Organized at Camp Cody, Deming, New Mexico.

The division was composed of National Army drafts mainly from Oklahoma and Minnesota. These drafts constituted the personnel of the following units which were organized at Camp Cody: Div. Hqs. 387th and 388th Inf., 622nd Fld. Sig. Bn., 366th Machine Gun Bn., 322d Hqs. Train, and M.P., 322d Sanitary Train. The 172d Field Artillery Brigade consisting of the 61st, 62d, and 63d Field Artillery Regiments, 21st Trench Mortar Battery and 322d Ammunition Train was organized at Camp Jackson, South Carolina, under the command of Brig. Gen. Dennis H. Currie. The nucleus of the 322d Engr. Regt. And Train was formed at Camp Humphrey, Va., but never joined the division. The 193d Infantry Bridge less 365th Machine Gun Battalion and the machine gun companies of the infantry regiment were to be organized in France. On Nov. 20, 1918, the War Department directed that the division be demobilized. The strength of the division at the time demobilization was commenced was 402 officers and 7,889 men.

Col. C. A. Martin, Inf., commanded the division from Sept. 26, 1918, to Oct. 19, 1918. Brig. Gen. James R. Lindsay was then placed in command of the division and remained in command until demobilization.