Evening star., 1919-04-25
&c. H. o. EMBLEM
IS SHOWN TODAY
Insignia of Army Are Not
Confined to Divisions by
Any Means.
SUNSET AND SUNSHINE

With the 93d Division the roster Of
divisions of the American Army
comes to an end. But the insignia
do not end there, for certain armies.
certain special branches and even
certain units have special devices.
AS stated before, no complete and
authoritative enumeration of all the
badges has yet been made, and The
Star, in printing the present "eries.
has received conflicting information
regarding certain emblems. and re-
garding others has been able to OBJ
tain very meager information or
none at all.
As to "sunset Divisions"
For instance. when the 10th and
41st divisions were reached it was
explained that both these were
termed Sunset" divisions. The 10th
had a full sun In a blue field, while
the 41st had a half or setting sun.
1t did not sound entirely reasonable
to suppose that two successfully
numbered divisions would adopt the
same nickname, but that was the
information The Star obtained at
that time. Since the publication of
that article an officer signing him,
duty here has stated that when he
served with the 10th, in 1917 and
1918, it was never referred to as the
Sunset" but as the Sunshine Di-.
vision"
This officers contention is borne
out by The Stars and Stripes off,
cial newspaper OF the A. E. F.. and,
in view OF this evidence and the
Star gladly stands corre".ad. The
division was composed of jen from
far western and southwestern states
and during its training period natural
ly had almost incessant sunshine.
There Is "Wolverine Division"
Since this series Of illustrated ar
ticles started also the existence of di-
visions hitherto unnoted has been
learned from more or less reliable
sources; In one printed a,ihh.d i,st 1ttn tha
'wolverine Division Its emblem is
given as black wolverines head
In a yellow circle on a shield-shaped
green ground. bearing the divisional
the 1stt, or Cactus Division, which
has a green clump of cactus in the
center of a circular white patch and
Latin motto equivalent to Hands
on" The 18th. nickname unknown, u,hU
in repose in the r'ihale Of a blue
circle. Below is r 'iorseshoe and
the numeral "13" o.
In the third StO- the present
series it was stated l;.at the badge
of the 11th Division, not shown, be-
cause no sample was available. was
said to be a profile of a man of the
colonial period. possibly Franklin"
on a square patch. 1t has since been
learned that this is the Lafayette
Division" and the head is that of'the
famous French general
Has "Fighting" Insignia.
According to an engraved sheet in
colors showing the insignia of the
s1st Division and variations thereof,
that unit c: g itself the "StonewalH'
Division and it's badge is a wildcat. or
lynx, "ambulant" within a circle.
Animal background and encirclinE
ring vary in color with the various
brigades and special branches. AS
to just what the connection is be-
tween such an animal and the nick
name the War Department has no
Information. The motto of the -divi-
sion is obedience, courage, loyalty"
The sheet showing the variations in
the device was printed at the base
printing plant of the 18th Engineers
and was furnished The Star by Mrs.
William Rocker, 1926 Prince street,
Alexandria. Va. This "Stonewalr' Dr.
vision is not to be confused with the
s5th. the wildcat" unit, which has
for its badge a snarling cat with back
drawn into an arc.