JOSEPH 1. HUTCHISOnl
 Brigadier General, U.S.A.

 Enlisted on 5 Sept. 1917, commissioned 2nd
Lieutenant. Field Artillery, on 1 June 1918, as- ..
signed 333rd Field Artillery. Discharged 17 Feb.
1919.
 Commissioned 1st Lieutenant, Infantry, Flor- 
ida National Guard, 12 April 1921, assigned
124th Infantry, promoted to Captain in 1926,
Major 2 Feb. 1929, Lieutenant Colonel 2 June
1933, Colonel 27 Aug. 1940. Brigadier General,
commanding 62nd Infantry Brigade, 18 Nov.
1940. Assistant to Division Commander, 31st
Infantry Division, 21 Feb. 1942; went on termi-
nai leave 2 Jan. 1946 and was released from
Federal Service on 18 April 1946. ....




 To Officers and Men of the 31st Infantry Division:
 The Dixie Division made an enviable record in World War II and estab-
 lished itself as one of the finest combat divisions in the history of the United
 States Army. I am proud to have served with such a fine group of fighting
 men.
 It is my sincere wish that each member of the division will have little diffi-
 culty in readjusting himself to civil life and that many years of happiness
 and prosperity will be the reward of a job well done.
 May each of us now fight as diligently for a lasting peace as we did in
 prosecuting the war.
 My sincere good wishes to each of you.




 JOSEPH C. HUTCHISON
 Brigadier General, U.S.A.