This photograph depicts the 317th Supply Train at mess. The soldiers are standing in two lines around self-serve food tables. A soldier is sitting on the ground in the bottom left corner of the photograph. A truck and pavillion are in the background in the top left corner and a row trees is in the top right corner. The Signal Corps USA logo is in the bottome left corner of the photograph. The number [39550] is written next to the logo. The words [Mess 317 Supply Train - Belleville Meuse, Oct 12, 1918] are written at the bottom inside the white border.
| Date | October 12, 1918 |
| Photograph by | United States Army Signal Corps, American, founded 1860 |
| Subject of | 317th Motor Supply Train, American, 1917 - 1919 |
| Subject of | 92d Infantry Division, American, 1917 - 1945 |
| Place depicted | Belleville, Lorraine, France, Europe |
| Medium | gelatin and silver on photographic paper |
| Dimensions | H x W: 6 1/2 × 8 1/2 in. (16.5 × 21.6 cm) |
| Dimensions | H x W: 5 11/16 × 6 13/16 in. (14.4 × 17.3 cm) |
| Credit Line | Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture |
| Object number | 2015.97.23.15 |
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