Composition of Head-Quarters
The following tables give the number of officers in the several Head-Quarters comprised in the Force.
GENERAL HEAD-QUARTERS
Commander-in-Chief and Personal Staff 6 General Staff 11 A.G. and Q.M.G.’s Staffs 8 Heads of Administrative Services 15 Other officers 15 Other ranks nearly 200 ARMY HEAD-QUARTERS
Similarly composed, but with fewer officers.
HEAD-QUARTERS OF THE LINES OF COMMUNICATION
General and A.D.C. 2 General Staff 2 Other Staff 7 Other officers (Administrative Services) 26 Other ranks about 100 HEAD-QUARTERS OF THE BASE
Commandant and Staff 5 Other officers (Administrative Services) 18 Other ranks about 40 HEAD-QUARTERS OF A DIVISION (INFANTRY OR CAVALRY)
Major-General and A.D.C.’s 3 General Staff 3 A.G. and Q.M.G.’s Staffs 2 Other officers 7 Other ranks about 70 HEAD-QUARTERS OF A BRIGADE OF CAVALRY OR INFANTRY, OF MOUNTED BRIGADES, AND OF DIVISIONAL ARTILLERY
Brigadier-General and A.D.C. 2 Brigade Major 1 Staff Captain (none in Infantry Brigades) 1 Brigade Signalling Officer 1 (none in Divisional Artillery) Other ranks 30 to 40 ” ” in Divisional Artillery 20
| Commander-in-Chief and Personal Staff | 6 |
| General Staff | 11 |
| A.G. and Q.M.G.’s Staffs | 8 |
| Heads of Administrative Services | 15 |
| Other officers | 15 |
| Other ranks | nearly 200 |
| General and A.D.C. | 2 |
| General Staff | 2 |
| Other Staff | 7 |
| Other officers (Administrative Services) | 26 |
| Other ranks | about 100 |
| Commandant and Staff | 5 |
| Other officers (Administrative Services) | 18 |
| Other ranks | about 40 |
| Major-General and A.D.C.’s | 3 |
| General Staff | 3 |
| A.G. and Q.M.G.’s Staffs | 2 |
| Other officers | 7 |
| Other ranks | about 70 |
| Brigadier-General and A.D.C. | 2 |
| Brigade Major | 1 |
| Staff Captain (none in Infantry Brigades) | 1 |
| Brigade Signalling Officer | 1 |
| (none in Divisional Artillery) | |
| Other ranks | 30 to 40 |
| ” ” in Divisional Artillery | 20 |
The above does not include officers of the “Army Motor Reserve,” who are attached to all these Head-Quarters, except those of Cavalry and Infantry Brigades and Divisional Artillery.
CHAPTER IX
THE EXPEDITIONARY FORCE (continued) ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES
A description will now be given of the organization of the British Administrative Services designed for the Expeditionary Force of six Divisions with a Cavalry Division and two Mounted Brigades.
At the head of each Administrative Service is a Director, who is the adviser of the C.-in-C. on technical matters connected with the Service he administers. He is responsible for providing for the requirements which his Service is designed to meet, subject to the instructions of that branch of the Staff to which the C.-in-C. has delegated his authority in this respect.
A representative of each Director is allotted to the Staff of the L. of C. and of the Subordinate Commands, to whom he holds the same position as his Director does to the Staff of the C.-in-C. The Services are thus kept in close touch with the Staff, so as to conform readily to the movements and requirements of the Troops.
The following is a list of the Directors, and shows the nature of the duty of the Administrative Service which each directs.
Director of Army Signals: Service of inter-communication.
Director of Army Medical Services: Care of the sick and wounded; sanitation.
Director of Army Transport: Provision of transport.
Director of Army Supplies: Provision of food, forage, fuel, and light.
Director of Army Ordnance Services: Provision of ammunition, equipment, clothing, and stores.
Director of Army Veterinary Service: Care of animals.
Director of Army Remounts: Providing fresh horses.
Director of Army Railways: Working of railways.
Director of Army Works: Engineer works on the L. of C.
Director of Army Postal Services.
The Service of Army Signals is controlled by the General Staff, and the Medical Services by the Adjutant-General’s Branch, for the reasons previously explained, in describing the organization of the Staff, in [Chapter VI.] All the other Directors, and their representatives with Subordinate Commands, work under the supervision of the Quarter-Master-General’s Branch of the Staff.
Besides the above Directors, and the Administrative Services they control, the following Officials and Departments form part of the General Head-Quarters of the Army in the Field.
A Deputy Judge-Advocate-General, for legal advice, and a Principal Chaplain are attached to Head-Quarters of the C.-in-C., and are placed under the Adjutant-General.
An Accounts Department, under the Financial Adviser attached to Head-Quarters, and a Record Office, to deal with correspondence, will be established at the Base.
Of the officers enumerated above, the first four Directors, those of Army Signals, Medical Services, Transport, and Supplies, accompany General Head-Quarters in the field. The remainder are usually attached to the Head-Quarters of the Lines of Communication, where the Services they administer are mainly employed.