Organization: How Armies are Formed for War

Organization: How Armies are Formed for War
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Hubert Foster. Organization: How Armies are Formed for War

Organization: How Armies are Formed for War

Table of 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. ITS SPECIAL FUNCTIONS

ITS WEAK POINTS

ITS MODE OF FIGHTING

EMPLOYMENT OF CAVALRY IN WAR

2. ARTILLERY

DISADVANTAGES OF ARTILLERY

3. ENGINEERS

(a) WORK WITH THE FIGHTING TROOPS

(b) WORK IN REAR OF THE FIGHTING TROOPS

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

GUN AMMUNITION

SMALL-ARM AMMUNITION. ROUNDS PER RIFLE

ROUNDS PER MACHINE GUN

4. ENGINEERS

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

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

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

COMPOSITION OF FIELD RATION

DISTRIBUTION OF SUPPLIES

(II.) SUPPLY DEPÔTS ON THE LINES OF COMMUNICATION

INTERIOR ORGANIZATION OF TRANSPORT AND SUPPLY UNITS

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

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. FIELD ARTILLERY

HEAVY ARTILLERY

Ammunition Columns

FRANCE

Infantry

Cavalry

Artillery. FIELD ARTILLERY

HEAVY ARTILLERY

RUSSIA

Infantry

Cavalry

Artillery

AUSTRIA-HUNGARY

Infantry

Cavalry

Artillery

HEAVY ARTILLERY

MOUNTAIN ARTILLERY

ITALY

Infantry

Cavalry

Artillery

JAPAN

Infantry

Cavalry

Field Artillery

SWITZERLAND

Infantry

Cavalry

Artillery

UNITED STATES

Infantry

Cavalry

Artillery

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

A. ARMIES ORGANIZED BY ARMY CORPS

B. ARMIES ORGANIZED BY DIVISIONS

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

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

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

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

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

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