10th Infantry Division (United States, WWI)

Former US Army unit December 2025 10th Infantry Division (WWI) File:WWI10D.svg 200 px 1917-1919 United States National Army Infantry Division Camp Funston, Kansas MG Leonard Wood The 10th Infantry Division was a unit during World War I stationed at Camp Funston, Kansas.History of Fort Riley and 1st Infantry Division https://home.army.mil/riley/about/history July 6, 2025 US Army The division was assigned to the National Army and organized around a cadre of soldiers from the Regular Army. History The 10th Division was organized at Camp Funston beginning in August 1918, shortly after the 89th Division completed its training and departed.Barnes Alexander F. Belmonte Peter L. 2022 United States Army Depot Brigades in World War I https://books.google.com/books?id=3GBVEAAAQBAJ&pg=PA110 Jefferson, North Carolina McFarland & Company 110–111 978-1-4766-8205-1 Google Books Major General Leonard Wood, who had been the commander of the 89th during its organization and training, was assigned to command the 10th. He commanded from August 1918 to January 1919.((World War I Group, Historical Division Special Staff, United States Army)) 1949 Order of Battle of the United States Land Forces in the World War Three, Part 1 https://books.google.com/books?id=TTEgAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA643 Washington, DC US Government Printing Office 643–644 Google Books Brigadier General Howard Russell Hickok was interim commander from January 7 to January 17, 1919. Wood then resumed command, and remained in charge until the division was inactivated in February. Among Wood's subordinate commanders was William J. Glasgow, who led the 20th Brigade.Cullum George W. George Washington Cullum 17 July 2024 Biographical Register of the Officers and Graduates of the U.S. Military Academy, volumes IV–IX https://penelope.uchicago.edu/Thayer/E/Gazetteer/Places/America/United_States/Army/USMA/Cullums_Register/3414*.html Bill Thayer's Web Site Chicago Bill Thayer 22 October 2025 The division's task organization included 20th, 41st, 69th, and 70th Infantry regiments, the 28th, 29th, and 30th Field Artillery Regiments, and several support units. It reached its peak strength of nearly 25,000 in early November and moved to Camp Mills, New York in preparation for transport to France. The 10th Division's advance detachment arrived in France on 9 November to make billeting arrangements and conduct other coordination. The Armistice of November 11, 1918 ended the war, and the advance party returned to the United States. The 10th Division returned from Camp Mills to Camp Funston for soldiers to be mustered out, and the organization was inactivated in February 1919. Some units of the 10th Division were subsequently employed to organize and field the Panama Canal Division.Chapman Dennis P. 2023 The 10th Mountain Division: A History from World War II to 2005 https://books.google.com/books?id=GqEuEQAAQBAJ&pg=PT18 Atglen, Pennsylvania Schiffer Publishing 16–19 978-0-7643-6524-9 Google Books Subordinate Units The 10th Division's task organization included:June 1921 Brief Histories of Divisions, US Army 1917-1918 https://apps.dtic.mil/sti/tr/pdf/ADA438001.pdf US Army War Plans Division 19 Defense Technical Information Center 10th Headquarters Troop 19th Infantry Brigade 41st Infantry Regiment 69th Infantry Regiment 29th Machine Gun Battalion 20th Infantry Brigade 20th Infantry Regiment 70th Infantry Regiment 30th Machine Gun Battalion 10th Field Artillery Brigade 28th Field Artillery (75 mm) 29th Field Artillery (75 mm) 30th Field Artillery (155 mm) 10th Trench Mortar Battery 28th Machine Gun Battalion (separate) 210th Engineers 210th Field Signal Battalion 10th Division Train 237th, 238th, 239th, and 240th Companies and Field Hospitals Influenza epidemic right|thumb|250x250px|Emergency hospital during Influenza epidemic, Camp Funston, Kansas The Influenza epidemic of 1918 began at or near Camp Funston in March 1918. The "first wave" occurred before the 10th Division was organized and the "second wave" began in September. Between September and November, nearly 17,000 soldiers based at Camp Funston were treated for influenza, and approximately 850 died. References Category:Military units and formations established in 1918 Category:Military units and formations disestablished in 1919 Category:United States Army divisions of World War I Category:Infantry divisions of the United States Army