Noncommissioned Officers School 2,144 Field Musics School 493 Radio School 143 Signal School 232 Band School 247 Clerical School 236 Pay School 78 Cooks, and Bakers, School 150 ----- Total 3,723 The following table illustrates what was accomplished by the two recruit depots: -------------+----------------+--------+-----------+--------+--------- | In training— | | | | +-------+--------+Maximum | Maximum | Total | Maximum Depot. |Apr. 6,|Nov. 11,|strength| number of |recruits|capacity. | 1917. | 1918. |of post.|recruits at|handled.| | | | | one time. | | -------------+-------+--------+--------+-----------+--------+--------- Parris Island| 835 | 4,104 | 16,601 | 13,286 | 46,202 | 13,060 Mare Island | 358 | 1,143 | 2,799 | 2,470 | 11,901 | 3,000 +-------+--------+--------+-----------+--------+--------- Total | 1,193 | 5,247 | 19,400 | 15,756 | 58,103 | 16,060 -------------+-------+--------+--------+-----------+--------+--------- After leaving the recruit depots at Parris Island and Mare Island, advanced training was given the men at Quantico, Va. This training was most intensive and as a result all the organizations which were trained there attained a high state of efficiency. It was made to approximate as nearly as practicable the real service which the men would have in the American Expeditionary Forces in France. Officers who were engaged in this training showed great ingenuity and efficiency in their attempts to make the training approach as nearly as possible what the men would be subjected to in actual service. That they succeeded was shown by the work done by the Marines in France and other places. The first troops arrived at the Marine barracks, Quantico, Va., on May 18, 1917. The maximum enlisted strength was 9,849 on September 12, 1918. The maximum number of officers present at one time was 484, on August 16, 1918. The strength on November 11, 1918, was 329 officers and 8,798 enlisted men. From May, 1917, to November 11, 1918, approximately 1,000 officers and 40,000 enlisted men passed through Quantico, Va. In addition to giving the enlisted men general training at Quantico in preparation for overseas and other duty, the Overseas Depot was established on May 19, 1918, for the double purpose of organizing and training units of the Marine Corps for service with the American Expeditionary Forces.