Appendix
Order of Battle of the First Army, 1914
Army Troops
Siege Units:
Staff 1st Guard Foot Artillery.
General of Pioneers attached to Army Staff:
Pioneer Regt. 18 (2 battns.). (At disposal of I Army Corps until eighth day of mobilization.)
Pioneer Siege Train (2 Park coys.).
Searchlight Section (from 1.10.14).
Telegraph and Air Force Units:
Army Telegraph Sections I, III.
Lines of Communication Telephone Detachment.
Wireless Command 1.
Wireless Station 5 (III).
Wireless Station 20.
Balloon Section 1.
Aeroplane Section 12.
Lines of Communication Units:
Lines of Communication Inspection II.
With Lines of Communication Units of II, III, and IV Army Corps and 2nd Lines of Communication Units of III and IV Army Corps.
Motor Transport Units:
O.C. Motor Transport Train 1.
L. of C. Motor Columns 14.
L. of C. Motor Columns 2526.
L. of C. Motor Columns 4750.
L. of C. Motor Columns 2224.
L. of C. Motor Columns 3536
L. of C. Motor Columns 4546.
L. of C. Motor Columns 38.
L. of C. Motor Park 1.
Motor Transport Units:
L. of C. Aircraft Park 1.
Lines of Communication Ammunition Columns:
Nos. 5 and 6 of II Army Corps.
Nos. 7, 8. 47 of III Army Corps.
Nos. 9, 10, 49 of IV Army Corps.
Lines of Communication Transport Columns:
Nos. 14 of II Army Corps.
Nos. 14 of III Army Corps.
Nos. 14 of IV Army Corps.
Reserve Supply Columns:
Nos. 13 II.
Nos. 46 II.
Nos. 13 IV.
Nos. 46 IV.
Nos. 13 IX.
1st Army Reserve Ammunition, Stores, Gas:
Ammunition Trains (loaded trucks):
Infantry 12 II; 6, 38 III.
Field Artillery:
Howitzer 58 II; 11, 16 III; 22, 26 IV.
Gun 3 III; 6 IV.
Foot Artillery:
Heavy Field Howitzer and Heavy Gun 2 V.; 3 III.; 4 IV.
Stores and Explosive Reserve (loaded railway trucks) 1 III.
Gas Reserve (attached to Stores and Explosives) 1 VIII.
Transport Stores (two sections, each with eight days Army supply in Lines of Communication Motor Park).
Note: Demands for further supplies will be sent as followsfor Ammunition and Stores to Chief of Field Ammunition Department; for Personnel, Vehicles, Spare Parts, etc., for motors and transport stores of all kinds to the Stationary Motor Department 1 VII. Dsseldorf; for Gas to the Field Balloon Section, Stationary Aircraft Troops Inspection.
Corps
III CORPS
(25 battalions, 6 squadrons, 24 batteries, 4 Pioneer Coys.)
5th Division:
9th Infantry Brigade:
8th Regt.
48th Regt.
10th Infantry Brigade:
12th Regt. 52nd Regt.
(Each regiment of 3 battalions and a machine-gun company.)
3rd Jger Battn.
3rd Hussars (3 squadrons).
5th Field Artillery Brigade:
18th Field Artillery Regt:
I. Abteilung (3 batteries and light ammunition column.)
II. Abteilung (howitzers).
54th Field Artillery Regt:
I. Abteilung.
II. Abteilung
Engineers:
1st Coy. 3rd Pioneer Battn.
5th Divisional Bridging Train.
Medical:
1st and 3rd Medical Coys.
6th Division:
11th Infantry Brigade:
20th Regt.
35th Regt.
12th Infantry Brigade:
24th Regt.
64th Regt.
(Each regiment of 3 battalions and a machine-gun company.)
3rd Hussars (Regimental Staff and 3 squadrons).
6th Field Artillery Brigade:
3rd Field Artillery Regt:
I Abteilung (3 batteries and light ammunition column).
II Abteilung (3 batteries and light ammunition column).
39th Artillery Regt:
I Abteilung.
II Abteilung (howitzers).
Engineers:
2nd Coy. 3rd Pioneer Battn.
3rd Coy. 3rd Pioneer Battn.
6th Divisional Bridging Train.
Medical:
2nd Medical Coy.
Corps Troops:
Searchlight Section, 3rd Pioneer Battn.
3rd Telephone Section.
7th Aeroplane Section.
1st Battn. 2nd Guard Foot Artillery Regt. (4 companies and light ammunition column).
Ammunition Columns:
No. I. Infantry 1 and 2.
Artillery 1, 2, 3, 4 (howitzer).
Ammunition Columns:
No. II Infantry 3 and 4.
Artillery 5, 6, 7, 8 (howitzer); 9 (howitzer).
Foot Artillery 18.
Trains:
No. I Field Hospitals 16.
Supply Columns 13.
Transport Columns 13
Horse Depot 1.
No. II Field Hospitals 712.
Supply Columns 46.
Transport Columns 47.
Horse Depot 2.
Corps Bridging Train 3.
Field Bakery Columns 1, 2.
* Attached
Landwehr:
11th Brigade.:
20th Regt., 3 battalions.
35th Regt., 3 battalions.
1st Squadron Guard Landwehr.
2nd Landsturm Battery III Corps.*
10th Brigade:
12th Regt., 3 battalions.
52nd Regt., 3 battalions.
1st Squadron Landwehr.
1st Landsturm Battery III Corps.*
27th Brigade:
53rd Regt., 3 battalions.
55th Regt., 3 battalions.
2nd Squadron Landwehr. (This brigade, until sixteenth day of mobilization, was at disposal of VII Army Corps for railway protection.)
IV CORPS
(25 battalions, 6 squadrons, 24 batteries, 4 Pioneer Coys.)
7th Division:
13th Infantry Brigade:
26th Regt.
66th Regt.
14th Infantry Brigade:
27th Regt.
165th Regt.
(Each regiment of 3 battalions and a machine-gun company.)
10th Hussars (Staff and 3 squadrons).
7th Field Artillery Brigade:
4th Field Artillery Regt.:
I Abteilung (3 batteries and light ammunition column).
II Abteilung (howitzer).
40th Field Artillery Regt.:
I Abteilung.
II Abteilung.
Engineers :
1st Coy. 4th Pioneer Battn.
7th Divisional Bridging Train.
Medical:
1st and 3rd Medical Coys.
8th Division :
15th Infantry Brigade:
36th Regt.
93rd Regt.
4th Jger Battn.
16th Infantry Brigade:
72nd Regt.
153rd Regt.
(Each regiment of 3 battalions and 1 machine-gun company.)
10th Hussars (3 squadrons).
8th Field Artillery Brigade:
74th Artillery Regt.:
I Abteilung (3 batteries and light ammunition column).
II Abteilung.
75th Artillery Regt.:
I Abteilung.
II Abteilung (howitzer).
Engineers:
2nd and 3rd Coys. 4th Pioneer Battn.
8th Divisional Bridging Train.
Medical:
2nd Medical Coy.
Corps Troops:
Searchlight Section 4th Pioneer Battn.
4th Telephone Section.
9th Aeroplane Section.
1st Battn. 4th Foot Artillery Regt. (4 companies and light ammunition column).
Ammunition Columns:
No. 1. Infantry 1 and 2.
Artillery 1, 2, 3, and 4 (howitzer).
No II Infantry 3 and 4.
Artillery 5, 6, 7, 8 (howitzer), and 9 (howitzer).
Foot Artillery 18.
Trains:
No. I Field Hospitals 16. Supply Columns 13. Transport Columns l-3. Horse Depot 1.
No. II Field Hospitals 712. Supply Columns 46. Transport Columns 47. Horse Depot 2.
Corps Bridging Train 4.
Field Bakery Columns 1 and 2.
IV RESERVE CORPS
(25 battalions, 6 squadrons, 12 batteries.)
7th Reserve Division:
13th Reserve Infantry Brigade:
27th Regt. (3 battalions and M.G. Coy).
36th Regt. (3 battalions).
14th Reserve Infantry Brigade:
66th Regt. (3 battalions).
72nd Regt. (3 battalions and M.G. Coy.).
4th Reserve Jger Battn.
1st Reserve Heavy Cavalry Regt.
7th Reserve Field Artillery Regt.
I Abteilung (3 batteries and light ammunition column).