DEDICATION

With love for him as a comrade,

with respect for him as a leader,

and with joy in the privilege that

was his in serving his country to

the utmost, this book is dedicated

to the memory of—

CAPTAIN JOHN ALLAN PATON, U. S. A.
Killed in Action
October 27, 1918.

A HISTORY
OF
TROOP A
Cavalry, Connecticut National Guard
AND ITS SERVICE IN THE
GREAT WAR
AS
Co. D, 102^d.. Machine Gun Battalion

EDITED BY
A MEMBER OF THE COMPANY
FROM DIARIES AND OFFICIAL
RECORDS