The following units were organized by the Overseas Depot: Third, Fourth, Fifth, Sixth, Ninth, Tenth, Eleventh Separate Battalions; Second and Third Machine Gun Battalions; Fifth Brigade Machine Gun Battalion; Second and Third Separate Machine Gun Battalions; Eleventh and Thirteenth Regiments; total, approximately, 16,000 officers and enlisted men. The Seventh and Eighth Separate Battalions were organized and sent to France from Marine Barracks, Parris Island, S. C.
The following table shows the schools conducted by the Overseas Depot and the number of graduates:
| School. | Officers. | Noncom- missioned officers. | Privates. | Total. |
| Officers | 294 | .. | .. | 294 |
| Bayonet | .. | 360 | 220 | 580 |
| Bombing | .. | 200 | 150 | 350 |
| Gas | .. | 180 | .. | 180 |
| Automatic Rifle | .. | 150 | 650 | 800 |
| Scout Snipers | .. | 75 | 375 | 450 |
| Machine Gun | 120 | 145 | 295 | 560 |
| Miners and Sappers | .. | 70 | 80 | 150 |
| Enlisted Staff | .. | 105 | 300 | 405 |
| Total | 414 | 1,285 | 2,070 | 3,769 |
In addition to the training described above, 69 officers and 2,084 enlisted men, a total of 2,153, graduated from the Marine Corps school of machine gun instruction at Utica, N. Y.
Never before in the history of the corps have better drilled and trained or more generally efficient men been turned out, ready for duty, upon completion of their training, and to this factor is largely due the splendid record made by the Marines during the war.
The work of the officers training the Marines was not spectacular, and they wear no war chevrons, nor decorations for bravery, perhaps, but they were, nevertheless, a vital factor in whatever success the Marine Corps met with in the great struggle.
Information with reference to the training of enlisted men for aviation will be found in [Chapter XXI].
TRAINING IN FRANCE.
On June 27, 1917, the First Battalion of the Fifth Regiment actually landed in France and on July 3, 1917, the entire Fifth Regiment was under canvas on French soil. From that date every effort was made to train the men and officers. Elements of the Fifth Regiment trained as a part of the First Division of Regulars from July 15, 1917, to September, 1917, in the Gondrecourt training area. From September, 1917, on, the training of the available units of the Fourth Brigade as a unit of the Second Division of Regulars was conducted in the Bourmont training area.