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Eighteen thousand officers and men at Camp 

 Dodge, Iowa, composed this picture, 1,235 feet 

 long. From the base to the shoulder measures 

 150 feet; the right arm, 3/10 feet; the right 

 thumb, 35 feet; length of left hand, 30 feet: 

 the flame of the torch, 600 feet. 



83. The Eighty-sixth Division was formed 

 of men from northern Illinois and was sta- 

 tioned at Camp Grant, Illinois. It went to 

 France in September, 1918, never getting into 

 the line. It was known as the Black Hawk Di- 

 vision, which is represented in the insignia. 



84. The Eighty-seventh Division was formed 

 of men from Louisiana, Arknasas, and Mis- 

 sissiopi and was stationed at Camp Pike, Ar- 

 kansas. It went to France in September, 1918, 

 and never got into the line. The insignia ap- 

 pears to have had no special significance. 



85. The Eighty-eighth Division was formed 

 of men from North Dakota, Minnesota, Iowa, 

 and western Illinois and was stationed at Camp 

 Dodge, Iowa. It went to France in August, 

 1918, and served in Alsace from October 7 to 

 November 5; 28 days in a quiet sector, none, in 

 active sectors. It captured three prisoners 

 and lost 29 killed and 89 wounded. 



The insignia was evolved by two figures "8" 

 at right angles, the result being a four-leaf 

 clover, representing the four States from which 

 the personnel of the division came. It is in 

 blue for the infantry and machine gun bat- 

 talions, in red for the artillery, and in black 

 for the remainder of the division. 



86. The Eighty-ninth Division was formed 

 of men from Kansas, Missouri, and Colorado 

 and was stationed at Camp Funston, Kansas. 

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

 the line in August, northwest of Toul ; it was 

 at St. Mihiel, in the sector Bois de Bouchot, 

 and in the Meuse-Argonne offensive. It was 

 55 days in quiet and 28 in active sectors and 

 advanced 48 kilometers against resistance, the 

 second best record in this respect of the Na- 

 tional Army divisions and exceeded by only 

 five of the A. E. F. divisions. It captured 

 5,c6i prisoners, the third best record in the 

 A. E. F., being surpassed only by the First 

 and Second Divisions. It lost 1,433 killed and 

 5,858' wounded. 



The division was known as the Middle West 

 Division and the insignia is the letter "W," 

 which when inverted becomes an "M." The 

 central open space is colored to show the 

 organization as follows : One Hundred 

 Seventy-seventh Infantry Brigade, sky blue; 

 One Hundred Seventy-eighth Infantry Bri- 

 gade, navy blue ; One Hundred Sixty-fourth 

 Field Artillery Brigade, scarlet; Engineers, 

 scarlet, edged with white ; Three Hundred 

 Forty-first Machine Gun Battalion, half sky 

 blue and half scarlet; Three Hundred Forty- 

 second Machine Gun Battalion, half navy blue 

 and half scarlet; Three Hundred Forty-third 

 Machine Gun Battalion, half orange and half 

 scarlet ; Signal Battalion, orange ; suooly 

 Train, purple, edged with white; Sanitary 

 Train, white, with red cross, and Division 

 headquarters, no color. 



87. The Ninetieth Division was formed of 

 men from Texas, Arizona, New Mexico, and 

 Oklahoma and was stationed at Camp Travis, 

 Texas. It went to France in June, 1918, and 

 served in the Saizerais sector August 24 to 

 October 10, including the St. Mihiel operation ; 

 Meuse-Argonne offensive, October 19 to No- 



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