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Mihiel operation September u to 17; Meuse- 

 Argonne, October 12 to 22 and October 27 to 

 November 11. 



This division captured 2,356 prisoners; ad- 

 vanced 29 kilometers against resistance; spent 

 71 days in quiet sectors and 32 in active; lost 

 1,976 killed and 6,864 wounded. 



The insignia, the Ace of Diamonds, was 

 placed on all the divisional baggage as a dis- 

 tinctive mark before leaving the United States 

 for overseas service. No significant meaning 

 is recalled, other than that the red was a com- 

 pliment to the then commanding general, who 

 came from the artillery. The following ex- 

 planations have been made, however : 



"Diamond dye— it never runs." 



"A diamond is made up of two adjacent 

 isosceles triangles, which make for the greatest 

 strength." The division was nicknamed the 

 ''Red Diamond Division." 



47. The Sixth Division was organized in 

 November, 19 17, at Camp McClellan, Alabama, 

 and arrived in France in July, 1918. It occu- 

 pied a sector in the Vosges under French 

 command September 3 to October 11 and was 

 in reserve in the MeuserArgonne offensive 

 November 2 to 11, spending 40 days in quiet 

 sectors and none in an active sector. It cap- 

 tured 12 prisoners and lost 93 killed and 453 

 wounded. 



The insignia is a six-pointed star in red, 

 and is frequently seen with the figure "6" 

 superimposed on the star, but that was never 

 authorized. 



This division is reported to have marched 

 more than any other in the A. E. F. and was 

 known as the "Sight-seeing Sixth." 



48. The Seventh Division was organized at 



the beginning of January, 1918, at Camp 

 Wheeler, Georgia, and went to France in 

 August. It occupied a sector in Lorraine Octo- 

 ber 9 to November 11. It captured 69 prison- 

 ers, spent 31 days in quiet sector and 2 in 

 active, and lost 296 killed and 1,397 wounded. 

 The insignia originated as the result of 

 using two figures seven, one inverted and 

 superimposed, which was later transformed 

 into two triangles. It was used for marking 

 the baggage of the division before going over- 

 seas. 



40. The Eighth Division was organized at 

 Camp Fremont, California, in December, 1917. 

 When the armistice was signed the artillery, 

 engineers, and one regiment of infantry (the 

 Eighth, now on duty at Coblenz) had left for 

 France. The remainder of the division was at 

 the port ready to leave, but, as all troop move- 

 ments were at once suspended, the division 

 complete never reached France. Nevertheless, 

 it lost 6 men killed and 29 wounded. It re- 

 ceived the name of the Pathfinder Division, 

 which is represented in the insignia by the 

 .'. gold arrow, pointing upward. 



50. The Tenth Division was .organized at 

 Camp Funston in August, 1918. It never 

 reached France. 



51. The Eleventh Division was organized at 

 Camp Meade, Maryland, in August, 1918, and, 

 like all the divisions numbered from 9 to 20, 

 inclusive (several of which chose no insignia), 

 it never left the United States. It became 



known as the Lafayette Division, the profile of 

 the Revolutionary hero being represented in 

 the insignia. 



52. The Twelfth Division was organized at 

 Camp Devens in July, 19 18, and took the name 

 of the Plymouth Division because it was re- 

 cruited mainly from the New England States. 



53. The Thirteenth Division was organized 

 at Camp Lewis, Washington, in September, 

 1918. The device includes the two proverbial 

 "bad luck" symbols, the figure 13. and a black 

 cat, surrounded by the "good luck" horseshoe, 

 indicative of the doughboy's confidence in his 

 ability to overcome all hoodoos. 



54. The Fourteenth Division was organized 

 at Camp Custer, Michigan, in July, 1918, and 

 took the name of the Wolverine Division, those 

 animals having been very common in Michigan 

 in the early days. The head of a wolverine 

 appears on the insignia. 



55. The Eighteenth Division was organized 

 at Camp Travis, Texas, in August, 1918, and 

 acquired the name of the Cactus Division, 

 which appears on the insignia, together with 

 the Latin motto meaning "Touch me not." 



56. The Twenty-sixth Division is the first 

 of the National Guard divisions, and was 

 formed from the National Guard of the New 

 England States. 



The National Guard was called into the Fed- 

 eral service in July, 1917, and drafted into the 

 service, under the provisions of the National 

 Defense Act of 1916, on August 5, 1917 ; this 

 made them eligible for foreign service. The 

 New England Guard went into camp in their 

 respective States, remaining there until de- 

 parture for France, which was in the fall of 

 that year. 



The Twenty-sixth was the first National 

 Guard division to enter the line and was pre- 

 ceded in this by the First Division only. It 

 was 'in the Chemin des Dames sector February 

 6 to March 18; La Reine and Boucq sector 

 March 31 to June 28; northwest of Chateau- 

 Thierry July 10 to 25 (which included the 

 Marne offensive) ; Rupt and Tryon sector Sep- 

 tember 8 to October 8 (which included the St. 

 Mihiel operation) ; north of Verdun, as Army 

 reserve, October 18 to November 11. 



This' division spent 148 days in quiet sectors 

 and 45 in active, being exceeded in total time 

 under fire by the First Division only. It cap- 

 tured 3,148 prisoners, advanced 37 kilometers 

 against resistance, and lost 2,135 killed and 

 11,325 wounded, standing sixth among the 

 divisions in the casualty list. It was named the 

 Yankee Division and used the initials thereof 

 for its insignia. 



57. The Twenty-seventh Division was the 

 New York Division of the National Guard. 

 After being drafted into the Federal service it 

 went to Camp Wadsworth, South Carolina, re- 

 maining there until departure for France, in 

 May, T918. Its entire active service in Europe 

 was with the British, as a part of the Second 

 Corps. It was in the East Poperinghe (Bel- 

 gium) line, four battalions at a time, from 

 July 9 to September 3, 1918; in the Dickebusch 

 sector, Belgium, August 24 to September 3 ; the 

 breaking of the Hindenburg line, September 24 





