Organization: How Armies are Formed for War

by Hubert Foster

Rank of the Officers commanding the above Formations

Companies, Squadrons, Batteries	Captain.
(The Infantry Captain is a mounted Officer, except in Japan.)
Infantry Battalions, and Artillery “Groups”	Major.
Regiments, of all Arms	Colonel.
Brigades, of all Arms	Major-General.
Divisions and Army Corps	Lieut.-General.

In Russia the Lieutenant-Colonel replaces the Major, as that rank does not exist.

The following tables give the war organization of the formations of fighting troops in the principal armies of the world.