The Oskaloosa herald., 1917-08-16
10000 GUARDS
ETO FRANCE soon
Troops From Twenty-six States
to See Active Service.
GEN. MANN IN COMMAND
Among States From Which National
Guard Troops viii Be Assembled
Are: Illinois, Michigan, Wis
eonsin, Iowa, Indiana.

Washington, Aug. 15.--Plans for
sending the first National Guard troops
to France have been perfected by the
war department With the organization
of division which Will include troops
from 20 states and the District of CO.
lumbia.
The commanding officer 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 war
department.
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, Oregon. The others come from
District of Columbia.
War Department 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-
tons have been assigned:
Division headquarters troop to con-
sist of the Second separate troop, Lou
isiana cavalry.
1.-THE division machine gun battalion,
No. 149, to be composed of the Third
battalion, Fourth Pennsylvania infan-
try.
1.-The infantry brigades to be num-
bered SO and "a.
'"rhe Eighty-third infantry brigade
to comprise the 150th machine bat
TALON composed of companies L. F
and G, Second Wisconsin infantry; the
i65th infantry (SiXty-ninth New York
infantry, and the 166th infantry
Fourth Ohio Infantry.
"The Eighty-fourth infantry brigade
to comprise the 151st machine gun bat
ralion Companies B, C and #, Second
Georgia Infantry, 167th infantry
Fourth Alabama Infantry and the
16Sth infantry (Third Iowa infantry.
Place for illinois Artillery.
"The artillery brigade, to be num-
bered SiXty-seventh, comprises:
''The One Hundred and Forty-ninth
field artillery (First Illinois field ar
tlllery), the One Hundred snd Flftieth
field artillery (First Indiana field ar
tillery), 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 ar
tillery corps.
THE engineer regiment of the divl-
sion will be numbered as the One Hun
dred and Seventeenth. 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.
To Be Known as the 117th.
"The divisional field battalion signal
troops will be organized from the Mis-
souri, National Guard. The headquar-
tiers train and military police will be
organized from the coast artillery
corps, Virginia. The engineer train
will be organized from the North Caro-
lima 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 One Hundred and
Seventeenth field battalion signal
troops, the One Hundred and Seven
teenth headquarters train and military
police. the One Hundred and Seven
teenth engineer train, the One Hun.
dred and Seventeenth ammunition
train and the One Hundred and Seven
teenth supply train.
"The sanitary train to be known as
the One Hundred and Seventeenth
sanitary train, will be composed Of the
First, Second, Third and Fourth ambu-
lance companies, being respectively,
the First ambulance companies Of
Michigan, New Jersey, Tennessee and
Oklahoma the First Second, Third
and Fourth field hospital companies,
being respectively the First field hos
pital companies of Nebraska, Colorado,
Oregon and the District of Columbia.
Force to Be About 10000.
Discussion of the time and place of
mobilization of the division or of its
departure for France are not permits
sible under the voluntary censorship.
The structure of the division as given
In the official statement shows IL will
conform to the reduced trench warfare
divisional organization recommended
by Major General Pershing, which
would give 1t total strength with aux
illary troops, of approximately 10000
men.