Organization of the Division during World War I
Organization of the 32D ‘Red Arrow’ Division when it was created in 1917 during World War I
The 32D ‘Red Arrow’ Division was created in the fall of 1917 by combining the Michigan and Wisconsin National Guard. Wisconsin provided about 15,000 Soldiers and Michigan provided 8,000. Later 4,000 National Army troops (selectees or draftees) from Camp Custer, Michigan, and Camp Grant, Illinois, were assigned to the Division before it left for France. Those draftees were primarily from the upper Midwest. Later, in France, the 32D Division received replacements from nearly every state in the union.
Before being activated for World War I, the Michigan and Wisconsin National Guard were organized in accordance with pre-war US Regular Army units. At that time, the General Staff of the War Department envisioned “triangular” infantry brigades of three infantry regiments each, with three such brigades in a division (plus artillery, engineer, signal, supply and medical units). Each rifle company would have 3 officers and 150 men.
In the spring of 1917, however, General John ‘Blackjack’ Pershing (the commander of the A.E.F.) and his staff made a trip to France to observe the tactics and formations in use by the Allies. Based on his observations, Gen. Pershing decided that reorganizing US units into massive “square” divisions, also known as “Pershing Divisions”, might be able to provide enough muscle to break the stalemate of trench warfare. Each “square” division was built around four powerful infantry regiments of 3,720 enlisted men each. There would be two such regiments, plus a machine gun battalion, in an infantry brigade (2 infantry brigades per division). Each infantry brigade would be supported by a regiment of light (75mm) artillery; a 3rd regiment of heavy artillery (155mm howitzers) and a trench mortar battery would complete the division’s brigade of artillery. All of this, plus an additional machine gun battalion, a combat engineer regiment, a signal battalion and a division train (consisting of military police, ammunition train, supply train, engineer train, sanitary train) gave each division an authorized strength of 991 officers and 27,114 men (each rifle company consisted of 7 officers and 250 men, as opposed to the pre-war rifle companies of 3 officers and 150 men).
The table below lists the new units that were needed to complete the organization of the 32D Division. It also attempts to list which old Michigan or Wisconsin National Guard units were reorganized to create the new units and which armory those old units came from. It also attempts to list the first commander of those new units. Additional information, to hopefully someday complete this table, will be added as it is found.
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32D Division |
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| Maj. Gen. James ‘Galloping Jim’ Parker |
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63D Infantry Brigade |
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| Brig. Gen. Louis C. Covell (formerly cdr. of 1ST Mich. Bde.) |
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125TH Infantry Regiment |
| Col. John B. Boucher (formerly cdr. of 33D Mich. Inf.) | the 33D Mich. Inf. (minus 1 company) and 5 companies of the 31ST Mich. Inf. | ||
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Supply Company | Sup. Co., 33D Mich. Inf. | Grayling, MI | Capt. Walter R. Stevens (formerly cdr. of Sup. Co., 33D Mich. Inf.) |
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Machine Gun Company | MG Co., 33D Mich. Inf. | Flint, MI | Capt. Ira D. MacLachlan |
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Company D | Cos. D & K, 31ST Mich. Inf. |
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2D Battalion Headquarters |
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Company E | Co. A, 33D Mich. Inf. | Flint, MI |
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Company G | Co. G, 33D Mich. Inf. | Houghton, MI | Capt. Thomas S. Smith (formerly cdr. of Co. G, 33D Mich. Inf.) |
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3D Battalion Headquarters |
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Company I |
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Company K | part of Co. L, 33D Mich. Inf. & some or all of Co. K, 33D Mich. Inf. | Menominee & Cheboygan, MI |
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Company L | some or all of Co. C, 33D Mich. Inf.; part of Co. L, 33D Mich. Inf. & some or all of Co. I, 33D Mich. Inf. | Port Huron, Menominee & East Jordan, MI | Capt. Oscar Falk (formerly cdr. of Co. L, 33D Mich. Inf.) |
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Company M | Co. H, 33D Mich. Inf. | Owosso, MI | Capt. John F. Speck (formerly cdr. Of Co. H, 33D Mich. Inf.) |
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126TH Infantry Regiment |
| Col. Joseph P. Westnedge (formerly cdr. of 32D Mich. Inf.) | the 32D Mich. Inf. and 5 companies of the 31ST Mich. Inf. | ||
Headquarters Company | Co. L, 32D Mich. Inf. | Grand Rapids, MI | Capt. Jess W. Clark (formerly cdr. of Co. L, 32D Mich. Inf.) |
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Sanitary Detachment |
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| Maj. Ernest C. (G.) Lee (formerly San. Det., 32D Mich. Inf.) |
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| Grand Rapids, MI | John W. Bickert, (formerly Band, 32D Mich. Inf.) |
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Supply Company | Sup. Co., 32D Mich. Inf. | Grand Rapids, MI | Capt. Walter N. Burgess (formerly cdr. of Sup. Co., 32D Mich. Inf.) |
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Machine Gun Company | MG Co., 32D Mich. Inf. | Grand Rapids, MI | Capt. William Haze (formerly cdr. of MG Co., 32D Mich. Inf.) |
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1ST Battalion Headquarters |
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| Maj. Jay C. McCullough (formerly cdr. of 1ST Bn., 32D Mich. Inf.) |
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Company A | Co. A, 32D Mich. Inf. | Coldwater, MI | Capt. Roscoe L. Graves (formerly cdr. of Co. A, 32D Mich. Inf.) |
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Company B | Co. B, 32D Mich. Inf. | Adrian, MI | Capt. John Benner (formerly cdr. of Co. B, 32D Mich. Inf.) |
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Company C | Co. C & part of Co. D, 32D Mich. Inf. | Kalamazoo, MI | Capt. Robert L. Wright (formerly cdr. of Co. C, 32D Mich. Inf.) |
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Company D | Co. E, 32D Mich. Inf. | Ionia, MI | Capt. George R. Hogarth (formerly cdr. of Co. E, 32D Mich. Inf.) |
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2D Battalion Headquarters |
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| Maj. Albert C. Wilson (formerly Cdr. of 3D Bn., 31ST Mich. Inf.) |
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Company E | Co. I & part of Co. M, 31ST Mich. Inf. | Ann Arbor, MI | Capt. Arthur G. Volland (formerly cdr. of Co. I, 31ST Mich. Inf.) |
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Company F | Co. L & part of Co. M, 31ST Mich. Inf. | Jackson, MI | Capt. Richard F. Smith |
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Company G | Co. G, 31ST Mich. Inf. | Detroit, MI | Capt. James O. Catheart |
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Company H | Co. H, 31ST Mich. Inf. | Detroit, MI | Capt. Fred W. Beaudry |
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3D Battalion Headquarters | Maj. Earl R. Stewart (formerly cdr. of 3D Bn., 32D Mich. Inf.) |
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Company I | Co. H & part of Co. G, 32D Mich. Inf. | Big Rapids & Muskegon, MI | Capt. Charles L. McCormick (formerly cdr. of Co. H, 32D Mich. Inf.) |
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Company K | Co. K & part of Co. I, 32D Mich. Inf. | Grand Rapids, MI | Capt. James Sinke (formerly cdr. of Co. K, 32D Mich. Inf.) |
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Company L | Co. F & part of Co. G, 32D Mich. Inf. | Grand Haven & Muskegon, MI | Capt. George L. Olson (formerly cdr. of Co. F (L), 32D Mich. Inf.) |
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Company M | Co. M & part of Co. I, 32D Mich. Inf. | Grand Rapids, MI | Capt. Emil B. Gansser (formerly cdr. of Co. M, 32D Mich. Inf.) |
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120TH Machine Gun Battalion |
| Maj. David E. Cleary (formerly cdr. of 3D Bn., 31ST Mich. Inf.) | surplus companies of the Mich. Inf. Bde. | ||
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Company C | Co. F, 31ST Mich. Inf. |
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64TH Infantry Brigade |
| Brig. Gen. Charles R. Boardman (formerly cdr. of 1ST Wis. Bde.) |
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127TH Infantry Regiment |
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| Col. Wilbur Moses Lee (formerly cdr. of 2D Wis. Inf.) | 24 officers and 1,018 men of 1ST Wis. Inf.; 29 officers and 1,341 men of 2D Wis. Inf.; 4 officers and 280 men of 3D Wis. Inf.; 2 officers and 183 men of 4TH Wis. Inf.; 5 officers and 189 men of 5TH Wis. Inf.; 5 officers and 114 men of 6TH Wis. Inf. | |
Headquarters Company | HQ Co., 1ST Wis. Inf. & HQ Co., 2D Wis. Inf. | Madison & Appleton, WI | Capt. Myron C. West (formerly cdr. of HQ Co., 1ST Wis. Inf.) |
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Band | Band, 2D Wis. Inf. | Marshfield, WI |
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Supply Co. | Sup. Co., 1ST Wis. Inf.; Sup. Co., 2D Wis. Inf.; Sup. Co. or MG Co., 5TH Wis. Inf. | Madison, Oshkosh & Port Washington, WI | Capt. Frank H. Crane (formerly cdr. of Sup. Co., 2D Wis. Inf.) |
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Machine Gun Company | MG Co., 2D Wis. Inf. | Ashland, WI | Capt. Matthew C. Tompkins (formerly cdr. of MG Co., 2D Wis. Inf.) |
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Company A | Co. A, 2D Wis. Inf. | Marshfield, WI. | Capt. Frank Bernard Reigel (formerly cdr. of Co. A, 2D Wis. Inf.) |
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Company B | Co. B, 1ST Wis. Inf. & Co. B, 2D Wis. Inf. | Fort Atkinson & Oshkosh, WI. | Capt. George Francis O’Connell (formerly cdr. of Sup. Co., 1ST Wis. Inf.) |
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Company C | Co. C, 2D Wis. Inf. | Sheboygan, WI | Capt. Paul W. Schmidt (formerly cdr. of Co. C, 2D Wis. Inf.) |
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Company D | Co. D, 1ST Wis. Inf. & ½ of Co. K, 2D Wis. Inf. | Milwaukee & Beaver Dam, WI | Capt. Frank (Paul) Meske (formerly cdr. of Co. D, 1ST Wis. Inf.) |
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Company E | Co. E, 3D Wis. Inf. | Eau Claire, WI | Capt. Richard F. Sortomme (formerly cdr. of Co. E, 3D Wis. Inf.) |
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Company F | Co. F, 1ST Wis. Inf. & Co. F, 4TH Wis. Inf. | Milwaukee & Shawano, WI | Capt. Henry W. Biemdiecke (formerly cdr. of Co. F, 1ST Wis. Inf.) |
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Company G | Co. G, 1ST Wis. Inf. & part of Co. L, 1ST Wis. Inf. | Madison & Beloit, WI | Capt. William Smith (formerly cdr. of Co. G, 1ST Wis. Inf.) |
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Company H | Co. H, 2D Wis. Inf. & Co. H, 1ST Wis. Inf. | Manitowoc & Monroe, WI. | Capt. Allen Ernest Mitchell (formerly cdr. of Co. H, 1ST Wis. Inf. |
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Company I | Co. I, 2D Wis. Inf. & Co. I, 3D Wis. Inf. | Marinette & Superior, WI. | Capt. Edward J. Schmidt (formerly cdr. of Co. H, 2D Wis. Inf.) |
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Company K | Co. K, 1ST Wis. Inf. | Milwaukee, WI | Capt. Leo S. Kosak (formerly cdr. of Co. K, 1ST Wis. Inf.) |
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Company L | Co. L, 2D Wis. Inf. & part of Co. L, 1ST Wis. Inf. | Rhinelander & Beloit, WI | Capt. Forest H. Himes (formerly cdr. of Co. L, 2D Wis. Inf.) |
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Company M | Co. M, 2D Wis. Inf. & ½ of Co. K, 2D Wis. Inf. | Oconto & Beaver Dam, WI. | 1st Lt. Harvey C. Vermilyea |
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128TH Infantry Regiment |
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| Col. John Turner (formerly cdr. of 3D Wis. Inf.) | 21 officers and 715 men of 1ST Wis. Inf.; 3 officers and 149 men of 2D Wis. Inf.; 27 officers and 1,306 men of 3D Wis. Inf.; 6 officers and 315 men of 4TH Wis. Inf.; 6 officers and 357 men of 5TH Wis. Inf.; 5 officers and 120 men of 6TH Wis. Inf.; 12 men of 1ST Mich. Sig. Bn. | |
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Band | Band, 3D Wis. Inf. | Wausau, Marinette & La Crosse |
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Machine Gun Company | MG Co., 1ST Wis. Inf. & part of Co. K, 4TH Wis. Inf. | Oconomowoc & Stoughton, WI |
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Company A | Co. A, 1ST Wis. Inf. & Co. A, 3D Wis. Inf. | Reedsburg & Neillsville, WI |
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Company B | Co. D, 2D Wis. Inf. & Co. B, 3D Wis. Inf. | Ripon & La Crosse, WI |
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Company C | Co. C, 3D Wis. Inf. | Hudson, WI |
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Company D | Co. D, 3D Wis. Inf. | Mauston, WI |
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Company F | Co. F, 3D Wis. Inf. | Portage, WI |
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Company H | Co. H, 3D Wis. Inf. | Menomonie, WI |
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3D Battalion Headquarters |
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| Maj. Ulysses Grant Carl (formerly cdr. of 3D Bn., 3D Wis. Inf.) |
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Company I | Co. I, 1ST Wis. Inf. | Neenah, WI |
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Company K | Co. C, 1ST Wis. Inf. | Whitewater, WI |
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Company M | Co. M, 1ST Wis. Inf. | Janesville, WI |
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121ST Machine Gun Battalion |
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| Maj. Frank H. Fowler (formerly cdr. of 1ST Bn., 3D Wis. Inf.) | 12 officers and 427 men of 3D Wis. Inf.; 1 officer and 45 men of 5TH Wis. Inf. | |
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Company A | MG Co., 3D Wis. Inf., (Co. # 1, 121ST MG Bn.) | Rice Lake, WI |
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Company B | Co. K, 3D Wis. Inf. (Co. # 2, 121ST MG Bn.) | Tomah, WI |
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57TH Field Artillery Brigade |
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| Brig. Gen. William G. ‘Bunker’ Haan (USA) |
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119TH Field Artillery Regiment |
| Maj. Chester B. McCormick (possibly former Cdr. of 1ST Mich. FA) | 1ST Mich. FA, 1ST Mich. Cav., HQ and Service Cos. of 31ST Inf. Regt. | ||
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Battery A | Btry. A, 1ST Mich. FA | Lansing, MI |
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Battery C | Btry. C, 1ST Mich. FA | Lansing, MI | Capt. Amos Henry Ashley |
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2D Battalion Headquarters |
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120TH Field Artillery Regiment |
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| Col. Carl Penner (formerly cdr. of 1ST Wis. Cav.) | 46 officers and 1,393 men of 1ST Wis. Cav.; 21 men of 2D Wis. Inf.; | |
Headquarters Battery | HQ Trp. & Trp. M, 1ST Wis. Cav. | Milwaukee & Sheboygan, WI | Capt. Herbert V. Kohler (formerly cdr. of Trp. M, 1ST Wis. Cav.) |
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Supply Battery | Sup. Trp., 1ST Wis. Cav. | Milwaukee, WI | Capt. Alfred W. Einfeldt (formerly cdr. of Sup. Trp., 1ST Wis. Cav.) |
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1ST Battalion Headquarters |
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| Maj. Herbert B. Einfeldt (formerly 1ST Wis. Cav.) |
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Battery A | Trp. A & MG Trp., 1ST Wis. Cav. | Milwaukee, WI | Capt. James G. Swift (formerly cdr. of Trp. A, 1ST Wis. Cav.) |
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Battery B | Trp. B & K, 1ST Wis. Cav. | Milwaukee & Ladysmith, WI | Capt. Ernest V. Cook (formerly cdr. of MG Trp., 1ST Wis. Cav.) |
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Battery C | Trp. C & L, 1ST Wis. Cav. | Milwaukee & Eau Claire, WI | Capt. James J. Quill (formerly cdr. of Trp. C, 1ST Wis. Cav.) |
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2D Battalion Headquarters |
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| Maj. August M. Krech (formerly 1ST Wis. Cav.) |
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Battery D | Trp. D & G, 1ST Wis. Cav. | Milwaukee & Wisconsin Rapids, WI | Capt. Edgar J. Tapping, Jr. (formerly cdr. of Trp. D, 1ST Wis. Cav.) |
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Battery E | Trp. E & I, 1ST Wis. Cav. | Kenosha & Stevens Point, WI | Capt. John S. Coney (formerly cdr. of Trp. E, 1ST Wis. Cav.) |
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Battery F | Trp. F & H, 1ST Wis. Cav. | Lake Geneva & Merrill, WI | Capt. Albert H. Smith (formerly cdr. of Trp. H, 1ST Wis. Cav.) |
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121ST Field Artillery Regiment |
| Col. Philip C. Westfahl (formerly cdr. of 1ST Wis. FA) | 39 officers and 1,220 men of 1ST Wis. FA; 149 men of 4TH Wis. Inf.; 13 men of 5TH Wis. Inf.; 221 men of 6TH Wis. Inf.; 2 men of Wis. Fld. Hosp. No. 2 | ||
Headquarters Battery | HQ Co., 1ST Wis. FA | Milwaukee, WI | Capt. John Geo. Reed (formerly cdr. of HQ Co., 1ST Wis. FA) |
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Supply Battery | Sup. Co., 1ST Wis. FA | Milwaukee, WI | Capt. Arthur W. Walters (formerly cdr. of Sup. Co., 1ST Wis. FA) |
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Battery A | Btry. A, 1ST Wis. FA | Whitefish Bay, WI | Capt. Wm. F. Fraedrich (formerly cdr. of Btry. A, 1ST Wis. FA) |
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Battery B | Btry. B, 1ST Wis. FA | Green Bay, WI | Capt. Harvey F. Smith (formerly cdr. of Btry. B, 1ST Wis. FA) |
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Battery C | Btry. C, 1ST Wis. FA | Racine, WI | Capt. Richard G. Bryant (formerly cdr. of Btry. C, 1ST Wis. FA) |
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Battery D | Btry. D, 1ST Wis. FA | Whitefish Bay, WI | Capt. Ralph R. Hibbard (formerly cdr. of Btry. D, 1ST Wis. FA) |
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Battery E | Btry. E, 1ST Wis. FA | Green Bay, WI | Capt. John M. West (formerly cdr. of Btry. E, 1ST Wis. FA) |
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Battery F | Btry. F, 1ST Wis. FA | Racine, WI | Capt. James Wilder Gilson (formerly cdr. of Btry. F, 1ST Wis. FA) |
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107TH Trench Mortar Battery | Co. G, 4TH Wis. Inf. | Antigo, WI | Capt. Otto A. Miller (formerly cdr. of Co. G, 4TH Wis. Inf.) | 3 officers and 181 men of 6TH Wis. Inf. | |
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119TH Machine Gun Battalion |
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| Maj. Percy C. Atkinson (formerly cdr. of a bn. of the 6TH Wis. Inf.) | 6 officers and 171 men of 4TH Wis. Inf.; 11 officers and 341 men of 5TH Wis. Inf.; 6 officers and 210 men of 6TH Wis. Inf. | |
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Company A | MG Co. & Co. B, 4TH Wis. Inf. (part or all of both cos. | Tomahawk & Stanley, WI | Capt. John B. Fosnot (formerly cdr. of MG Co., 4TH Wis. Inf.) |
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Company B | Co. A, 6TH Wis. Inf. | Phillips, WI | Capt. Edward O. Witt (formerly cdr. of Co. A, 6TH Wis. Inf.) |
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Company C (re-designated Co. D, 120TH MG Bn. in France) | MG Co. & Co. E, 5TH Wis. Inf. | Bay View & Watertown, WI | Capt. Alfred E. Gaartz (formerly cdr. of MG Co., 5TH Wis. Inf.) |
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Company D | mostly from 5TH Wis. Inf. |
| Capt. Thomas A. Watson (formerly cdr. of Co. M, 5TH Wis. Inf.) |
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107TH Engineer Regiment |
| Maj. Howard Green | 13 officers and 453 men of 1ST Mich. Eng. Bn.; 14 officers and 474 men of 1ST Wis. Eng. Bn.; 94 men of 4TH Wis. Inf.; 85 men of 5TH Wis. Inf.; 192 men of 6TH Wis. Inf. | ||
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1ST Battalion Headquarters |
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Company A | Co. A, 1ST Mich. Eng. Bn. | Calumet, MI |
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Company B | Co. B, 1ST Mich. Eng. Bn. | Houghton, MI | possibly Capt. Harold Mark Schmidt |
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Company C | Co. C, 1ST Mich. Eng. Bn. | Houghton, MI | possibly Capt. William F. Lewis |
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2D Battalion Headquarters |
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Company D | 1ST Wis. Eng. Bn. (probably Co. A) |
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Company E | Co. B, 1ST Wis. Eng. Bn. | Milwaukee, WI | Capt. Clarence U. Smith (formerly Cdr. of Co. B, 1ST Wis. Eng. Bn.) |
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Company F | 1ST Wis. Eng. Bn. (probably Co. C) |
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107TH Field Signal Battalion |
| Maj. William Mitchell Lewis (formerly cdr. of 1ST Wis. Sig. Bn.) | 2 officers and 201 men of 1ST Mich. Sig. Bn.; 11 officers and 165 men of 1ST Wis. Sig. Bn. | ||
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107TH Train Headquarters & MPs |
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| Col. Robert B. McCoy (formerly cdr. of 4TH Wis. Inf.) | 6 officers and 86 men of 4TH Wis. Inf.; 3 officers and 218 men of 6TH Wis. Inf. | |
107TH Military Police, Company A |
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107TH Military Police, Company B | Co. D, 6TH Wis. Inf. & part of Co. K, 4TH Wis. Inf. | Washburn & Stoughton, WI | Capt. Hubert Haskell Peavey (formerly Cdr. of Co. D, 6TH Wis. Inf.) |
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107TH Ammunition Train |
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| Lt. Col. James McCully (formerly of 5TH Wis. Inf.) | 10 officers and 390 men of 4TH Wis. Inf.; 12 officers and 453 men of 5TH Wis. Inf.; 2 officers and 92 men of 6TH Wis. Inf. | |
Headquarters Detachment | Co. B, 4TH Wis. Inf. | Stanley, WI |
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Motor Battalion |
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| Maj. Martin D. Imhoff (formerly cdr. of 2D Bn., 5TH Wis. Inf.) |
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Company A (originally named First Truck Co.) | Co. E, 4TH Wis. Inf. | Menasha, WI | Capt. Richard Thomas Hill (formerly Cdr. of Co. E, 4TH Wis. Inf.) |
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Company B (originally named Second Truck Co.) | Co. D, 5TH Wis. Inf. | Hartford, WI | Capt. Harold G. Rogers (formerly cdr. of Co. D, 5TH Wis. Inf.) |
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Company C (originally named Third Truck Co.) | Co. D, 4TH Wis. Inf. | Black River Falls, WI | Capt. George B. Jensen (formerly cdr. of Co. D, 4TH Wis. Inf.) |
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Company D (originally named Fourth Truck Co.) | Co. H, 6TH Wis. Inf. | Hayward, WI | Capt. William W. Wismer (formerly cdr. of Co. H, 6TH Wis. Inf.) |
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Horsed Battalion |
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| Maj. Anton C. Martin (formerly cdr. of 2D Bn., 4TH Wis. Inf.) |
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Company E (originally named First Caisson Co.) | Co. I, 4TH Wis. Inf. | Platteville, WI | Capt. Harvey D. Weidman (formerly cdr. of Co. I, 4TH Wis. Inf.) |
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Company F (originally named Second Caisson Co.) | Co. C, 5TH Wis. Inf. & part of Co. I, 5TH Wis. Inf. | Milwaukee, WI | Capt. Joseph B. Zawodny (formerly cdr. of Co. C, 5TH Wis. Inf.) |
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Company G (originally named Wagon Co.) | Co. B, 5TH Wis. Inf. & part of Co. A, 5TH Wis. Inf. | Milwaukee, WI | Capt. John A. Bonin (formerly cdr. of Co. B, 5TH Wis. Inf.) |
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107TH Supply Train |
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| Maj. Emil F. Kraning (formerly cdr. of 3D Bn., 6TH Wis. Inf.) | 2 officers and 150 men of 4TH Wis. Inf.; 1 officer and 76 men of 5TH Wis. Inf.; 5 officers and 234 men of 6TH Wis. Inf. | |
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Company A | possibly some or all of Co. A, 4TH Wis. Inf. | possibly Chippewa Falls, WI | possibly 1st Lt. Peter J. Pangborn (formerly 1st Lt. of Co. A, 4TH Wis. Inf.) |
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Company B | possibly some or all of Co. M, 4TH Wis. Inf. | possibly Kenosha, WI | 1st Lt. Asbury H. Vale (formerly 1st Lt. of Co. M, 4TH Wis. Inf.) |
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Company C | most of Co. L, 5TH Wis. Inf. | Wautoma, WI | 1st Lt. Charles P. Ward (possibly 1st Lt. with Co. K, 5TH Wis. Inf.) |
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Company D | some or all of Co. M, 6TH Wis. Inf. | New London, WI | possibly 1st Lt. Henry J. Pettigrew (formerly 1st Lt. of Co. M, 6TH Wis. Inf.) |
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Company E | most of Co. F, 6TH Wis. Inf. (possibly some of Co. I, 6TH Wis. Inf.) | Rice Lake, WI (possibly also Baraboo, WI) | 1st Lt. Lee M. Boyden (formerly 1st Lt. of Co. F, 6TH Wis. Inf.) |
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Company F | possibly some or all of Co. K, 6TH Wis. Inf. | possibly Marshfield, WI | 1st Lt. Fred H. Braem (formerly 1st Lt. of Co. K, 6TH Wis. Inf.) |
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107TH Engineer Train |
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107TH Sanitary Train |
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| Maj. Dirk Bowens | 1ST Mich. Fld. Hosp.; 2D Mich. Amb. Co.; 1ST and 2D Wis. Amb. Cos.; 1ST and 2D (less 2 men) Wis. Fld. Hosps.; dets. from 1ST and 5TH Wis. Inf.; 1 officer of 1ST Mich. Cav. | |
125TH Ambulance Company | Wis. Ambulance Co. No. 1? |
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126TH Ambulance Company |
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127TH Ambulance Company | Wis. Ambulance Co. No. 2 |
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128TH Ambulance Company | Mich. Ambulance Co. No. 2 | Bay City, MI | Capt. Roy Perkins (formerly cdr. of Mich. Ambulance Co. No. 2) |
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125TH Field Hospital |
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126TH Field Hospital |
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127TH Field Hospital |
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128TH Field Hospital |
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107TH Mobile Ordnance Repair Shop |
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107TH Motor Supply Truck Unit |
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147TH Field Artillery Regiment | organic to the 41ST Division – attached to the 57TH FA Bde. from 24 June 1918 to 8 April 1919 |
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158TH Field Artillery Brigade | organic to the 83D Division – attached to the 32D Division from 26 September 1918 to April 1919 |
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322D Field Artillery Regiment |
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323D Field Artillery Regiment |
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324TH Field Artillery Regiment |
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308TH Trench Mortar Battery |
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308TH Ammunition Train |
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The 125TH and 126TH Infantry Regiments and the 120TH Machine Gun Battalion of the 63D Infantry Brigade were formed from the 31ST, 32D and 33D Michigan Infantry Regiments (Michigan Infantry Brigade). The 125TH Infantry, the ‘Lumberjack’ Regiment, included all of the 33D Michigan Infantry (with the exception of one company) and five companies of the 31ST Michigan Infantry. The 126TH included the entire 32D Michigan Infantry plus 5 companies of the 31ST Michigan Infantry. The 120TH MG BN was formed from surplus companies of the Michigan Infantry Brigade.
The 127TH and 128TH Infantry Regiments and 121ST Machine Gun Battalion of the 64TH Infantry Brigade were formed from the 1ST, 2D and 3D Wisconsin Infantry Regiments (1ST Wisconsin Brigade) plus some soldiers from the 57TH Depot Brigade.
The 4TH, 5TH and 6TH Wisconsin Infantry Regiments (2D Wisconsin Brigade) functioned as the 57TH Depot Brigade. From this brigade the various new units of the new Division were organized in accordance with the “Tables of Organization, 1917”. The 57TH Depot Brigade only existed for several weeks, it ceased to exist as soon as the organization of the Division was completed.
The 57TH Field Artillery Brigade was formed from the 1ST Wisconsin and 1ST Michigan Field Artillery Regiments and 1ST Wisconsin and 1ST Michigan Cavalry Regiments plus some soldiers from the 57TH Depot Brigade.
119TH FA, composed largely of Michigan artillery and cavalry troops
120TH FA, made up almost entirely from troops of the 1ST Wisconsin Cavalry
121ST FA, the heavy artillery regiment of the 57TH FA Brigade, formed from the 1ST Wisconsin Field Artillery
The 107TH Engineer Regiment was formed from the 1ST Wisconsin and 1ST Michigan Engineer Battalions plus some soldiers from the 57TH Depot Brigade.
Whole companies were transferred from the 57TH Depot Brigade to make up the 107TH Trains, 32D Military Police Company and 119TH Machine Gun Battalion.
The 107TH Sanitary Train was formed from Wisconsin Ambulance Companies Nos. 1 and 2, Michigan Ambulance Company No. 2, Wisconsin Field Hospitals Nos. 1 and 2 and Michigan Field Hospital No. 1.
The 107TH Field Signal Battalion was formed from the 1ST Wisconsin and 1ST Michigan Field Signal Battalions.
In reorganization of the Division it was the policy to preserve original company organizations, but some consolidation was necessary to bring the companies up from the formerly prescribed strength of 150 men to the new “Tables of Organization, 1917” strength of 250 men.
Bibliography:
Acker, John C., Sergeant Major. Thru the War with Our Outfit: Being A Historical Narrative of the 107TH Ammunition Train. Sturgeon Bay, WI, 1920.
Hanton, Carl, Captain. The 32nd Division in the World War. Madison, WI: Wisconsin War History Commission, 1920.
Hill, Jim Dan, Major General, Retired. The Minute Man in Peace and War. Harrisburg: The Stackpole Company, 1964.
Rice, O. S. Wisconsin Memorial Day Annual. Madison, WI: Democrat Printing Co., 1919.
Numerous newspaper articles.