GIFT OF WAR DEPARTMENT THE ADJUTANT GENERAL^/GTFICE A,' _ TELEGRAPH BATTALIOT SIGNAL CORPS TABLES OF ORGANIZATION AND EQUIPMENT 3 U A *$ IT ' JULY, 1917 WASHINGTON GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE 1917 WAR DEPARTMENT THE ADJUTANT GENERAL'S OFFICE TELEGRAPH BATTALION SIGNAL CORPS TABLES OF ORGANIZATION AND EQUIPMENT JULY, 1917 WASHINGTON GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE 1917 WAR DEPARTMENT, Document No. 617, Office of The Adjutant General. 5 WAR DEPARTMENT, WASHINGTON, June 21, 1917. ,This manual is published for the information and government of the Army of the United States. [2573551 A. G. O.] BY ORDER OF THE SECRETARY OF WAR: TASKER H. BLISS, Major General , Acting Chief of Staff. OFFICIAL : H. P. McCAIN, The Adjutant General. 3 369522 TABLE OF CONTENTS. Page. Property accountability 7 Table 1. Organization of a telegraph battalion 9 Table 2 .- Quartermaster property 10 Table 3. Ordnance property 14 Table 4. Signal property 15 Table 5. Individual equipment 17 Table 6. General notes Assembled equipment and accessories 18 PROPERTY ACCOUNTABILITY. 1. There shall normally be but one accountable officer for Equip- ment C of each bureau of a telegraph battalion and such officer will account on a separate return for all articles listed in the following tables. He will be known as the battalion supply officer. 2. When different officers serve as supply officers of the different bureaus they will be designated as "battalion quartermaster/' ' 'battalion signal officer/' etc. Should local conditions make it desirable or necessary to have an accounting officer for any detach- ment serving separately from its parent organization, one may be designated for that purpose and the articles of Equipment C that pertain to such detachment will be transferred to the designated accountable officer of the detachment, but as soon as the condi- tions making this separate accountability necessary ceases, the account will be closed by transferring back to the unit supply officer of the parent organization of the accountability for the property which had been carried separately. 3. Companies or detachments will hold on memorandum receipt from the supply officer of the battalion articles of Equipment C prescribed in the following tables as provided in regulations and orders (see Quartermaster Regulations and Paragraph I, General Orders, No. 6, War Department, 1916). 4. Under normal peace conditions organizations will keep their Equipment C as prescribed complete and in serviceable condition. If ordered for field duty, this . full equipment will be taken to the mobilization and concentration points. If ordered on active field duty, where Equipment B and Equipment A not required for actual strength can not be taken, it will be disposed of. by the battalion supply officer as conditions require, by turning it in to a camp supply officer or depot, or by disposing of it as otherwise ordered. The same course will be followed at any time during active field service, should equipment become surplus. 5. The battalion supply officer will obtain replenishment of Equipment C by furnishing the post, camp, division, depot, or other proper supply officer in exchange for articles by either exchange of unserviceable articles worn out through fair wear and tear, or by exchange of a properly approved inventory and inspection report, survey report, statement of charges, certificate of expenditure, or other authorized method. 6. When, in compliance with competent orders, Equipment C has been reduced by any part of it being invoiced by the battalion 7 ' 8 TABLES OF ORGANIZATION AND EQUIPMENT. supply officer to ai.other accountability, it will be replaced by the battalion supply officer certifying the facts on his requisition. If Equipment C has been increased in any way, above' that prescribed, the supplies, when no longer necessary, will be invoiced to some accountable officer at the first opportunity. 7. Replenishment of Equipment C will habitually be obtained through the battalion supply officer, but no entry of the transac- tion will be made in his account unless necessary. In emergencies an organization commander may obtain replenishment by any of the methods prescribed for the battalion supply officer, but when such action is taken he will promptly report the transaction to the bat- talion supply officer. 8. All garrison equipment and other Government property (includ- ing ammunition for target practice), except Equipment C will be held by organization commanders on memorandum receipt from the post or other supply officers. If ordered to field duty, all articles of the garrison equipment held on memorandum receipt by organi- zations will be turned over to the post supply officer, and none of it will be taken with the organization, except as ma} 7 be specially ordered by the next higher commander. 9. When a battalion is separated from a supply depot and the situation demands a reserve stock on hand, such reserve will be accounted for on the same return and in the same way as Equip- ment C, but so soon as the necessity for carrying this reserve stock ceases, the surplus will be invoiced to the proper accountable officer. The fact of having on hand a reserve will not be authority to issue on memorandum receipt to a company or other smaller organiza- tion any property in excess of its prescribed Equipment C. If articles not listed as part of Equipment C are necessary, they will likewise be carried on the same return, but as soon as a post, depot, or camp supply officer is designated, such property will be invoiced to him. 10. Returns for property for which the battalion supply officer is accountable will be made according to existing regulations and orders. TABLES OF ORGANIZATION AND EQUIPMENT. TABLE 1. Telegraph Battalion Signal Corps. Commissioned. Enlisted. Motor trans- portation. 1 o Combat sup- plied by Sig- nal Corps. Organization and fj S ^ duties. ^ M "3 . 0> 4 o E fcf 1 j 2S . 1 1 '2 a I 1 1 1 1 1 US I 4 I $ 1 (S 1 1 I CO f' O I 1 E 1 ! 1 i 2 "3 s I Headquarters 1 i i i 1 2 1 2 1 33 4 5 i 2 6 Supply detachment . 5 1 64 2 Two telegraph compa- nies 7 ? 4 6 4 14 34 4 ? ?4 300 9 26 26 206 Total 1 2 g g 4 15 23 34 4 9 100 97 209 3 28 26 2 01 Attached sanitary troops ~1 5 1 1 1 6 ORGANIZATION OF A TELEGRAPH COMPANY. Master signal electri- cian. Ser- geant, first class. Ser- geant. Corpo- ral. Cook. Horse- shoer. Pri- vate, first class. Pri- vate. Total. Company commander's de- tail: Ju aster signal electricians 2 2 First sergeant 1 j Supply sergeant 1 I Mess sergeant 1 I Mechanics 1 4 5 Clerk 1 1 Blacksmith 1 1 Cooks 2 2- Buglers 2 2 Driver, inspector's car 1 1 Motorcycle drivers, for platoon chiefs . . 2 2 Driver, truck 1 1 Total for company headquarters 2 1 3 2 1 g 20 Telegraph section: Chief of section 1' 1 Chief operator 1 1 Chief lineman . j ] Operators 1 2 3 g Linemen g 1 g Drivers of trucks 3 3 Messengers 2 2 Total for section 2 2 3 12 3 22 Total for 2 sections 4 4 6 24 6 44 Telephone section: Chief of section 1 1 Chief operator 1 1 Chief lineman 1 1 Switchboard operators 3 3 Linemen . 6 1 Drivers of trucks 3 3 Messengers 2 2 Total for section 1 2 3 9 3 1* Total for 2 sections 2 4 6 18 6 3lx Total for a company. . . | 7 11 17 2 1 48 12 100> 1 Battalion adjutant. 2 Acting sergeant major. 3 Orderlies and drivers. 4 Supply officer. 10664217 2 & Supply sergeant. 6 Clerks and drivers. 7 Each company organized into 4 sections: 2 telephone- and 2 telegraph sections. 10 TABLES OF ORGANIZATION AND EQUIPMENT. TABLE 2. Quartermaster property. Remarks. & I 1 i ' i if i s 1.1 1 \ psl s |=l| sill - S 1111 1 d 1*fl * S Vl I 1l 1 Uni ? | ^'s^ o si li II Equipment- |IOiOOfOOiOOC* COOOrf^v --^ NNi-H iO O C^iOCOC5e< 1 ^^^ _ i: BQ 2 S O^OOC't^-iOiOC* COOO C^^H -iC ; ; fT": : : : 22 s -gg Attached sanitary troop. Equipment d 1 (N ^ -H ^ CO CC PJ -H ^HrH ^ ^ s ' ^^ ccc. |M .;. <~~ coo^ -H : : : : ; -; . . rt fO CO ^^ ^^ & CO CO Battalion head- quarters and sup- ply detail. Equipment- d -O^- 003C-H ^^<^ _ ^ <* r-l 0500 co Jco coos 2 rt C5 H :" : ** :* : : :^ 0:05 CO' JC 5 Equipment d SSa - gr ^ - 88 tf a S3 H cog 1 s " s i sr "riH j 8 - i=j-8| yg 88 ^S S3 i 1.1 j-fiMrl Hiiri Ui," J-;:I : ,Ui M i ittjj-lli J4||j i iy Hi ilSi! i M M M INN 1 .1 I i ts, first class, Signal Is, Medical Departrr Is, Signal Corps 1, Signal Corns... Si : i : i ': ': ': :g \i, si | 1 ST] Officers Enlisted men Aggregate... ' ""' "* **"* ^ ' ' ' 'c S " O fe & ! i fjsy-|||iifci |SI^-|||| |S !II 1 lli| sfis ', -*; J i fi 25 S JQ PQ PQP5O O QCOO TABLES OF ORGANIZATION AND EQUIPMENT. 11 1 >> 9- ! I 1 ! 1 5 S 5^ 8 H ^ 1 I if TfO OiOCOOiOiOiOiOOiOOOiOiO^O^OOi H CN?S ScocN?S?3?cNS?S?oN?5co?;i e> : : : d **-3-S ' ' i,d ' ' ' * ' ^^ : : . l. fl .s;-^5M a -P^li:- l!^-;-i^s-is-iiflii ii iKa "If! iitll a i jgii OOOOOOKi-^^ccSS^E-i^ -^ aoc/OQ(*i3WWPu l E-!>^ agD-rT-H-^t^'^'cJ ^cooi'2 1 ^ ^re II I 1& 11 li.l. 12 TABLES OF ORGANIZATION AND EQUIPMENT. 6 I & f <>i 1 Remarks. a '3 I i 1 1 1 Issued as required, \ pint per day for every authorized oil-burning lantern of any type. Winter use. 1 See "Additional camp supplies." V F. S. R. 253 and 302 and additional camp / supplies. When ordered. i See "Additional camp supplies." 2 d i Total for the battalion. Equipment d g O^ioec^, 2 M 2 ss s ^^ ~ co^| o t2 | s p| ^ , | g : : |^ 8 , a < ec ic c ^ c3 11 S ^ - bed sanitary troop. g d PQ : : : :~ fFTl : ~ Battalion head- A t+ an quarters and sup- Auac ply detail. cr M a 1 W d CO CD . . . .^ < . "' * : : : : :::::::: s?a ga e^ : 8 PQ 2SS : (-- |- s - ~ je- - ^ 4 CO j ' ' rt ^ OJ -H iO CO CO i-H | ^^^ .05 i .S "6 "o o * "S 2 s o P--2 J25 ZC C PH PH PH PH PH PH M W aDCCCCaQCO Telegraph battalion, Signal Stencil, plates, sets Sticks, size, shoe Stoves, tent Stovepipe, elbows Stovepipe joints TABLES OF ORGANIZATION AND EQUIPMENT. 13 "O -3 o I d ' -: -5 < Nj* 00 i-H t-l r-l ^H