American field service volunteers in France during World War I. Officers come out of a building. They get into a military truck. American field service volunteers readying for service. A man shaves and another man wipes his face. Volunteers eat. Volunteers stand in a line. Officer reviews volunteers. Officers come out of a building including American, French, and British Allied officers. Officers stand and talk in a courtyard, including United States Army General John Pershing. Officers followed by volunteers march. An American Red Cross ambulance being driven away. Line of American Red Cross ambulances parked in a line. Volunteers emerge from truck and divide up to drive away the Ambulances. Volunteers carry an injured soldier on stretcher into the ambulance. Ambulance being driven over a rough road and discharging wounded at a field hospital.
Dedication ceremonies for the new American Red Cross Headquarters building in Washington DC. The President of United States Woodrow Wilson and the former President William Howard Taft with other officials, including Jean Jules Jusserand (French Ambassador to the United States during World War I) dedicate the new Red Cross Headquarters building. Scenes from a parade of uniformed Red Cross women and vehicles. Officials stand and greet each other at the end of cermonies at 17th and D Street, NW, Washington DC.
Second inauguration of President Thomas Woodrow Wilson at the United States Capitol in Washington DC. President Wilson with First Lady of the United States Edith Bolling Galt Wilson in carriage. Carriages carrying the President and party leaving the White House on their way to the Capitol for the inauguration. Views of the crowd gathered at the United States Capitol. Officials arriving and being seated for the ceremony. Intermittent views of the Inaugural parade. President Wilson taking the oath of office for his second term, during World War I.
African American soldier's family before training of U.S. 154th Depot Brigade and 301st Engineers Battalion in Louisville, Kentucky. An African American soldier's family in the United States. The family stand and talk. African American soldier's family as they read his World War 1 military induction letter indicating his appointment. The African American soldier and his family prays before he leaves for training.
World War 1 training of U.S. 154th Depot Brigade and 301st Engineers Battalion at Fort George G. Meade in Maryland, United States. A train pulls out of the railway station. Aerial view of the buildings at U.S. Army Fort George G. Meade. African American soldier recruits gathered at Fort George G. Meade. Recruits stand in columns as they get themselves registered. Men at a desk work on papers. Recruits stand in front of the quarters building. Recruits drill at the Army camp.
U.S. Army Expeditionary Force training of U.S. 154th Depot Brigade and 301st Engineers Battalion at Fort George G. Meade in Maryland, United States, in World War 1. African American soldier recruits enter a dining hall with mess kit. The recruits eat. A recruit smiles while eating. The recruits serve themselves at the camp.