WWI Troops

Troops Pass Through Janesville

"On Thursday, May 16th, 1918, a troop of soldiers from Camp Grant en route to Sparta passed through Janesville. The W.S.B., the same as the city schools, was dismissed and went to the city to see the soldiers as they passed through. The parade consisted of about 2,500 horses, most of them with riders, and about 500 to 1,000 foot soldiers. Besides the troop train containing baggage and provisions, there were hospital wagons and a few four or five inch guns. It was a wonderful sight and one which few people are privileged to see and gave us all a very clear insight of the great work which the government is doing in preparing for this awful war. The troop goes to Camp Robinson, at Sparta, for artillery practice for a few months before starting for the trenches in France. It took over two hours for the troops to pass any one point and will long be remembered by the pupils and teachers of the W.S.B."

--excerpted from the Free Press, Vol. 25, No. 8, May, 1918.

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