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The 70th Infantry Regiment was a Regular Army infantry regiment in the United States Army. It was constituted 9 July 1918 in the Regular Army as the 70th Infantry. Assigned to the 10th Infantry Division. Organized 10 August 1918 at
Camp Funston Camp Funston is a U.S. Army training camp located on the grounds of Fort Riley, southwest of Manhattan, Kansas. The camp was named for Brigadier General Frederick Funston (1865–1917). It is one of sixteen such camps that were established at ...
, Kansas. from personnel of the 20th Infantry. Relieved from the 10th Division and demobilized 13 February 1919 at Camp Funston.


References

* Encyclopedia of United States Army insignia and uniforms By William K. Emerson (page 51


External links

* http://www.history.army.mil/html/forcestruc/lineages/branches/inf/default.htm {{Webarchive, url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140902030133/http://www.history.army.mil/html/forcestruc/lineages/branches/inf/default.htm , date=2 September 2014 * https://www.angelfire.com/ny5/msgfisher/ww1pic.htm Infantry regiments of the United States Army, 070 Military units and formations established in 1918 Military units and formations disestablished in 1919