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Excerpt from The Story of the 91st Division
Before noon of that memorable September day, contingents of embryo soldiers had reported at Camp Lewis from points in Oregon and Washington. Awaiting their coming were Officers Of the Regular Army and Reserve Corps, the latter fresh from the training camps.
To Major General H. A. Greene was delegated the task of forming the 9lst Division. He had at his disposal the best of the young manhood of the West. Officers and men set them selves to the task ahead of them with unbounded enthusiasm. Almost from the outset, the 9lst was popularly and affection ately referred to as the Wild West Division.
As Chief of Staff, General Greene had Lieut. Colonel, now Colonel, H. J. Brees. Major F. W. Manley was Division Ad jutant. Major F. W. Clark held the position Of Assistant Chief of Staff. With these officers comprising his immediate official family, General Greene took up the work of organizing an infantry division.
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Before noon of that memorable September day, contingents of embryo soldiers had reported at Camp Lewis from points in Oregon and Washington. Awaiting their coming were Officers Of the Regular Army and Reserve Corps, the latter fresh from the training camps.
To Major General H. A. Greene was delegated the task of forming the 9lst Division. He had at his disposal the best of the young manhood of the West. Officers and men set them selves to the task ahead of them with unbounded enthusiasm. Almost from the outset, the 9lst was popularly and affection ately referred to as the Wild West Division.
As Chief of Staff, General Greene had Lieut. Colonel, now Colonel, H. J. Brees. Major F. W. Manley was Division Ad jutant. Major F. W. Clark held the position Of Assistant Chief of Staff. With these officers comprising his immediate official family, General Greene took up the work of organizing an infantry division.
About the Publisher
Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com
This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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Language - English
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ISBN - 9780331234213
Dimensions - 22.9 x 15.2 x 1.1 cm
Page Count - 208
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Page Count - 210
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