:MEDICAL. DEPARTMENT. In the principal Euro pean armies every battalion has its own medical officer, and most of them have attendants as a permanent part of the regimental cadre. in addi tion to the company hearers. In Germany a hospital corps detachment. for discovering and removing the wounded on the battlefield, estab lishing dressing stations and giving first aid, comprises 7 surgeons, 1 apothecary, S hospital stewards, 8 attendants, 101 bearers, and 12 ambulance wagons. A field hospital, for about 200 patients, has 5 surgeons, 1 apothecary, 9 hospital stewards. and 12 attendants with fi wagons. In the United States the sanitary or ganization of a corps proper comprises one medical director and a reserve of hospital corps men and material for about 2000 patients; a division has .1 bearer company, an ambulance company, and a field hospital for 500 patients; to eaeh division, brigade, battalion, squadron, and battery is assigned a medical officer and a certain number of non-commissioned officers and privates of the hospital Corps. In the field, the hearer company establishes a dressing station. and hunts up and carries the wounded to it, while the ambulance company conveys the -wounded, after the first bandaging and attend ance, to the field hospitals. General hospitals (not, as a rule, under the general commanding in the field) are established farther to the rear.
Pout-E. The police of an army in the field usually I.( vcives a military organization. In most :miles the police is a separate body of troops, hut in the United States, troops are de tailed from the army to act as provost guard— for a division about one company, and for an army corps about one battalion. In Germany the Landgendarnicric is organized into brigades. In France the gendarmerie is an integral part of the army, and is organized into legions (one to each army corps), commanded by a field offi cer, and subdivided into companies (one to each department), commanded by a captain, and these into circuits, commanded by a lieutenant.
TaAix. The term train is applied not only to the wagons of an army, but also to the troops who drive them. In all countries except the United States these troops are specially organized and trained for the purpose, but in the United•States Army the train (except the ammunition column) has always been under the quartermaster's de partment, and the men have been detailed from the nearest organizations. In France the train
is composed of train squadrons (one to• each army corps). composed each of 3 companies, with a strength per squadron. in time of War, of 2300 men and 3500 horses. In Germany it comprises troops organized into battalions (one for each army corps), composed each of 3 companies, the battalion having a strength, in time of peace, of 14 officers, 70 non-commissioned officers, 252 privates, and 190 horses. The ammunition col umn, in the United States, is attached to the corps artillery. and is under an artillery officer; it is divided into four sections (one for each division, and one for the corps artillery). The men of the ammunition column are the reserves for the batteries, and number about two batteries in strength. The supply train (carrying five days' rations and forage) is part of the corps train, as is also the baggage train and a horse depot, containing a reserve of 100 horses and 100 mules. The number of wagons required for the train varies much, and in Europe the num ber allowed for each unit is prescribed. During the Civil War the proportion of wagons in the Army of the Potomac was gradually reduced from 49 to 22 per 1000 men. One of these army corps required about 1086 wagons. while to the German army corps is allowed in all 2150. An important feature of the organization of the army is the STAFF (q.v.), which may be either military or administrative. This branch, to gether with the subjects of IIANK AND COMMAND, RECRUITMENT. and DISCIPLINE, will be found dis cussed under the appropriate beads; while the actual use and operation of an army and its component parts are treated under TACTICS, Al 'MARY ; and COAST DEFENSE. See ARTILLERY; CAVALRY: INFANTRY; and :MOUNTED INFANTRY for the historical development of these arms in which the changes in organization arc discussed. Ancient and modern armies will be found treated under ARMIES, where the statistics of the leading armies of the world are given. Under each of these articles will he found a bibliography. The works of reference mentioned in the article on TACTICS, MILITARY, will be found, in most cases, to deal with the closely related subject of organi zation. Among these may be mentioned Wagner, Organization and Tactics (Kansas City, 1896). and derram, Armies of the "World (London and New York, 1900).