HEADQUARTERS,
56th BRIGADE COMBAT TEAM
28th INFANTRY DIVISION
(QUAKER CITY RIFLES)

• Organized 1 May 1800 at Philadelphia as the Weccacoe Fire Company of the City of Philadelphia Volunteer Fire Department
• Reorganized as Company B, 72d Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry Regiment (Fire Zouave Regiment), and mustered into Federal service 10 August 1861 at Philadelphia; mustered out of Federal service 24 August 1864 at Philadelphia
• Reorganized 17 September 1867 in the Pennsylvania Militia at Philadelphia as Company A, Weccacoe Legion
• Redesignated 6 March 1868 as Company A, Keystone Guards
• Disbanded 30 September 1868 at Philadelphia (Weccacoe Fire Company remained in service)
• (Pennsylvania Militia redesignated 7 April 1870 as the Pennsylvania National Guard)
• Weccocoe Legion reorganized 29 April 1870 in the Pennsylvania National Guard at Philadelphia as a company
• Expanded 22 October – 26 November 1878 as a battalion; former Company A, Keystone Guards, reorganized 30 October 1878 as Company A, Weccacoe Legion
• Redesignated 31 July 1879 as Company E, 3d Infantry Regiment
• Redesignated 31 October 1880 as Company A, 3d Infantry Regiment
• Mustered into Federal service 11 May 1898 at Mount Gretna as Company A, 3d Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry; mustered out of Federal service 22 October 1898 at Philadelphia
• Reorganized 1 February 1899 at Philadelphia as Company A, 3d Infantry Regiment
• Mustered into Federal service 1 July 1916 at Philadelphia; mustered out of Federal service 18 October 1916
• Mustered into Federal service 28 March 1917 at Philadelphia; drafted into federal service 5 August 1917
• Consolidated 11 October 1917 with Company A, 10th Infantry Regiment (organized in 1869), and consolidated unit reorganized and redesignated as Company A, 110th Infantry, an element of the 28th Division
• Demobilized 24 May 1919 at Camp Dix, New Jersey
• Former Company A, 3d Infantry Regiment, reorganized 2 August 1920 in the Pennsylvania National Guard at Philadelphia as Company A, 3d Infantry; Federally recognized 7 August 1920
• Reorganized and redesignated 1 April 1921 as the Howitzer Company, 111th Infantry, an element of the 28th Division
• Consolidated 1 October 1939 with Headquarters Company, 111th Infantry (see ANNEX 1), and consolidated unit designated as Headquarters Company, 111th Infantry
• Inducted into Federal service 17 February 1941 at Philadelphia
• (111th Infantry relieved 17 February 1942 from assignment to the 28th Division)
• Inactivated 22 November 1945 at Camp Anza, California
• Reorganized and Federally recognized 27 February 1947 at Philadelphia
• Consolidated 1 June 1959 with the Medical Company, 111th Infantry (see ANNEX 2), and consolidated unit reorganized and redesignated as Headquarters Company, 1st Battle Group, 111th Infantry, an element of the 28th Infantry Division
• Reorganized and redesignated 1 April 1963 as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 1st Brigade, 28th Infantry Division
• Redesignated 17 February 1968 as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 56th Brigade, 42d Infantry Division
• Redesignated 1 April 1975 as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 56th Brigade, 28th Infantry Division
• Ordered into active Federal service 1 March 2003 at Philadelphia; released from active Federal service 28 February 2004 and reverted to state control
• Reorganized and redesignated 1 September 2006 as Headquarters, 56th Brigade Combat Team, 28th Infantry Division
• Ordered into active Federal service 19 September 2008 at Philadelphia; released from active Federal service 23 October 2009 and reverted to state control Location changed 16 November 2009 to Willow Grove
• ANNEX 1
• Organized 31 December 1914 in the Pennsylvania National Guard at Philadelphia as the provisional Headquarters Company, 6th Infantry Regiment
• Mustered into Federal service 7 July 1916 at Philadelphia
• Reorganized 7 September 1916 as Headquarters Company, 6th Infantry Regiment
• Mustered out of Federal service 28 February 1917
• Called into Federal service 15 July 1917; drafted into Federal service 5 August 1917
• Consolidated 11 October 1917 with Headquarters Company, 18th Infantry Regiment (organized in 1914), and consolidated unit reorganized and redesignated as Headquarters Company, 111th Infantry, an element of the 28th Division
• Demobilized 13 May 1919 at Camp Dix, New Jersey
• Former Headquarters Company, 6th Infantry Regiment, reorganized 1 November 1919 in the Pennsylvania National Guard at Philadelphia as Headquarters Company, 6th Infantry
• Redesignated 1 April 1921 as Headquarters Company, 111th Infantry, an element of the 28th Division; Federally recognized 5 August 1921
• ANNEX 2
• Organized 1 May 1903 in the Pennsylvania National Guard at Philadelphia as the Hospital Corps, 6th Infantry Regiment
• Redesignated 20 December 1915 as the Sanitary Detachment, 6th Infantry Regiment
• Mustered into Federal service 7 July 1916 at Philadelphia; mustered out of Federal service 28 February 1917
• Called into Federal service 15 July 1917; drafted into Federal service 5 August 1917
• Consolidated 11 October 1917 with the Sanitary Detachment, 18th Infantry Regiment (organized in 1903), and consolidated unit designated as the Sanitary Detachment, 111th Infantry, an element of the 28th Division
• Demobilized 13 May 1919 at Camp Dix, New Jersey
• Former Sanitary Detachment, 6th Infantry Regiment, reorganized 7 August 1920 in the Pennsylvania National Guard at Philadelphia as the Sanitary Detachment, 6th Infantry
• Redesignated 1 April 1921 as the Medical Department Detachment, 111th Infantry, an element of the 28th Division; Federally recognized 29 July 1921
• Redesignated 1 May 1940 as the Medical Detachment, 111th Infantry
• Inducted into Federal service 17 February 1941 at Philadelphia
• (111th Infantry relieved 17 February 1942 from assignment to the 28th Division)
• Inactivated 22 November 1945 at Camp Anza, California
• Reorganized and Federally recognized 29 March 1948 at Philadelphia
• Reorganized and redesignated 1 December 1948 as the Medical Company, 111th Infantry

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