, the regiment embarked on the S.S. La France IV, en
route to the U.S., arriving on February 9, 1919, and taking station at
Camp Upton, Long Island, N.Y.

On February 17, 1919, the regiment left Camp Upton for Camp Grant,
Illinois, via Chicago, where it was accorded a wonderful and
never-to-be-forgotten reception by the citizens of Chicago.

After arrival at Camp Grant, work incident to the demobilization of the
regiment was commenced. The majority of officers and enlisted men were
discharged from the service during the latter part of February, and
finally on March 12, 1919, orders were issued declaring that the
regiment had ceased to exist.

The health of the regiment while in the service was exceptional. The
Medical Detachment, under command of Major James R. White, worked
incessantly to protect the health of the command. Before departure for
France a number of cases of pneumonia of a very severe type developed,
but only two deaths resulted. The Medical Detachment was divided among
the various units, Captain Spencer C. Dickerson having charge of the
detachment attached to the 1st battalion, Lieutenant James F. Lawson
that of the 2nd battalion, and Lieutenant Claudius Ballard that of the
3rd battalion. The work of these detachments was at all times of a high
order of excellence, and during engagements both officers and men in
numerous instances went out into the open and rendered first aid to the
wounded after terrific fire. Each man wounded, however slightly, was
given an injection of anti-tetanic serum and as a result no cases of
tetanus were reported, nor were any cases of gas baccilus infection
reported. During the severe fighting around the Guilliminet and de la
Riviere Farms, more help was needed and Lieutenant Park Tancil, dental
surgeon, volunteered to take charge of one of the first aid stations
which was daily receiving showers of shells from the enemy batteries.
Lieutenant Claudius Ballard, though wounded during the fighting,
refused to be evacuated and continued his duties administering to the
wounded. Major James R. White made daily rounds of the first aid
stations in the lines, disregarding the intense fire of the enemy and
personally dressing numbers of wounded. For their heroic conduct in
administering to the wounded under fire, Major White and Lieutenants
Tancil and Ballard as well as several enlisted men of the Medical
Detachment, were awarded the French Croix de Guerre, and Private Alfred
Williams