The moral of Private Simpich -- Training at Camp Doniphan -- The voyage to France -- Arches, Wesserling, and the High Hills -- Into the trenches in the Vosges --The trench raid at Hilsenfirst -- Other Vosges fighting -- In reserve at St. Mihiel -- Planning the Argonne drive -- Officers changed on the eve of battle -- The plan of battle -- Let's go -- Vauquois taken: the 138th before Cheppy -- Nels Wold's glorious death -- Major Sauerwein falls -- Captain Skinker's bravery -- The 138th takes Cheppy -- The 139th jumps over the 137th -- Confusion on the field -- Failure of liaison -- Night on the battlefield -- Crossed orders for second day's attack -- The artillery presses forward: the morning attack -- The night attack: Charpentry and Baulny taken -- Ristine in the German lines -- Artillery riddles the 140th -- The front line in straits -- Night in Montrebeau Wood -- Permission to relieve General Berry -- Rieger charges into Exermont -- The 140th advances -- General Traub asks to be withdrawn -- The 137th's firm, thin line -- The engineers hold the front -- The last day of battle -- The relief: the work done -- Sommedieue, Commercy and home -- Appendix [including Roster of the National Guard of Missouri ; Roster of the National Guard of Kansas].