When the Ninetieth Division Association was formed at Berncastle to perpetuate the
friendships made in the service, Captain Gustave C. Dittmar of Company C was elected
president.
In a strictly military sense the regiment even improved upon the high ratings it had been
given during the preliminary training periods. As a result of two inspections by the division
commander the 360th was ranked first in the division each time. Major General William Haan,
commanding general of the 7th Corps, after his inspection March 24, 1919, declared:
“Of the seven regiments inspected in the corps to date this regiment presented the best
appearance. Arms were in better condition than in any other regiment inspected to date. General
impression excellent.”
Perhaps in no better manner than by the enrollment in the various schools within the 90th
division is the character of the men in the 360th Infantry reflected. When the opportunity came
to attend schools, which will be helpful in putting the soldier back in civil life a niche above the
place he left, this regiment responded eagerly, with the result that, in the month of March the
360th Infantry stood second among the organizations in the division in point of numbers
attending all schools. The report, by organizations, on the total of officers and men attending all
schools follows:
357th
Inf.
392
358th
Inf.
337
359th
Inf.
334
360th
Inf.
519
343rd M. G. Bn.
31
344th M. G. Bn.
66
345th M. G. Bn.
42
315th Engr.
73
315th Sn. Tn.
45
315th Sup. Tn.
16
315th Am. Tn.
53
315th F. S. Bn.
60
315th M. O. R. S.
42
343rd F. A.
632
344th F. A.
284
345th F. A.
248
179th Brig.
4
180th Brig.
1
165th F. A. Brig.
7
90th Div. Hq.
83
While the sixteen or more schools open to the officers and men of this regiment were
inaugurated primarily to make the best use of the time the organization spent in the Army of
Occupation in Germany, there were several where more extensive courses were offered, and to
these twenty officers and men were sent. They are the A. E. F. University at Beaune, France,
and the various French and English universities which opened their doers to the man from the
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