(WORLD WAR ONE) Field Artillery A Western Regiment for Weste

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(WORLD WAR ONE.) Field Artillery: A Western Regiment for Western Men . . . New California Regiment. Illustrated broadside, 24 x 18 inches, in red and blue; horizontal fold, moderate edge wear including several short tears, one extending just within border. [Santa Barbara, CA, circa July 1917]

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A colorful recruitment broadside, issued not long after the April 1917 declaration of war against Germany. "The Spirit of the West is Called Upon for Immediate Action . . . Intensive Training for Picked Men, Will See Service Quick." The regiment's recruitment is discussed in the San Francisco Examiner of 12 July 1917 and elsewhere. The local recruiter named here was Joel Remington Fithian (1874-1936), a former major in the army. First of a group of three, offered fresh to market. None others traced in OCLC or elsewhere.