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For Five Hours New York's Citizen Army Poured by Reviewing Stand, Twenty Men Abreast

This photograph is of a parade of men who were drafted for WWI. The public was very excitied to go to war, and there were parades all across New York City.

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Looking Over Soldiers' Quarters- General Hospital in Distance, Camp Upton, N.Y

There are trees and buildings in the distance of this photograph. It is of Camp Upton, which, according to the photograph, is where many men trained before leaving to fight in WWI.

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Barracks at Camp Devens, Boys on Hillside Writing Letters, Ayer, Mass.

A scene at Camp Devens in Ayer, Massachusetts. In the background, there are barracks. In the foreground, soldiers sit on a hillside writing letters.

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Sunshine Keeps Our Soldiers Healthy. Daily Sunning of Equipment.

Soldiers sit on benches in a line at Camp Oglethorpe, Georgia. The sun basks upon the men and their equipment, which is being sunned to avoid the spreading of disease.

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Pack Inspection of 139th Regiment Infantry. American Army Camp, U. S. A.

American soldiers stand at attention in rows. Their army kits are laid out in front of them, ready for inspection.

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