World War 1 training of African American U.S. Army 154th Depot Brigade and 301st Engineers Battalion at Fort George G Meade in Maryland, United States. Recruits stand near the baggage kept on ground. The recruits walk in columns. The recruits during drill. The recruits go through bayonet drill. An officer stands in the foreground while instructing. Two African American soldiers stand. The recruits march.
U.S. Army World War 1 training of U.S. 154th Depot Brigade and 301st Engineers Battalion at Fort George G. Meade in Maryland, United States. African American soldier recruits play in a band. Sign on drum says "Receiving Station Jazz Band." A recruit dances. Other recruits stand in the background and watch.
World War 1 training of U.S. 154th Depot Brigade and 301st Engineers Battalion at Fort George G. Meade in Maryland, United States. Two African American U.S. Army soldier recruits stand and a referee stands in the middle before the boxing match. The recruits fight in the boxing match. Other recruits stand in a group and watch.
World War 1 training of 154th Depot Brigade and 301st Engineers at Fort George G. Meade in Maryland, United States. African American soldier recruits stand in formation while passing in review. Officers on horses review the recruits. The U.S. Army recruits march. The recruits get themselves registered at the camp after the training. The recruits after the completion of training, stand and talk.
View of train that has just arrived carrying Ambassador to the United States for Germany, Johann Heinrich von Bernstorff . Count von Bernstorff waves from rear of railroad car.
A man speaks to an officer, possibly Captain Thomsen of the ship Frederik VIII Danmark, which is about to depart for Halifax carrying former Ambassador to the United States for Germany, Johann Heinrich von Bernstorff.