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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

CHAPTER III ORGANIZATION OF THE UNITS OF EACH ARM

1. INFANTRY

2. CAVALRY

3. ARTILLERY

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

7. Scouts

8. Field Orderlies

9. Military Police

CHAPTER V FORMATIONS OF ALL ARMS

1. The Division

2. The Army Corps

3. Cavalry Corps

4. The Army as a Unit

THE ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES

CHAPTER VI THE STAFF

Head-Quarters

Varieties of Staff

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

Strength of Field Force and of its Main Subdivisions

Total by Arms

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

CHAPTER IX THE EXPEDITIONARY FORCE (continued) ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES

Organization of the Lines Of Communication

1. Service of Inter-communication

2. Transport

3. Supply

4. The Medical Services

CHAPTER X THE EXPEDITIONARY FORCE (continued) SERVICES ON THE LINES OF COMMUNICATION

5. The Veterinary Service

6. The Ordnance Services

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

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

Rank of the Officers commanding the above Formations

GERMANY

FRANCE

RUSSIA

AUSTRIA-HUNGARY

ITALY

JAPAN

SWITZERLAND

UNITED STATES

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

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

CHAPTER XVI THE EVOLUTION OF INFANTRY

The Halberd and Pike

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

The Evolution of the Engineers

CHAPTER XIX ORGANIZATION IN THE SEVENTEENTH AND EIGHTEENTH CENTURIES

The “New Model” Army

The Armies of the Eighteenth Century

CHAPTER XX ORGANIZATION IN THE NINETEENTH CENTURY

Organization in the Wars following the French Revolution

Prussian Organization in the Nineteenth Century

Proportions of the Arms

CHAPTER XXI THE EVOLUTION OF THE STAFF AND ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES

1. The Staff

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

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