The 36th Division A. E. F.

Major General William R. Smith assumed command of the Division at the Port of Embarkation. On arrival in France the Infantry sections of the Division were sent to the Bar-sur-Aube (13th) Training Area, where they remained untill [sic until] September 26th.

The Artillery Brigade trained at Coetquidan, but never rejoined the Division after their arrival in France, and, though the Division had its fling at the front, the 61st Artillery never saw action.

On September 11th, 1918, the 111th Engineers were detached from the Division and assigned to the American First Army as Corps Engineers of the 1st A. C., with which organization they remained untill after the signing of the Armistice. They participated in the St- Mihiel Drive and operated throughout the Meuse-Argonne Offensive.

The Division, minus the Engineers and Artillery Brigade, left the Bar-sur-Aube Area September 26th, 1918, moving to the Pocancy Area as part of the Armies Reserve of the French Group of Armies of the center — General Meistre. On October 3rd, 1918, the Division was transferred to the Fourth French Army under General Gouraud. It was with this French Army that the Division fought in the Champagne, and thereby won its right to a place in the history of the Combat Units of the A. E. F.