THE NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC MAGAZINE 



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Mole & Thomas 



THE AMERICAN EAGLE IN UNIFORM 



Twelve thousand five hundred officers, nurses, and men at Camp Gordon, Atlanta, Georgia, 

 made this symbol of American prowess. 



the line and the Thirty-second in reserve. It 

 formed the center, having the Third Corps on 

 its right and the First Corps on its left. 



In the reorganization after the armistice the 

 Fifth Corps consisted of the Twenty-sixth, 

 Twenty-ninth, and Eighty-second Divisions. 



96. The Sixth Corps did not participate in 

 the fighting. After the armistice it consisted 

 of the Seventh, Twenty-eighth, and Ninety- 

 second Divisions and was engaged in salvage 

 work on the battlefields. 



97. The Seventh Corps was organized to 

 form part of the Third Army and consisted of 

 the Fifth, Eighty-ninth, and Ninetieth Di- 

 visions, being stationed in Luxembourg as a 

 reserve for the troops in the occupied German 

 territory. 



98. The Eighth Corps in the reorganization 

 after the armistice consisted of the Sixth, 

 Seventy-seventh, and Eighty-first Divisions. 



99. The Ninth Corps consisted of the 

 Thirty-third and Thirty-fifth Divisions and 

 was engaged in salvage work on the battle- 

 fields. 



100 and 101. Schools were organized in the 

 different corps, the insignia being the same 

 for all, except the appropriate change in the 

 numeral. 



102. Before America entered the war there 

 were several ambulance companies of Ameri- 

 cans in the French army ; these were all taken 

 into our army, forming the Ambulance Serv- 

 ice, which adopted the well-known Gallic 

 rooster as its insignia, representing its former 

 service with the French. 



103. The Advance Section, Service of Sup- 

 ply, was situated near the front and took the 

 Lorraine cross for its insignia. 



104. The insignia of the Tank Corps is em- 

 blematic of the fact that tanks combine the 

 functions of cavalry, artillery, and infantry, 

 the yellow being the cavalry color, red artillery, 

 and blue infantry. 



105. The fleur-de-lis of the Bourbon king? 

 was taken as the insignia of troops stationed 

 in the Paris District. 



106. The insignia of the Liaison Service is 

 taken from the French General Staff insignia. 

 with slight changes. The members of this 

 Service formed the connecting link between 

 the headquarters of onr forces and those of 

 the French, British, and Belgians. 



107. Considerable sarcasm has been used 

 when referring to the insignia of the Postal 

 Express, a greyhound at full speed. The same 

 insignia, but with the greyhound in silver in- 



