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Excerpt from The Narrative of Company A, 106th Machine Gun Battalion, 27th Division, United States Army, in the "Great War" Together With Its Formation and a Summary of the Activities of Its Predecessors, Troops K and H, First New York Cavalry
The first camp developed into little better than a morass and aside from the discomfort thus en gendered it became almost impossible to keep horses and men in good health. The health rec ord of the regimen-t during its ten months stay is an eloquent testimonial to the unremitting and efficient efforts of the officers to do everything possible for the well-being of the men, an effort which was equalled only by the attention which the men devoted to the horses. In this connec tion it is well to remember G. O. No. This General Order was an innovation in the annals of the Army made by major-general John F. O'ryan, the commander of the Sixth Division, reminding the men of the disastrous results of imbibing vinous beverages to excess on account of the extreme heat. This order applied only to members of the Sixth Division stationed in Mc Allen and Pharr and as good soldiers, who kick at everything, the men complained bitterly of the injustice of the order but as we look back at those days we now realize the wisdom of it.
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