Organization: How Armies are Formed for War

Name: Organization: How Armies are Formed for War
Author: Foster, Hubert

Foster, Hubert

Armies -- Organization

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

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Organization: How Armies are Formed for War

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