[Genealib] WW I query

[Scott Lucas]

If your patron knows the unit in which the individual served they could
follow the unit history, specifically focusing on the regimental history
(and if available company history), as many regiments were still
independent prior to WWI and the Army re-org between the wars. 

I would agree with the possibility of it being Philippines Territory.
Many army units after 1900 served tours in newly acquired territories. 

Scott Lucas


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[mailto:genealib-bounces at mailman.acomp.usf.edu] On Behalf Of Hayes,
Alice
Sent: Thursday, September 28, 2006 4:17 PM
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Subject: [Genealib] WW I query

I have a patron who is stumped by notes she has found regarding an
individual who was in the army preceding WWI.  This individual enlisted
in the Army on October 24, 1914 and was in the service for some 5 years.

 
Two separate notes that she has found regarding his enlistment record
have notations that are similar (she assumes they were copied from the
same document) but she cannot decipher exactly what is written (because
of the script) nor can she interpret what the notation means.
 
The first notation reads:  Left US for P T (or J--this is where the
script confuses her) 12/5/1914 
 
The second notation reads:  Arrived US from P T (or J) 10/8/1917
 
She knows that he was in France from 1918-1919 and was eventually
discharged in June 1920.  Her question is: What is the destination
between 1914  and 1917.  
 
Any help on this would be appreciated.  Thank you.  
 
 
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