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.
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.
(Dramatized) views of African American soldier's family after his World War 1 training in the U.S. Army in Louisville, Kentucky. An African American soldier's family as they read a letter from him. The letter written by the African American soldier, with text saying it is written from somewhere in France. Service star hanging in window to show that the family has a service member in the war. The father of the soldier takes out a sword from a shelf. He walks to a sharpening wheel in the outside yard. He sharpens the sword as his wife operates the hand machine.