Help Identifying WWI Military Term

[RonLey]

I had an Uncle drafted in the US Army during WWI. The family doesn't know much about his service. He died in 1927 and his obituary says that "He was an ex-soldier of the late War; in fact, his ill health dating from his service as a soldier."

He was discharge on Dec 18, 1918. I have his final pay voucher and it shows organization as Company "D" O.A.R.D. Camp Pike in Arkansas. His draft registration was in Oklahoma on June 5, 1917. It would appear that he never went overseas with such an early discharge. One thought I had was it was the Oklahoma Arkansas Reserve Division but I can find anything to substantiate this idea.

I have been trying to find what O.A.R.D. stands for. Could someone please tell me what this abbreviation stands for?

Thanks

Ron

[Orwell1984]

If you go to the abbreviations section of this ebook on Racine County, Wisconsin in WW1
http://www.ebooksread.com/authors-eng/w ... -gia.shtml
you find the following:

O A R D Overseas Automatic Replacement Draft

Hope this helps

[RonLey]

Orwell
Thank you very much. Google let me down as I had tried to search every way I could find.

Thanks again