Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-08-14
Local Company Assigned to
First Division of National
Guard to Be Sent Abroad.
MAI. BRYSON TO LEAD
CAPITAL CONTINGENT
Brig. Gen. Mann to Command 20, 1000
Soldiers Selected From Twenty
Six State Organizations.

| The Field Hospital unit of the Ma.
tional Guard of the District of Colum
bia, under command of Maj. Herbert J
Bryson, with roster of nearly ninety
men. is to see service soon in France as
part of the first division of National
Guard troops from twenty states, ac-
eording to plans announced today by the
War Department. Plans for sending
these troops to France have been per
fected, although no details. except as to
composition, are made public.
| The first intimation that it had been
chosen for foreign service was given
to the District unit today by The Star.
and enthusiasm for quick action was
expressed by members of this COM
pany. They were envied by all the
other units at Camp Ordway, who have
been waiting three weeks for orders
sending them to Admission. Ala. Mai.
/ Bryson said today that his command
| is in fine shape and will be ready for
| immediate departure when instructions
come from the War Department or the
| commandant of the Eastern Depart
| ment.
Gen. Mann to Command.
| The commanding off1cer of the d.
vision will be Brig. Gen. w. A. Mann
| of the Regular Army. now chief of
the division of militia affairs Of the
| Discussion of the time and place of
mobilization of the division or of it's
| departure for France Is not permissi-
| BILE under the voluntary censorship.
1 kha .rt-
| in the official statement. shows 1t will
| conform to the reduced trench war
fare divisional organization recon-
mended by Maj Gen. Pershing. which
| auxiliary troops. of approximately
| 10000 men.
| The two infantry brigade formation,
each brigade to be composed of two
In the size Of infantry regiments The
I fact that numerical desigpattons have
been assigned to the bsigades through
| out also indicates the adoption of the
system. although the regimental or
ganization of three battalions to a
regiment is retained.
While no explanation is given of the
reason for forming this composite di-
| vision as the first tactical organization
| of the National Guard to be perfected
| since the state troops were drafted
+; into the federal Army. it is known
governors of virtually all the states
| The effect, presumably, will be to So
| tidify the National Guard and to give
| tho whole country an interest in the
division. which might not be so strong
! il the troops from any one state had
, been used to form this tactical unit.
States to Furnish Men.
The states from which the National:
Guard troops are to be assembled are
Louisiana. Pennsylvania. Wisconsin,
New York. Ohio. Georgia, Alabama.
| Iowa. Illinois. Indiana, Minnesota,
Maryland. South Carolina. California
Missouri. Virginia. North Carolina,
| Kansas, Texas. Michigan. New jersey.
! Tennessee. Oklahoma, Nebraska, Colo
RADIO and Oregon.
Following is the War Departments
announcement under the heading:
Composite National Guard Division :
! The following organizations of the
| National Guard have been selected to
compose the 42d Division. The follow
| ing numerical designations have been
1 assigned:
.Division headquarters troops to
consist of the I'd Separate Troop.
Louisiana Cavalry
'.The Division Machine Gun Bat
talon No. 14s .te be composed of the
Sd Battalion, 4th Pennsylvania Infan-
try.
THE infantry brigades to be num-
bered SO and 81. The SD Infantry Bri-
| gade to comprise the 150th Machine
4 nes E. F and G, I'd Wisconsin Infantry,
| National Guard).
The 165th Infantry t6ath New York
Infantry. National Guard). the 166th
Guard) The sith Infantry Brigade to
comprise the 151st Machine Gun Bat
TALON Companies B. c and F. I'd Geor-
gia Infantry National Guard). The
90 III
Z National Guardl. and the 1Ssth Infan-
'Ftry I'D Iowa Infantry. National Guard)
+ THE artillery brigade to be num-
I bered 81 comprises the 149th Field Ar
.ional Guard). the 15Oth Field ArtiI-
lery 1st Indiana Field Artillery, Ma
tional Guard). 151st Field Artillery DIST
Minnesota Field Artillery. National
Battery. to be composed of the Sd and
Iery Corps National Guard).
The Engineer Regimen to he num-
LIST Separate Battalion Engineers,
South Carolina National Guard. and the
I'd Battalion to be the 1st Separate
Battalion Enginssrs. California Ma
tioral Guard.
THE Field Battalion Signal Troops
missouri National Guard). the head
quarters train and military police
Coast Artillery Corps. Virginia Ma
tional Guard). the engineer train (North
Carolina National Guard). the ammuni-
tion train Kansas National Guard)
land the supply train tTexas National
\ Guar6 to be known. respectively. as
1.-THE 117th Field Battalion Signal Troops.
the 1l7th Headquarters Train and Mill
tary Police. the Nth Engineer Train
the 1l.th Amr'unition Train and the
I17th Supply Train.
THE sanitary train to be known as
the 117th Sanitary Train. comprisinp Q
the 1st. I'd. Sd and 4th Ambulance Com,
panies being, respectively. the first am
hulance companies of the Michigan
New JERSEY. Tennessee and Oklahoma
National Guard: 1st. ID Sd and 4tb
Field Hospital Companies being. re-
spectively the Colorado and Oregon
National Guard.
First Field Hospital Companies. Dis
trict of Columbia, Nebraska. Colorado
and Oregon National Guard"
i Col. Eugene D. Berri Dies.
SANTA BARBARA, Cal. August IL