Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1917-08-15
War Department Announces Plans for Sending Men
 From 26 States.
GENERAL MANN WILL,
 BE THE COMMANDER
Head of Division of Militia of War De. partment Designated to Lead First of National GuardSmen to Be
 Sent to Line in Europe.

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 26 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 of Columbia. The commanding officer of the di- vision will be Brigadier General W. A. Mann of the regular army, now chief of the division of militia affairs of the war department.
 The Official Order. Following is the war departments announcement under the heading E"Composite National Guard Division:" SThe following organizations of l the national guard have been select ed to compose the Forty-secOnd di- vision.
 "The following numerical designa- tions have been assigned:
 Division headquarters troop to consist of the Second separate troop, i Louisiana cavalry.
 "rhe division machine gun battal- ion number 149 to be composed of the Third battalion, Fourth Pennsylvania Infantry
 "The infantry brigades to be num- bered S3 and S4.
 "The S3rd infantry brigade to Comprise the 15Oth machine gun bat Etalion (composed of Companies E. F. land c. Second Wisconsin infantry), the 165th infantry (69th New York infantry and the+ 166th infantry (Fourth Ohio infantry).
 "The s4th infantry brigade to com- prise the 151st Michigan gun battal- jon Companies B, c. and F, Second Georgia lnfantry), 167th infantry tFourth Alabama Infantry) and the p6Sth infantry (Third Iowa infantry).
 Artillery Brigade. ''The artillery brigade, to be num- bered 67th, comprises:
 "rhe 18th Field Artillery First Illinois field artillery, the 15Oth field Artillery (First Indiana field ar- lllery), the 151st Field Artillery frst Minnesota fled artillery) and ne ll7th Trench Mortar Battery, to pc composed of the Third and Fourth companies: Maryland coast artillery forps.
 The engineer regiment of the di- Rlsion will be numbered 117th. The Elrst battalion will be formed from ne flrst separate battalion engineers, Pouth Carolina, and the Second bat anon will be formed of the First eparate battalion engineers, Califor- 1ia.
 Ihe divisional field battalion sig al troops will be organized from the plssouri national guard. The head uafters train and military police will | organized from the coast artillery l orps' Virginia. The engineer train hl De formed from the North Caro- Ina troops.
 ihe ammunition train will be or ahlzed from the Kansas troops and le supply train from the Texas | oops' They will be known, respec- sey' as the 117th Field Battalion. s!iai troops; the 117th headquarters aa' and military police; the 117th | .s'heer train, the 117th ammunition a'n and the 117th supply train.