(PHOTOGRAPH.) Eighth Illinois Regiment Now In France. Photographic print, 15.5 x 19.5 inches; 2 views with text between; 2 oval pictorial vignettes at upper corners: Col. Francis H. Denison and John R. Marshall. Two images of troops on parade and in

(PHOTOGRAPH.) Eighth Illinois Regiment Now In France. Photographic print, 15.5 x 19.5 inches; 2 views with text between; 2 oval pictorial vignettes at upper corners: Col. Francis H. Denison and John R. Marshall. Two images of troops on parade and in front of a building, probably in Chicago. [Illinois], circa 1916 E350/500 Caption, in part "The Regiment was mustered in the United States Volunteer Service as the Eighth Infantry, 370th U.S. National Guard, Illinois Volunteers The Eighth Regiment is now about 3000 strong and is now in France on active duty." At outset of World War I, there were nearly 370,000 colored troops enlisted or drafted. [SEE ILLUSTRATION]