"US Cavalry Organization" Topic
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ScottWashburn | 06 Feb 2015 8:53 a.m. PST |
I'm trying to find some information on how a US Cavalry regiment was organized in 1914. Google searches are not revealing much. Can anyone help? Thnaks! |
Ed von HesseFedora | 06 Feb 2015 9:39 a.m. PST |
At what level? The regimental/brigade/division is well treated in: Maneuver and Firepower: The Evolution of Divisions and Separate Brigades by John B. Wilson PDF link |
ScottWashburn | 06 Feb 2015 10:29 a.m. PST |
I need it down to the squad level. |
stecal | 06 Feb 2015 1:58 p.m. PST |
Cavalry Service Regulations, United States Army (experimental). 1914 link |
Richard Baber | 07 Feb 2015 12:08 a.m. PST |
This is how they were organised in 1916 when they chased after Pancho Villa - Headquarters Headquarters troop Supply troop Machine gun troop 3 cavalry squadrons (each of 4 troops) Cavalry troop (all armed with – rifles, sabres and pistols) Troop HQ – 12 men 2 platoons @ Plt HQ – 6 men 4 squads – 8 – 11 men each Machine gun Troop 2 platoons @ 3 x Benet-Mercie LMG, 40 men |
ScottWashburn | 07 Feb 2015 1:13 p.m. PST |
Thanks very much! When did the US cavalry first have machine guns as part of their organization? |
Richard Baber | 08 Feb 2015 5:05 a.m. PST |
That was the first time :-) |
CharlesRollinsWare | 08 Feb 2015 7:48 p.m. PST |
Working from memory as the details are packed in storage. … The Rough Riders had there own "Colt MachineGun section" in 1898 – I do believe that prompted the regular cavalry to request some and it worked its way into the master plan between then and WWI with the first use against Villa. Mark |
Richard Baber | 09 Feb 2015 12:06 a.m. PST |
The Rough Riders do appear to have had a automatic weapons section, but it was a irregular/volunteer unit and their use wasn`t unofficially endorsed (I think the guns were given to them by Tiffany who`s son had volunteered??). According to "The United States Cavalry: an illustrated History" by Gregory J. W. Urwin (Weidenfeld & Nicholson military) The first use of machine guns by US cavalry in combat was at Ojos Azules Ranch Mexico on 5th May 1916 in operations against bandits fighting for Villa. I can`t find the reference, but I also read somewhere (maybe the same book or his other one on the history of the US Infantry?). The United States only had around 300 machine guns in total in 1914 – this spread across the entire Army!!! |
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