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102 M[ANUAL FOIR COMMI~ANaD1ERS OF INFANTRY PATO'OBNS. A company consists of the captain; 2 l~ieutenantsx; a sergeant in charge of liason; a noncomml~i~issione officer accountant; a supply corporal; a raznge finder;~ an armorer corporel; a mledical co~rps private; a cook~; 3 or 4 firinig platoonms with their ammuni1~1tion ; and the company Coiubat tr'iin. P·i1n·ig patooniz--Ea~ch plaltoon.has a lieutenan~lt or a sergeantt in comlmand; a noncommissionedI assistantl to thze platoon coinin ind'ei 2 corporals, each commllanding ahn u w t~ uci s, loaders; 2 assistant loaders; an armorer; and a liaison werfn-t. Ammunnz~zl.ition supp2~ly-Two supply corporals; 411ammunition cairriers for each platoon, the carriages or mules for the ma1cchine guns and amrmunition. Fior a company of 4 platoons there wrill be 16J light carriages, 8 for the guns and 8 fobr thle' ainullnition, or 36 packi mules. Compalnay comzbat -train-Two ,corporals, andl, theoretically, 1 caisson or 6 mules fbr e'ich ~platoon. But since the adloptionof 8 automatic rifles per companytthe, combat train of the mnachinegrun company has been reduced to 2 caissons for 3 sections aiid 3' caissons for 4, sect~ions. As soon as every infantry company~~~o ma~chine 7 has beeni supplied with 16Cautomatic rifles, the ,runl com~panies will lose another caisson apiece. The caisson holds about 25,000 cartridges on rigid strips and a few spare amlmunition cases. The 37-mmn.guan platoon.-Tkhis platoon is rationed with~ma~chine-gun company No.l1. t includes 1 lieutenant and, 1 liaison agent (both mounteda on bicycles), and hazs as many guns aZsthere are bafttalion3s inl the regiment. Each g.un has a detachment consisting of 1 sergeant, 1 corporal, 1. gunner, 1. loader, 2 ammunition carriers, 3 cannoneers (2 wvith amlmunition cart and 1_teamster, not mounted). The combat train of one gun or of one platoon of two gun1s is one' caisson with 2 mounted drivers; for a platoon of three or four suns, 2 caissons andi 4 mounted drivers. The comblat train.-T-lhe comba~t train is commanded~ by the regimental supply off~icer and includes: For the regiment, 2~light tool wagons; 3 wagons of materials (telephones, wire, sandbags, and' bomlbs) ; 6 water wa~gons; 1 ambulance; 1 mnedicazl supply wagon (carrying wheel litters
2~TNIJaLr FORa~ CO)M1E4~ADERS OF INFANTRTY PL;ATOONS. 163 and gas maskis); 2 forges; 2 ration, and baggage wagons; 1 kritchen; and the led horses. Fior each battlalion, 1 medicall sup~ply wragon; 1 ration and banggage waoon; 'md 1 foni -horse ammunition wagon ca~rrying 25,000 r1ounzds of sm'dl 'urns 'imm~uniitio and 48 haversackrs. rphC ammunition xxa0on ot the dletachedcIompany at the dlepot of the dfixision c'umriesc 14 000 inunds of smnall-alrms~ ammuniition and;24 na~versaeks. The 'lmm~unition transport is doubled whene l each compiny h's 10 tutoma~tic rifles. FT~or cinch (omp'inx 1 'immunition wagon, 1 ration and b:ag- F~-or echc maehmn~ oimp Comp' ly, some ammunition agn T~lO; 1 ra~tion andl'm~c~ire waongn1 I rolling k~itcehen; andl the ammu-t nition w-'igoas belong'in~ to thle 37>-mm.11 gus~l. Thle- comnbat tri un mayr le dlixidted intlo two echelons: ThZe first; echelon is eomm'mndedl by the artif-icer sergfeant maxjor, an7d includles f le medlic xl supplpy wago'ns, the til~ledl ammunition wa~gons, the w'mgo'os of~ tools and macterialls, and(: the led horses. The second echelon is conmmndedi by the utility otlricer, an1d includles tlhe rat~ion ~llltX~1C~~O1, whna~ter · wagons, th~e k~itchens, the forge, nn l~le Q'oS:Insut~io wagons. Thefiedrai.-Tin field ti 'in is comm'ndcedl by the supply oflicc~ inn(1 eonsistr ' of th'ree soctionls Tw'no s~ections oI ) wagonsi a~cihi muiguanl 1d distr~ibute 'iem tcniteli one dlay's ritions t~o the me iment (cinch of these sections is coHmmandled byv a ser- Seant). 03n' reservz ~eeton of 8 w'mooxs is commmndecl by the sergeanti m'jor of thle field tniun. Timec field tmania also in~ludes 3fomag 'mo x aons, w'mogons om. I tin ee hox se rinancm i xing oats, frs n~~-ealt inagons, u~d0 led hlom ses. MTISCELIiNEiEOL DEf ILLS OF INF 'NTRY OEIId~NIZIZAiOmU'. The medicazl com~ps dletachlment; of the battatlion is ordinarily w~ithi the battalion niecical supply wagon, hut wvhen a company is dletachedl its qluota of the medical corps dletachment ~oes wti~th it. The chief litter· hearer (corporal) is w~ith the mnedicah-suyply wa'gon1 of ~the battalion.
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Thle followrring W7AnI DEPAlITMJENT
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MABNUIAL FOR COMMIANDERS OF: INFANa
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