The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1917-09-25
REORGANIZATION
PLANS OF ARMY
ARE GIVEN OUT
Regiments Strength Raised by 3,755
OfftoerB and Men, With Division
27,152.

! In reference to the absorption Of the
First West Virginia regiment by m,
! Second. Mt HnttieSburg. Miss. the war
/ department madc public Its complete
outline Of the new army organization
: for service in Europe. The new rcgi-
| mental strength - 3.755 Officers AMI
men, while the total for the division ~
! 27.152
At the maximum strength. the infnn-
try regiment will comprise l03 officers
and 3,652 men. II will be made up al
| followsI
Ono. headquarters and headquarters
company. 400 officers and men.
Three bettalions Of four rifle compan-
leg zach. 3.OS7 Officers and men.
One supply company. lao officers and
men.
One machine gun company. IT'S off,
! GERS and men.
One medical detachment, 50 officers
and men.
Each rifle company has q strength Of
ESQ men and six officers. II Is COM
posed Of a company headquarters. two
! officers and Is men and four piatoons.
Each platoon includes:
One headquarters. two officers and
/ men.
One section bombcrs and rifle gren-
adiers. % officers and men.
! Two sections Iiflcmen. i" each, 81
, officers and men.
One section, auto-riflcmen. four guns.
IL officers und men.
Total. 50 Officers and men.
The machine gun company has slH
officers and l72 nicn I consists or
MISUNDERSTANDING officers and 81
men-three platoonS. each with one Of
ficer and &C men. and @ train. l3 mon.
Its armament is - machine guns OIL
heavy type and four spare guns.
The transportation equipment or the
regiment Is:
| Twenty-Five combat wagons.
Sixteen rolling Kitchens.
| Twenty-Five baggage and ration
wagons.
| Sixteen rations carts.
| Fifteen water carts.
Three medical cnrts.
Twenty-four machine gun carts
Fifty-nne riding horses. eight riding
mules
Three hundred and thirty-two draft
mules.
| Two motorcycles with side cars.
One mOtorcar.
| Forty-two bicycles.
New Fighting equipment for each reg
iment in addition To the usual rifles.
bayonets pistols. etc, includes f"'
] trench knives 40 TO each company; l9-
automatic rifles. l6 TO each company;
and three one-pound cannon. manned Ny
! the one FOUNDER cannon platoon or the
regimental headquarters company
Regimental Headquarters Company
Each regimcntal headquarters com,
many Is made up of seven officers ana
! 294 men. as follows:
! One headquarters platoon 'o olllcers
oI,,1i
One staff section. 36 officers anu
men.
One nrderlies' section, % mon.
Ono band esc!i"n. IS mon.
One signal platoon. - officers am
men, Including:
One telephone section. 81 men,
0ns section with headquarters. ~
men. =,
One section with three battalions IL
Officers and men.
ono sappers' and boombcrs' platoon
4S officers and men, including:
Ono section sappers, nine men, lo'
digging and special work
One section bombcrs, "a officers ana
men. es. ,r5
One pioneer platoon % Objects @"u
men, for engineer work 49,
one orc-uounlcr cannon platoon, 50
| officers and men.
| To put into effect this new organ
o,i,, &, roversras service. siderable
raorranpcmen, o. units formed on the
old plan Is. Of course. necessary: ~
soon AZ possible a statement VIII be
made outlining ihc new organization y!
units in the National Guard
Change Infa4,try Formations
TIL. organiZa ion of infantry DIVISIONS
made nublic hy ;he committee on pupI'C
! Information Aug { has since mat da!e
undergone important changes. The fol
Iou,inr summary Of thu organization
NJ an infantry division completes the
| eenerel outline If TIE organization OF
Ich United States army for service III
Icurone. (Thc figures are III" total al
! officers and men for each cnlrN.l
! Each infantry division comprises:
One division Headquarters. ia
Ono machInr-.un battalion anu iour
companies. 16S.
Two infantry briEadcs cach composer
Of:
Two infantry regiments one mechine
gun battalion o. three companies l1'a-G.
One field artillery brigade composer
of:
Three field artillery regiments. one
| trench mortar battery. a.UbS
One field siSnrl battalion. 20.
| One regiment ri engineers. 1856.
| IN. train Headquarters and military
police, 337.
| one ammunition train 9G".
One supply tram. a.
ON, engineer train, st
One sanitary tram ""IIi'''''.' OF
Four field hospital r"mr2ni"S' I""'
ambulance companies. Wv.
Total. 97,15@.