Order of Battle of the United States Land Forces in the World War; Volume 3, Part 1: Zone of the Interior: Organization and Activities of the War Department

Washington DC: United States Army, Center of Military History, 1988. Reprint edition [First published in 1949]. Hardcover. Good. CMH Pub 23-3. Facsimile Reprint. xv, [1], 547, [1] pages. Charts/Tabular information. Maps. Slightly cocked. Slight cover wear and soiling. This is part of a five volume set. VOLUME 3 Part 1 ONLY. Includes: Organization and Activities of the War Department, Parts 2 and 3 contain Territorial Departments, Tactical Divisions Organized in 1918, Posts, Camps, and Stations, Directory of Troops, Abbreviations, List of Source Material Calendar, and Appendix Post, Camps, and Stations Index. In publishing this facsimile reprint, the Center has made some formatting changes to assist the modern reader, but the original text is unchanged. Volumes I and 2 are reprinted intact. Volume 3, originally in two parts, is now produced in three with a new appendix "Posts, Camps, and Stations Index." which has been added to part 2. In increasing numbers, military historians are coming to realize that the Army's experience in World War I offer students of the profession of arms a vase classroom in which they might study the many facets of their subject. The Order of Battle is not a definitive guide, but it is a fine place to begin any in-depth study of that mighty war. Among the elements of the War Department addressed are: General Staff, Air Service, Chemical Warfare Service, Coast Artillery, Corps of Engineers, Field Artillery, Insular Affairs, Judge Advocate General, Militia Bureau, Motor Transport Corps, Ordnance Department, Quartermaster Corps, Signal Corps, Tank Corps, and Transportation Service. The purpose of this work by the Historical Section of the Army War College was to present the essential facts of the participation of the land forces of the United States in the World War. It deals with the command, composition, and operations of large units. This volume contains outline histories of the divisions with served in Europe during the war. Original sources, the majority of which are official papers of the War Department, for the basis. The command lists were compiled for this publication by the Adjutant General. The front lines of the divisions during battle are based primarily on a series of specials studies by the American Battle Monuments Commission and an analysis by the Historical Section of the original material on file in the War Department. Units smaller than a regiment are not shown unless they were engaged in combat. Credit for participation in an operation is given a division from the time it entered corps reserve, provided the operation was in progress, or when it assumed command of a front without passing through corps reserve.