Ripley County democrat., 1918-08-23
From Our jim.

A blue official notification postal card
was received last Monday, by mail, BY
the editor Of THE DRuocRAT. ifom
somewhere Ia France, The card bore
date Of July Sist. Besides the ofdchl
instructions on the card 1t contained
the following;
II have been admitted into hospital
wounded. and am getting along well,
and hope to return TO duty soon !
have received your letter. Letter fol-
lows at iirstcpportunity.
aJAMEs X. CuNNINuHAM. !"
Jim is member OF Company B, eSth
infantry (regulars) Fourth Division.
General Peyton G. March, Chief Of
the General STAFF Of the U. s, Army,
the highest officer in command, in a
communication Ia relation to the bat-
tie Of the Marne. makes the following
statements regarding the divisions en-
gagged III the Marne salient, between
Rheims and Scissors:
"The American divisions which are
on the front Of the large offensive, are
sho ist, End, Bird, An, 26th and 2Sth az
visions. The colored regiment belongs
TO the 93rd division. The other diyis-
ion now Ia line is the 42d. In the im-i
mediate path Of the German attack and
our counter offensive are the seven di-
visions have indicated. These di-
visions are not operating as q corps
but are used wherever II Is necessary
for us to use them.
"The tst Division consists Of tho 10Th,
18th, 28sh and 28th Infantry: 9th, 9Th
and 7eh Field Artillery.
"The 81 Division consists OF the 9th
md 9th Marines; 9th aud 23t Infantry;
18Th, 16ih and i7th Field artillery.
"The 30 Division consists OF the 4th.
7th, Both and 3Sth Infantry; 10th, 18Th
and 10th Field Artillery.
"The 4th Division consists Of the
39h, 47th,- 58th and 59th Infantry; 18th,
10th and 77th Field artillery.
Those are the four regular divisions
now engaged in the fighting.
With reference to our troops In
France, the first American corps in
France includes two Regular divisions
and four National Guard diyisione,
These DIVISIONS are as follows:
The First division. regulars, COM
BY Major General Robert L..
Bullard,
Second division, regulars, which also
includes Marines, under the command
of Major General Omar Bundy.
Twenly-sixih division. National
Guard, composed of troops from the
New England States, was the first
Guard division to go across.
This division was composed Of units
many OF whom we're in service along
our Mexican border. This division is
commanded by Major General Clarence
r. Edwards.
Forty-second diyisions which Is a |
National Guard division, known in the
Juited States as the Rainbow Division,
) commanded by Major General Charles
7. Manoher,
Forty first division, National Guard |
iiVision, known as the Sunset division,
8 composed Of National Guard troops !
rom the Pacific Coast States, The di |
Iision WAS at Camp Green for some
ime ard was commanded by, Major
General Hunter Liggett, who is NOW in
command OF the Firs, Corps !
The REMAINING DIVISION ~ glas 9ips
8 the Tbiin secund division, wniun il
! National Guard division composed Of |
roops from Michigan and Wisconsin.
They came from Camp Macarthur,
Texas, and were commanded by Major |
General William G Hsan.
The Second Corps includes two Ma
ional Army divisions, one Regular
division, and three National guard di- |
,lsions, as follows:
Seventy. seventh division, trained as
Camp Upion, N. X and Is New York |
iiyision, the lirst Of the National Army |
o be sent to France and first to get on
'he firing line, Commanded by Major
General George B. Duncan, who went
over as a brigadier general and was 70.
'entiy promoted to major General for
Efficient service in France,
Thirty,ffth division, National guard
iivision, composed OF National Guard
,roops nom Kansas and Missouri, and |
'raincd at Camp Doniphan, Oklahoma.
: commanded BY Major General w. M. |
Wright.
Eighty-second division, composed Of |
Army troops, largely from
Georgia and Tennessee,
Trained at Camp Gordon, Ga, com
handed BY Major General William p.
3urnham.
Thirteenth division, composed Of
National Guard units from Tennessee, |
North Carolina. South Carolina and |
he District Of Columbia, trained nt
lamp Sevier, commanded by Major
ieueral George W. Read