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Good morning all,
Some panormic photos - wide angle lens photos - ...
Note the mention of a 1902 motorized ambulance.
Must look up "Camp Meigs".
Some do learn from history...some: not most. Look at all the R&D and financing for military equipment and neglect to transiting damaged roads.
~ Bob
eastern Virginia, USA
US troops prep for WWI
Re: US troops prep for WWI
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; a complement here......................................
American Participation In The World War (1914-1918).
(1) The number of men serving in the armed forces of the Nation during the war was 4,800,000, of whom 4,000,000 served in the Army.
(2) In the War with Germany the United States raised twice as many men as did the Northern States in the Civil War, but only half as many in proportion to the population.
(3) The British sent more men to France in their first year of war than we did in our first year, but it took England three years to reach a strength of 2,000,000 men in France, and the United States accomplished it in one-half of that time.
(4) Of every 100 men who served, 10 were National Guardsmen, 13 were Regulars and 77 were in the National Army (or would have been If the serVIces had not been consolidated).
(5) Of the 54,000,000 males in the population, 26,000,000 were registered in the draft or were already m service.
(6) In the physical examinations the States of the Middle West made the best showing. Country boys did better than city boys; whites better than colored; and native born better than foreign born,
(7) In this war twice as many men were recruited as in the Civil War and at one twentieth of the recruiting cost.
(8) There were 200,000 Army officers. Of every six officers, one had previous military training with troops, three were graduates of officers' training camps, and two came directly from civil life.
Six months of training.
(1) The average American soldier who fought in France had six months of training here, two months overseas before entering the line, and one month in a quiet sector before going into battle,
(2) Most soldiers received their training in infantry divisions which were our typical combat units and consisted of about 1,000 officers and 27,000 men.
(3) Forty-two divisions were sent to France.
(4) More than two-thirds of our line officers were graduated of the officers' training camps.
(5) France and England sent to the United States nearly 800 specially skilled officers and noncommissioned officers who rendered most important aid as instructors in our training camps.
Source: Extracts from The War With Germany—A Statistical Summary, by Colonel Leonard P. Ayres. Military Review. Sep 1940.
Cheers. Raúl M
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; a complement here......................................American Participation In The World War (1914-1918).
(1) The number of men serving in the armed forces of the Nation during the war was 4,800,000, of whom 4,000,000 served in the Army.
(2) In the War with Germany the United States raised twice as many men as did the Northern States in the Civil War, but only half as many in proportion to the population.
(3) The British sent more men to France in their first year of war than we did in our first year, but it took England three years to reach a strength of 2,000,000 men in France, and the United States accomplished it in one-half of that time.
(4) Of every 100 men who served, 10 were National Guardsmen, 13 were Regulars and 77 were in the National Army (or would have been If the serVIces had not been consolidated).
(5) Of the 54,000,000 males in the population, 26,000,000 were registered in the draft or were already m service.
(6) In the physical examinations the States of the Middle West made the best showing. Country boys did better than city boys; whites better than colored; and native born better than foreign born,
(7) In this war twice as many men were recruited as in the Civil War and at one twentieth of the recruiting cost.
(8) There were 200,000 Army officers. Of every six officers, one had previous military training with troops, three were graduates of officers' training camps, and two came directly from civil life.
Six months of training.
(1) The average American soldier who fought in France had six months of training here, two months overseas before entering the line, and one month in a quiet sector before going into battle,
(2) Most soldiers received their training in infantry divisions which were our typical combat units and consisted of about 1,000 officers and 27,000 men.
(3) Forty-two divisions were sent to France.
(4) More than two-thirds of our line officers were graduated of the officers' training camps.
(5) France and England sent to the United States nearly 800 specially skilled officers and noncommissioned officers who rendered most important aid as instructors in our training camps.
Source: Extracts from The War With Germany—A Statistical Summary, by Colonel Leonard P. Ayres. Military Review. Sep 1940.
Cheers. Raúl M
.