THE NEW GERMAN ARMY
Tables of the organisation of the new German army reflect the lessons of the crpat war. The prinpipal unit is the brigade, in which are incorporated all the branches of tho service. _ That is a marked departure from wartime organisation, which greatly simplifies the army work. " In ouch brigade appear the brigade staff, ono infantry commander, two infantry rogimonts each of nine infantry companies, three machine gun companies, and ono signal company, one artillery commandor, one light and one heavy artillery regiment, and one anti - cru.ft detaohinent, ono minenwerfer battery, separate from tho minenwerfer detachments in tho infantry regiments, on© aviation detachment assigned to artillery, one cavalry regiment, a pioneer battalion, a signal battalion, and a motor battalion. i This arrangement groups together in much more simplified form the old miscellaneous numerous train units. '
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Evening Post, Volume XCVIII, Issue 39, 15 August 1919, Page 3
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138THE NEW GERMAN ARMY Evening Post, Volume XCVIII, Issue 39, 15 August 1919, Page 3
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