The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-05-27

gRsgEs within a very short time the E'gh-
sxioth division. another OF Fsint.
8NA" will be on the hesne sFonhus'
q nnas there VIII be much rejoicing by the
faoee folka. i.
#S8 TAfs division went through some OF
$50 shnttext OF the campaign, and al
- carried everything before IL.
n 3xads M Of men who had never mad
nf1t4nry experience, and who came di
I'D rec4ay from office. shop and farm, TINS
Ssss Afvision reflects the spirit Of American
kKnhood-
II vkas trained at Camp lee. and is
up O. men from Virginia. West
and part Of Pennsy wanna III
IA II Known as the Blue Ridge division
- following detailed accounts Of the
of the division was printed
MI ~ nnnday.s New York Times:
g5 kIna Of the original twelve divisions
SSH4 fha national army. the Eightieth. or
6 s1r0nA Ridge division, was organized
N@XnAwat Fl 1917 at Camp Lee. Peters
sKHrw, Yta name was derived from the
a1nct that tho enlisted personnel oil sne
sifNtaion was drawn exclusively from
skaylrxtniA, West Virginia, and the west
arp part OF Pennsylvania. the Blue
A1ltAxn mountains being common to- the
@9SrSn states named. The insignia of
s%1hA A1vtt2on shows three blue peaks on
6Alsld OF khaki
Efss - Aayis,on commander was Major
2SanarAi Adalbert Cronkhite, and MS
1st Of Staff. Colonel William H. wal
Tna 10th infantry brigade, Briga-
s7SS6r-f9eneral c. s. Farnsworth, and the
44xA-machtnr gun battalion were
E4HFnfAd exclusively of the men OF VII
II ~. 70 the 317th regiment those oil
HThn western part OF the state were as
enSd. and to ths slsth those OF me
|2sg4 f4n<rafer or eastern section. The 1hctn
&4Sfnetry brigade. Brigadier~General
lfnvd II. Brett, composed of the a1sth
TT 1teth regiments, were formed OF ths
80 from Pittsburgh and Westmore-
Ma1knA county. Pennsylvania. The per
Ss aonnel OF the 31sth and 3ieth machine
2wuu hattalicns was drawn from The
@sS SaNre northerly region about Erie. and
M ahA4 Of the 3o5th engineers from tht
n snuthern section Of Pennsylvania draf'
ID asoa of the division. The trains alss
SS vare termed OF pennsylvanians.
- tie i5sthra neld artillery brigade
IA IN men OF West Virginia were as
sA signed. those from the northern TER o
N N0unties forming the Sl3th, while tn
keatral and southern tiers OF the coun
ssAten contributed respectively. 10 tn
sSN alAth and 315th regiments,
The headquarters troop. military po
III aira. ana 3osth neId signal battalion
we're composed OF selected personne
N from the whole draft area.
Changes In Personnel.
Nr4wadter General c. s. Farnsworth
ENXs ~ the lksth infantry brigade was SUB
E noauentIy promoted to the command Q
#sthA S7th division. being succeeded II
cemmand OF the 15sth brigade by Gen
&aS AeA1 JAuerson. formerly In command Q
M 80 fi7th infantry Colonel Briant III
ssS Yefla later promoted TO brigadier- gen
10 was relieved from command o
~ 1l1th infantry and assigned to dut'
sSA The supreme war eouuneh AT yer
kAay33a, while Colonel @. f.. Hunt com
nandtuk the 32eth infantry. was pro
81 1IotNa 10 briEAdier- general and trans
M erred from the division. The ai7th
&| H41th. and 3zoth infantry regiment
kSsAAee thea commanded by Colonel
Uard r. Perry. u. G. Worrilow. an
#20 Feytcn. respectively.
# Way nth 1918. the division oeEa'
moving TO France. Division headonar
SSR t1rs Of the 3lsth infantry embarked a
x4ohOken for Brest on the Leviathan
vhI1s all other elements shipped from
EN- newport News Va. for St Naxairs
IN noe1eAux and Brest The troops de
necoA II the three ports mentione'
Nnr1ng May 80 and 81. June !, and IL
alnne various adventures on tn hiEl
Nsnono which lent interest to the voy
80 The LNyiathan was uunsuccess
1a1ay attacked May so at the very en-
ennce to the harbor Of Brest by
raGalla OF German submarines. tn
R4Saen seven to two craft.
rfom the ports OF debarkation the di
" vision, 1ees the artillery. was trans
sp0rted to Calais. where the troops ex
MrhaNged American for British arms he
%SNero the middle " June the divisio,
WnN assembled in the Saner trainiTf
sara. several miles east Of BouloGne. an
s1er the tutelaee Of first. the 18th
IfishJ. and then the the s4th British
IN Aivisioaa, which had been reduced b.
1eeoes 70 mere cadres The artiller!
S hflgAde, with the ammunition train
Nh prOcco0ed from the ports of Bordeaux
I'M and Bfest TO Redon. near st. Nazaire
HSgvhetA II received It's animals and mos
nj 04 IL material Remaining at RedoI
M antflsth last part of July. the officer
NJ men Of the advance detail. com
@ noolnx the specialists received train
tng 1T the Artillery Firing school, a
Csamp De Coecuidan, Early In Angus
@s4hn artillery brigade was assembled
#A& the American training area of CanI
29ouccn. also near ST Nazaire, wher,
N WAS TO remain until the middle o.
# nAptember.
FigAting WITH the British.
After the completion Of the FRS
DAA1e OF training under the british
~ division was transferred south
A19r1 to the Third British army sector
Mk1th headquarters at Beauval. Unu
aAngust 90 1t was posted along the sec
DMstng this period battalion units en-.
4Mee6 the front line trenches of tn.
Af40ie sector, between Aveuly woods
shm the right and Arras on the left bolt
Eano3uGive being attached 10 the Attn, 9Th
&noA eth corps.
Dut while the Eightieth division wa
4NfAGhed TO the British for the Qua
ntpoee OF it's own training and sup
~ OF the British in an emergency
& Participated actively in all the op
11141ons Of the Third army. with which
II WAs serving. Several battalion
Mgo most seriously engaged with tn,
1ny while holding Independent
noh soc<or1: onebattalion went "oye
w Ton" with the New ZeaIanders II
14fack. and At the moment OF re
III two Of the infantry regiments o
ID division were formed to take par
- aag8e scale operation. The ma
I'd N ths experiences during this pc
- = evf1eneed BY nearly 4e0 casual
II ~ Anguat alone
oMNE ~ fha move to the Americas
wna commenced. From the AZ.
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