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WWI US Army Infantry Drill Regulations 1911 Banta's Special Ed. Inscrip Amazing For Sale
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WWI US Army Infantry Drill Regulations 1911 Banta's Special Ed. Inscrip Amazing:
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WWI US Army Infantry Drill Regulations 1911 Banta's Special Ed. Inscrip Amazing
TITLE: Infantry Drill Regulations, United States Army, 1911 (Banta’s Special Edition)
PUBLISHER: George Banta Publishing Company, Menasha, Wis.
FORMAT: Pocket-sized military field manual / hardcoverDuring the Spanish Flu Pandemic
The 1918 Influenza Crisis: In the fall of 1918, the catastrophic Spanish Flu pandemic swept through the crowded barracks of Camp Taylor, hospitalizing thousands of drafted men. Captains in the Medical Corps and commanding lines used books, manuals, or religious texts as tools to maintain morale, track inventories, or reward soldiers who helped manage the overwhelmed camp. [1, 2]The "Depot Division" Movement: Camp Taylor functioned heavily as a deployment and replacement depot. Drafted men arrived, trained intensely for a few weeks or months, and were rapidly sent overseas to fill gaps on the front lines. [1, 2]
G.W. Spillers
Records indicate a George W. Spillers or similar local family line rooted in regions near Kentucky/Arkansas. In 1918, he was likely a newly inducted soldier or non-commissioned officer training at Camp Zachary Taylor in Louisville, Kentucky—the largest WWI cantonment in the U.S.Capt. Henry PleasantsDr. Henry Pleasants Jr. (1884–1963) was a prominent Captain in the U.S. Army Medical Corps during WWI. In 1918, Captain Pleasants was deployed to various training facilities to manage medical operations, specifically dealing with the catastrophic 1918 influenza outbreak that devastated Camp Taylor. He was also a passionate writer and author who later published several historical books and kept highly detailed personal wartime daybooks.
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