US Army Training Center - Yearbook (Fort Jackson, SC)

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I-leadguarfers 3OTh Division, A. E. F. France, OcTober I, I9I8. General Orders No. 33. I. The Division Commander wishes To congraTulaTe The 3OTh Division upon The success oT iTs firsT divisional acfion, and To express appreciaTion of iTs firsT divisional acTion, and To express appreciafion oT The courage, forTi- Tude and devoTion played by iTs personnel. 2. To be given The Task, in The iniTial eTforT, To play an imporTanT role in breaking Through The I-Iindenburg Line, The sTrongesT defenses on The WesTern FronT, was a greaT honor, and The facT ThaT The break-Through was acTually made on The division fronf is ample evidence ThaT The honor was nof misplaced, and is a crediT To The fighTing efficiency oT The division, The command of which The undersigned has every reason To be proud. 3. The division reTires Temporarily for reorganizaTion and a well-earned resT, buT wiTh a feeling of saTisfacTion aT a Task well done and wiTh augmenTed faiTh in iTseIf. 4. There is deep and keen regreT for The gallanT com- rades who have gloriously died, and an earnesT inTenTion of furTher perfecTion as a combaT organizaTion in order ThaT The division may do To The fullesT exTenT possible iTs share in bringing abouT early success of The greaT cause in which They have fallen. 5. This order will be read To every organizaTion aT iTs firsT formaTion and be posTed on bullefin boards. E. M. LEWIS, Ivlaior General, Commanding. AUSTRALIAN CORPS 0cTober 2, I9l8. My dear General: As The II American Corps has now been wiThdrawn from The line, and my official associafion wiTh you and your Troops has been, for The Time being, suspended, I desire To express To you The greaT pleasure iT has been To me and To The Troops of The Ausfralian Army Corps To have been so closely allied To you in The recenf very imporTanT baTTle operaTions which have resulfed in The breaking Through of The main I-lindenburg Line on The fronT oT The I:ourTh BriTish Army. Now ThaT The fuller deTails of The work done by The 27Th and 3OTh American Divisions have become avail- able, The splendid gallanfry and devoTion of The Troops in These operaTions have won The admiraTion oT Their AusTralian comrades. The Tasks seT were formidable, buT The American Troops overcame all obsTacles and conTribuTed in a very high degree To The uITimaTe cap- Ture of The whole Tunnel sysTem. I shall be glad if you will convey To your Division Come manders my appreciaTion of and Thanks for The work done, and To accepT my besT wishes for every possible success in The fufure. JOI-IN IvlONASl'l, Commander, AusTralian Corps, I:ourTh BriTish Army. Presidenf RooseveIT, on his visiT To ForT Jackson April I, inspecTs Troops of The 30Th Division. Reading from IefT To righT, are: Maior General Russell, Commanding Officer 30Th Division: PresicIenT Roosevelh Governor of SouTh Carolina Maybanlrsg and General Shedd, Commanding Officer of FirsT Army Corps. F,,.Q.-is'

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FOURTH BRITISH ARMY Ocfober 9, I9I8. To: Major General G. W. Read, Commanding II Army Corps. On This occasion on which The II American Corps has Taken parT in baTTle on iTs own, I desire To convey To you and all members of your sTaff as well as To all oTher ranlcs of The 3OTh Division my hearTy congrafulafions on your vicTory Today. The gaIlanTry of your infanfry and The precision wiTh which all sTaff arrangemenTs have worlced have filled me wiTh admiraTion and iT has given me pleasure To reporf your unqualified success To Field Marshal Sir Douglas Haig- HENRY RAWLINSON, General, Commanding FourTh BriTish Army. HEADQUARTERS 30TH DIVISION. A. E. F. France, Ocfober 20, l9I8. General Orders No. 38: I. The 3OTh Division again reTires for resT and reorgan- izaTion afTer adding anoTher chapTer To iTs already glori- ous record. 2. WiTh The excepTion of Three days-Ocfober I2, I3 and I4-when iT was in reserve, The division aTTaclced every day from Ocfober 5 To OcTober I9, inclusive, de- feaTing The enemy and making maTeriaI gains each day. During The period, The lines were advanced by The di- vision from MonTbrehain To beyond Mazinghien, a dis- Tance of more Than I3 miles, and The Towns of Brancourf, Premonf, Busigny, Vaux-Andigny, EscaufourT, ST. Benin, ST. Souplef, Ribeauville and Mazinghien, as well as many villages and farms, were Talcen. 3. During This period, 45 officers and I,8S9- ofher ranlcs were Talcen prisoners and nearly 40 cannons, a large number of machine guns and an immense amounf of sTores of all Icind were capfured by The division. 4. The slcill, courage, forTiTude and endurance dis- played by The division have won The admiraTion of all and The commendaTion of high commanders. 5. Holding in affecTionaTe memory The comrades who have fallen, jusTIy proud of iTs glorious achievemenTs already accomplished, The division will devoTe iTselT un- Tiringly To reorganizaTion and rehabiIiTaTion in The con- fidence ThaT when again called upon iT will, as in The pasT, be found equal To any Taslc ThaT may be assigned T0 iT. E. M. LEWIS, Major General Commanding. In addiTion To ofher ciTaTions and cherished records of The 3OTh Division is This from Sir Douglas Haig: November I6, I9I8. Commanding General, II American Corps: Now ThaT The II American Corps is leaving The Brifish Zone, I wish once more To Thanlc you and all ofTicers, non- commissioned officers and men under your command, on behalf bofh of myself and all ranks of The BriTish Armies in France and Flanders, for The very gallanf and efficienT service you have rendered during The period of your operaTions wiTh The FourTh BriTish Army. On The TwenTy-ninTh of Sepfember, you Toolc parT wiTh disTincTion in The greaT and criTical aTTacIc which shaf- Tered The enemy's resisfance in The Hindenburg Line and opened The road To final vicTory. The deeds of The 27Th and 3OTh American Divisions who on ThaT day Toolc Belli- courT and Nauroy and so gaIIanTly susfained The des- perafe sTruggle for Bony, will ranlc wiTh The highesf achievemenTs of This war. They will always be remem- bered by The BriTish regimenTs ThaT Toughf beside you. Since ThaT daTe. Through Three weelcs of almosT con- T171 Tinuous fighfing, you advanced from one success To an- oTher, overcoming all resisTance, beaTing off numerous counTer-aTTacIcs, and capTuring several Thousand prisoners and many guns. The names of Brancourf, Premonf, Busigny, Vaux-Andigny, ST. SoupleT and Mazinghein Tes- Tify To The dash and energy of your aTTacIcs. I rejoice aT The success which has aTTended your efforfs and I am proud To have had you under my command. D. I'IAIG, Field Marshal. ORGANIZATION OF THE 30TH DIVISION AFTER THE WORLD WAR As a parT oT The general plan To form The NaTional Guard inTo TacTicaI divisions and brigades following The World War, uniTs of The NaTional Guard in Georgia, NorTh Carolina, SouTh Carolina, and Tennessee were as- signed To The 3OTh Division. The uniTs of The division aT The Time of iTs reorganiza- Tion were The same as Today. General E. J. Williams, who formerly had been The Execufive Officer in The NaTional Guard Bureau, was designaTed by The War DeparTmenT as Senior lnsTrucTor of The 3OTh Division, and was also made The Division Com- mander by The AdjuTanTs General of The inTeresTed sTaTes in I926. I-Ie served as Division Commander for a period of Two years and was succeeded by General E. G. PeyTon, also of The Regular Army, who commanded The division for four years. During The Time ThaT The division was commanded by Generals Williams and Pey- Ton The 55Th Field Arfillery Brigade was commanded by Brigadier General RoberT J. Travis of Savannah, Georgia, The 59Th lnTanTry Brigade was commanded by Brigadier General Henry D. Russell of Macon, Georgia, The 6OTh InfanTry Brigade was commanded by Brigadier General J. Van B. MeTTs of Raleigh, NorTh Carolina. In I932 Brigadier General I-Ienry D. Russell was se- lecTed by The AdjuTanTs General To command The 3OTh Division and was succeeded in command of The 59Th Brigade by General Trelawney E. MarchanT of Columbia, SouTh Carolina. Upon The resignafion of Brigadier General J. Van B. MeTTs, Colonel Donnell E. ScoTT was promoTed To The grade of Brigadier General and assigned To The com- mand of The 6O+h InfanTry Brigade. Brigadier General RoberT J. Travis reTired January, I94I, and was suc- ceeded by Colonel Godfrey Cheshire who was promofed To The grade of Brigadier General. Since iTs reorganizaTion The division has parTicipaTed in maneuvers, as a division, on Three diTferenT occasions, in Mississippi, I938: in Louisiana, I94O: and in The recenT Second Army Maneuvers in Tennessee. IT was mobilized aT ForT Jaclcson, SouTh Carolina, beginning on SepTember I6, I94O, and has been undergoing inTensive Training aT ForT Jaclcson since ThaT daTe. IT was selecTed as one of The four NaTional Guard divisions for This early Training. The 3OTh Division has been acTive since iTs reorganiza- Tion in I926 and is now composed of The following uniTs: 55Th Field ArTillery Brigade: I I3Th Field ArTiIlery Regi- menT, NorTh Carolina: II5Th Field ArTiIIery RegimenT, Tennessee: I I8Th Field Arfillery RegimenT, Georgia. 59Th InfanTry Brigade: II8Th InfanTry RegimenT, SouTh Carolina: I2IsT InfanTry RegimenT, Georgia. 6OTh InfanTry Brigade: II7Th InfanTry RegimenT, Ten- nessee: I2OTh InfanTry RegimenT, NorTh Carolina. lO5Th Engineer RegimenT, NorTh Carolina: IO5Th Medical RegimenT, NorTh Carolina: IO5Th Quarfermasfer RegimenT, Tennessee, NorTh Carolina and SouTh Car- olina: 3OTh Division Special Troops, Georgia, NorTh Carolina and Tennessee.