The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1918-06-20
men FROM WEST
FIGHTING HUNS
ON GERMAN SOIL
Troops From Wisconsin and
Michigan Carry War Into
Kaiser'S Land.
ARE NOW FIGHTING IN ALSACE
Thirty-Second Division Is Made Up Of
National Guard-Some Of Men
Were Saved From the Tus.
cania.

Washington, JLne 19.-The war de-
partment authorized formally the an
nouncement of the fact that the Thir-
ty-second division (National Guard) is
now fighting in Alsace, on German ter
ritory. Since the division has been in
action its presence has been Identified
by the Germans permitting the fact to
be disclosed.
The Thirty-second division is COM
posed of Michigan and Wisconsin
troops which left this country COM
manded by Maj. Gen. William G. Ham.
under whom it was trained at Camp
Macarthur, Tex.
First Killed on German Soil.
Tt was soldier of this division, Pri-
vate J. W. Guyton, who had the dis
tinction of being the first man of the
American forces to be killed on Ger
man soil. The division took over
sector of the line in Alsace just north
of the Swiss border only a short time
ago.
AS it was reorganized before its de-
parture for Europe, the Thfrty-Second
division was composed of the following
old National Guard units from Wiscon-
sin and Michigan:
Thirty-second headquarters troop,
made up from Third and Sixth Wis
consin infantry and First Michigan
cavalry, One Hundred and Nineteenth
machine gun battalion; Fourth, Fifth
and Sixth Wisconsin infantry.
Sixty-third infantry brlgade-Bri-
gade headquarters, First Michigan i'm
fantry brigade headquarters and Thir-
ty-second Michigan infantry, One Hun
dred and Twentieth machine gun bat
TALON. Thfrty~frst and Thirty-third
Michigan infantry, One Hundred and
Twenty-flfth infantry, Thirty-frst and
Thirty-thfrd Michigan and Fifth Wis
consin infantry, One Hundred and
Twenty-sixth infantry, Thirty-first and
Thirty-second Michigan infantry.
Many Wisconsin Troops
Sixty-fourth infantry brigade
Headquarters, First Wisconsin brigade
headquarters and Second Wisconsin
infantry, One Hundred and Twenty
first machine gun battalion, Third and
Fifth Wisconsin infantry; One Hun
dred and Twenty-seventh infantry,
First, Second, Third, Fourth, Fifth and
Sixth Wisconsin infantry; One Hun
dred and Twenty-eighth infantry,
First, Second, Third, Fourth, Fifth and
Sixth Wisconsin infantry and First
Michigan field signal battalion
Fiftytseventh field artillery bril-
gade--Brigade headquarters, First
Wisconsin and First Michigan field ar
tillery and First Wisconsin and First
Michigan cavalry; One Hundred and
Nineteenth field artillery, First Wis
consin and First Michigan cavalry.
First Michigan field artillery and Thir-
ty-flrst and Thirty-second Michigan
infantry One Hundred and Twentieth
field artillery, First Wisconsin cavalry
and Second Wisconsin infantry; One
Hundred and TwentyNfirst field artil-
lery, Fourth, Fifth and Sixth Wfscon-
sin infantry, First Wisconsin field ar
tillery and Wisconsin field hospital No.
g. One Hundred and Seventh trench
mortar battery, Fourth Wisconsin in
fantry
Engineers Are There, Too.
One Hundred and Seventh engineers,
First battalions Michigan and Wiscon-
sin signal corps and Fourth, Fifth and
Sixth Wisconsin infantry.
One Hundred and Seventh field sig
nal battalion, First Michigan and Wis
consin signal battalion.
Several units Of the Thirty-Second
were on board the British liner Tus-
cania when it was torpedoed and sent
down by an enemy submarine last
February, and some Of the members
were among the relatively small num-
Der of victims of that disaster