“The offer by the Navy Department of one regiment of Marines to be reorganized as Infantry was accepted by the Secretary of War and it became temporarily a part of the First Division. The division was formed of regular regiments, necessary transfers of officers and men were made, and recruits were assigned to increase these units to the required strength. “Following the rather earnest appeals of the Allies for American troops, it was decided to send to France, at once, 1 complete division and nine newly organized regiments of Engineers. We arrived at London on June 9th and, after spending some days in consultation with the British authorities, reached Paris on June 13th.
His report was substantially as follows: "I assumed the duties of this office on May 26, 1917, and, accompanied by a small staff, departed for Europe on board the S. Part II covered operations in 1917-18 and occupation in 1918-19. American front line of communications, the General Staff, training, intelligence and the period from the summer of 1917 to the spring of 1918. His report to the Secretary of War was dated September 1, 1919, part I of which covered the military situation in 1914, 1915, 1916, spring of 1917 organizational projects. For this purpose, the final report of General John J. For this reason, it is believed that the reader will be interested in the part played by our great army in this epic war. 229 IN WORLD WAR IIĬHAPTER I UNITED STATES OPERATIONS IN EUROPE IN WORLD WAR I In the last chapter of Volume 5, the story of the Washington National Guard's participation in World War I was emphasized and little information was provided on the overall participation by the United States Army. 78 NATIONAL GUARD WASHINGTON NATIONAL GUARD IN WORLD WAR II. 41 WASHINGTON NATIONAL GUARD PRE WORLD WAR II ACTIVITIES OF WASHINGTON. 1 IN WORLD WAR I POST WAR REORGANIZATION OF THE. VOLUME 6 WASHINGTON NATIONAL GUARD IN WORLD WAR II CHAPTER I PAGE THIS VOLUME IS A TRUE COPY THE ORIGINAL DOCUMENT ROSTERS HEREIN HAVE BEEN REVISED BUT ONLY TO PUT EACH UNIT WHOLLY ON A SINGLE PAGE AND TO ALPHABETIZE THE PERSONNEL THEREIN DIGITIZED VERSION CREATED BY WASHINGTON NATIONAL GUARD STATE HISTORICAL SOCIETY HEADQUARTERS MILITARY DEPARTMENT STATE OF WASHINGTON OFFICE OF THE ADJUTANT GENERAL CAMP MURRAY, TACOMA 33, WASHINGTON
THE OFFICIAL HISTORY OF THE WASHINGTON NATIONAL GUARD VOLUME 6 WASHINGTON NATIONAL GUARD IN WORLD WAR II
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