The 93rd Infantry Brigade was a formation of the
United States Army. It was part of the
New York Army National Guard
The New York Army National Guard is a component of the New York National Guard and the Army National Guard. Nationwide, the Army National Guard comprises approximately one half of the United States Army's available combat forces and approximat ...
from 1926 to 1940.
[Steven E. Clay, ''U.S. Army Order of Battle 1919-1941'', p. 328, Fort Leavenworth: Combat Studies Institute Press, 2010] It controlled several separate infantry regiments of the New York National Guard in the
interwar period
In the history of the 20th century, the interwar period lasted from 11 November 1918 to 1 September 1939 (20 years, 9 months, 21 days), the end of the World War I, First World War to the beginning of the World War II, Second World War. The in ...
between the First and Second World Wars.
The brigade was constituted in April 1926 and made part of the New York National Guard. Its headquarters was organized in
New York City and federally recognized on 2 April 1928, and assigned to the
First Army on 1 October 1933. It conducted annual summer training most years at Camp Smith, Peekskill New York, from 1927 to 1939. On 1 September 1940, the headquarters was reorganized and redesignated as Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, 71st Field Artillery Brigade.
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Organization
*HHC, 93rd Infantry Brigade (Separate)
*HQ New York, New York 1926-1940
Subordinate Units
*10th Infantry Regiment (New York) 1927-1940
*14th Infantry Regiment (New York) 1926-1940
* 71st Infantry Regiment 1926-1927
* 165th Infantry Regiment 1927-1940
* 369th Infantry Regiment (Colored) 1927-1940
Status
Part of the NY ARNG, the inactive HQ II Corps 2nd Corps, Second Corps, or II Corps may refer to:
France
* 2nd Army Corps (France)
* II Cavalry Corps (Grande Armée), a cavalry unit of the Imperial French Army during the Napoleonic Wars
* II Corps (Grande Armée), a unit of the Imperial French ...
Artillery carries the traditions of the 71st FA Brigade.
Commanders
*Brigadier General John J. Phelan
John Joseph Phelan (June 24, 1851 – November 6, 1936) was an American politician who served Secretary of the State of Connecticut, coroner of Fairfield County, Connecticut, and was a member of the Connecticut House of Representatives. He ...
January 26, 1927 – June 3, 1936
*Brigadier General Charles G. Blakeslee June 3, 1936 – August 25, 1938
*Brigadier General Alexander E. Anderson August 25, 1938 – July 17, 1940
*Brigadier General Walter A. De Lamater July 17, 1940 – August 14, 1940
*Brigadier General Joseph A. S. Mundy August 14, 1940 – September 1, 1940
Notes
Further reading
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*{{cite book, author=Byron Farwell, title=Over There: The United States in the Great War, 1917-1918, url=https://archive.org/details/overthereuniteds00farw, url-access=registration, access-date=24 August 2013, year=2000, publisher=Norton, isbn=978-0-393-32028-2, page
152
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093
Military units and formations established in 1926
Military units and formations disestablished in 1940