Mexican border service in 1916 as private in Battery C, First Illinois Field Artillery. Attended first officer's training camp at Fort Sheridan, 111., in the summer of 1917, and was commissioned Second Lieutenant of Field Artillery. Went to France in the early fall of 1917 in the transport ''Kroonland."  Attended Saumur Artillery School during the first three months training course for American officers. Joined 15th Field Artillery at Valdahon the latter part of December and transferred...