Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 273, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 21 November 1918 — RAINBOW’S RETURN NOT TO BE HELD UP [ARTICLE]

RAINBOW’S RETURN NOT TO BE HELD UP

Washington, Nov. 20.—The fact that the 42nd Division (Rainbow) is a part of the newly organized American army of occupation does not mean that this veteran division will be among the last returned to "this country. This has been made clear by Secretary Baker. “A division in the army of occupation can be replaced at any time,” said Mr. Baker. “The fact, that the 42nd and other divisions which were first on the ground in France are numbered among the units in the 3rd army has no immediate bearing on the order in which divisions, will be returned to this country.,” —... The Ist Division, a regular army organization, went to France with General Pershing and was first in the fighting line. The 26th Division (New England) ran a race with the Rainbow Division and landed a little ahead of it and also has been in the thick of much of the hardest fighting in which American troops have participated. The 2nd Division, which includes two regiments of marines, has the record of breakng the German lines four times at critical points in great battles. All of these divisions are among the ten which comprise the American army of occupation.