White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1917-05-11
IN THE u. S. ARMY
INFANTRY DIVISION
IN ADDITION TO THE 28,235 MEN
THERE ARE 1894 HORSES AND
4875 MULES.
COST 100000 TO EQUIP
Requires s17 Commissioned Officers,
With 90 More for the Wagon
Trains, as Organized for War
With Germany.

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With Germany.
ngton.-Compiled from data
not hitherto published, the National
Geographic society has issued from
it's headquarters in Washington the
following bulletin on the units and
equipment of an infantry division of
the United States army as reorgan-
lied in the light of the lessons learn
ed during the 81 months of warfare in
Europe.
"As reorganized for the war with
Germony an infantry division of the
United States army will number Go
per cent more men than division of
the German army as now constituted.
The enemy's divisions are made
up of 1900 men and 1000 horses;
the new United States division at
maximum strength will be composed
of 2S,235 men, 1884 horses and 1876
mules.
"The average layman has little con-
ception of the various units which go
to make up an infantry division or
the enormous cost OF. it's equipment.
According to estimates made two
years ago the cost of fully equipping
division amounts to $7,636,550, but
since that time the cost of materials
has advanced so greatly that con-
servative estimate requires the addi-
ton Of 20 per cent to this amount,
making the total in excess of $4,000
900. And this takes into consideration
the immense saving effected by the
council of national defense in provid-
ing for the purchase by the govern
ment of munitions and equipment at
profit to the manufacturers not to
exceed 10 per cent, which is far less
than the profits ordinarily realized
on materials sold in the world mar
kets.
Units of Army Division.
The new United States army divi-
sions will be composed of. the follow
ing units:
Three infantry brigades, 1859 Of
ficers and men.
One field artillery brigade, 4030 Of
ficers and men.
One regiment of cavalry, 1870 Of
ficers and men and 1541 horses.
One regiment of engineers, 1898 Of
ficers and men.
One field signal battalion 259 Off
GERS and men.
One aero squadron, 173 officers and
men and IL airplanes.
Total, 1854 officers and men.
Total with wagon trains, 1926 Of
ficers and men.
Total with motor trains, 1884 Of
ficers and men.
The number of commissioned Of
ficers in division is SIT, with 80 ad
ditional officers for the wagon trains;
so If the division Is organized with
motor trains.
The medical department of d.
vision is composed of 1875 officers,
1882 enlisted men and 48 ambulances
If the division Is equipped with
wagon trains 1909 wagons are re-
CURED, supplemented by 81 motor
trucks; IL equipped with motor trains
493 wagons supplement the 627 mo-
tor trucks.
The total number of riding horses
required for a division and It's wagon
trains is 4616, together with 2218
draft horses and 1875 riding, pack and
draft mules.
Need 10000 Rifles, 5000 Pistols.
More than 10000 rifles are re-
CURED to arm division and its train,
together with 5000 pistols The artil-
lery consists of so three-inch field
guns, firing either high explosive
shells or shrapnel each projectle
weighing Is pounds, and 35 38-inch
howitzers, the shells for which weigh
80 pounds.
The number Of machine guns with
which division Is to be equipped
is still an open question, but the num-
Der which will appear in army charts
soon to be printed Is u for the divi-
sion and 20 additional guns for the
wagon trains. The number in all
probability will be greatly increased,
perhaps to as high as 30 guns for
every 1000 rifles, making total of
600 for the division.
ID Miles Long in Marching Order.
1.-THE length OF division in march
ing order Is more than ID miles, and
the wagon trains require an addition
al six miles. II equipped with motor
trains instead Of wagon trains the
length from the head of the column
to the last of the rear guard Is 10
miles.
within the next few weeks detail
ed tables, prepared by the army war
college In Washington, will be issued
from the government printing office,
showing the strength and equipment
OF each unit Of the various branches
of the United States army. The fore
going statistics are based upon these
forthcoming tables"
Italy to Honor Geo. Washington.
Rome, Saturday.--William Marconi,