The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1917-08-17
PRESIDENT HAS NAMED
NEW GENERAL OFFICERS
SOUTH CAROLINA BOYS TO
GO TO FRANCE.
Engineers Companies of This
State Will Be First to See
Active Service.

washington, Aug. 14.-NOmlna-
tions of nearly 200 general officers
in the national army, including Of
hcers of the regular army and the
National Guard, were sent to the
senate today by President Wilson.
From the thirty-seven new major
generals to be created for the dura-
ton OF the war and from the exist
ing major generals of the regular
army will come the army, corps and
division commanders OF all the
forces being raised, regulars, Ma
tional Guard or national army. Sim
ilarly the brigade commanders will
be selected from the list OF more
than 100 new brigadiers.
Coincident with this announce
ment Of high command came the
statement from the war department
that composite National Guard di-
vision composed of troops from
twenty-six States and the District of
Columbia was in process of organ
iZation under command OF Brigadier
tia bureau of the department. but
who heads the list Of national army
major generals.
These will be the first National
Guard troops to be sent to France
No discussion is permitted by the
censor. however, OF the time OF their
mobilization Or departure cor the
front.
The States from which the Ma
tional Guard troops are to be assem-
bled are Louisiana. Pennsylvania.
Wisconsin, New York, Ohio Geor-
gia, Alabama, Iowa, Illinois, Indi-
ana, Minnesota. Maryland. South
Carolina, California. Missouri, Vir-
ginia, North Carolina, Kansas, Tex
as, Michigan. New Jersey, Tennes-
see, Oklahoma, Nebraska, Colorado.
Oregon and the others from the Dis
trict of Columbia
War Departments Announcement
Following is the war departments
announcement. under the heading
Composite National Guard Divis-
fon." THE following organizations
of the National Guard have been Sc
lected to compose the Forty-second
division:
THE following numerical desig-
nations have been assigned:
Division headquarters troop, to
consist of the Second separate troop.
Louisiana cavalry.
THE division machine gun bat
talon. No. 149, to be composed OF
the third battalion, Fourth Penn
sylvania Infantry.
Infantry Brigades.
THE infantry brigades to be
numbered eighty-three and eighty
four.
THE eighty-third Infantry Bri-
gade. to comprise the 15Oth ma
chine gun battalion. composed of
Companies E. F and G, Second Wis
consin Infantry; the 165th infantry
(Sixty-ninth New York Infantry
and the 166th infantry (Fourth Ohio
Infantry National Guard.
"The Eighty-fourth Infantry Bri-
sade to comprise the 151st machine
gun battalion Companies B, C and
F. Second Georgia Infantry: 167th
infantry (Fourth Alabama Infantry
and the 168th infantry (Third Iowa
Infantry.
Artillery Brigade.
THE artillery brigade to be num-
bered sixty-seventh. comprises:
THE 149th field artillery (First
Illinois Field Artillery; the 15Oth
field artillery (First Indiana Field
Artillery; the 151st field artillery
(First Minnesota Field Artillery :,
and the 117th trench mortar battery
to be composed Of the Third and
Fourth companies. Maryland Coast
Artillery Corps.
"The engineer regiment of the di-
vision will be numbered 117th. The
first battalion will be formed from
the first separate battalion. engin-
GERS, South Carolina; and the sec
ond battalion will be formed of the
first separate battalion, engineers,
California.
Signal Troops.
The divisional field battalion.
signal troops. will be organized from