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tion, and the bridge; train; the military telegraph unit; the
supply train (including the motor tra asport company for the
supply of fresh meat and th'·~ herd of live animals) ; the sanitary
tri one group of corps litter bearer~s, two sections of motor
ambulances,' and four ambulances); the pay department; the
post; office dlepalrtment; the mrilitary police; the dcepartmnent of
military justice;f and the veterinary service andl remount depot.
TUEPINFANTRY D)IVISIONS.
An infantry division also consists of the headqyuarters, the
troops, and thle administrative de~partments.
The headlquarters includes the general officer commnandling
the division, his staff, the general commanding the infantryr, thle
artillery commalnder, the commauder of the engineers of the
divisionf, and the chiefs of the administrativedepartments, viz,
supply, sanitary (one group~ of divisional litter bearers and two
`ambulances), pay and post office, military police, and militaryt
justice (court-martial of the division). The troops ar~e:: Three
regiments -of infanutry or two brigadces of two regiments each.
the divisional drtillery (includling one regimenet of light artillery,
heavy artillery, and trench ar-tillery), the divisional cavralry
and some comnpanies of divisional engineersx. Th~e division ha~s
a~ motor dtepartment (where bicycles also are repaired); a~
divisional art~illery park, includi~ng at departmaent for repair~ing,
machine guns; a telegraph unit; a supply train; a department:
for the supply of fresh meat and a parki of beef on thle hoof,
It also includes th'e dep~ot of the division, which has one infaintry
company for each battalion in the division. These arc
the fourth companies of these` batt~alions, which ·remain behind
with their officers, noncommissioned offcers, men, and vehicles,
but which. continue to form part of their organizatIionfs, from
which they are regarded as detached. The commrrand of the.
group of conjpanies pertaining to each orga'~nization~ is ordinar~ily
exerciserl by the senior captain present.
'SHE I'NFANTRYL BRIGA~ak.
The inafantryg brigade is not an a~dministrative unit. It, in-:
cluldes a general ofi~cerecommanding the brigade, a mluitary,