Organization: How Armies are Formed for War

CONTENTS

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PREFACE	v
ABBREVIATIONS	xv
INTRODUCTION	xvii
PART I
WAR ORGANIZATION OF THE PRESENT DAY
CHAPTER I
THE OBJECT OF ORGANIZATION
Command	3
Definition of Organization	4
The Chain of Command	5
Units or Formations of Troops	6
CHAPTER II
THE FIGHTING TROOPS
The Arms of the Service	8
Characteristics of the Arms	8
1.Cavalry	9
2.Artillery	12
3.Engineers	13
4.Infantry	15
CHAPTER III
ORGANIZATION OF THE UNITS OF EACH ARM
1.Infantry	17
2.Cavalry	21
3.Artillery	23
4.Engineers	30
CHAPTER IV
NEW VARIETIES OF FIGHTING TROOPS
1.Mounted Infantry	32
2.Mountain Infantry	33
3.Mountain Artillery	34
4.Machine Guns	34
5.Cavalry Pioneers	35
6.Cyclists and Motor Cars	36
7.Scouts	37
8.Field Orderlies	39
9.Military Police	39
CHAPTER V
FORMATIONS OF ALL ARMS
1.The Division	42
2.The Army Corps	44
3.Cavalry Corps	47
4.The Army as a Unit	48
The Administrative Services for the above	51
CHAPTER VI
THE STAFF
Composition of Head-Quarters	54
The General Staff	57
The Adjutant-General’s Branch	59
The Quarter-Master-General’s Branch	59
Staff of Subordinate Commands	60
Importance of the Staff	60
Number of Officers allotted to the Staff	Armies Dynamic Crowds	252
Their Leaders	252
Will Power—Prestige	253
APPENDIX A
Origin of Military Terms	257
APPENDIX B
Remarks on Military Nomenclature	265
DIAGRAM OF FIELD ARMY	136

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