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ORGANIZATIONAL CHART OF THE 6th
DIVISION
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11th Infantry Brigade
51st Infantry
Regiment: Organized in June of 1917 from the 11th Infantry Regiment
at Camp Forrest,
Chickamauga Park, Georgia. The regiment trained at Camp
Forrest until
late June of 1918
when it was transferred to Camp Mills,
New York, for
embarkation overseas.
52nd Infantry
Regiment: Organized in June of 1917 from the 11th Infantry Regiment
at Camp Forrest,
Chickamauga Park, Georgia. The regiment trained at Camp
Forrest until
late June of 1918
when it was transferred to Camp Upton,
New York, for
embarkation overseas.
17th Machine Gun
Battalion: Organized from personnel of the 51st and 52nd Infantry
Regiments
at Camp Forrest,
Chickamauga Park, Georgia. Sent to Camp
Wadsworth on June 2nd, 1918, to train and
be filled to wartime
strength with draftees. The battalion left Camp
Wadsworth in
late June of 1918 for Camp Mills, New
York.
12th Infantry
Brigade
53rd Infantry
Regiment: Organized in June of 1917 from the 6th Infantry Regiment
at Camp Forrest,
Chickamauga Park, Georgia. Sent to Camp
Wadsworth on May 2nd, 1918, to train and
be filled to wartime
strength with draftees. Colonel Charles
E. Tayman was the unit's commanding officer during training. The regiment left Camp
Wadsworth in
late June of 1918 for Camp Mills, New
York.
54th Infantry
Regiment: Organized from the 6th Infantry Regiment at Camp
Forrest, Chickamauga
Park, Georgia. Sent to Camp
Wadsworth on May 7, 1918, to train and be
filled to wartime
strength with draftees. Colonel Matthias
Crowley was the unit's commanding officer during training.
The regiment left Camp
Wadsworth on June 26, 1918 for Camp
Mills, New York.
18th Machine Gun
Battalion: Organized in December of 1917 from personnel of the 53rd
and
54th Infantry Regiments at Camp
Forrest, Chickamauga
Park, Georgia. Sent to Camp
Wadsworth in
early May of 1918 to
train and be filled to wartime strength with draftees.
Major E. B. Gary served as the unit's
commanding officer during training. The
battalion left Camp Wadsworth
in late June of 1918 for Camp Mills, New
York.
6th Field
Artillery Brigade
3rd Field Artillery
Regiment: Organized at Fort Sill, Oklahoma. The regiment joined the 6th Division in France.
11th Field Artillery
Regiment: Organized at Fort Sill, Oklahoma. The regiment joined the 6th Division in France.
78th Field Artillery
Regiment: Organized at Fort Sill, Oklahoma. The regiment joined the 6th Division in France.
4th Trench Mortar Battery: Organized at Fort
Sill, Oklahoma. The battery joined the 6th Division in France.
Divisional Troops
16th Machine Gun
Battalion: Organized December
25, 1917, from personnel of the 6th and 11th Infantry at Camp
Forrest, Chickamauga
Park, Georgia. Sent to Camp
Wadsworth in May
of 1918 to train
and be filled to wartime strength with draftees. Major
Frederick B. Terrell served as the
unit's commanding officer during training. The
battalion left Camp Wadsworth
in late June of 1918 for embarkation Camp Mills,
New York.
318th Engineers:
Organized
at Vancouver Barracks, Washington. The regiment was transferred to Camp
Merritt, New York, and
sailed
for France
on May 8th, 1918. It was the first unit of the 6th Division to
reach France.
6th Field Signal
Battalion: Organized at Fort Leavenworth,
Kansas,
on June 26, 1917. Sent to Camp
Wadsworth on May 21st, 1918, to train and
be filled to wartime
strength with draftees. Major Donald B.
Sanger served as the unit's commanding officer. The
battalion left Camp Wadsworth on June 24, 1918,
for Camp Mills, New
York.
Headquarters Troop:
Organized at San Antonio, Texas,
in December of 1917 from elements of the 6th, 8th, 14th, and 16th
Cavalry. The unit moved to Camp
Forrest, Chickamauga
Park, on March 20, 1918.
Sent to Camp
Wadsworth
in early May of 1918 to train and be filled to wartime strength with
draftees. Captain Frederick J. Holzbaur
served as the
commanding officer of the Headquarters Troop. The
unit left Camp Wadsworth
in late June of 1918 for Camp Mills, New
York.
Trains
6th Train
Headquarters and Military Police: Organized in December 1917 at Camp
Forrest, Chickamauga
Park, Georgia. Sent to Camp
Wadsworth in
early May of 1918. Colonel Percy Willis
served as commander of
the divisional train. The military police fell under the command of
Major
Kenneth E. Kern. The unit left Camp
Wadsworth in late June of 1918.
6th Ammunition Train:
Organized in February of 1918 at Camp McClellan,
Alabama.
Transferred to Camp
Forrest, Chickamauga
Park,
in March of 1918. Sent to Camp
Wadsworth in
early May of 1918 to
train and be filled to wartime strength with draftees.
Lieutenant Colonel C. Stockman Bendel was the
unit's commander during training. The
regiment left Camp Wadsworth in late June of 1918 for Camp Mills, New
York.
6th Supply Train: Organized in April of 1918 at Camp
Forrest, Chickamauga
Park, Georgia. Sent to Camp
Wadsworth in May
of 1918 to train
and be filled to wartime strength with draftees. Captain
Charles B. Lee was the unit's
commander during training. The regiment
left Camp Wadsworth in June of 1918.
6th
Sanitary Train:
Composed of Ambulance and Field Hospital Companies 20, 37, 38, and 40. Ambulance and Field Hospital Company No. 20
was organized at Camp Greenleaf,
Chickamauga Park,
in June of 1917. Companies 37, 38, and
40 were organized at Camp Funston, Kansas. The units were brought together as the 6th
Sanitary Train at Camp Wadsworth
in early May of 1918. Lieutenant Colonel
Herbert L. Harris served at the unit's commanding officer.
After intensive training, the 6th Sanitary
Train was transferred to Camp Mills, New
York, in late June of 1918 for embarkation
overseas.
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