The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1917-08-17

Flower Of States Guard Pick
7 ed for New Division.
BRIG GENERAL Mann TO LEAD

0sItVs OEttIitnl UIHitU ~ 66nO
Organization Will BE Known as Forty
second-Iowa, Wisconsin, Michigan,
Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Missouri and
Nebraska Among 26 States to Fur
nish contingents.
WASHINGTON d. c. Plans TO,
sending the First national guard
troops to France have been perfected
by the war department, with the or
ganization of division which will in
clude 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, ALBANIA,
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.
The First Illinois field artillery is
included in that states contingent.
The commanding officer of the divi-
sion will be Brigadier General w. A
Mann of the regular army, now chief
OF the division of militia affairs Of the
war department.
Brigadier General Mann was nomi-
mated for the commission of major
general
Departments Announcement.
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 Forty-second division:
"The following numerical designa-
tfons 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 Pennsylvania
infantry
"The infantry brigades to be num-
bered SO and "a.
"The Eighty-third infantry brigade,
to comprise the One-hundred and
Fiftieth machine gun battalion (com-
posed of companies e, F and G, Sec.
ond Wisconsin infantry, the One
Hundred and Sixty-ffth infantry
(Sixty-ninth New York Infantry, and
the One Hundreth 'Sixty-sixth infan.
try (Fourth Ohio infantry.
1.-THE Eighty-fourth infantry brigade
to comprise the One Hundred Fifty
first machine gun battalion tcompan-
les B, C and F, Second Georgia infan-
try), One Hundred Sixty-seventh in
fantry (Fourth Alabama Infantry.
and the One Hundred Sixty-eighth in.
fantry (Third Iowa infantry.
First Illinois to Be 149th.
"The artillery brigade to be num-
bered sixty-seventh, comprises:
"The One Hundred and Forty-ninth
field artillery (First Illinois field ar
tillery), the One Hundredth and Fifth
eth field artillery (First Indiana field
artillery, the One Hundred and Fifty
first field artillery (First Minnesota
field artillery, and the One Hundred
and Seventeenth trench mortar bat
terry, to be composed of the Third
and Fourth companies, Maryland
Coast artillery corps.
"The engineer regiment OF the divi-
sion will be numbered One Hundred
and Seventeenth. The first battalion
will be formed from the first separate
battalion, engineers, South Carolina,
and the Second battalion will be form
ed OF the first separate battalion, en-
gineers, California.
''The divisional field battalion, Sig
nal troops, will be organized from the
Missouri national guard The head
quarters train and military police will
be organized from the coast artillery
corps, Virginia. The engineer train
will be organized from the North Car
DINA 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 117th field battalion, signal
troops, the 117th headquarters train
and military police, the 117th engin.
eer train, the 117th ammunition train
and the 117th supply train.
"The sanitary train, to be known as
the 1f7th sanitary train, will be COM
prised of the first, second, third and
fourth ambulance companies, being.
respectively. the 6rst ambulance COM
panies of Michigan, New Jersey, Ten
nessee and oklahoma; the first, Sec
ond and third and fourth field hos
pital companies. being respectively
the first field hospital companies of
Nebraska, Colorado, Oregon and the
District of Columbia"