The Army gets a bright blue blood transfusion this week. The historic old Light Infantry Blues of Richmond, Va. put their fancy-dress uniforms into moth balls, were inducted into the Army, prepared to start a year's training at Fort Meade as the First Battalion 176th Infantry. In the next two weeks two more noted socialite units will be inducted: Philadelphia's First Troop City Cavalry and Manhattan's swank Seventh Regiment (207th Coast Artillery). Clad in regulation olive drab, they will be in camp by the end of the month.
Typical of the Guard's blueblood units are the gentlemen from Philadelphia, organized in...
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