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and July 27 to August 14. The whole division 

 served in the Gerardmer sector August 14 to 

 September 2; Meuse-Argonne, September 21 to 

 October 1; Sommedieu sector, October 16 to 

 November 7. 



The men of this division were 92 days in 

 quiet sectors and 5 in active; advanced 12^ 

 kilometers against resistance, captured 781 

 prisoners, and lost 1,067 killed and 6,216 

 wounded. Their device shows the old Santa 

 Fe cross, which was employed to mark the 

 Santa Fe Trail in the old days. This trail 

 started near Camp Doniphan. This emblem 

 was adopted for marking the property and bag- 

 gage soon after the organization of the division. 



66. The Thirty-sixth Division was organ- 

 ized from the National Guard of Texas and 

 Oklahoma, at Camp Bowie, Texas. It went to 

 France in July, 1918, and served in the Cham- 

 pagne during the French offensive there, Octo- 

 ber 6 to 28. It was 23 days in active sector, 

 none in quiet ; captured 549 prisoners, ad- 

 vanced 21 kilometers against resistance, and 

 lost 600 killed and 1,928 wounded. The divis- 

 ional insignia is the letter "T," for Texas, 

 superimposed on an Indian arrow-head, for 

 Oklahoma (not long ago the Indian Territory). 



67. The Thirty-seventh Division was organ- 

 ized from the National Guard of Ohio and 

 West Virginia, at Camp Sheridan, Alabama. 

 It went to France in June, 1918, and served in 

 the Baccarat sector August 4 to September 16; 

 Meuse-Argonne offensive, September 25 to Oc- 

 tober 1; St. Mihiel sector, October 7 to 16; on 

 the Lys and Escaut rivers, in Flanders, Octo- 

 ber 31 to November 4; Syngem sector (Bel- 

 gium), November 9 to 11 — a total of 50 days 

 in quiet sectors and 11 in active. It advanced 

 30^ kilometers against resistance, captured 3,848 

 prisoners, and lost 977 killed and 4,266 wounded. 

 The insignia was taken from the State flag of 

 Ohio. 



68. The Thirty-eighth Division was organ- 

 ized from the National Guard of Indiana and 

 Kentucky, at Camp Shelby, Mississippi. It 

 went to France in October, 1918, but was never 

 in the line. It was called the Cyclone Division ; 

 hence the "CY," the insignia. 



69. The Thirty-ninth Division was organ- 

 ized from the National Guard of Louisiana, 

 Mississippi, and Arkansas, at Camp Beaure- 

 gard, Louisiana. It went to France in August, 

 1918, as a depot division, from which replace- 

 ments were sent to the combat divisions at the 

 front; therefore it was never intended to be in 

 the line. The insignia shows the Greek letter 

 delta, because the personnel came from the 

 vicinity of the Mississippi delta, but it was 

 never approved by the A. E. F. It was sta- 

 tioned at St. Florent and sent 10,156 replace- 

 ments to the front. 



70. The Fortieth Division was organized 

 from the National Guard of California, Utah, 

 Arizona, and Colorado, at Camp Kearny, Cali- 

 fornia. It went to France in August, 1918, and, 

 like the Thirty-ninth, was a depot division, be- 

 ing stationed at La Guerthe, and sent 16,327 



replacements to the front. It was known as 

 the Sunshine Division, and the insignia carries 

 out the idea. 



71. The Forty-first Division was organized 

 from the National Guard of Washington, Ore- 

 gon, Idaho, and Wyoming, at Camp Greene, 

 North Carolina, leaving in December, 1917, for 

 France. This was the first depot division to 

 go across and was stationed at St. Aignan, 

 Noyers, and sent 295,668 replacements to the 

 front, equivalent to more than ten complete 

 divisions. It was known as the Sunset Divis- 

 ion, and its members wore as their distinguish- 

 ing device a sun setting over the blue waters 

 of the Pacific. 



72. The Forty-second Division was organ- 

 ized from National Guard units left over after 

 the formation of the preceding sixteen divis- 

 ions, and 26 States contributed; hence the 

 popular name of the Rainbow Division, which 

 is carried out in the insignia. 



This organization arrived in France in No- 

 vember, 1917, and served in Lorraine, Febru- 

 ary 17 to June 21, part of the time under 

 French command ; east of Rheims, July 5 

 to 17 (including the last German offensive) ; 

 Trugny and Beuvardes, July 25 to August 3 ; 

 St. Mihiel operation, September 12 to 30; 

 Meuse-Argonne offensive, October 13 to 31 ; 

 and again, November 5 to 10. 



The Rainbow Troops served 125 days in 

 quiet sectors and 39 in active, advancing 55 

 kilometers against resistance, more than any 

 other National Guard division, and was ex- 

 celled in this particular only by the Second and 

 Seventy-seventh Divisions. It captured 1,317 

 prisoners and lost 2,644 killed and 11,275 

 wounded. 



73. The Seventy-sixth Division and those 

 following, to include the Ninety-second, were 

 known as National Army divisions and were 

 organized from the first draft in September, 

 1918. The Seventy-sixth was composed of 

 men from the New England States and north- 

 ern New York State and was stationed at 

 Camp Devens, Massachusetts. It went to 

 France in July, 1918, and was a depot division, 

 stationed at St. Amand-Montrond and sent 

 19,971 replacements to the front. 



74T Men from southern New York, includ- 

 ing New York City, comprised the Seventy- 

 seventh Division. It was organized at Camp 

 Upton, Long Island, and went to France # in 

 April, 1918, the first National Army division 

 to go overseas. It served in the Baccarat sec- 

 tor, Lorraine, June 20 to August 4; on the 

 Vesle, August 12 to September 16; Meuse- 

 Argonne offensive, September 26 to October 

 16, where it was the extreme left of the 

 American army, and again from October 31 

 to November 11. It spent 47 days in quiet 

 sectors and 66 in active, the total under fire 

 being more than any other National Army 

 division and the service in active sectors be- 

 ing equal to that of the Second Division and 

 exceeded only by the First arid Third Divisions, 

 all three being regular divisions. 





