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Other Memories On 15 July 1917 the National Guards of Wisconsin and Michigan were officially ordered into Federal Service and mobilization commenced at state camps.
The 32nd Division was organized under War Department orders of 18 July 1917 from National Guard troops from Wisconsin and Michigan.
In early August 1917 the movement to the Divisionâ??s training camp at Camp MacArthur, Texas (near Waco) commenced. Battery F, 121st Field Artillery Regiment was the first unit to arrive on 4 August 1917. The last (Wisconsin) unit arrived on 1 October; I currently have no information pertaining to the arrival of the Michigan units.
On 17 August 1917 Major General James 'Galloping Jim' Parker assumed command of the 32nd Division. On 18 September he left for France on special duty. He returned in early December, but was almost immediately transferred to the 85th Division at Camp Custer, Michigan.
On 18 September 1917 Brigadier General William G. 'Bunker' Haan (then commander of the 57th Field Artillery Brigade) became acting commander of the 32nd Division. BG Haan officially assumed command of the 32nd in December, when MG Parker was transferred to the 85th Division. Gen. McGlachlin assumed command of the 57th FA Brigade when BG Haan became 32nd Division commander.