On this date the 148th Field Artillery mustered out of service at Camp Mills, New York.
That brought to an end the Great War service of the 148th, but it did not mean that the Guardsmen who were in the unit were now civilians. Rather, they were released from service with the unit and sent on to their home states for discharge or to military establishments near their home states. In the case of Wyoming National Guardsmen, that meant a trip to Ft. D. A. Russell at Cheyenne. Colorado Guardsmen in the unit likewise were discharged at Ft. D. A. Russell.
Their service was nearly over, however, as that wouldn't take long. With that discharge they came to the end of three years of service, with a brief interruption, at least in the case of men who had first been activated for border service in the Punitive Expedition.
The 148th Field Artillery would come back into existence on September 16, 1940 as part of the build up prior to World War Two. It would serve in the Pacific during World War Two and would go on to serve, as part of the Oregon National Guard, in the Korean War. It was one of the National Guard units that saw service during the Vietnam War. It's currently party of the Idaho National Guard.
Camp Mills no longer exists. It was located in what is now Garden City, New York, a community on Long Island.
