22nd Cavalry Division (United States)

The National Guard's 22nd Cavalry Division was created from the perceived need for additional cavalry units. It numbered in succession after the Regular Army Divisions, which were not all active at its creation. Going into World War II, the US Army Cavalry contained 3 Regular, 4 National Guard, and 6 Organized Reserve cavalry divisions as well as 1 independent cavalry brigade (the 56th from Texas).

Organization

• Headquarters & Headquarters Troop
• 52nd Cavalry Brigade
  • 103rd Cavalry Regiment (United States) (Maine Army National Guard)
  • 104th Cavalry Regiment (United States) (Pennsylvania National Guard)[1]
• 54th Cavalry Brigade
  • 107th Cavalry Regiment (United States) (Ohio National Guard)[2]
  • 123rd Cavalry Regiment (United States) (Kentucky Army National Guard)
• 166th Field Artillery Regiment (United States)
• 22nd Reconnaissance Squadron
• 22nd Tank Company
• 126th Engineer Squadron
• 122nd Quartermaster Squadron
• 122nd Medical Squadron
• 126th Ordnance Company
• 22nd Signal Troop
• 22nd Machine Gun Troop

Regiments

• 103rd Cavalry Regiment
• 104th Cavalry Regiment
• 107th Cavalry Regiment
• 123rd Cavalry Regiment
• 166th Field Artillery Regiment

Stationing

• The 22nd Cavalry Division was geographically dispersed across the United States. The division was composed of personnel from the Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Louisiana, Michigan, Ohio, West Virginia, & Wisconsin National Guards.

Standard organization chart for a Cavalry Division in November 1940

See also

• Formations of the United States Army
• List of armored and cavalry regiments of the United States Army
• United States Army branch insignia

References

• U.S. Army Order of Battle 1919–1941, Volume 2. The Arms: Cavalry, Field Artillery, and Coast Artillery, 1919–41 by Lieutenant Colonel (Retired) Steven E. Clay, Combat Studies Institute Press, Fort Leavenworth, KS, 2011
• Maneuver and Firepower, The Evolution of Divisions and Separate Brigades, by John B. Wilson, Center of Military History, Washington D.C., 1998
• Cavalry Regiments of the U S Army by James A. Sawicki Wyvern Pubns; June 1985
• [3], The Trading Post, Journal of the American Society of Military Insignia Collectors, April- June 2009, pages 20 & 21