163commissary troops.Armierung Battalion No. The brilliant way in which this division has just fought is a sure guarantee that it will gather fresh laurels during the next operations. Rate of advance, 100 meters each four minutes. 1.31.1931 - HG DET. During this advance Colonel W. D. Davis, 361st Infantry, and Captain Hughes, commanding the leading battalion of the 361st, were killed by shrapnel near the village of Mooreghem on the line of observation which had been ordered occupied by the Corps Commander. Colonel J. During the afternoon of this day conditions on the left of the Division were becoming alarming. 3. More complete information on this collection and instructions on how to use it can be found in United States, Enlisted and Officer Muster Rolls and Rosters - FamilySearch Historical Records, United States, Enlisted and Officer Muster Rolls and Rosters - FamilySearch Historical Records, United States, Enlisted and Officer Muster Rolls and Rosters, 1916-1939, https://www.familysearch.org/en/wiki/index.php?title=United_States,_Enlisted_and_Officer_Muster_Rolls_and_Rosters,_Enlisted_Muster_Rolls_-Inventory&oldid=4516716. 322ND FIELD ARTILLERY REGT BTRY B-BTRY B 324TH FA REGT. The following notes on enemy order of battle are drawn from incomplete sources, the German orders captured, while the 91st was in line, not yet being available. So diligently did the officers of the 91st Division take care of equipping and clothing these casuals that by the time other organizations had left by train for the coast this casual battalion was ready to leave on one of the last trains. It had come from Russia late in 1917 and had spent the whole winter in a long course of training in open warfare. The 362nd was assembled in a stone quarry north of Exmorieux Farm between the Bois de Cierges and the Bois de Baulny. The gist of them was that the front line should be abandoned, that the Hagen Stellung, or intermediate position, should become the first line of resistance, and that the artillery should be disposed in greater depth and so placed as to form the backbone of the defense of the Volker Stellung. These dispositions, however, were ordered so late that our attack struck the enemy in process of carrying them out; the Hagen Stelung was not thoroughly manned, the roads to the rear were crowded with traffic; and, worst of all, the artillery was not soon enough in place to lend any effective support to the infantry before the afternoon of the 27th. Judging from the sequence in which prisoners arrived, from their statements and from a few captured documents, it is clear that the three battalions of each regiment were echeloned in depth with the support battalions drawn in fairly close, possibly as far as the subsidiary defenses which lay between the Hagen Stellung (middle of Cheppy Woods) and the Volker Stellung (Epiononville-Eclisfontaine line). It is useless to try to describe that bombardment; those who lay under it during the hours before the jump-off will never forget it. As the Division railhead was at Froidos, south of the Verdun- Clermont highway, all supplies, including rations and forage were forwarded at night by truck and wagon, and noise as possible avoided. Division Headquarters was to open at Chateau-Nokere at noon, at November 10. This checked the rear elements of the 364th near La Fonderie Farm and many casualties were suffered, the wounded being evacuated to a dressing station south of La Cigalerie Butte. These movements were accomplished during the night of October 7-8. During the first day, no artillery was able to reach the positions north of Bois de Cheppy in time to assist the infantry advance. A smoke screen was laid along the north and south sides of Spitaals Bosschen, and it was contemplated by the Corps Commander that the two infantry brigades, advancing one north and one south of this strong position would isolate the Germans then defending it, and by the time they had reached the eastern extremity of Spitaals Bosschen, which was estimated to be one hour and forty minutes, the mopping-up detail under Major Aird would have little trouble in making prisoners of all left on those hills. Some changes in the staff had occurred. The 109th Field Artillery crossed near Eyne and took up a to support the advance of the 182nd Brigade. About March 1, the Division was permitted to select 250 officers and men, most of whom were sent to the University of Beaune, Department of Cote dOr. The terrain to the west of the second objective is rolling and sparsely wooded. 578 East Main Street Snow had fallen all the day before. The 91st Division front was to include Audenarde to the railroad junction about one kilometer northeast of Bevere. According to the records of the Division, however, twelve men known to have been captured were returned after the armistice. In spite of this, airplane photographs and the statements of prisoners showed the main German defenses in this sector to be composed of four lines. Some troops, having reached the vicinity of the Scheldt on the flooded area, occupied the outskirts of the city of Audenarde. During the night bf October 9-10 the concrete blockhouse on the northern slope of Hill 255 continued to harass the troops. A barrage was thrown over to cover the raid, and several men of the 91st were wounded during the raid against the 35th Division. The Division sailed from St. Nazaire between March 19 and April 6. It required ten hours to make the passage across the English Channel, which was infested with enemy submarines and mines. The leading battalion, the 1st, alth6ugh late, was able to cross No-mans-land without serious resistance; but when the 2nd Battalion, headquarters and machine gun companies with Brigade Headquarters reached the valley of the Buanthe, the mist and smoke had risen and they were subjected to machine gun fire from the northern slope of Vauquois Hill and later to artillery fire. 1st Division - Major General Charles P. Summerall, commanding; Lieutenant Colonel Campbell King, Chief of Staff, Major H. K. Loughry, Adjutant General. It was about one kilometer west of the Roosebeke bridge, from which the last hostile fire had been received the night before. DET ORD DEPT, FT BROWN-DET ORD DEPT, FT DE LESSEPs, CZ, DET ORD DEPT, FT DE LESSEPs, CZ-DET ORD DEPT FT HAYES, ORDNANCE DEPT, FT SAM HOUSTON,- ORD DEPT COAST DEFENCES OF OAHU, ORDNANCE DEPT, FT lawton wash,- ORD DET,FT MC INTOSH TEXAS, ORD DET,FT MC INTOSH TEXAS ,DET ORD DEPT FT MONROE VA, DET ORD DEPT FT MONROE VA,-DET ORD DEPT FT PORTER NY, DET ORD DEPT FT PORTER,-DET ORD DEPT FT SCREVEN, DET ORD DEPT, FT SCREVEN-DET ORD DEPT,-DET ORD DEPT STOTSENBURG, DET ORD DEPT, FT STOTSEN-DET ORD DEPT,FT WORDEN, DET ORD DEPT,FT WORDEN,-DET ORD DEPT ALCATRAZ CALIF, DET ORD DEPT ALCATRAZ CALIF-ORD DET, HARLINGER, TEXAS, DET ORD DEPT hARTFORD WI-ORD DET, MANILA,PI. 347TH FIELD ARTILLERY BTRY D-DET OF PNTS 349TH FA RECRUIT DEPOT. 321TH FIELD ARTILLERY REGT ENL ORD-BTRY B 322ND FA REGT. Our actual front, then, was held by one battalion of the 1st Guard Regiment and one of the 157th Regiment, with our extreme left opposing the extreme left of one battalion of the 2nd Guard Regiment. DET S,C. 336TH FIELD ARTILLERY REGT BTRY F-BTRY A 339TH FA REGT. During the morning the elements which had not been relieved remained at their posts until relieved, notwithstanding they knew they should have been relieved at midnight. Opposite our front on the morning of September 26 lay (west to east) the 2nd Guard Regiment, 1st Guard Regiment, both of the 1st Guard Division, and the 157th Regiment of the 117th Division. ORGN PARK QMC BASE SEC #1 RECP PARK AEF APO, DET MED DEPT BS #2 CP INF CP ST SULPIEC FR. The line of resistance described above was ordered by the Headquarters, Fifth Corps, for possible defense against a strong force of enemy reported arriving at Exermont. Box 679 It was gratifying to see your troops in such good physical shape, but still more so to know that the moral tone of all ranks is so high, which it is hoped will continue even after their return to civil life. 6TH FIELD ARTILLERY BRIG HQ-HQ 64TH FA BRIG. 1st Infantry Regiment Field Staff,1912-1916 - Serv. I will not mention them, they are too numerous; I will only remind you of the German invasion of 1870, which, for forty-eight years, us from Alsace and Lorraine, now again conquered. General de Goutte dipped the colors of France had returned to redeem his remains from the possession of Germany in the following eloquent address: In the year 814 of our era, Charlemagne, Emperor of the Gauls; the greatest monarch in the history of France, died at AixAa-Chapelle. Many civilians remained in the sector during the action and took refuge in cellars and dugouts. Unit Rosters and Unit Photographs; About Us; 363rd Infantry Regiment. Although the plumbing had been destroyed by the Germans before retreating, it was repaired by the 316th Engineers, and the troops of the 91st Division were marched in turn to Audenarde by battalion, each man getting a hot bath while his clothing was deloused under supervision of the 316th Sanitary Train. Brigadier General J. Upon arrival in New York harbor the various units of the 91st Division were sent to either Camp Merritt, N. J., Camp Mills or Camp Upton, N. Y. had fought with credit in the successful Carpathian campaign on the eastern front and had particularly distinguished itself it in Italy in October, 1917. HQ SMALL ARMS FIRING SCH-TEAMSTERS SCH (STU) CP LOGAN TEX. The barrage lifted and rolled off through Cheppy Wood at the specified rate of 100 yards in every five minutes. Email: research_support@graysonheritage.org P. C. was advanced to Cote 290 on September 20, the administrative staff remaining at Vraincourt. The Division P. C. had been located in a splinter-proof on the north slope of a depression where it was protected from artillery fire on the south, but not from the north. Three ambulance companies were at established stations along the ravine from Epinonville to the south. Few slept that night. On arrival, the 91st had been placed at the disposition of H. M. the King of the Belgians, commanding the Group of Armies in Flanders. It also included observation posts occupied each by one company of French infantry, one at La Cigalerie Butte, on the western edge of the 91st Division zone, and the other on the Cote le Hermont, which was within the sector later occupied by the 37th Division. Meanwhile the 91st Division received orders attaching it to the Thirty-fourth French Corps while marching through the area of that corps in Belgium toward Dunkerque, France. In reserve, behind the 1st Guard Division, was the 5th Guard Division, and behind the 117th Division seem to have been attached Landstrum battalions-Reutlingen and Gottingen. THE 181st Brigade, having been left at the Bois de Cheppy the Commanding general, First Army Corps, was later on the night of October 6-7 under orders to report to placed, October 7, under the Fifth Army Corps. To that time, trucks and wagons at night were the only transportation for the wounded. The vigor with which this work was accomplished and the speed with which the trains followed up over the extemporized road, full of shell craters and mud holes, played an extremely important part in allowing the Division to continue its successful drive of the first day. The men built shelter from small-arms fire by excavating the northern edges of shell holes. The division was first organized in October 1918, during the U.S. mobilization for World War I. 328TH MACH GUN BN, 329TH MACHINE GUN BN HQ - CO C 332ND MACH GUN BN, 332ND MACHINE GUN BN CO C - CO B 336TH MACH GUN BN, 336TH MACHINE GUN BN CO B - CO D 340TH MACH GUN BN, 340TH MACHINE GUN BN CO C - CO B 344TH MACH GUN BN, 344TH MACHINE GUN BN CO B - HQ DET 347TH MACH GUN BN, 348TH MACHINE GUN BN HQ DET - CO D 3RD MACH GUN UNITS, 83RD MACHINE GUN FORWARDING BN - MED DET 6TH AAC MG BN, 6TH ANTI AIRCRAFT MG BN - CO 24TH TDD MGTC, 72 CO MTD MGTC CP HANCOCK - CO 6 S.A.T.C UNIV OF ILL, HQ S.A.T.C IOWA STATE - CO B UNIV OF MICH TRAN DET, S.A.T.C 1ST CO UNIV OF MICH - S.A.T.C. Orders were received permitting certain men to go to leave areas. The Division Commander and Division Staff left for Belgium October 17. This article contains an inventory of the microfilm/digital folders found in a FamilySearch Historical Records Collection. On December 9 the 91st Division was assigned to the Second American Corps, Major General G. W. Read, whose headquarters were then at Boonetable in Le Mans area. The Corps Commander wishes you to understand that this relief results solely from a realization by higher command that your Division has done its full share in the recent success, and is entitled to a rest for reorganization. The trains were to be ready to advance along the Avocourt-Very road as soon as it should be captured and made possible. ABMC Headquarters 2300 Clarendon Blvd, Suite 500 Arlington, VA 22201 Phone: 703-584-1501 Notes and the 91st Division to the Seventh French Corps. The following letter of recognition from the Commanding General of the Fifth Army Corps was received by the Division Commander during the night of October 34, while relief by the 32nd Division was being effected: HEADQUARTERS FIFTH ARMY CORPSAmerican Expeditionary Forces. You can set up a recurring payment for your membership so you dont have to remember to renew every year. : 188th regiment ohio volunteer infantry. SIG CORPS NO ROLLS 10464-SIG CORPS NO ROLLS 11799. During its engagements in the Ypres-Lys offensive the total casualties suffered by the 91st Division were: These do not include casualties in the 53rd Field Artillery Brigade, nor the two French artillery regiments, Escadrille 72 and Observation Balloon 73, which were attached for duty with the Division during the Ypres-Lys.Only 41 prisoners were captured, of whom one was a commissioned officer. Brock, John A. MAJ, "Operations of the 363rd Infantry Regiment (91st Infantry Division, at Mount Monticelle, in the Gothic Line, with Emphasis on the Artillery Support of the 347th Field. Each French corps consisted of three French divisions. Practically all of the Division arrived in Camp Merritt between June 24 and June 30. The only explanation for this discrepancy is that men formerly with the 91st Division who had been evacuated to the rear, or had lost their way, might, after being relieved from hospitals; have rejoined other divisions after the 91st Division was transferred to Belgium. Its morale, according to all available information, was excellent. Thus the crossing of the river was effected about twelve hours earlier than the original plan. All officers and men who had ever honorably served with the 91st Division were declared eligible to join. (Signed) MASSENET. Some elements in the rear were ordered to withdraw by daylight, the Division P. C. being established at Oostroosboke by 12 oclock, November 4. This group of trenches and the small, strongly organized woods in its vicinity constituted a position of the greatest strength. The Hill of Montfaucon, topped by the town of the same name, is the highest point in the region and commands views over the entire district. Each brigade commander detailed one battalion, of infantry with machine gun company attached as his brigade reserve. 435TH AERO SQ CONSTR - 455TH AERO SQ P.D. In both Scotland and England the Americans were warmly received. 3. This welfare work was very much increased after the armistice, and materially served to reduce homesickness and to render the officers and men contented while awaiting orders to return to the United States. CO A PROV REPL BN ARMY SCH AE-CAS ANTI AIRCRAFT ARTY SCH CAC FT DESTAINS FR. CHAPTER III THE MEUSE-ARGONNE OFFENSIVE CONTINUED, CHAPTER IV THE MEUSE-ARGONNE OFFENSIVE CONTINUED. After passing the first objective (east of Spitaals Bosschen), one regiment of field artillery was placed at the disposal of each Brigade Commander. These were vessels which depended on their speed instead of destroyers to protect them from submarines lying in wait. It also announced that the Third Army Corps (U.S.) on the right attacks from the Meuse (exclusive) to Malancourt (exclusive), protecting the right of the American Army and assisting the advance of the Fifth Army Corps, later advancing in conjunction with the Fifth Army Corps. It announced also that The First Army Corps on the left assists the advance of the Fifth Army Corps, by cutting off hostile artillery fire, and observation from the eastern edge of the Foret dArgonne. The animals of the machine gun battalion accompanying crossed the river by swimming. 12TH FA 1ST BN BTRY F-13TH FA HQ AND TRAIN. The men who landed at British ports went to English rest camps. The Grayson County Virginia Heritage Foundation is established to promote, preserve, and educate the members and public about the cultural and family heritages of Grayson County, Virginia. The French officer at Division Headquarters frequently called up the commander of this squadron ordering a reconnaissance to the front, and usually within forty minutes a message was dropped at Division Headquarters showing the advance units or giving information of hostile targets. ORD DET SAN JUAN, P.R.-ENG DIV ENL ORD CORPS, CONS DET ENL,Wash DC-DET QMC,SPRINGFIELD, MASS, DET QMC,SPRINGFIELD-HQ ORD DETS,BENICIA, CALIF, HQ ORD DETS,BENICIA, CALIF-ENL ORD, EDGEWOOD, ARS. While the Division was retiring to Dunkerque, General de Goutte, then commanding the Sixth French Army, ordered the Commanding Generals of the 37th and 91st Divisions, about fifty officers, and all the regimental and national colors of the 37th and 91st Divisions to proceed to Aix-la-Chapelle (called by the Germans Aachen).
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