PICKING OFF THE BOCHE REARGUARD

U.S. Official Photograph. American snipers in a town on the march from the Marne to the Vesle, plugging at Boche macnine gunners in the German rearguard.

Division Units-89th Division Headquarters Troop; 340th Machine Gun Battalion.

90TH DIVISION-Major-General Henry T. Allen, commanding; Colonel John J. Kingman, Chief-of-Staff; Major Wyatt O. Selkirk, Adjutant-General.

179th Brigade, Infantry-Brigadier-General John T. O'Neill; 357th and 358th Regiments; 344th Machine Gun Battalion.

180th Brigade, Infantry-Brigadier-General W. H. Johnston; 359th and 360th Regiments; 345th Machine Gun Battalion.

165th Brigade, Field Artillery-Brigadier-General Francis C. Marshall; 343d, 344th, and 345th Regiments; 315th Trench Mortar Battery. Engineer Troops-315th Regiment.

Signal Troops-315th Battalion.

Division Units-90th Division Headquarters Troop; 349th Machine Gun Battalion.

92D DIVISION-Major-General C. C. Ballou, commanding; Lieutenant-Colonel Allen J. Greer, Chief-of-Staff; Major Sherburne Whipple, Adjutant-General.

183d Brigade, Infantry-Brigadier-General Malvern H. Barnum; 365th and 366th Regiments; 350th Machine Gun Battalion.

184th Brigade, Infantry-Brigadier-General W. A. Hay; 367th and 368th Regiments; 351st Machine Gun Battalion.

167th Brigade, Field Artillery-(Commanding officer not announced); 349th, 350th, and 351st Regiments; 317th Trench Mortar Battery. Engineer Troops-317th Regiment.

Signal Troops-317th Battalion.

Division Units-92d Division Hadquarters Troop; 349th Machine Gun Battalion.

5TH ARMY CORPS

Major-General Omar Bundy, commanding.

6th Division, Regular Army; 36th, (Texas and Oklahoma), Division, National Guard; 75th, (New England), 79th, (Pennsylvania, Maryland, and District of Columbia), 85th, (Michigan and Wisconsin), and 91st (Washington, Oregon, Alaska, California, Idaho, Nevada, Montana, Wyoming, and Utah) Divisions, National Army.

6TH DIVISION-Brigadier-General James B. Erwin, commanding; Colonel James M. Pickering, Chief-of-Staff; Lieutenant-Colonel Robert S. Knox, Adjutant-General.

11th Brigade, Infantry-Brigadier-General W. R. Dashiell; 51st and 52d Regiments; 17th Machine Gun Battalion.

12th Brigade, Infantry-Brigadier-General J. B. Erwin; 53d and 54th Regiments; 18th Machine Gun Battalion.

6th Brigade, Field Artillery-Brigadier-General E. A. Millar; 3d, 11th, and 78th Regiments; 6th Trench Mortar Battery.

Engineer Troops-318th Regiment.

Signal Troops-6th Battalion.

Division Units-6th Division Headquarters Troop; 16th Machine Gun Battalion.

36TH DIVISION-Major-General W. R. Smith, commanding; Colonel E. J. Williams, Chief-of-Staff; Major William R. Scott, Adjutant-General. 71st Brigade, Infantry-Brigadier-General Henry Hutchings; 141st and 142d Regiments; 132d Machine Gun Battalion.

72d Brigade, Infantry-Brigadier-General John A. Hulen; 143d and 144th Regiments; 133d Machine Gun Battalion.

61st Brigade, Field Artillery-Brigadier-General John A. Stevens; 131st, 132d, and 133d Regiments; 111th Trench Mortar Battery. Engineer Troops-111th Regiment.

Signal Troops-111th Battalion.

Division Units-36th Division Headquarters Troop; 131st Machine Gun Battalion.

76TH DIVISION-Major-General Harry F. Hodges, commanding; (Chief-of-Staff not announced); Major George M. Peek, Adjutant-General.

151st Brigade, Infantry-Brigadier-General Frank M. Albright; 301st and 302d Regiments; 302d Machine Gun Battalion.

152d Brigade, Infantry-Brigadier-General F. D. Evans; 303d and 304th Regiments; 303d Machine Gun Battalion.

151st Brigade, Field Artillery-Major-General William S. McNair; 301st, 302d, and 303d Regiments; 301st Trench Mortar Battery. Engineer Troops-301st Regiment.

Signal Troops-301st Battalion.

Division Units-76th Division Headquarters Troop; 301st Machine Gun Battalion.

79TH DIVISION-Major-General Joseph E. Kuhn, commanding; Colonel Tenny Ross, Chief-of-Staff; Major Charles B. Moore, AdjutantGeneral.

157th Brigade, Infantry-Brigadier-General William L. Nicholson; 313th and 314th Regiments; 311th Machine Gun Battalion.

158th Brigade, Infantry-(Commanding officer not announced); 315th and 316th Regiments; 312th Machine Gun Battalion.

154th Brigade, Field Artillery-Brigadier-General Andrew Hero, Jr.; 310th, 311th, and 312th Regiments; 304th Trench Mortar Battery. Engineer Troops-304th Regiment.

Signal Troops-304th Battalion.

Division Units-79th Division Headquarters Troop; 310th Machine Gun Battalion.

85TH DIVISION-Major-General C. W. Kennedy, commanding; Colonel Edgar T. Collins, Chief-of-Staff; Lieutenant Colonel-Clarence Lininger, Adjutant-General.

169th Brigade, Infantry-Brigadier-General Thomas B. Dugan; 337th and 338th Regiments; 329th Machine Gun Battalion.

170th Brigade, Infantry (Commanding officer not announced); 339th and 340th Regiments; 330th Machine Gun Battalion.

160th Brigade, Field Artillery-Brigadier-General Guy M. Preston; 328th, 329th, and 330th Regiments; 310th Trench Mortar Battery. Engineer Troops-310th Regiment.

Signal Troops-310th Battalion.

Division Units-85th Division Headquarters Troop; 328th Machine Gun Battalion.

91ST DIVISION-Brigadier-General F. H. Foltz, commanding; Colonel Herbert J. Brees, Chief-of-Staff; Major Frederick W. Manley, AdjutantGeneral.

181st Brigade, Infantry-Brigadier-General John B. McDonald; 361st and 362d Regiments; 347th Machine Gun Battalion.

182d Brigade, Infantry-Brigadier-General Frederick S. Foltz; 363d and 364th Regiments; 348th Machine Gun Battalion.

166th Brigade, Field Artillery-Brigadier-General Edward Burr; 346th, 347th, and 348th Regiments; 316th Trench Mortar Battery. Engineer Troops-316th Regiment.

Signal Troops-316th Battalion.

Division Units-91st Division Headquarters Troop; 346th Machine Gun Battalion.

UNASSIGNED TO CORPS

81ST DIVISION-Major-General C. J. Bailey, commanding; Colonel Charles D. Roberts, Chief-of-Staff; Major Arthur E. Ahrends, AdjutantGeneral.

161st Brigade, Infantry-Brigadier-General George W. McIver; 321st and 322d Regiments; 317th Machine Gun Battalion.

162d Brigade, Infantry-Brigadier-General Monroe McFarland; 323d and 324th Regiments; 318th Machine Gun Battalion.

156th Brigade, Field Artillery-Brigadier-General Andrew Moses; 316th, 317th, and 318th Regiments; 306th Trench Mortar Battery. Engineer Troops-306th Regiment.

Signal Troops-306th Battalion.

Division Units-81st Division Headquarters Troop; 316th Machine Gun Battalion.

93D DIVISION-(Commander not announced); Major Lee S. Tillotson, Adjutant-General.

185th Brigade, Infantry-(Commanding officer not announced); 369th and 370th Regiments; 333d Machine Gun Battalion.

186th Brigade, Infantry-Brigadier-General George H. Harries; 371st and 372d Regiments; 334th Machine Gun Battalion.

168th Brigade, Field Artillery-(Commanding officer not announced); 332d, 333d, and 334th Regiments; 318th Trench Mortar Battery. Engineer Troops-318th Regiment.

Signal Troops-318th Battalion.

Division Units-332d Machine Gun Battalion.

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CHAPTER XV

THE BATTLE OF ST. MIHIEL

MERICA was thrilled from ocean to ocean on the morning of September 12, 1918, when the news was flashed across the continent that Germany's "Dagger aimed at the heart of France," the St. Mihiel salient, had been attacked and wiped out by the 1st American Army under the direct command of General John J. Pershing.

The news electrified England, France and Italy as well as the United States. American efficiency had accomplished within a comparatively few hours what had been deemed impossible. By a coincidence, the salient was wiped out exactly four years to the day after it had been established by the German Army. The destruction of the German menace to Verdun and to the allied system of transportation was a triumph of American genius.

Under the direction of General Pershing the most furious and concentrated artillery fire in the history of the world rained death and destruction upon the German positions. More than 1,000,000 shells fell upon these positions in four hours, the greatest concentration of artillery fire in all history. Only Americans were employed in the attack. These numbered 550,000 men. Casualties, less than a total of 7,000 killed and wounded, were so small as to excite the wonder and applause of all the allied powers. More than 16,000 prisoners were captured and 443 guns.

At Cantigny, Château-Thierry, Bouresches, Belleau Wood and Vaux, the American troops engaged were acting in support of allied divisions and under the command of the generals of the Allies. St. Mihiel was the first distinctly American offensive, carried out for the most part by American troops and wholly under the orders of the American commanderin-chief; and it was one of the most significant successes of the war.