Title	J.S. Pearson Memo to Platoon leaders - July 5, 1918
Creator	Pearson, J.S.
Source	Pearson, J.S. Memo to Platoon leader. 05 July 1918. Company C, Papers. Museum of Missouri Military History, 4205 Logistics Road, Jefferson City, Missouri.
Description	Memo issued to all Platoon leader from Captain J.S. Pearson of the 137th Infantry. In this memo Pearson outlined the order of relief, and the responsibilities of all platoon leaders.
Subject.LCSH	United States. Army. Division, 35th; United States. Army. American Expeditionary Forces; World War, 1914-1918--Transportation; United States. Army. Infantry Division, 35th. Infantry Regiment, 137th
Subject.Local	WWI; World War I; United States. Army. Machine Gun Battalion, 129th
Relation	Company C, Papers
Contributing Institution	Museum of Missouri Military History
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Volume	1 letter, 1 page
Publisher.Digital	Springfield-Greene County Library District
Date.Original	5-Jul-18
Date.Digital	2015-02-08
Type	Letters and Correspondence
Format.Digital	JPEG 2000
Language	English
Collection Name	Over There: Missouri and the Great War
Transcript	Plan Leader Co “C”, 129 MG Bn. Machine Gun Co. 137th Infantry July 6, 1918. MEMO -- To all Platoon leaders. 1. The gun crews for theHotchkiss position guns which replaced the St Etienneguns last night will relieve the crews of this Company at the position guns tonight. 2. The N.C.O!s at Chemin de Fer, La Valley, Pette d’ Alscace, and the position guns at Giesbodle will remain at their present positions until the relieving personnel are sufficiently conversant with their positions and all details regarding the service of the same have been transacted. 3. The cooks and the Officers orderlies will remain with their respective positions until further orders. 4. All members of this Company’s Headquarters platoon will report to 1st Sgt. Goble as soon as possible after the receipt of this order for duty. 5. All guns will be fully manned during the hours of darkness, the personnel at Chemin de Fer leaving their positions early enough to report to their platoons before dawn. 6. Platoon leaders