Young men recruits leaving a city to join the United States Army, for service in World War I. A crowd of mostly women behind ropes at a train station, saying goodbye to young men as they prepare to join military service in the American Expeditionary Force heading to France in World War 1. Women crying and in tears as they say goodbye to soldiers. Soldiers receiving new uniforms and putting them on. Soldiers pulling on new boots and getting measured for pants and shirts. Newly recruited soldiers doing "setting-up exercise" drills and calisthenics at a training camp.
Newly recruited U.S. Army soldiers in World War I, standing on a field, in uniform. Picks and shovels stacked on the ground. The soldiers carry the picks and shovels and dig foundations for training camp barracks buildings. Other soldiers standing in the background. The interior of a building. Doctors treating soldiers. The doctors inoculate the soldiers with vaccination shots to prevent them from contracting typhus.
Newly recruited United States Army soldiers in their barracks in the United States, during training for service in World War 1. The barracks of the soldiers and a water tower in the background. The soldiers looking outside through the windows of the barracks. The soldiers have coffee and many are in civilian clothing. The soldiers in uniform drill with rifles on a parade ground. An officer instructs the soldiers.
A U.S. Army officer instructing new soldiers in the United States before their deployment in World War I. Soldiers seated at an outdoor lecture area. The soldiers listen to a lecture as an officer writes on a blackboard.
United States Naval reservists at the Naval Station Great Lakes in Illinois, United States. The U.S. Navy band marching. The reservists marching on the street behind the band. The U.S. Navy sailors march holding rifles, boards, placards and flags. They are heading for deployment in World War 1.
View of 2 long parallel lines of American men in civilian clothing, carrying suitcases, and arriving at a U.S. Army training camp in the United States during World War 1. The new recruits or draftees heading into camp. Next scene shows a large field area filled with newly uniformed American soldiers. An officer stands on a platform above the soldiers. The soldiers all take seats on the ground for an address. The officer addresses the soldiers. The soldiers stand again at the end of the address.