Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-09-21
FORCES TO DELIVER GAS
AND LIQUID FIRE ATTACKS.
Organization OF Special Engineer
Units Announced in Army
General Orders.
REGIMENT FOR EACH ARMY
In Addition, Every Three Corps Will
Have Thousands OF Men In Supple
mental Units to Deal With Other
Phases Of Modern Fighting.
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american troops in France are to be
supplied with trained forces to de-
liver gas and liquid fro attacks. accord
ing to army general orders made pub
TIC to-day. giving the organization of
special engineer units to handle these
devices of modern trench warfare
Tho orders show that each army,
three corps under the new organiza-
tion. VIII have special engineer regi-
fnent. whose business 1t will be to
handle the gas and flame service.
In addition each army will have
thousands of men in supplemental en-
gineer units to deal with other phases
OF modern lighting. There will be a
mining service regiment Of six specfal
mining companies; water supply SER
vice regiment of six companies; a gem
cral construction service regiment; an
engineer supply service detachment of
three companies; three workshop com
panics and one service battalion: a
battalion Of Typographical engineers to
provide surveying and printing SER
vice; a road service detachment with
three road engineers companies and
six service battalions OF four COM
punies each. ten motor truck companies
Of thirty-one trucks each. and Ave
wagon companies with sixty-one
wagons each.
PONTOON PARK ON LINE
OF THE COMMUNICATIONS
On the line Of the communications
OF each army will be a pontoon mark
with six construction bat.aliors and
six service battalions of engineer troops.
two supply battalions. two workshop
battalions. and three supply service
oattanons. ten battalions OF forestry
engineers. supplemented by nine SER
vice battaiions for this work two bat
talions Of special quarry service troops
with three supplemental work bat
talions. five battalions OF railway en-
gineers for light railway service, sup
plemented by three V Jrk battalions
and four battalions Of railway enei-
neers for the operation and mechanical
department. supplemented by three SER
vice battalions.
a standard gauge railway service is
to be maintained by FIVE regiments OF
special railway engineers lin the first
army by the Eleventh. Fifteenth. Six
teenth. Seventeenth and Eighteenth
National Army Enginccrs). with eight
supplemental work battalions For
line OF communication work there will
be a separate standard gauge railway
contingent Of six battalions of railway
engineer troops for operations. with
three service battalions and one regi-
ment tNineteenth National Army En-
gtneers). and one supplemental enEi-
neer battalion and one service bat
talon In the mechanical and supply de-
partment.
The order provides also the medical
service officers and men to be attached
to each of the new engineer units au-
thorized and STIMULATES that the rail
way operating and shop troops. forestry
troops and service battalions are to be
equipped and trained as infantry, but
that only 10 per cent OF them are to
be armed. except during their training
period.