~~01€1\\CAil Rf.VOLUTIOil FROM THE PlTBLISIIERS' This record depicts, historically, the personnel and some of the tramlng sctlvilfes o( the rnl'll or the 6th Dlvlston, U.S. A. The many and great demands madt' UJ>On the free lime of the personnel, together with attendance at Service Schools away from the post, has msde it impos:;lble to show photographs of all of the mcn. Accordtncly. It W85 necessary to picture those actually available at the time data for thl:; Rt'vtew wa. complied. AR:o.1\··NAVY PUBUSIIrftS, INC, EX LIBRIS _,., D, name I 11 ~)'11~ :s I l" ,c._.,e.. Onpnizalion AI oA ,.,..;J} Assn c. +h { rl ()I v . * 1941 PICTORIAL REVIE\V* * * * ··5/ze .Sij y Sitth" * UNITED STATES ARMY* * * * * * * 1941* * WAR DEPARTMENT OFFICE OF THE CHIEF OF STAFF WA8HINGTON TO 'l'llli 1:E!~LHJ OJ:' ':'liE JIX'i':i DIVISION : " mllit.<:.r;r org,snl~ation con buve no gre11ter stncla asset titan the esnrit de cotao which r;ro .• s i'rom :: feelin.; or unlt:r una pr e within th(} orl'Tan:::ation . This •1olw:w, preoen';i:l& bet.ween its t.,.o oovero tt.e pict•1res or the personnel of ~·o1:: ~livinlon, should s";ir yc.ur pride 1n tho Oi'lendid orgunizt. tlon -:.o .... hi c!: :/>.JU oelong £and , 1'0:" t~e tutu:"o, your nemor:ea Ol' t.:.~ (bys in !.to r.~n.3 . GEORGE C. MARSHALL CHIEF OF STAFF UNITED STATES ARMY - 3- HEADQUARTERS SIXTH DIVISION OPI"tCf. O F" fHl C:O* .."'ANOtNG (O~.._tRAL r lO::Iirl1 • .. th r' ot tl-.. e th .ivi~1 n : • t. : '"ICS : :.e cueh ~lcn&'.lro to be e'!: !o to o.~'ti- :-eoti :: to ~ fellow officer:: ru:d ::O!l o ..· .. 1e t.: i ......... io·· th:·ou : a o ~·c. which - .focl confiC:e: l r.!.:.. · e ,,.1-:ll~· che :· ~shed b:· e,..o:·; rer. in fut\:.·JJ :-o::.rs , t.hiJ " :t!... i. isi:m Hcto:·.J.nl ~rl~ . • " ! r.: s to ro:.::c r.· "0:-so.-! ~ ~. • ~ '.:i~ Qf ... :.o c:· in .:.ic. ..r..e -:~r~c:u:el o!' t..is h"i:;io:J. h;': :-ofl. ~- - cc.; to o·:.r ccu::-tr. ' o C!'l: ;.., "t;.li::: er.!.o of I'!' 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COMMANDING GENERAL Senior Military Aide to President Woodrow Wilson during the hectic World War period and Governor or Ule Panama Canal from 1936 to 1040 are but two o! the outstanding highlights in "the distinguished career of Major General Clarence Sell RidleY, commanding officer of the 6th Division, which has recently been concentrated at tts new permanent station, Fort Leonard E. Wood. Mo. He assumed command of the Olvi~ton al Fort Snelling, Minn., on January 27, 1941, his promotion to Major General becomlnl! effective two days later. Born at Corydon, Ind., General Ridley ente1· ~ the United SUites MUltary Academy at West Point, N. Y., In June. 1901. and was the !ourth ranking graduate tn a class or 114 cadets on June 13. 1905. His succes.; os o West Point cadet was a cnterlon o! the achievements which were to mark his enUre military career. General Ridley was commissioned Second Lieutenant In the Corp:~ of Engineers upon his graduation from West Point and dur­ Ing 1905 and 1906 was on duty with the 3rd Battallon or Engineers at Fort Leavenworth. Kan., nnd Fort RJJey, Kan. He was on duty In Cuba !or four months, beginning In February, 1907. lils Orst promotion came June 9. 1907, and he was graduated from the Engineer School at Washington Barracks In 1908. For the next three years General Ridley was on duty with engineer troops an the Hawaiian and Philippine I~;lands. later returning to Fort Leavenworth, Kan. His promotion to Captain in October, 1912, was followed by duty on river and harbor work In North Carolina. He was then assigned, In 1916, to the office o! the ChieJ ol Engineers, Washington, D. C., wh('re he had c11arge of development or the Engineer Rese1·ve Officers' Corps. Promotions carne rapidly Cor General Ridley during the World War period. He became a Major on May IS, 1917, Lieutenant Colonel (temporary) In August, 1917, and wns promoted to Colonel and made Senior MUatar~ Aide to President Wilson In October (Continued on page 318) - !5- RUSSELL P. HARTLE BRIGADIER GE NERAL U. S. A. ASS ISTAN T TO THE COMMANDING GENERAL Generally considered by his fellow officers to be one or the most brilliant tacticians In the United States Anned Forces. Brigadier General Russell P. Hartle is the Assistant to the Glh Division's Commanding General, Major General C. S. Ridley. General Hartle was a member ot the 31st Intantr:v at the Ume that unit was sent to Shanghai to protect American interest~ when Japanese forces landed at that port. His other foreign service mcludes stations at Manlla. P . r .. and Brest, France. Prior to the World War he was stationed with the Gth Division's 20th Infantry at Fort Douglas, Utah. General Hartle Is a graduate or the U. S. Mllltary Academy. the Army War College, the Naval War College, and Is an honor graduate or the Command and General Staff School. Prior to joining the 6th Division. General l-farUe was acting Commander ot all U. S. Anny Infantry Troops stationed in Puerto Rico. - e - GUSTAVE H. FRANKE BRIGADI ER GENERAL U. S. A. COMMANDING GENERAL, SIXTH DIVISION ARTILLERY Brlaadler General Gustave H. Franke. Commanding C~n~ral ot Gth Division Artillery, ls a native ot Manning, Iowa. He was graduated from the United Stattos Military Academ~·. at West Point, N . Y , with the class of 1911, Afl~r enrty ~ervtce with the Const Artillery at vnrlous -tauons In the United States and In the Philippines, General Franke trnns!erred to the Field Artillery and setv<'<l with the 7th F'•eld Artillery throu~thout Ute World War. As a member ot thla organlzatt<m he was a portlc•pant In the battle of Canttgny and Jn the Montdldier-Noyon dctcn~ivt· General Franke hns bl'cn n member of the fAculty nt West Point nnd also of thP U. S. Army Field Artlller\' School. He Is a distinguished graduate or thP Commnnd nnd Gt·nerat StafT School and 111 also a graduate of the Advanced Cours~ Fi<'ld Attlllt·ly School. Prior to Joining the 6th Division at Fort Leonard Wood, Mo., Gt••wral Frnnkt· commanded the Field Artillery Replacement Center at Fort Bragg, N. t'nr. Ills roreum service. in addition to his World Wu•· 1.!:-.J>I:If<•nce and his ~tatton In the Ph!Up­ ptnes, Includes the Panama Canal Zone. -7- HISTORY OF THE SIXTH DIVISION The original organization of the Sixth Division was The division was ordered to join the Army of Occu­ by War Department order on Nov. 17, 1917. Headquar­ pation in Germany, the movement. to start April 16. It ters was established ai Camp McClellan with Colonel was delayed until April 28. About half the tt·oops were Charles E. Tayman as commanding officer. entrained when a "stop" order was received cancelling the movement. In November and December the 12th and 11th In­ fantry Brigades were organized at Camp Forrest and The shoulder insignia of the 6th Division was first training initiated. Brig. Gen. James B. Erwin assumed worn Nov. 19, 1918, the design being chosen by General command Dec. 29, 1917, and the Division Headquarters Gordon. The red, six-pointed star was constructed by was moved to Camp Forrest March 13, 1918. Several superimposing two equilateral triangles measuring 2% units of the Division moved to Camp Wadsworth late inches between opposite points, symbolizing the 6th in May. Division. The first unit of the division to sail for overseas ser­ Beginning on May 20, 1919, and continuing until June vice was the 318th Engineers and Train, which left May 30, the division returned to the United States. Emer­ 8 and landed at Brest, France, May 18. Other units gency personnel was discharged and the division moved were ordered to ports of embarkation at Camp Mills to Camp Grant for station. During 1921 various units and Upton on June 13, 1918. The division was trans­ were inactivated and on Sept. 30, 1921, the 6th Division ported overseas in late June and July, landing at Glas­ passed from the list of active divisions. gow, Liverpool, Southampton, LeHavre and Cherbourg. The Division Headquarters was established in the THE NEW SIXTH 9th Training Area in France, in Chateau Villain. Inten­ sive training was performed here, where the division When expansion of the army began in 1939 the 6th occupied about sixty villages.