Popularly known as the "Twilight Division." Insignia,
black triangle with white tips on a red circle on a khaki ground.
Organized at Camp Dodge, Iowa, September 1, 1918. The 2d and 14th
Regular Army Infantry Regiments were assigned to this division
and these regiments furnished the nucleus for the organization
of the other two-infantry regiments of the division. The artillery
brigade of the division was organized at Camp Bowie, Texas, on
August 14, 1918, from the 307th and 309th National Army Cavalry
Regiments. In the early part of October the artillery brigade
was ordered to Fort Sill, Okla., for training at the Field Artillery
Brigade Firing Center. The brigade never actually joined the division
at Camp Bowie. The engineer regiment was organized at Camp Humphreys,
Va., on September 26, 1918. It remained in training at Camp Humphreys
until the first of November when it joined the division at Camp
Dodge. All other units of the division were organized and undergoing
intensive training by the end of October and at the time of the
signing of the armistice, the division was being rounded into
shape for service overseas. Demobilization of the division was
commenced on January 23, 1919, and all organizations not belonging
to the Regular Army were demobilized by January 29, 1919.
Commanders of division: Col. W. C. Bennett, September 1, 1918
to September 26, 1918; Col. Armand I. Lasseigne, September 26
to Oct. 25, 1918; Brig. Gen. Benjamin T. Simmons, Oct. 25, 1918,
until demobilization.
This division was composed of the following organizations: 19th
Hqs. Troop, 55th Machine Gun Bn., 37th Inf. Brig., (14th and 87th
Inf., 56th Machine Gun Bn.), 38th Inf. Brig. (2nd and 88th Inf.,
57th Machine Gun Bn.), 19th Fld. Arty. Brig. (55th, 56th and 57th
Fld. Arty.), 19th Trench Mortar Battery, 219th Engr. Regt. And
Train, 19th Train Hqs. And M.P., 19th Supply Train, 19th Amm.
Train, 19th Sanitary Train (Field Hospitals and Amb. Cos. Nos.
273, 274, 275 and 276).