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The United States Guards (USG) was a lightly armed, all-infantry military force maintained by the United States from 1917 to 1919. Tasked with an internal security and territorial defense mission within the Zone of the Interior, it was used to protect critical infrastructure and suppress civil unrest during World War I .
1st Infantry Brigade: 1st Division: May 24, 1917 16th Infantry Regiment 18th Infantry Regiment 2nd Machine Gun Battalion Brig. Gen. Omar Bundy Brig Gen. George B. Duncan Brig. Gen. John L. Hines Brig. Gen. Frank Parker Col. Hjalmar Erickson 2nd Infantry Brigade: 1st Division: May 24, 1917 26th Infantry Regiment 28th Infantry Regiment 3rd ...
The Guards were created on 22 December 1917 and were controlled by the Chief of the Militia Bureau. They eventually comprised 48 battalions of men who were either too old or physically unfit for active service. [2] The Guards were disbanded following the end of the war in 1920.
Military personnel from the United States who served in World War I including those who served in the military of other Allied countries.
Pages in category "United States Army generals of World War I" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 419 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
0–9. 1st Infantry Regiment (United States) 3rd Cavalry Regiment (United States) 4th Infantry Regiment (United States) 6th Infantry Regiment (United States)
Van Ells, Mark D. America and World War I: A Traveler's Guide (2014) excerpt; Vaughn, Stephen. Holding Fast the Inner Lines: Democracy, Nationalism, and the Committee on Public Information (U of North Carolina Press, 1980) online; Venzon, Anne ed. The United States in the First World War: An Encyclopedia (1995) Walworth, Arthur (1958).
The first company arrived on 29 March 1918 at the Serbian camp at Mikra after travelling 14,000 miles in eleven weeks. [5] The two divisions were restored and rearmed by the Allied Army of the Orient under French command, a new Yugoslav unit was created on 14 January 1918 within the Serbian army, the 1st Yugoslav Division. [4] [8]