Yankee Division in the First World War: In the Highest Tradition

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{ 235 Appendix I makeup of 26th division u nit source Headquarters Troops Headquarters Troop B, Massachusetts Squad of Cavalry 101st Machine Gun Battalion Connecticut Squad of Cavalry and 196 enlisted men from 1st Vermont Infantry* 51st Infantry Brigade Brigade Headquarters Men from 101st and 102nd Infantry Regiments 101st Infantry Regiment 9th Massachusetts Infantry, 175 enlisted men from 6th Massachusetts Infantry, and 1,400 men from 5th Massachusetts Infantry 102nd Infantry Regiment 2nd Connecticut Infantry, 1,500 men from 1st Connecticut Infantry, 50 men from 1st Vermont Infantry, and 100 men from the 6th Massachusetts Infantry 102nd Machine Gun Battalion Massachusetts Squad of Cavalry (less Troop B), 3 officers and 213 enlisted men from 1st Vermont Infantry, and reserve officers 52nd Infantry Brigade Brigade Headquarters Men from 2nd Massachusetts Infantry and 9th Massachusetts Infantry 236 } appendix 1 103rd Infantry Regiment 2nd Maine Infantry, 1,630 enlisted men from 1st New Hampshire Infantry, balance of officers from 1st New Hampshire Infantry, and reserve officers 103rd Machine Gun Battalion Rhode Island Squad of Cavalry (less Troops B & M), New Hampshire Machine Gun Co., 3 officers and 229 enlisted men from 1st Vermont Infantry, and reserve officers 51st Field Artillery Brigade Brigade Headquarters Men from 101st, 102nd, and 103rd Field Artillery Regiments 101st Field Artillery Regiment (light) 1st Massachusetts Field Artillery, and 180 men from the New England Coast Artillery 102nd Field Artillery Regiment (light) 2nd Massachusetts Field Artillery, and 150 men from the New England Coast Artillery 103rd Field Artillery Regiment (heavy) Battery A, New Hampshire Field Artillery, 3 batteries from Rhode Island Field Artillery, 2 batteries Connecticut Field Artillery, Troop M, Rhode Island Squad of Cavalry, and men from the New England Coast Artillery 101st Trench Mortar Battery 1st Maine Heavy Field Artillery Miscellaneous 101st Engineer Regiment 1st Massachusetts Engineers, 100 enlisted men from 1st Maine Field Artillery, and 479 men from the New England Coast Artillery 101st Field Signal Battalion Massachusetts Field Signal Battalion Trains 101st Headquarters and Military Police 6th Massachusetts Infantry 101st Ammunition Train 13 officers and 700 enlisted men from 1st Vermont Infantry, and 6 officers and 234 enlisted men from Massachusetts Coast Artillery 101st Supply Train Troop B, Rhode Island Cavalry, 5 officers and 359 enlisted men from 8th Massachusetts Infantry makeup of 26th division { 237 101st Sanitary Train 1st and 2nd Massachusetts Ambulance companies, 1st and 2nd Massachusetts Field Hospital, 1st Connecticut Ambulance Company, 1st Connecticut Field Hospital, 1st Rhode Island Ambulance Company, and 1st New Hampshire Field Hospital 101st Engineer Train 6th Massachusetts Infantry Source: Based on The Immortal Yankee Division, 1917–1919 (Boston: ymca, 1919). * All four companies sailed to France where they were designated the 101st Machine Gun Battalion. However, on January 21, 1918, Company A was assigned to the 102nd Machine Gun Battalion and Company D was assigned to the 103rd Machine Gun Battalion. The remaining companies, B and C, retained the title of 101st Machine Gun Battalion. It was partly motorized and considered a divisional battalion, thus capable of assignment wherever needed. Philip S. Wainwright, ed., History of the 101st Machine Gun Battalion (Hartford: The 101st Machine Gun Battalion Association, 1922), 23. ...