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 Who's Who and What's What in the Army

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16 — Inspector General's Department 17 — Judge Advocate General's Dept. \8 — Detached Officers 19 — Additional Officers 20— West Point Cadets

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21 — Philippine Scouts 22 — Indian Scouts 23 — Recruiting Service 24 — Recruiting Depot 2"5 — All Army Troops

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27 — Disciplinary Barracks

28 — Disciplinary N. C. O. Instructors

29 — Sergeants (Corporals, two stripes)

30 — Reserve Officers Training Corps

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��The former infantry division of nine regiments of infantry and three of artillery has undergone the most change. Five infantry regiments have been cut out and machine gun and trench mortar battalions have been added, so that the artillery strength has been increased considerably. The division, which once consisted of twenty-eight thousand men, has been reduced over thirty per cent. The Army General's Staff control brigades and regiments

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6, Lieutenant Colonel (in silver); 7, Major (in gold); 8, Captain; 9, First Lieutenant; 10, Second Lieutenant; 11, The Chaplain

��The work of the signal corps is ex- ceedingly important. The men of the wireless service follow the infantry in their advances and keep up the com- munication with the army headquarters

��Modern armies are complex organisms, not so much because of the large organii zation of field forces, as on account of their many needs. Hence the necessity for a reliable transportation system

��No matter of what service or what rank, every Ameri- can soldier has an equal chance of winning the Medal of Honor. It is awarded by Con- gress for distin- guished personal bravery or self-sac- rifice that involved the risk of life. It is even more diffi- cult to obtain than is the Victoria Cross

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