Author: United States War Dept

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Published: 2015-07-10

Total Pages: 38

ISBN-13: 9781331123750

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Excerpt from Extracts From General Orders and Bulletins, War Department, May 1918: With List of Paragraphs of Army Regulations and Other Regulations and Manuals of the War Department That Have Been Changed Since January 1, 1918 Arms and cartridge belts for assistants of automatic riflemen. II. The first and second assistants of the automatic rifleman will each be armed with a magazine rifle as laid down in table 7, Series A, Tables of Organization, January 14, 1918, and to each of these assistants will be issued the same design cartridge beClothing for officers and enlisted men of foreign armies. III. The sale of clothing to officers of foreign armies and its issue to enlisted men of the French Army on duty with or attached to the military forces of the United States is authorized. Such sales and issues, however, will be subject to the same restrictions and limitations as are imposed upon sales of clothing to officers and upon issues to enlisted men who are in the military service of the United States. Vouchers covering issues of clothing to enlisted men of the French Amy will be forwarded by the accountable officer to the Quartermaster General of the Army for transmission to the French embassy. (336.4, A. G. O.) General Orders, No. 45, May 9, 1918. Organization, functions, etc., of Development Battalions. I. 1. Under the authority conferred by sections 1, 2, 8, and 9 of the act of Congress, "Authorizing the President to increase temporarily the Military Establishment of the United States," approved May 18, 1917, the President directs that there be organized for the period of the existing emergency at each National Army, National Guard, and Regular Army Divisional Camp, and in such other camps as may be directed by the Secretary of War, one or more Development Battalions. These battalions will be organized under Table 401, Training Battalion, Infantry, Series D, corrected to March 22, 1918. The officers authorized herein will be provided as prescribed in the third paragraph of section 1 and by section 9 of the act of May 18, 1917. 2. The functions of the Development Battalions will be: a. To relieve divisions, replacement organizations, etc., of all unfit men. b. To conduct intensive training with a view to developing unfit men for duty with combatant or noncombatant forces either within the United States or for service abroad. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Download or read book Extracts From General Orders and Bulletins, War Department, May 1918 written by United States War Dept and published by . This book was released on 2015-07-10 with total page 38 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Extracts From General Orders and Bulletins, War Department, May 1918: With List of Paragraphs of Army Regulations and Other Regulations and Manuals of the War Department That Have Been Changed Since January 1, 1918 Arms and cartridge belts for assistants of automatic riflemen. II. The first and second assistants of the automatic rifleman will each be armed with a magazine rifle as laid down in table 7, Series A, Tables of Organization, January 14, 1918, and to each of these assistants will be issued the same design cartridge beClothing for officers and enlisted men of foreign armies. III. The sale of clothing to officers of foreign armies and its issue to enlisted men of the French Army on duty with or attached to the military forces of the United States is authorized. Such sales and issues, however, will be subject to the same restrictions and limitations as are imposed upon sales of clothing to officers and upon issues to enlisted men who are in the military service of the United States. Vouchers covering issues of clothing to enlisted men of the French Amy will be forwarded by the accountable officer to the Quartermaster General of the Army for transmission to the French embassy. (336.4, A. G. O.) General Orders, No. 45, May 9, 1918. Organization, functions, etc., of Development Battalions. I. 1. Under the authority conferred by sections 1, 2, 8, and 9 of the act of Congress, "Authorizing the President to increase temporarily the Military Establishment of the United States," approved May 18, 1917, the President directs that there be organized for the period of the existing emergency at each National Army, National Guard, and Regular Army Divisional Camp, and in such other camps as may be directed by the Secretary of War, one or more Development Battalions. These battalions will be organized under Table 401, Training Battalion, Infantry, Series D, corrected to March 22, 1918. The officers authorized herein will be provided as prescribed in the third paragraph of section 1 and by section 9 of the act of May 18, 1917. 2. The functions of the Development Battalions will be: a. To relieve divisions, replacement organizations, etc., of all unfit men. b. To conduct intensive training with a view to developing unfit men for duty with combatant or noncombatant forces either within the United States or for service abroad. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.