6, 1919
Lorraine Cross newspaper dated March 13, 1919
Lorraine Cross newspaper dated March 20, 1919
Lorraine Cross newspaper dated March 26, 1919
Lorraine Cross newspaper dated March 31, 1919
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Tuesday April 22, 1919
314th Infantry Regiment stationed in France: Seignulles
Lorraine Cross newspaper dated April 3, 1919
Lorraine Cross newspaper dated April 10, 1919
Lorraine Cross newspaper dated April 17, 1919
314th Infantry Regiment stationed in France: St. Blin
314th Infantry Regiment stationed in France: Reimacourt
Lorraine Cross newspaper dated April 27, 1919
Gangplank News newspaper dated May 3, 1919 (12 days before 314th Infantry left France)
Lorraine Cross newspaper dated May 8, 1919
Mother's Day 1919
(click to go to the Mother's Day 1919 web page)
Gangplank News newspaper dated May 13, 1919 (only TWO days before 314th Infantry left France)
314h Infantry K Company being decorated for sharpshooting in St. Nazaire France - May 14 1919
This photo postcard was taken the day before the soldiers sailed home from France on the Princess Matoika.
Click here to see the back of the "divided back" postcard with the French writing "Carte Postale" (postcard)
(Parenthetically, the US Postal Service started allowing divided back post cards in March 1907, prior to that, the back was to be used only for the destination address.)
May 15 1919 - Shipped home aboard the Princess Matoika.
(Photo above from Tim Burgess from his Great Uncle Hoard Johnson)
May 26 1919 - Arrived at Hoboken, New Jersey
March 27, 1919 - Evening Public Ledger (Newspaper) - pages 1 and 2
79th Division Welcome Home Poster - Evening Public Ledger Newspaper - May 29, 1919
May 29, 1919 (click here to view document)
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HEADQUARTERS
314TH REGIMENT INFANTRY CAMP DIX, N.J. 29 May, 1919. A Meeting of the officers of the 314th Infantry was held at Camp Dix, N.J. May 29th, 1919 to further perfect the organization of the 314th Society "The Veterans of the 314th Infantry," which was formed on the Princess Matoika to perpetuate the spirit and pleasant associations of the regiment in the service. The committee on organization reported through the president, Major Mayo the following nomination for
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
These officers were unanimously elected. The ??? of the regimental history, which Lt. Woodruff has ??? to insure its speedy publication,
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End of May 1919 - Discharged at Camp Dix, New Jersey
Gangplank News Newspaper - Embarkation Camp - St. Nazaire, France - June 2, 1919
Other troops continue to leave France, 18 days after the314h left France
June 3 1919 Danville Morning News Newspaper Article
June 8, 1919 (Sunday) - New York Times article
HISTORY OF THE 79TH; Division Captured, Among Other Posts,
Crown Prince's Bomb-Proof Cellar Observatory at Montfaucon Over the Top!
Hospitals Bombarded. Crown Prince's Lookout. Regiment Reinforced.
[Transcribed text of the New York Times June 8, 1919 article above]
1919 Veterans of the 314th Infantry A.E.F. Annual Reunion #1 in Philadelphia, PA
To Celebrate the First Anniversary of the Meuse-Argonne offensive.
314th Infantry Smoker - Hotel Walton - Philadelphia PA - Friday May 7, 1920
(Transcribed Text Below)
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"314th Infantry" Smoker and a damn good time Hotel Walton, Friday, May 7, 2910 Philadelphia, PA Write the place and date on your cuff so you won't forget it Old Boy we're counting on you and every other member of the old gang who lives in or near Philadelphia to be on hand. We're starting to load the old CAMION for a big time fhis SEPTEMBER so you better get on with us at the start, May 7, 1920 8 P.M. O. K., R. V. Nicholson - E. P. Schroyer, Committee Chairman. P.S. -- Don't forget that there are'nt any Buck Privates or Officers any more They're all MISTERS now. |
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1920 Veterans of the 314th Infantry A.E.F. Annual Reunion #2 in Philadelphia, PA
1921 - "Under The Lorraine Cross:
An Account of the Experiences of
Infantryman
who Fought with
The Lorraine Cross Division
In France during the World War"
by Arthur H. Joel
1921 Veterans of the 314th Infantry A.E.F. Annual Reunion #3 in Philadelphia, PA - September 23-25, 1921
(Click on the photo above to see the photo in more detail)
Inquirer newspaper June 13, 1922
Veterans of the 314th Infantry - 1922 Directory
This directory pre-dates the re-erection of the Memorial Cabin at Valley Forge.
The next three photos showing the Memorial Cabin being re-erected at Valley Forge 1922
Newspaper Article: Camp Meade Log Cabin Moved to Valley Forge
dated August 20, 1922
Camp Meade Log Cabin Moved to Valley Forge
Former Officers' Quarters and Assembly Room of 314th Infantry Transferred Despite OppositionOn a knoll overlooking the Schuylkill at Valley Forge is a log cabin that was originally built to provide an officers' club and assembly room quarters for the 314th Infantry, 79th Division, while that unit was still under training at Camp Meade. Bringing the cabin from Camp Meade to Valley Forge was no easy matter as every one in authority, from the President of the United States down, seemed to oppose the transfer.
However, the Pennsylvania Historical Society approved of it from the outset. After all, this cabin has a much wider significance than its builders, many of whom were killed in action. ever thought it would have, because it will speaks to future generations of the resourcefulness of the American soldier. To realize this it is necessary to know something about the cabin's history.
It was built "without material," as the saying goes. All the hardware came from salvaged automobiles and abandoned farm machinery. The spikes were hammered out of horseshoes. Every log and every stone has been moved from Camp Meade, and the cabin will be finished and ready for dedication as a restored structure on September 26, 1922.
Major Thomas H. Stilwell had charge of the construction in the first place, and now he is chairman of the reconstruction committee. Thus he will be in position to keep the reconstructed building true to its original in every detail. In this task he is being assisted by some of the original builders, among them being Sergeant Oscar H. Kraft, of Scranton Pa., and Arthur P. Snooks, Of Richfield, Pa., both of whom did the iron work, and Corporal John Rowe, of Shamokin, Pa., who was the foreman carpenter back in the Camp Meade days, but his assistant, Corporal Russell Baker, also of Shamokin, was one of the large number in this regiment killed in action. Sergeant Major L. S. Krajeski is one of the surviving builders.
However, the placing of the structure at Valley Forge is not to commemorate those Who built it, but the regiment's 364 dead. As far as can be learned it is the only monument of its kind in America in commemoration of service men.
It takes up a place not far from Dr. Burk's chapel, and measures 30 by 50 feet, with an alcove and fireplace, 8 by 20 feet. Every one of the 364 names will be perpetuated in bronze, and thus the cabin will be prepared for its further purpose of serving as a museum. Various trophies of the late war will be on view and added to from time to time.
Survivors of the 314th have formed an association, simply known as "Veterans," with the name of the regiment. It stands alone as an organization, the membership being confined to this one regiment, which was used as a lead-off in the Argonne fighting, in front of Mont Faucon, and the date of dedication, September 26, is the anniversary date of the 314th's first going over the top. It is celebrated each year with a reunion and banquet. This year the dedication of the cabin will be the important feature of the reunion.
Hard work is still ahead to make the log cabin all that is expected of it in the way of becoming an attraction for all visitors to Valley Forge.
John G. Smedley, treasurer of the "Veterans" of the 314th Infantry, has his headquarters at No. 518 Lafayette Building, this city, and is looking for the kind of help most needed now, for the building itself has been put up, but the expense of maintenance and equipment still needs attention. The president of the Veterans' Association is Raymond V. Nicholson.
The 314th's overseas commander was Colonel William H. Oury, still in active service with the 14th Infantry at Panama. He was one of the few colonels to get the D. S. M.
The Log Cabin Memorial was dedicated at 2pm, here is the invitation which was sent out:
The Veterans of the 314th Infantry extend to you a cordial invitation to attend
Dedication Ceremonies of the Log Cabin Memorial Saturday September thirtieth 1922 two o'clock
at Defenders Gate, Valley Forge, Pennsylvania, RSVP
September 30, 1922 314th Cabin Dedication
1922 Veterans of the 314th Infantry A.E.F. Annual Reunion #4 in Valley Forge, PA
Infantry Journal: US Infantry Association - Volume 21 Number 5- November 1922 - Pages 608 and 609
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314th Infantry Log Cabin - Valley Forge, PA
Real Photo Postcard, Circa 1920's. Azo Stamp Box.
(View the back of the postcard)
1923 Veterans of the 314th Infantry A.E.F. Annual Reunion #5 in Philadelphia, PA
1924 Veterans of the 314th Infantry A.E.F. Annual Reunion #6 in Allentown, PA
Charter of Veterans of the 314th Infantry A.E.F.
1925 Veterans of the 314th Infantry A.E.F. Annual Reunion #7 in Scranton, PA
1926 Veterans of the 314th Infantry A.E.F. Annual Reunion #8 in Philadelphia, PA
1927 Veterans of the 314th Infantry A.E.F. Annual Reunion #9 in Harrisburg, PA
1928 Veterans of the 314th Infantry A.E.F. Annual Reunion #10 in Allentown, PA
The Taking of Montfaucon by James M. Cain
by permission of Harold Ober Associates Incorporated. i
Copyright 1929 by American Mercury, Inc. First published in 'The American Mercury'.
Novelist James M. Cain, author of The Postman Always Rings Twice and Double Indemnity, was a member of Headquarters Troop, 79th Division. Through his account, the reader can easily imagine how it must have been during the opening days of the Meuse-Argonne Offensive.
Cain tries to deliver his message during the night of September 26, 1918 but fails. While the outcome of the battle is an American success, Cain is disappointed with his failure. On part of Cain's journey, Ross Shepler- Horseshoer 79th HQ Troop, accompanies Cain and would earn an award for Gallantry in Action and Meritorious Services for his part.
1929 Veterans of the 314th Infantry A.E.F. Annual Reunion #11 in Reading, PA
1930 Veterans of the 314th Infantry A.E.F. Annual Reunion #12 in Scranton, PA
1931 Veterans of the 314th Infantry A.E.F. Annual Reunion #13 in Sunbury, PA
314th Infantry News Newspaper - March 1932
Lorraine Cross newsletter of the 315th Infantry Association (Philadelphia Pennsylvania) May-June 1932
1932 Veterans of the 314th Infantry A.E.F. Annual Reunion #14 in Reading, PA
1933 Veterans of the 314th Infantry A.E.F. Annual Reunion #15 in Allentown, PA
79th Division Bulletins: 1931 - 1933
1934 Veterans of the 314th Infantry A.E.F. Annual Reunion #16 in Wilkes Barre, PA
1935 Veterans of the 314th Infantry A.E.F. Annual Reunion #17 in Philadelphia, PA
Reunion Booklet and Directory - September 1935
1936 Veterans of the 314th Infantry A.E.F. Annual Reunion #18 in Harrisburg, PA
Veterans 314th Infantry - 1936 Financial Statement
1937 Veterans of the 314th Infantry A.E.F. Annual Reunion #19 in Williamsport, PA
1938 Veterans of the 314th Infantry A.E.F. Annual Reunion #20 in Reading, PA
July 23, 1939 Dedicatory Service of Memorial Window - The Post Chapel - Fort George G. Meade
November 11, 1939 Newspaper Article - Tomb of the unknown Soldier
"Man Who Selected Unknown Soldier Says He Didn't Die in Vain"
More information concerning The Tomb of the Unknowns can be found on Wikipedia
or on the official Arlington National Cemetery website.
1939 Veterans of the 314th Infantry A.E.F. Annual Reunion #21 in Lancaster, PA
1940 Veterans of the 314th Infantry A.E.F. Annual Reunion #22 in Philadelphia, PA
1941 Veterans of the 314th Infantry A.E.F. Annual Reunion #23 in Lewistown, PA
1942 Veterans of the 314th Infantry A.E.F. Annual Reunion #24 in Scranton, PA
1943 Veterans of the 314th Infantry A.E.F. Annual Reunion #25 in Philadelphia, PA
1943 Letter from Chas Stimpson to William Berry
1944 Veterans of the 314th Infantry A.E.F. Annual Reunion #26 in Harrisburg, PA
Memorial Booklet - 79th Division Summary of Operations in the World War
Prepared by the American Battle Monuments Commission
1944 Membership Card - Thomas B. McCartney - Company D
Veterans of the 314th Infantry A.E.F. Statement of Financial Condition - 1944
1945 Veterans of the 314th Infantry A.E.F. Annual Reunion #27 in Hazelton, PA
Veterans of the 314th Infantry A.E.F. Statement of Financial Condition - 1945
1946 Veterans of the 314th Infantry A.E.F. Annual Reunion #28 in Providence, RI
1946 Reunion Medal Souvenir
1947 Veterans of the 314th Infantry A.E.F. Annual Reunion #29 in Allentown, PA
1948 Veterans of the 314th Infantry A.E.F. Annual Reunion #30 in Philadelphia, PA - Memorial Booklet and Directory
1949 Veterans of the 314th Infantry A.E.F. Annual Reunion #31 in Williamsport, PA
Souvenir Fountain Pen
The pen is a Penman brand lever-fill fountain pen made by K. L. & M. Co. some time between 1940-44.
Available in both black (above) and brown (below):
1950 Veterans of the 314th Infantry A.E.F. Annual Reunion #32 in Lewistown, PA
Souvenir Mechanical Pencil
1951 Veterans of the 314th Infantry A.E.F. Annual Reunion #33 in Reading, PA
1952 Membership Card -- Notable for the effort the soldiers of the 314th expended to meet each and every year
1952 Veterans of the 314th Infantry A.E.F. Annual Reunion #34 in Atlantic City, NJ
1953 Veterans of the 314th Infantry A.E.F. Annual Reunion #35 in Wilkes Barre, PA
1954 Veterans of the 314th Infantry A.E.F. Annual Reunion #36 in York, PA
Unfortunately, we do not know the year the photo below was taken, so it is here as a place-holder.
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There is very little that can be used to identify the age of this photo, but please note:
AAA Official Hotel sign in the upper center, but AAA began printing hotel guides in 1917, so that is of no help.
Behind and to the right of the "No Parking" sign there appears the faint image of the three-triangles US Civil Defense Fallout Shelter sign, but those began being used in the early 1960's which seems too late given the age of the men
3-piece suits by half of the men, and hats being held by several
The garrison cap (?) being worn by the veteran third from the right
1955 Veterans of the 314th Infantry A.E.F. Annual Reunion #37 in Atlantic City, NJ
1956 Veterans of the 314th Infantry A.E.F. Annual Reunion #38 in Providence, RI
1957 Veterans of the 314th Infantry A.E.F. Annual Reunion #39 in Sunbury, PA
1958 Veterans of the 314th Infantry A.E.F. Annual Reunion #40 in Philadelphia, PA
June 14, 1959 Philadelphia Inquirer Newspaper Article
1959 Veterans of the 314th Infantry A.E.F. Annual Reunion #41 in Williamsport, PA - September 25-26-27, 1959
1960 Veterans of the 314th Infantry A.E.F. Annual Reunion #42 in Reading, PA
"The Conshohocken Recorder" - June 1, 1961
(PLEASE click on the masthead below, several interesting 314th articles!)
1961 Veterans of the 314th Infantry A.E.F. Annual Reunion #43 in Lewistown, PA
August 7, 1962 The Danville News Newspaper Article
1962 Veterans of the 314th Infantry A.E.F. Annual Reunion #44 in Allentown, PA
1963 Veterans of the 314th Infantry A.E.F. Annual Reunion #45 in Scranton, PA
1964 Veterans of the 314th Infantry A.E.F. Annual Reunion #46 in York, PA
1965 Veterans of the 314th Infantry A.E.F. Annual Reunion #47 in Philadelphia, PA
1966 Veterans of the 314th Infantry A.E.F. Annual Reunion #48 in Reading, PA
1967 Veterans of the 314th Infantry A.E.F. Annual Reunion #49 in Williamsport, PA
1968 Veterans of the 314th Infantry A.E.F. Annual Reunion #50 in Philadelphia, PA
Benjamin Franklin Hotel, Philadelphia PA, September 26-27-28, 1968
These two pages from the program of the 50th "Golden" Reunion in 1968 were provided by Roy Rentz:
Frank Ferris is seated, second from right.
1969 Veterans of the 314th Infantry A.E.F. Annual Reunion #51 in Allentown, PA
Hotel Americus, September 26-27-28, 1969
(click for full-size image)
1970 Veterans of the 314th Infantry A.E.F. Annual Reunion #52 in Harrisburg, PA
The 1971 314th News
1971 Veterans of the 314th Infantry A.E.F. Annual Reunion #53 in Reading, PA
50th Anniversary Rededication of the Log Cabin Memorial
to the Veterans of the 314th Infantry, A.E.F., Valley Forge, Pennsylvania
Sunday September 24, 1972
These page below was provided by Roy Rentz.
1972 Veterans of the 314th Infantry A.E.F. Annual Reunion #54 in Bethlehem, PA
1973 Veterans of the 314th Infantry A.E.F. Annual Reunion #55 in Bethlehem, PA
1974 Veterans of the 314th Infantry A.E.F. Annual Reunion #56 in Williamsport, PA
1975 Veterans of the 314th Infantry A.E.F. Annual Reunion #57 in Reading, PA
1976 Veterans of the 314th Infantry A.E.F. Annual Reunion #58 in Reading, PA
1977 Veterans of the 314th Infantry A.E.F. Annual Reunion #59 in Reading, PA
21 gun salute over Gen Rosebrough's (sp?) grave (outside the 314th log cabin memorial).
Ray-Jude Paski is the Doughboy in the middle of the line of soldiers in the foreground.
2003 Memorial Day Service - Descendants and Friends of the 314th infantry
Philadelphia Inquirer article May 20, 2004 "WWI Memorial Faces Uncertain Future"
(click to see the whole article)
2005 Memorial Day Service - Descendants and Friends of the 314th infantry
2007 Memorial Day Service - Descendants and Friends of the 314th infantry
314th Infantry Memorial Cabin at Valley Forge Washington Memorial Chapel
Deconstruction October 2012 for return to Fort Meade, Maryland
Cabin returns home to Fort Meade
click for January 10, 2013 article
Final Deconstruction November 2012 for return to Fort Meade, Maryland
All Photographs taken by Nancy Schaff
314th Log Cabin
Dismantle Schematics & Inventory
21-page PowerPoint
November 2012
Village Restorations
Fort Meade Cabin Reconstruction January 21, 2017
THE VOLUNTEER
What are you doing out here my boy;
Out here in the slime and foam?
You are lost, though the night be clear, my boy,
And you.re miles and miles from home.
But he spake no word,
Though my voice was heard
By the sentinel and his mate
Just held his face
To the trigger- place
And stared in the eyes of Fate.
Why do you stay out here, my boy?
Or is it you.ve lost your way?
But little you seem to care, my boy,
As fast to the gun you stay.
Then in star- shell light
I saw through the night,
( My head bowed in reverence.)
He was not khaki- clad
But a peasant lad.
Dead. And a child of France.
I carried him back to soft earth, this boy,
And laid him away to rest
In the land that had claimed by birth, this boy,
And nestled him close to her breast.
A mere slip of a lad
Who willing had
Invaded our lines for the chance
To stand with the rest
And give his best
For the sake of his .Patria.- France.
By 1st Lt. Joseph R. Cushing
Company G 314th Infantry
79th Division AEF
From the book DOUGHBOY DITTIES- 1927
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Irwin Rentz at Jallais France
(click for full-size image)
(This view inside the cabin is from 1924 based on postmark on back of postcard)
Memorial to the Dead of the 314th Infantry and the 79th Division, Erected at Camp Meade, Md., 1917-1918, by the men f the 314th Infantry,
many of whom were killed in action, Dedicated at Valley Forge, Pa., September 30th, 1922.
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