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Table of Contents
- ORGANIZATION
- PREFACE
- CONTENTS
- ERRATA
- ABBREVIATIONS
- INTRODUCTION
- PART I WAR ORGANIZATION OF THE PRESENT DAY
- CHAPTER I THE OBJECT OF ORGANIZATION
- Command
- Definition of Organization
- The Chain of Command
- Units or Formations of Troops
- CHAPTER II THE FIGHTING TROOPS
- The Arms of the Service
- Characteristics of the Arms
- 1. CAVALRY
- 2. ARTILLERY
- 3. ENGINEERS
- 4. INFANTRY
- CHAPTER III ORGANIZATION OF THE UNITS OF EACH ARM
- 1. INFANTRY
- THE COMPANY
- THE BATTALION
- THE INFANTRY REGIMENT
- THE INFANTRY BRIGADE
- 2. CAVALRY
- THE SQUADRON
- THE CAVALRY REGIMENT
- THE CAVALRY BRIGADE
- 3. ARTILLERY
- FIELD ARTILLERY
- HEAVY ARTILLERY
- MOUNTAIN ARTILLERY
- THE BATTERY
- THE ARTILLERY BRIGADE
- HIGHER UNITS OF ARTILLERY
- AMMUNITION COLUMNS
- BRITISH AMMUNITION SUPPLY
- 4. ENGINEERS
- 1. INFANTRY
- CHAPTER IV NEW VARIETIES OF FIGHTING TROOPS
- 1. Mounted Infantry
- 2. Mountain Infantry
- 3. Mountain Artillery
- 4. Machine Guns
- 5. Cavalry Pioneers
- 6. Cyclists and Motor Cars
- MOTOR CAR SERVICE IN WAR
- 7. Scouts
- 8. Field Orderlies
- 9. Military Police
- CHAPTER V FORMATIONS OF ALL ARMS
- 1. The Division
- THE INFANTRY DIVISION
- THE CAVALRY DIVISION
- 2. The Army Corps
- MEANING OF THE TERM
- REASON FOR ORGANIZATION BY ARMY CORPS
- COMPOSITION OF AN ARMY CORPS
- 3. Cavalry Corps
- 4. The Army as a Unit
- THE ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES
- ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES IN FOREIGN ARMIES
- 1. The Division
- CHAPTER VI THE STAFF
- Head-Quarters
- COMPOSITION OF HEAD-QUARTERS
- Varieties of Staff
- THE GENERAL STAFF
- THE ADJUTANT-GENERAL’S BRANCH (A.G.)
- THE QUARTER-MASTER-GENERAL’S BRANCH (Q.M.G.)
- STAFF OF SUBORDINATE COMMANDS
- Importance of the Staff
- Number of Officers Allotted to the Staff
- Head-Quarters
- CHAPTER VII WAR ESTABLISHMENTS
- Their Object and Utility
- States and Returns
- Reinforcements
- Evils of Improvised Organizations
- Importance of Preserving Original Organization
- The Ordre de Bataille
- PART II BRITISH WAR ORGANIZATION
- CHAPTER VIII THE EXPEDITIONARY FORCE FIGHTING TROOPS
- The Expeditionary Force
- Expeditionary Force COMPOSITION OF SUBORDINATE COMMANDS
- CAVALRY BRIGADE
- CAVALRY DIVISION
- INFANTRY BRIGADE
- DIVISION
- MOUNTED BRIGADE
- ARMY TROOPS
- Strength of Field Force and of its Main Subdivisions
- STRENGTH OF SUBORDINATE COMMANDS
- Total by Arms
- TOTAL STRENGTH OF EACH ARM AND SERVICE, IN ROUND NUMBERS
- Establishments of Units INCLUDING THOSE ATTACHED—VIZ. MEDICAL AND VETERINARY OFFICERS, MEN OF MEDICAL CORPS AND ARMY SERVICE CORPS FOR 2ND LINE TRANSPORT
- Strength of Units of Fighting Troops
- Composition of Head-Quarters
- GENERAL HEAD-QUARTERS
- ARMY HEAD-QUARTERS
- HEAD-QUARTERS OF THE LINES OF COMMUNICATION
- HEAD-QUARTERS OF THE BASE
- HEAD-QUARTERS OF A DIVISION (INFANTRY OR CAVALRY)
- HEAD-QUARTERS OF A BRIGADE OF CAVALRY OR INFANTRY, OF MOUNTED BRIGADES, AND OF DIVISIONAL ARTILLERY
- CHAPTER IX THE EXPEDITIONARY FORCE (continued) ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES
- Organization of the Lines Of Communication
- 1. Service of Inter-communication
- WIRELESS TELEGRAPH COMPANY
- DIVISIONAL TELEGRAPH COMPANY
- ARMY TROOPS TELEGRAPH COMPANIES
- BALLOON COMPANIES, FOR RECONNAISSANCE
- 2. Transport
- REGIMENTAL TRANSPORT
- TRANSPORT ON THE LINES OF COMMUNICATION
- 3. Supply
- (I.) MOBILE SUPPLIES WITH THE TROOPS
- (II.) SUPPLY DEPÔTS ON THE LINES OF COMMUNICATION
- 4. The Medical Services
- (a) WITH THE TROOPS AT THE FRONT
- (b) ON THE LINES OF COMMUNICATION
- DETAILS OF MEDICAL ORGANIZATION
- THE SANITARY SERVICE
- CHAPTER X THE EXPEDITIONARY FORCE (continued) SERVICES ON THE LINES OF COMMUNICATION
- 5. The Veterinary Service
- THE REMOUNT SERVICE
- 6. The Ordnance Services
- ARRANGEMENTS FOR AMMUNITION SUPPLY
- GUN AMMUNITION
- SMALL-ARM AMMUNITION
- 7. The Railway Services
- 8. The Works Service
- 9. The Postal Service
- 10. The Accounts Department
- 11. The Records Branch
- 12. Depôts for Personnel
- 5. The Veterinary Service
- CHAPTER XI THE TERRITORIAL FORCE—THE INDIAN ARMY
- The Territorial Force
- The Army of India
- Indian Army Organization
- Cavalry Brigade
- Infantry Brigade (British or Indian)
- Infantry Division
- CHAPTER XII SPECIAL FEATURES OF BRITISH WAR ORGANIZATION
- Organization by Divisions
- Facility of Subdivision
- Staff
- Cavalry Organization
- Machine Guns
- Field Artillery
- Ammunition Supply
- Engineers
- Organization of the Division
- Inter-communication
- Lines of Communication
- Finance and Clerical Work
- Postal Service
- Reinforcements
- PART III ORGANIZATION OF FOREIGN ARMIES
- CHAPTER XIII WAR ORGANIZATION OF THE FIGHTING TROOPS
- Normal War Organization of Foreign Armies
- INFANTRY
- CAVALRY
- FIELD ARTILLERY
- Rank of the Officers commanding the above Formations
- GERMANY
- Infantry
- Cavalry
- Artillery
- Ammunition Columns
- FRANCE
- Infantry
- Cavalry
- Artillery
- RUSSIA
- Infantry
- Cavalry
- Artillery
- AUSTRIA-HUNGARY
- Infantry
- Cavalry
- Artillery
- ITALY
- Infantry
- Cavalry
- Artillery
- JAPAN
- Infantry
- Cavalry
- Field Artillery
- SWITZERLAND
- Infantry
- Cavalry
- Artillery
- UNITED STATES
- Infantry
- Cavalry
- Artillery
- Normal War Organization of Foreign Armies
- CHAPTER XIV COMPOSITION OF NATIONAL ARMIES
- Armies of First Line
- Armies of Second Line (Reserve or Territorial Armies)
- Reserves
- Table of War Strengths of the Various Powers
- TOTAL WAR STRENGTH
- PART IV HISTORY OF ORGANIZATION
- INTRODUCTION
- CHAPTER XV ORGANIZATION IN THE SIXTEENTH CENTURY
- A Sketch of the Origin of Organization as seen in the Early Standing Armies of Europe
- The Regiment
- EARLIEST REGIMENTAL ORGANIZATION
- CHAPTER XVI THE EVOLUTION OF INFANTRY
- The Halberd and Pike
- The Firearm
- Musketeers
- Infantry under Maurice of Nassau
- Brigades
- Battalions
- Spanish Infantry—Sixteenth Century
- Infantry under Gustavus
- French Infantry
- Fusiliers
- Grenadiers
- Light Infantry
- Light Infantry and Rifles
- The Halberd and Pike
- CHAPTER XVII THE EVOLUTION OF CAVALRY
- Origin of true Cavalry in the “Reiters”
- Light Horse
- CHAPTER XVIII THE EVOLUTION OF ARTILLERY AND ENGINEERS
- The Artillery
- GUNS
- The Evolution of the Engineers
- The Artillery
- CHAPTER XIX ORGANIZATION IN THE SEVENTEENTH AND EIGHTEENTH CENTURIES
- The “New Model” Army
- The Armies of the Eighteenth Century
- UNIFORM
- MILITARY MUSIC
- FLAGS OR COLOURS
- CHAPTER XX ORGANIZATION IN THE NINETEENTH CENTURY
- Organization in the Wars following the French Revolution
- DIVISIONS
- CORPS D’ARMÉE (ARMY CORPS)
- DETAILS OF NAPOLEON’S ORGANIZATION
- STRENGTH OF ARMY CORPS
- Prussian Organization in the Nineteenth Century
- Proportions of the Arms
- CAVALRY AND INFANTRY
- GUNS AND INFANTRY
- Organization in the Wars following the French Revolution
- CHAPTER XXI THE EVOLUTION OF THE STAFF AND ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES
- 1. The Staff
- UNITED STATES STAFF IN THE CIVIL WAR
- PRUSSIAN STAFF IN 1870
- 2. The Supply and Transport Services
- 3. The Medical Organization for War
- 1. The Staff
- PART V MILITARY COMMAND
- CHAPTER XXII PRINCIPLES OF COMMAND
- Mode of exercising Command
- Instructions
- Orders
- Division Commanders
- Limits of Initiative in Staff Officers
- CHAPTER XXIII PSYCHOLOGICAL CHARACTERISTICS OF ARMIES
- APPENDIX A ORIGIN OF MILITARY TERMS
- 1. RANKS AND OFFICES
- 2. VARIETIES OF TROOPS, AND THEIR UNITS AND FORMATIONS
- 3. ARMS AND ACCOUTREMENTS
- 4. MISCELLANEOUS
- APPENDIX B REMARKS ON MILITARY NOMENCLATURE
- Transcriber’s Notes
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