The sun., 1917-08-15
GUARD TROOPS
TO SERVE UNDER
BRIG. .-GEN. MANN
Men From 26 States and
District Of Columbia
to Go.
GOTH ONLY N. Y. UNIT
Will Be Known as the Forty
second Division-Move-
ments to Be Secret.
GOTH ONLY N. Y. UNIT
Special pl.pntch 10 TIE srr.

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WASHINGTON, Aug. 14.-Troops from
the National Guard OF twenty-six States
and the District of Columbia are being
organised into q division, TO be known
as the Forty-second Division, and will
be sent to France soon under the COM
mand Of Brig. W. A. Mann Of the
regular army, now chief of the division
Of militia AFFAIRS in the War Department.
The only regiment from New York in
ciuded Is the famous Fighting Sixty
ninth" The total number of men in the
division will be about 10000.
These will be the first National Guard
troops to be sent to France. No discus
sion is permitted by the censorship regu-
lations, however. OF the time OF their
mobilization or departure for the front
The other States from which the Ma
tional Guard troops are to be assembled
are Louisiana, Pennsylvania, Wis
consin, Ohio. Georgia, Alabama. Iowa,
Illinois, Indiana, Minnesota, Maryland,
South Carolina. California, Missouri,
Virginia, North Carolina, Kansas, Texas,
Michigan, New Jersey. Tennessee, Okla
homa, Nebraska, Colorado, Oregon. The
remainder come from the District of
Columbia.
Announcement of the Move.
Following is the War Departments 9
announcement:
The following numerical designations
have been assigned:
Division headquarters troop to con-
sist OF the Second separate troop,
Louisiana cavalry.
The division machine gun battalion.
No. l49, to be composed Of the Third
Battalion. Fourth Pennsylvania In
fantry.
The infantry brigades to be num-
bered SO and 81.
THE Eighty-third Infantry Brigade to
comprise the 150th machine gun battal-
ion composed Of Companies L, F and
G. Second Wisconsin Infantry. the
165th infantry (Slxty-n New York
Infantry, and the 166th Infantry
(Fourth Ohio Infantry.
The Eighty-fourth Infantry Brigade,
to comprise the l51st machine gun
battalion Companies b. C and r. Sec
ond Georgia Infantry. 167th Infantry
Fourth Alabama Infantry. and the
1ssh Infantry (Third Iowa Infantry.
The artillery brigade. to be numbered
Sixty comprises
THE 149th Field Artillery First Illi-
nois Field Artillery, the 150th Field
Artillery (Ffrst Indiana Field Artillery
the 151st Field Artillery (First Mime
trench mortar battery, to be composed
of the Third and Fourth companies.
Maryland Coast Artillery
Composition OF BRttaIIOna.
THE engineer regiment of the division
will be numbered 1l7th The First Bat
talon will be formed from the First
Separate Battalion, engineers. South
Carolina, and the Second Battalion will
be formed OF the First Separate Bat
talon, engineers California.
''The Divisional Field Battalion, signal
troops. will be organized from the Mis-
souri, National Guard. The headquar-
ters train and military police will be or
ganized from the Coast Artillery Corps,
Virginia. The engineer train will be
organized from the North Carolina
troops. The ammunition train will be
organized from the Kansas troops and
the supply train from the Texas troops
They will be known respectively as the
l1Tth Field Battalion. signal troops, the
1l7th headquarters train and military
police, the 117th engineer train, the
1l7th ammunition train and the ll7th
supply train.
THE sanitary train. TO be known as
the Il7th sanitary train, will be COM
prised of the First Second. Third and
Fourth Ambulance companies. being re-
spectiyely the First Ambulance COM
panies of Michigan, New Jersey Tennes-
see and Oklahoma. the First, Second.
Taird and Fourth Field Hospital COM
panies, being respectively the First Field
Hospital companies of Nebraska. Colo
RADIO, Oregon and the District of Colum-
bia"