The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1917-05-25
INFANTRY DIVISION
AND ITS EQUIPMENT
FULLY EXPLAINED
Units Which Go to Make II Up,
and the Approximate Cost, Also
Other Matters of Which Aver.
age Man Has No Conception.

| Special Correspondence 10 Tbs Herald
Washington. d. C.. May 25.-Coin.
piled from da;n 40 nithertO publish
ed. the National Geographical society
has issued nom its headquarters In
Washington the following bulletin on
the units and equipment Of an infan-
try division Of the United States army
az recognized la the light of the les
sons learned during the thirty. onu
months ~ warfare In nn ope:
AS reorgauized FOR the war with
Germany, an infantry division OF the
| United States army viii number g.
per ccut more than a division Of the
German arms as now constituted. The
cncuy's divisions are made up of Ia
States division AT maximum strength
will be composed Of seas men. c.
S3i horses. and ass mules.
The average layman has little con-
ccptiun Of the various units which gu
tu make up an infantry division or tho
enormous cost of It's equipment Ac-
cording TO estimates made tWo years
ago. the cost Of iuliy cquipping "A di-
vision amounts 10 1856. $50. but
since that time the cost Of materials
has advanced so greatly that a con-
serNdtiNc estimate require the uddi-
zion ~ 20 per cent to this amount,
making the total In excess of 50. 0U0,-
OVU. And this takes INTO considcra-
ton the immense tayiug erected by
the council Of national defense iO pro-
v!dig for the purchase by the govern
mcut OF munitions and equipment at n
I.H..FfF o.. sfar rHrtHHrffs sF tfrgva. Fn.f g.. ny
cccC 10 per cent, which is far less
than the pronts ordinarily realized on
materials sold In the world markets.
Tho new United states army diyis-
ions viii be composed OF the follow
ing units.
Three infantry brigadcs, 1873 Of
ncers and men.
one Held artillery brigade 1850 Of
hccrs and men, 1913 officers ana men.
one regiment OF cavalry. i.5il
horses
one regiment ~ engineers. l.09S
officers and men.
Onc held signal battalion. 25s Off
GERS II men
one aero squadron, ~ airplanes,
l1a officers and men.
Total. 25.S1l officers md men.
! Total with wagon traIis. sS.235 Of
! nccrs and men.
or total with motor trains, IS. 33i
officers and men.
The number 81 commissioned OIL
Gers In q division Is Sl1, with 80 add
t.onnl officers for the wagon trains.
81 II the division Is organized with
Vlotor trains.
The medical department OF a d.
vision i- composed o! l-j officers,
| 1882 enlisted mon, and iN amhu-
lanCes
II the division is equipped with
wagon trains. l.oOa wagons are re-
CURED. supplemented boy g, motor
trucks. y equipped with motor trains
1913 wagons supplement the o., motor
trucks
The total lumber OF riding horses
required for % division and It's wagon
! trains is i6l6. together with 2,2lN
draft horses and $50 riding paclS
and draft mules.
More than 10000 lille, are required
tu arm q division and IT, trains, to-
! gothcr with COO pistols Tho artt!-
Terry consists Of so thrce-iuch hcld
guns firing either high explosive shells
or shrapnel each pruioctllc wci-hius
H. pounds, and IS N-.nch ho"I;1, =,
the shells tor which weigh 80 pounds
The number of machine guns WITH
which a division rs tu be equipped IA
>tll au open question, hut he number
which viii appear in army charts soon
to Dee printed Is - Tor the division IT,
81 70 and go additional guns for thu
wagon trains. The number In an
pruhabIli'y VIII be greatly Increased.
perhaps 10 as high us 30 guns for
every 1000 rifles, making q total OF
500 tor the division
The length Of % division iu march