Remembering Suwannee: Mobilization and service in “The War to End All Wars,” Part 3

This week, we will continue the third part of a series of articles on Suwannee County’s mobilization and service in World War I. By the middle of September 1917, orders had been received for the local company to move to Macon, Ga.: “Fifteen hundred Florida soldiers, comprising the First Florida Infantry, commanded by Co. S. C. Harrison Jr. will entrain for Camp Wheeler at Macon some time Friday. The entrainment will include Co. E, Live Oak.” Before the men left, however, the “citizens of the City of Live Oak and the members of Co. E enjoyed an afternoon picnic Tuesday afternoon at 4 o’clock at the fair grounds. The company marched out to the grounds in formation, where they were