/US Army Ammunition Train Co 1,FORT DEVENS Panoramic Photo,ww1

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US Army Ammunition Train Co 1, FORT DEVENS. Panoramic Photo,ww1 ( 1917).The frame has size - 32 1/2 x 8 1/4 inches .....
The
ammunition train
was an element of armies in 19th and 20th century warfare. They were responsible for transporting the artillery
and infantry ammunition
of each division from the ammunition refilling point to the area of engagement. The train itself may have been a literal train
but in most cases was not, the  "train" being the military term.
Depending on the era, its conveyance would be horse-drawn wagon or motor vehicles, and it was assigned the necessary personnel and equipment to fulfill these roles. .... CAMP DEVENS - n
amed after Union General and Judge Charles Devens of the Civil War, Camp Devens was established in 1917 as the primary National Army cantonment (training center) for the Northeast Military Department. Built on a tract 7 miles long by 2 miles wide, Camp Devens covered 5000 acres of land along the Boston and Maine railway obtained from the contiguous communities of Ayer, Harvard, Shirley and Lancaster, Massachusetts.