Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 166, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 31 July 1917 — FIRST U.S. COMBATANT CONTINGENT [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

FIRST U.S. COMBATANT CONTINGENT

Thefirst American contirgent has been on the French front since May 24. ~Tt ft commanded by CapL E. T. Tinkham and Lieut. Princeton Scully who won the Cross of War before Verdun. The photograph shows the imerican Sold'crs saluting the Stars and Stripes. .