The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-08-14
Missouri. Oklahoma, Colorado,
Nebraska Also on List.
Date of Departure and Further
Plans Are War Secrets.
new DIVISION $4,000 STRONG
Kansas Ammunition Train
Listed for Foreign Service.
Brig. Gen. W. A. Mann OF Reg
uIar Army in Command.

Washington. Aug. 14.-Plans for
sending the first national guard
troops to France have been perfected
by the war department with the or
ganization of a division which Will
include troops from twenty-six states
and the District of Columbia.
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, Col
orado Oregon
The others come from the District
of Columbia.
Tie Rainbow Division.
TIL new divisiOn-I9 goo men--will
be the FOrty-second. a new one,
known as the Rainbow division The
wal department announces its COM
position today as follows. .------
Division headquarters group to con-
sist Of the second separate troop,
LOUISIANA cavalry
he division machine gun battalion,
number 149, to be composed of the
Third battalion, Fourth Pennsylvania
infantry.
The infantry brigade, to be num-
her 50 and 81, the SD to comprise
composed of Companies E. F. G., Sec
ond Wisconsin infantry, Wisconsin
N2tionat Guard
The Eighty-fourth infantry brigade.
to comprise the 151st machine gun
bait. Eon, made up of Companies B,
c. r. Second Georgia infantry, ma
tienal guard.
The I65th fnfantrv. made up of the
Sixty ninth New York infantry.
The 166th infantry made up of the
Fourth Ohio infantry.
Tho -s7th infantry, (Fourth Ala
The t6StEt infantry. Third Iowa
infantry
TIC Artillery brigade
The art -1Iery brigade to be number
ed g.. comprising the 149th field ar
tillerv tFirSt illinois field artillery.
national suardl: the150th field artil-
-lery First Indiana field artillery, ma
tiorai r-'ard): the 151st field artillery
CFirs- Minnesota field artillery, ma
tional guard). and 18th trench NOR
tar battery to he composed of the
Third and Fourth companies. Mary
land coast artillery corps, national
guard
The engineers regiment to be num-
bered ~, the first battalion to be
the first separate battalion engineers.
south ca una national guard, and
the second battalion to be first sepa-
rate battalion engineers, California
National Guard.
Kansas Ammunition Train.
Field battalion signal troops. Mis-
souri, National Guard.
The headquarters train and mill
tary police (coast artillery corps. Vir-
Einia National guard): the engineer
train North Carolina National
guard): the ammunition train Kan
sas National gUard), the supply train
CTeXas National guard1. to be known
respectively as the 117th field bat
talon signal troop. the 117th train
and military police, the 117th train
neer train. the 117th ammunition
train and the Nth supply train.
The sanitary train TO be known as
the nth sanitary train. comprising
the First. Second. Third and Fourth
ambulance companies. being respec-
lively the First ambulance companies
of the Michigan, New Jersey. Ten
nessee and Oklahoma National Guard,
First. Second, Thirdand Fourth field
compa MES. being respectively the
First field hospital companies of the
District of Column bia, Nebraska. Colo
rado and Oregon National Guards
Brig Gen. Mann in Charge.
The commanding officer of the di.
vision Will be Brig. Gen. W A Mann
OF the regular army. now chief of the
division of militia affairs of the wal
department