NUMBER OF MARINES SAILING FROM THE UNITED STATES TO EUROPE
FOR DUTY WITH THE AMERICAN EXPEDITIONARY FORCES AND FOR SHORE DUTY WITH THE NAVAL SERVICE.
There were 834 officers, not including observers, and 30,481 enlisted men, or a total of 31,315 Marines, sent overseas for shore duty with the American Expeditionary Forces and naval service. The following tables give details:
For duty with American Expeditionary Forces.
| Month of departure from United States. | Officers. | Enlisted men. | Total. |
| May, 1917 | [4]2 | .. | 2 |
| June, 1917 | 70 | 2,689 | 2,759 |
| July, 1917 | 29 | 1,054 | 1,083 |
| September, 1917 | 27 | 1,045 | 1,072 |
| October, 1917 | 45 | 1,536 | 1,581 |
| December, 1917 | 23 | 637 | 660 |
| January, 1918 | 31 | 1,031 | 1,062 |
| February,1918 | 24 | 1,041 | 1,065 |
| March, 1918 | 23 | 1,034 | 1,057 |
| April, 1918 | 22 | 1,284 | 1,306 |
| May, 1918 | 24 | 1,565 | 1,589 |
| June, 1918 | 6 | 751 | 757 |
| August, 1918 | 32 | 4,362 | 4,394 |
| September, 1918 | 172 | 5,275 | 5,447 |
| October, 1918 | 132 | 5,809 | 5,941 |
| Total | 662 | 29,113 | 29,775 |
[4] Accompanied Gen. Pershing.
Sixty officers of the Medical Corps, twelve officers of the Dental Corps, five hundred enlisted men of the Medical Corps, and eleven Chaplains, of the Navy, not included in the above figures, were sent to France and served with the Marines in the American Expeditionary Forces.
In addition to the above the Twelfth Replacement Battalion, consisting of 9 officers and 500 enlisted men, joined the American Expeditionary Forces in June, 1919.
For duty with naval service ashore