J. Steward Davis: Military Records
Draft Registration Card
Service records, from Maryland in the World War 1917-1919: Military and
Naval Service Records, Vol. I, p. 487
Corrispondance Book, Headquaters Company, 351st Field Artillery Regiment,
Misc. Corrispondance; RG 391; National Archives at College Park, College
Park, MD
>in Davis's handwriting
List of Men to Attend Gas Instruction, 24 April 1918, Headquarters, 351st
Field Artillery, Misc. Corrispondance, RG 391; National Archives at College
Park, College Park, MD
>note: Davis as Regtl. Sgt. Maj; also note Emory R.
Cole (Del from BC, 1955-1958)
Special Order No. 81, 14 May 1918, Headquarters, 351st Field Artillery, Misc.
Corrispondance; RG 391; National Archives at College Park, College Park,
MD
>order naming Davis among those to attend Officers
Training School at Camp Meade
Special Order No. 87, 24 May 1918, Headquarters, 351st Field Artillery, Misc.
Corrispondance; RG 391; National Archives at College Park, College Park,
MD
>order naming replacement for Davis as Regimental Sgt.
Major: "He will be obeyed and respected accordingly."
Roster of Officers Attached to Third Ballalion, 351st Field Artillery; Headquarters,
351st Field Artillery, Misc. Corrispondance; RG 391; National Archives at
College Park, College Park, MD
Also: List of Officers for First Class Passage, 5 Feb 1919, Headquarters,
351st Field Artillery, Misc. Corrispondance; RG 391; National Archives at
College Park, College Park, MD
>note Charles H. Houston among officers of 3rd Battalion
Memo, James S. Davis to J. M. Evans, re: departure of 3rd Battalion, 6 Feb
1919; Headquarters, 351st Field Artillery, Misc. Corrispondance; RG 391;
National Archives at College Park, College Park, MD
>Davis was Assistant Adjutant; also, he did not leave
with first group of 351st FA, but in second group. See Afro-American for
information re: departure dates of 351st FA
Special Order No. 14, 4 Feb 1919, Headquaters, 351st Field Artillery, AEF;
Headquarters, 351st Field Artillery, Misc. Corrispondance; RG 391; National
Archives at College Park, College Park, MD
Note that Davis does not appear on list of officers attached to 139th FA
as of 11/10/1918. The 139th was an all white unit composed of National Gaurd
units from the midwest; no material in the records of the 139th or the 63rd
FA Brig. mention the presence of colored troops.
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