The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-01-23
FULL RECORD OF
18TH DIVISION
Lost 1855 Officers and
Men up to Time of
Armistice
FIGURES COMPILED
IN MASSACHUSETTS

Division is 40 Per Cent of Total En-
rollment-Total Killed was 1880
other Statistics.
BOSTON, Jan 24.--Whcn the Goth or
Yankee division left its camps in West
field, birmingham, Bedford, New Haven.
Mantle and Newton in the early autumn
of 1917 it numbered 81 ,l52 officers and
men, Each infantry regiment had l03
officers and 1862 men. Its personnel in
cluded many Nermonters taken from
what was formerly the First Vermont |
| regiment.
| Up to and including, the fighting on the |
morning of Nov. II, when the armistice |
went into effect. total list of casualties in |
the division, including killed. severely !
and slightly wounded gassed, missing |
and prisoners, We're $50 officers and
men, or 40.4 per cent of the total enrol |
ment OF these l,130 officers and men
were killed, making the ratio of killed
one to Is, or 6.3 per cent The actual
percentage as applied to men in actual
combat was far higher, because in the
division total strength were included
units which suffered only trifiin9 losses,
such as the divisional supply train, mill
tary police and headquarters detachment,
amm,nition'an sanitary trains.
Casualties among officers were rela
lively more numerous than those among
the men. Seventy eight officers were
killed, 100 wounded severely, III were
wounded slightly and IL were gassed,
while 10 are missing. The division lost
but few prisoners, the total taken by the
enemy in 10 months of active warfare
being but 1876 of all grades.
The shifting of the division headquar
tiers and the areas occupied tell chrome
logically. a history of the war in so far as
it affects the movements of the 26th divi
sion Its first two sectors are described
a. quiet" and the last three, Chateau
Thierry. St Mihiel and the Argonne. as
active.
In its fighting, the Goth division gained
81 kilometers, or approximately 23.9S
miles. The division paid toll of 800
New England boys for every mile of
French soil it regained. ss-s-.-es So :.
Probably no more impressive story of
the divisions activities can ever be told.
National Guard regiments of western
Massachusetts, gained fame and decora-
lions at Bots Brulc or Aprcmont. Con-
necticut troops were baptized at Seichc-
prey. The l0lst Infantry was in at
Flirey with one of the machine gun bat
talions and the l03d Infantry had the
honors at Xwray- Marvoisin.
The division operated as an entire unit
for the first time in the offensive at Cha
teau-T hierrv. Its tremendous losses were
probably among the heaviest OF any
American divisions in the war.
That the officers shared the experience
of their men is shown by the fact that the
total officer casualties AL, wrre sufii-
: eicnt to supply the complete officer per
! sonnet of the infantry requirements OF
an entire new division.
What New England boys suffered in thJ
| 10 months they were engaged in active
fighting is shown in table of casualties
! ground famed in combat, prisoners ant
material captured. length of service OF
I various fronts and sectors and location,
of division headquarters since the awiva
of the all New England unit in France il
October 1917, obtained by Gov. Coolidge
! through his adiutant generals office an6
| issued yesterday.
For the first time New England know
! what the total losses of its division hav,
/ been, and they are astounding. Thu
| casualties do not include those died o
| disease, men incapaeitated for duty b,
| Illness or other causes. They are con
! fined solely to combat losses.
ii Gov Coolidge has obtained through tn
| adjutant generals Office the following in
formation which is of general interest
concerning the 26th division:
Date of arrival of Division Headquar
) ters. Goth Division, in zone, and successiv
locations:
Ncufchatcau, Vosecs, France Oct. 81
1917.
Couvrelles, Aisne. Fab. s. 1918.
Darsur Aube. Aube. March Is. 1918.
,Joinville. Hautc Marine, March 25. 1918
Reyncl, Haute Marnc March 81. 1918.
Beurcq, Meurthe ct Mosellc. March >
Il 1918.
Trondes Meurthe-et Mosclle. June q
1918.
Tonl Mcurthe-et MoseIle June 2S. 1917
Nanteuil-les-M eaux, Seine ct Marn
- June %, 1918. r z
- Chamigny. Seine Get Marine. July o. 1911
Gteneyrois Farm Aisne July To- 1918
AIerv Marine, Seine let Marine. Jul
II. 1918.
Gcnevros Farm, Aisne. July 20, l9lS
Lucy-le- Bocagc, Aisne. July 2l. 1918.
Grand Ru Farm. Aisne July 81, 1918
Merry sur Marine Seine ct Marine. Jul
80 1918
MISSY -slr- Seine, Aube, Ang l6. 1918
@ Barrie Due Meuses Aug. %, 1918.
Sommedene Meuse, Aug. 80; 1918.
.es+ Rupt en- Woevre, Meuse Sept. 6. l9lS
AT. Troyon- sur Meuse, Meuse. Sept.
civ 1918.
led, aefdun, 9leuse' OCT. .; iDlo.
res. bras Mease. Oct. 10. 1910,
ave Pierrefttc, Mouse, Nov. IA, 1918.
ant Benoite-Vaux. Mouse. Nov. Is, 1918.
erv Frebccourt. Vosges. Nov. 10, 1918
xlv Montigny le.Roi, sIfaute-Marne, Nc
%. 1918. -
Successive periods in front. lines of 1
- 10Th Division.