Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1915-08-19

(regimental commissary); l second
lieutenant CHI (battalion Quartermas-
ter and commissary); / acting first
sergeant (h) I'd; / quartermaster and
mess sergeant Id; ! range finder
9sergeant9 Oh Id; CHIEF cargador
and stable sergeant (d); 4 sergeants
td) e with each platoon OF 2 guns;
2 corporals as agents OF communlca-
ton (h) Id: corporals q with each
platoon of 2 guns cd; 36 privates
(d) @ as acting cooks. ] as acting
artifcer. / as driver Of combat wagon,
1s with each platoon of guns)-50
total enlisted.
Supply company (provisional>-1
captain CHI (regimental quartermas-
teri; second heutenants (h) (battal-
ion quartermaster and commissary);
regimental quartermaster sergeant
tm): ! regimental commissary ser
geant fm); l supply sergeant td) (m);
] acting first sergeant and wagon mas
ter ID en-; acting quartermaster and
mess sergeant Id; 2 corporals, assist
ant wagon masters (d) (m): &c privates
(d) Il as cook; as saddler as
horseshoers; ! as blacksmith; y as
drivers; s3 total enlisted. CHI Individ-
ualIy mounted on a horse: (m) Individ-
ually mounted on mule; Cd Detailed
from a company Of battalion: ID Two
mounted orderlies, and one private not
mounted for duty as brigade headquar-
tiers.
Battalion field officers majors (h):
Il companies organized into battalions
Of companies each. Organization Of
battalion Of a regiment.
Headuuarters-1 major (h); ! first
lieutenant and battalion adJutdnt On
co.; ] battalion sergeant-major (h)
(el; privates, mounted orderlies (h)
~; companies.
Organization Of a separate battalion
not a part of a regiment, Headquar-
ters-1 major (h); first lieutenant and
battalion adjutant (h); ! second lieu
tenant and battalion quartermaster
and commissary M; battalion ser
geant-major; companies al statutory
maximum strength of $50 men as given
below.
ORGANIZATION Of a company Of a bat
TALON or of a separate company
Statutory maximum before any de-
tails have been made for provisional
companies captain; l first lieuten-
ant: ! second lieutenant; first ser
geant; quartermaSIer sergeant; G
sergeants: 10 corporals; cooks; 2
musicians; ! artificer; 127 privates; $50.
total enlisted strength.
organization Of company Of a bat
TALON after the necessary number of
men have been detailed to complete
headquarters, machine-gun, and sup
ply cOmpanies-1 captain; / first lieu
tenant: second lieutenant: ] first
sergeant; ! quartermaster sergeant; 5
sergeants: 10 or 9 corporals 90 in six
companies, and 9 in six companies: .
cooks ] artificer; musicians: 40 or
121 privates 120 in six companies, and
IL IN six companies) 141 or 143 total
enlisted strength. (h) Individually
mounted on d horse; CD Assigned from
headquarters company.
Attached sanitary troops for regi-
ment Of infantry-1 major (h), captains
or first lieutenants (h), sergeant, first
class (hD. 3 sergeants or corporals (h), %
privates, first class and privates a
mounted.
Regimental trains-Combat train: 10
wagons 40 draft mules g wagons for
each battalion, ! fos MACHINE gun com
paR5 s:af pack mules FIR machine. gun
company. Field train Baggage section:
wagons 16 draft mules; ration section:
S wagons. 3. draft mules. Sanitary trans
Dortatior ] pack mule attached to reg
mental combat train) Mounts for regi-
ment. Il riding horses q led horse for
each fed officer1; 6 riding mules Mounts
for attached sanitary troops: 10 riding
horses q led horse for each field officer.