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California and the First World War

 

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Official Histories of the California National Guard and Naval Militia during World War I

History of the California National Guard and California Naval Militia during the World War (1940). Includes individual histories on the following units:

• 40th Division (Originally 15th National Guard Division)
  • Headquarters Troop (former Troop D, 1st Squadron, Cavalry, CNG, Los Angeles,1917-1919)
  • 65th Field Artillery Brigade
    • 143rd Field Artillery Regiment (former 1st Field Artillery Regiment, CNG)
      • Headquarters and Headquarters Battery (former Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, 1st Field Artillery Regiment, CNG, Oakland and Sacramento, 1917-1919)
      • Supply Battery (former Supply Battery, 1st Field Artillery Regiment, CNG, San Diego, 1917-1919)
      • Battery A (Battery A, 1st Field Artillery Regiment, CNG, Los Angeles, 1917-1919)
      • Battery B (Battery B, 1st Field Artillery Regiment, CNG, Oakland, 1917-1919)
      • Battery C (Battery C, 1st Field Artillery Regiment, CNG, Stockton, 1917-1919)
      • Battery D (Battery D, 1st Field Artillery Regiment, CNG, San Diego, 1917-1919)
      • Battery E (Battery E, 1st Field Artillery Regiment, CNG, Oakland, 1917-1919)
      • Battery F (Battery F, 1st Field Artillery Regiment, CNG, Oakland, 1917-1919)
      • Medical Detachment (Sanitary Detachment, 1st Field Artillery Regiment, CNG, Oakland, 1917-1919)
    • 144th Field Artillery Regiment (former 2nd Field Artillery Regiment, CNG)
      • Headquarters and Headquarters Battery (former Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, 2nd Field Artillery Regiment, CNG, San Francisco and San Jose, 1917-1919)
      • Supply Battery (former Supply Battery, 2nd Field Artillery Regiment, CNG, San Francisco, 1917-1919)
      • Battery A (Battery A, 2nd Field Artillery Regiment, CNG, San Francisco, 1917-1919)
      • Battery B (Battery B, 2nd Field Artillery Regiment, CNG, San Francisco, 1917-1919)
      • Battery C (Battery C, 2nd Field Artillery Regiment, CNG, Santa Barbara, 1917-1919)
      • Battery D (Battery D, 2nd Field Artillery Regiment, CNG, Los Angeles, 1917-1919)
      • Battery E (Battery E, 2nd Field Artillery Regiment, CNG, Los Angeles, San Francisco and Fresno; 1917-1919)
      • Battery F (Battery F, 2nd Field Artillery Regiment, CNG, Northern and Central California, 1917-1919)
      • Medical Detachment (Sanitary Detachment, 2nd Field Artillery Regiment, CNG, Oakland, 1917-1919)
  • 79th Infantry Brigade
    • 159th Infantry Regiment (former 5th Infantry Regiment and a portion of the 2nd Infantry Regiment, CNG)
      • Headquarters and Headquarters Company (former Headquarters and Headquarters Companies, 5th and 2nd Infantry Regiments, CNG, San Francisco and Sacramento, 1917-1921)
      • Supply Company (former Supply Companies, 5th and 2nd Infantry Regiments, CNG, Oakland and Chico, 1917-1919)
      • Machine Gun Company (former Machine Gun Companies, 5th and 2nd Infantry Regiments, CNG, San Francisco and Sacramento)
      • Medical Detachment (former Sanitary Detachment, 5th Infantry Regiment, San Jose, 1917-1919)
      • Company A (former Companies A and I, 5th Infantry Regiment, CNG, Oakland and Livermore)
      • Company B (former Company B, 5th Infantry Regiment, CNG, San Jose, 1917-1919)
      • Company C (former Companies C and K, 5th Infantry Regiment, CNG, Berkeley and Petaluma, 1916-1919)
      • Company D (former Company D, 5th Infantry Regiment, CNG, San Rafael, 1916-1919)
      • Company E (former Companies E and L, 5th Infantry Regiment, CNG, Santa Rosa and Palo Alto , 1916-1917)
      • Company F (former Company F, 5th Infantry Regiment, CNG, Alameda, 1917-1919)
      • Company G (former Companies G and M, 5th Infantry Regiment, CNG, Alameda and San Jose, 1917-1919)
      • Company H (former Company H, 5th Infantry Regiment, CNG, Hayward, 1917-1919)
      • Company I (former Companies A and I, 2nd Infantry Regiment, CNG, Chico and Oroville, 1916-1917)
      • Company K (former Company B, 2nd Infantry Regiment, CNG, Richmond, 1917-1919)
      • Company L (former Companies C and K, 2nd Infantry Regiment, CNG, Fresno, 1916-1917)
      • Company M (former Company D, 2nd Infantry Regiment, CNG, Visalia, 1917-1919)
    • 160th Infantry Regiment (former 7th Infantry Regiment and a portion of the 2nd Infantry Regiment, CNG)
      • Headquarters and Headquarters Company (former Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 7th Infantry Regiment, CNG, Los Angeles, 1916-1917)
      • Supply Company (former Supply Company, 7th Infantry Regiment, CNG, 1917-1919)
      • Machine Gun Company (former Machine Gun Company, 7th Infantry Regiment, CNG, Los Angeles (1917-1919)
      • Medical Detachment (former Sanitary Detachments, 7th and 2nd Infantry Regiments, CNG, Los Angeles and Sacramento, 1917-1919)
      • Company A (former Companies A and C, 7th Infantry Regiment, CNG, Los Angeles, 1917-1919
      • Company B (former Companies B and D, 7th Infantry Regiment, CNG, Los Angeles and Pomona, 1917-1919)
      • Company C (former Companies E and G, 7th Infantry Regiment, CNG, Santa Monica and Redlands, 1917-1919)
      • Company D (former Companies F and H, 7th Infantry Regiment, CNG, Los Angeles and Long Beach, 1917-1919)
      • Company E (former Company E and portions of Companies L and M, 2nd Infantry Regiment, CNG, Sacramento, Wastonville and Hanford, 1917-1919)
      • Company F (former Company F and portions of Companies L and M, 2nd Infantry Regiment, CNG, Woodland, Watonville and Hanford; 1917-1919)
      • Company G (former Company G and portions of Companies L and M, 2nd Infantry Regiment, CNG, Sacramento, Watonville and Hanford; 1917-1919)
      • Company H (former Company H and portions of Companies L and M, 2nd Infantry Regiment, CNG, Red Bluff, Watonville and Hanford; 1917-1919)
      • Company I (former Company I, 7th Infantry Regiment, CNG, Pasadena, 1917-1919)
      • Company K (former Company K, 7th Infantry Regiment, CNG, San Bernardino, 1917-1919)
      • Company L (former Company L, 7th Infantry Regiment, CNG, Santa Ana, 1917-1919)
        • The Story of Company L: Santa Ana's Own
      • Company M (former Company M, 7th Infantry Regiment, CNG, Pasadena, 1917-1919)
  • 115th Field Signal Battalion
    • Company A (former Company B, Signal Corps, NGC), San Francisco, 1917-1921
  • 115th Sanitary Train
    • 157th Ambulance Company (former Ambulance Company No. 1, Napa, 1917-1919)
    • 157th Field Hospital Company (former Field Hospital No. 1, Los Angeles, 1917-1919)
    • 158th Ambulance Company (former Ambulance Company No. 2, Los Angeles, 1917-1919)
    • 158th Field Hospital Company (former Field Hospital No. 2, San Jose, 1917-1919)
  • 145th Machine Gun Battalion (former 1st Squadron, Cavalry, CNG)
    • Headquarters (former Headquarters, 1st Squadron, Cavalry, CNG, Sacramento, 1917-1919)
    • Company A (former Troop B, 1st Squadron, Cavalry, CNG, Bakersfield, 1917-1919)
    • Company B (former Troops A and C, 1st Squadron, Cavalry, CNG, Sacramento and Salinas, 1917-1919)
    • Company C (former Machine Gun Troop, 1st Squadron, Cavalry, CNG, Fresno, 1917-1919)
• 42nd Division
  • 117th Engineer Regiment
    • 2nd Battalion (former 1st Battalion, Engineers, CNG)
      • Headquarters (former Headquarters, 1st Battalion, Engineers, CNG, Sacramento, 1917-1919)
      • Company D (former Company A, 1st Battalion, Enginners, CNG, Sacramento, 1917-1919)
      • Company E (former Company B, 1st Battalion, Enginners, CNG, Los Angeles, 1917-1919)
      • Company F (former Company C, 1st Battalion, Enginners, CNG, Los Angeles, 1917-1919)
• Coast Artillery Corps
  • 1st Artillery Park
    • Battery A (former 1st and 11th Companies, 1st Coast Defense Command, CNG, San Francisco and San Mateo, 1917-1919)
    • Battery B (former 2nd Company, 1st Coast Defense Command, CNG, San Francisco, 1917-1919)
    • Battery C (former 3rd and 4th Companies, 1st Coast Defense Command, CNG, San Francisco, 1917-1919)
  • 2nd Anti-Aircraft Battalion
    • Battery D (former 16th Company, 2nd Coast Defense Command, CNG, San Pedro, 1917-1919
  • 2nd Coast Defense Command
    • Headquarters (former Headquarters, 2nd Coast Defense Command, CNG, Los Angeles, 1917-1919)
  • 19th Artillery Regiment
    • Battery A (former 23rd Company, 2nd Coast Defense Command, CNG, Long Beach, 1917-1918)
  • 25th Artillery Regiment
    • Supply Company (former 5th Company, 1st Coast Defense Command, CNG, San Francisco, 1917-1919)
    • Battery E (former 18th Company, 2nd Coast Defense Command, CNG, Los Angeles, 1917-1919)
  • 40th Artillery Regiment (former 1st Coast Defense Command, CNG)
    • Headquarters (former Headquarters, 1st Coast Defense Command, CNG, San Francisco, 1917-1919)
    • Sanitary Detachment (former Sanitary Detachment, 1st Coast Defense Command, CNG, San Francisco, 1817-1918)
    • Battery F (former 9th Company, 1st Coast Defense Command, CNG, San Francisco, 1917-1919)
  • 65th Artillery Regiment
    • Battery B (former 8th Company, 1st Coast Defense Command and 13th Company, 2nd Coast Defense Command, CNG, San Diego and Los Angeles, 1917-1919)
  • 67th Artillery Regiment
    • Supply Company (former 10th Company, 1st Coast Defense Command, CNG, San Francisco, 1917-1919)
    • Battery B (former 6th and 7th Companies, 1st Coast Defense Command, CNG, San Francisco, 1917-1919)
    • Battery D (former 12th Company, 1st Coast Defense Command, CNG, San Francisco, 1917-1919)
  • Coast Defense Command of Los Angeles
    • 7th Company (former 19th Company, 2nd Coast Defense Command, CNG, Los Angeles (1917-1919)
    • 8th Company (former 20th Company, 2nd Coast Defense Command, CNG, Los Angeles (1917-1919)
    • 9th Company (former 21st Company, 2nd Coast Defense Command, CNG, Los Angeles (1917-1919)
    • 10th Company (former 22nd Company, 2nd Coast Defense Command, CNG, Los Angeles (1917-1919)
    • 11th Company (former 23rd Company, 2nd Coast Defense Command, CNG, Long Beach, 1917-1918)
    • 12th Company (former 24th Company, 2nd Coast Defense Command, CNG, Monrovia 1917-1918)
    • 14th Company (former 23rd Company, 2nd Coast Defense Command, CNG, Long Beach, 1918)
  • Coast Defense Command of San Diego
    • Headquarters (former 15th Company, 2nd Coast Defense Command, CNG, Los Angeles (1917-?)
    • 6th Company (former 17th Company, 2nd Coast Defense Command, CNG, Hollywood (1917-1919)
    • 8th Company (former 14th Company, 2nd Coast Defense Command, CNG, San Gabriel (1917-1919)
• National Naval Reserve (former California Naval Milita)

  Upon mustering into Federal service, all Naval Militia units, except the Marine Company, lost their identity and were never reformed . The Marine Company became the 36th Company, US Marine Corps, National Naval Reserve. California did not chose to reestablish a Naval Militia after World War I.

  • Former Headquarters, San Francisco, 1917-
  • Former Medical Department, San Francisco, 1917-
  • Former Marine Company, Los Angeles, 1917-
  • Former 1st Battalion, San Francisco,1917-
    • Former 1st Division, San Francisco, 1917-
    • Former 2nd Division, San Francisco, 1917-
    • Former 4th Division, Santa Cruz, 1917-
    • Former 5th Division, Eureka, 1917-
    • Former 1st Engineer Division, San Francisco, 1917-
  • Former 2nd Battalion, Los Angeles, 1917-
    • Former 3rd Division, San Diego, 1917-
    • Former 6th Division, Santa Barbara 1917-
    • Former 7th Division, Los Angeles, 1917-
    • Former 8th Division, Los Angeles, 1917-
    • Former 9th Division, Los Angeles, 1917-
      • Aeronautic Section, Los Angeles1917-
    • Former 10th Division, Los Angeles, 1917-
    • Former 11th Division, Los Angeles, 1917-
    • Former 2nd Engineer Division, Los Angeles, 1917-
• Separate Infantry Companies formed during Word War I
  • 1st Separate Company, Infantry; Los Angeles, 1917-1918
  • 2nd Separate Company, Infantry; Los Angeles, 1917-1921
  • 3rd Separate Company, Infantry; Los Angeles,1917-1919
  • 4th Separate Company, Infantry; Los Angeles,1917-1919
  • 5th Separate Company, Infantry; Sacramento, 1918-1921
  • 6th Separate Company, Infantry; Fresno, 1918-1921
  • 7th Separate Company, Infantry; Visalia, 1918-1919
  • 8th Separate Company, Infantry; Stockton, 1918-1919
  • 9th Separate Company, Infantry; Los Angeles, 1918-1919
  • 10th Separate Company, Infantry; Fresno, 1918-1919
  • 11th Separate Company, Infantry; Alameda, 1918-1919
  • 12th Separate Company, Infantry; Modesto, 1918-1921
  • 13th Separate Company, Infantry; San Francisco, 1918-1921
  • 14th Separate Company, Infantry; San Francisco, 1918-1921
  • 15th Separate Company, Infantry; Los Angeles, 1919-1921
  • 16th Separate Company, Infantry; Riverside, 1918-1921
  • 17th Separate Company, Infantry, Santa Ana, 1918-1921
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California Home Guard / California Military Reserve

 

• California Home Guard History
• The Cabrillo Rifles: San Diego's Home Guard In World War I San Diego Historical Society
• Ceres Home Guard
• Coalinga Home Guard
• Daly City Home Guard
• Eagle Rock Home Guard
• Grass Valley Home Guard
• Lasky Home Guard
• Long Beach Home Guard
• Madera Home Guard
• Modesto Home Guard
• Pasadena Home Guard (Including the South Pasadena Emergency Defense Corps)
• Redwood City Home Guard
• Sacramento Home Guard
• San Francisco Home Guard
• San Luis Obispo Home Guard
• Santa Maria Home Guard
• Santa Rosa Home Guard
• Suisun Home Guard
• Sunnyvale Home Guard
• Turlock Home Guard
• Westwood Home Guard

Additional Histories:

• 40th Division
  • California's Own: The History of the 40th Infantry Division
  • 40th Division Order of Battle, 1917
  • History of the Fortieth (Sunshine) Division; Containing a Brief History of All Units Under the Command of Major General Frederick S. Strong, 1917-1919.
• 117th Engineer Regiment, 2nd Battalion (former 1st Separate Battalion, Engineers, CNG):
  • Soldiers of the Rainbow: The 1st California Engineers during the Mexican Border Crisis and World War I, 1916-1919
  • PDF Version
  • A Brief Narrative of Operations of the 2d Battalion, 117th Engineer Regiment during the World War (1917-1919)
  • California Rainbow Memories
• 160th Infantry Regiment
  • Habeant!: History of Southern California's 160th Infantry Regiment (Seventh California)
  • Woodland's National Guard Members in World War I, The War to End All Wars (Company F, 2nd California Infantry Regiment)
• California Naval Militia
  • The California Naval Militia in World War I
  • The U.S.S. San Diego and the California Naval Militia
  • The California Naval Militia in World War I: The Six Percent Riddle
• California and the Lost Battalion
• The City of Los Angeles: An Inland City with the First Submarine Base on the Pacific Coast
• The C.L. Best Tractor Co. Model 75 Tank
• California's Roll of Honor
• The Los Angeles County War History Committee (1919)
• Hiram Johnson and World War I: A Progressive in Transition
• "Strong Voices and 100 Per Cent Patriotism": The Four-Minute Men of Los Angeles County, 1917-1918
• Northern California's Muwekma-Ohlone Trabal Members in World Wars I and II.
• The 91st Division in World War I–Analysis of an AEF Division’s Efforts to Achieve Battlefield Success

 

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Updated 8 April 2016