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Arrival dates and locations for the different elements of the 2nd Division in France

Tasker Bliss instructions given on September 20. 1917.
2nd Division headquarters established at Bourmont on October 26, 1917. Very few elements present on this date.
Unit Formed Location Arrival in
France
Location Merged with 2d Div. Location

9th Infantry Regiment January, 1799 Burlington, Vermont September 20th, 1917 St. Nazaire winter 1917 - 1918 Bourmont Area
Twenty-Third Infantry Regiment Summer of 1917 Syracuse, N. Y. September 20th, 1917   May 20th, 1918? Chaumont-en-Vexin and Trie-la-Ville
Fifth Machine Gun Battalion August, 1917 Syracuse, N. Y. September, 1917     Bourmont Area
Fourth Infantry Brigade October 23, 1917 Bourmont, France        
Fifth Regiment, Marines May — June, 1917 Philadelphia Navy Yard and at Quantico. June & July 1917 Probably St. Nazaire    
Sixth Marines     October 25, 1917   January 15th, 1918 Bourmont Area
Sixth Machine Gun Battalion August 27th, 1917 Quantico, Va. December 31st, 1917   January 3rd, 1918 Bourmont Area
Fourth Machine Gun Battalion October 2nd, 1917 Gettysburg, Pa. Jan 1918 Le Havre, France January 14th, 1918 Bourmont Area
Second Field Artillery Brigade            
Twelfth Field Artillery Regiment June 7, 1917 St. Asaphs, Va. Jan. 31, 1918     Valdahon, France
Fifteenth Field Artillery June 1, 1917 Syracuse, N. Y. Dec. 27, 1917 Le Havre, France Dec 30, 1917 Valdahon, France
Seventeenth Field Artillery Regiment May 11, 1917 Camp Robinson, Wisconsin December 31, 1917     Valdahon, France
Second Regiment Of Engineers August 1st, 1916 Colonia Dublan, Mexico October 6, 1917 Le Havre, France January 1st, 1918 Bourmont Area
First Field Signal Battalion October, 1916. Fort Bliss Texas January 12, 1918 Le Havre, France January 20, 1918 Bourmont Area
Second Supply Train Oct. 1,1917 Fort Sam Houston, Texas January 29, 1918   Feb. 14, 1918 Bourmont area
Second Ammunition Train October 11, 191 Chickamauga Park, Ga. Jan. 30, 1918   Feb. 2, 1918 Bourmont area
Second Sanitary Train July - October 1917 Forts Harrison, Riley and Oglethorpe Dec. 20—21, 1917. Some units Feb. 5, 1917.   Dec. 25, 1917 Bourmont area
Second Engineer Train Aug. 29, 1917 Washington, D. C. Nov. 10, 1917   Jan. 3, 1918 Rosieres-sur-Mouzon
Bourmont area
Motor Transport Corps   Jan. 28 and April 13, 1918   Feb. 3 to March 16, 1918. (S. P. U. 303) Bourmont area
Second Mobile Ordnance Repair Shop Nov, 13, 1917 Rock Island Arsenal, Illinois December 27. 1917   Jan. 10, 1918 Valdahon, France
Divisional Headquarters Troop Oct. 5, 1917 Fort Ethan Allen, Vt. Dec. 28, 1917   Jan. 4, 1918 Bourmont area
Second Military Police Oct. 11, 1917 Fort Oglethorpe, Ga. Jan. 30, 1918 Le Havre, France Jan. 31, 1918 Bourmont area
             
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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