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THIRTY-FIFTH DIVISION (NATIONAL GUARD)
[The 35th Division had, as an officer, Captain Harry Truman, 33rd President of the United States.]
[The 35th Division had, as an officer, Captain Harry Truman, 33rd President of the United States.]
The Santa Fe cross was a symbol used to mark the Santa Fe Trail, an area where the unit trained, and was designated as an identifying device for the unit by Headquarters, 35th Division General Orders 25, dated March 27, 1918. The organization is referred to as the Santa Fe Division.
Insignia, the Santa Fe Cross. Organized at Camp Doniphan, Fort Sill, Oklahoma, Sept. 13, 1917, from the National Guard units of Missouri and Kansas. On April 11, 1918, it began leaving camp for Camp Mills, N. Y., and sailed for France April 25th, via Liverpool and Winchester, England, arriving in France, May 11th. It trained with the British first in the area of Eu until June 11th, from then until June 30th in the Arches area. From the training sector, it went into the trenches in the Vosges in the de Galbert and Gerardmer sectors. On Sept. 11th, it was sent to the St. Mihiel sector, where it acted as army reserve during the operations. On Sept. 21st, the division relieved a French division in the Grange le Compte sector. It next went into the Meuse-Argonne offensive Sept. 26th in the Vauquois sector until Oct. 1st, when it was withdrawn and sent to the vicinity of Conde-en-Barrois, where it arrived Oct. 12th, taking over the Sommedieue sector. From there it was sent on Nov. 9th to the training area near Commercy.
The division captured from the enemy the following: 781 prisoners, 24 pieces of artillery, 85 machine guns, and other material. It advanced twelve and one-half kilometers in the face of resistance. Battle deaths: 960, wounded, 6,894; captured, 169. Distinguished Service Crosses awarded, 17.
Commanding generals: Maj.-Gen. W. M. Wright, Brig.-Gen. N. F. McClure, Maj.-Gen. Peter M. Traub.
The following organizations composed this division: 69th, 70th Inf. Brig., 137th, 138th, 139th, 140th Inf. Regts., 129th, 130th Machine Gun Bns., 60th Arty Brig., 128th, 129th, 130th Arty. Regts., 110th Trench Mortar Battery, 128th Div. Machine Bun Bn., 110th Engr. Regt. and Train, 110th Fld. Sig. Bn., 110th Train Hq. and M. P., 110th Supply Train, 110th Amm. Train, 110th Sanitary Train (137th, 138th, 139th, 140th Amb. Cos. and Field Hospitals).
The division captured from the enemy the following: 781 prisoners, 24 pieces of artillery, 85 machine guns, and other material. It advanced twelve and one-half kilometers in the face of resistance. Battle deaths: 960, wounded, 6,894; captured, 169. Distinguished Service Crosses awarded, 17.
Commanding generals: Maj.-Gen. W. M. Wright, Brig.-Gen. N. F. McClure, Maj.-Gen. Peter M. Traub.
The following organizations composed this division: 69th, 70th Inf. Brig., 137th, 138th, 139th, 140th Inf. Regts., 129th, 130th Machine Gun Bns., 60th Arty Brig., 128th, 129th, 130th Arty. Regts., 110th Trench Mortar Battery, 128th Div. Machine Bun Bn., 110th Engr. Regt. and Train, 110th Fld. Sig. Bn., 110th Train Hq. and M. P., 110th Supply Train, 110th Amm. Train, 110th Sanitary Train (137th, 138th, 139th, 140th Amb. Cos. and Field Hospitals).