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Show 144 If The New Freedom Be now thine opprest. / Song, " said in blest;/ a r mi e s Vista, Cali Io rni a was Liberty / To succor right;/ the fight! In freedom's holy cause, / give ,,13 tyrant's yoke. / Establish righteous laws. Hegiment reached Camp Kearney which On October 13th the Utah which Thou, the God of truth and 0 Thou who ruleth hosts that power to break the at Linda "O part: We raise the Fl ag of assigned as the , was located about 14 miles northeast of San Diego and camp of the 40th Division made up of Na training tional Guard troops from the Western States of California, Nevada, Arizona, Colorado and Utah. The -l Oth Division became known as the Sunshine Division because of the gold sunburst figure the upper sleeve of the uniform. on a The blue background which was worn on insignia symbolized the sunshine weather originated. The members of period usually referred to themselves as "Sunshine Sammies. The Division was commanded first by Major General George H. Cameron of California, but in December 1917 the command was qualities of the states from which the members the division during the World War I If taken by Major General Frederick S. Strong, a regular 14 throughout the rest of the war period. army officer who commanded it The camp sion who were was scheduled to receive to be trained for overseas more duty. than 30,000 Divisions were men of the divi organized at infantry brigades, one artillery brigade and other sup porting troops such as engineers, cavalry and air squadron, but General John J. Pershing had prevailed with the "square division" which consisted of two infantry brigades and one artillery brigade. Thus the -l Oth Division consisted of the 79th Infantry Brigade, the 80th Infantry Brigade and the 65th Artillery Brigade. The 79th Infantry Br-igade was made up of the 144th Machine Gun Battalion, the 157th Infantry Regiment and the 158th Infantry Regiment. In the 80th Infantry Brigade were the 145th Machine Gun Battalion, the 159th Infantry Regiment and the 160th Infantry Regiment. By the time the Utah Artillery Regiment reached Camp Kearney it had been designated as the 145th Field this time to have three 13Salt October 11, Lal.e 1917, Freedom Song," 1-±Salt p. Tribune, October 11, 1917, 5. Lucy A. (Salt Lake City: Lake B. pp. 1,7. Deseret News, Clark and Evan L. D. S. Church Tribune, February 7, 1918, =l,:)·c,.)l·ical and PicLJrial Review: 40th Stephens, "The New Historian's Office). p. H. "Hi story of the 40th U. S. Army (Baton Rouge, LOUisiana, The Army and Navy Publt sing Co., 1941), pp. 13-16, Salt Lake Telegram, December 6, 1917, Section One, p. 4. Deseret News, December 6, 1917, p. 12. .JiV1Sioil, San Luis Opisho, California, 1941 Inf::l.nLry Division, |
