From: The Acting Adjutant and Inspector. To: The Major General Commandant.

1. Forwarded, approved.

H. C. Haines.

Approved:
George Barnett,
Major General Commandant,
United States Marine Corps.

Approved:
Josephus Daniels,
Secretary of the Navy.


TABLE OF CONTENTS.

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I.In general[9]
II.Statutory and actual strength of the Marine Corps on various dates[11]
III.Recruiting—Applicants, rejections, enlistments—Enlistments by States[14]
IV.Geographical location and disposition of Marines during the war[17]
V.How officers were obtained and trained[21]
VI.Training of enlisted men in the United States and in Europe[25]
VII.Organizations and replacements sent to Europe—Organization of the Fourth and Fifth Brigades[29]
VIII.Operations in general[36]
IX.Units composing the Second Division—Commanding generals of the Second Division—Verdun operations[38]
X.Aisne Defensive—Hill 142—Bouresches—Bois de la Brigade de Marine[40]
XI.Aisne-Marne Offensive (Soissons)[45]
XII.Marbache sector, near Pont-a-Mousson on the Moselle River—St. Mihiel Offensive[48]
XIII.The Champagne—Battle of Blanc Mont Ridge—Capture of St. Etienne—March to Leffincourt[49]
XIV.Meuse-Argonne Offensive—Crossing the Meuse River[53]
XV.March to the Rhine—Army of Occupation—Summary of operations of the Fourth Brigade[56]
XVI.With the Navy on board the battleships and cruisers[59]
XVII.The activities of the Fifth Brigade[62]
XVIII.Statistics concerning casualties[65]
XIX.Citations of Marine units by French—Days in France—Artillery captured—Prisoners captured—Kilometers advanced against the enemy—Decorations awarded Marines[67]
XX.Rifle practice—Rifle and pistol competitions participated in by Marines during the war[69]
XXI.Aviation statistics[71]
XXII.Marine Corps Reserve[76]
XXIII.Return of Marines from Europe—Parades in the United States[78]
XXIV.Demobilization[80]
XXV.The Office of the Major General Commandant—The Adjutant and Inspector’s Department[83]
XXVI.The Paymaster’s Department[84]
XXVII.The Quartermaster’s Department[89]