Historical Booklet on the 2nd Infantry of the Maryland State Guard during WWI (1917-1920). This booklet was written by Lieutenant C. Arthur Eby in 1920 and talks about how the Maryland National Guard was mobilized into federal service for World War I and that after a Special Session by the legislature in 1917 to an Act was approved to create the Maryland State Guard. The book further talks about the organization, unit and officers involved during the three-year period from 1917-1920.
Credits: CSM Ronald “Buddy” Scott and Maryland Defense Force
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