Excerpt from The Artilleryman: The Experiences and Impressions of an American Artillery Regiment in the World War<br><br>It was an inspiring feature of the call to service when America entered the Great War that every part of the country at once responded with whole-hearted spirit, each making its characteristic contribution to the general cause.<br><br>Of the men who at the first demand offered their serv ices, no more truly representative regiments were formed than those gathered in the heart of the Central West, which was at the same time the center of the great area known a little over a century before as New France, acquired in what we call the Louisiana Purchase.<br><br>About the Publisher<br><br>Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com<br><br>This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.