riding
horses.
Composition of Cavalry Units
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Regiment | Squadrons (3)
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Each | Each
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1 Colonel | 1 Major
1 Lt. Colonel | 1 1st Lieut., squadron adjutant
3 Majors |
15 Captains | 4 troops
16 1st Lieuts. |
16 2nd Lieuts. | _Attached_
-- |
52 | 1 Squadron Sergt. Major
-- | (from Hdqrs. Troop)
|
1 Hdqrs. Troop |
1 Machine Gun Troop |
1 Supply Troop |
12 Troops organized into 3 |
squadrons of 4 troops each |
|
_Attached_ |
|
1 Major, Med. Dept. |
3 Capts., or 1st Lieuts., |
Med. Dept. |
1 Chaplain |
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Troops
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Cavalry (12) | Headquarters (1) | Machine Gun (1) | Supply (1)
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1 Captain | 1 Captain, Regtl. | 1 Captain | 1 Captain,
1 1st Lieut. | Adjt. | 1 1st Lieut. | Regtl. Supply
1 2nd Lieut. | 1 Regtl. Sergeant | 2 2nd Lieuts. | Officer
-- | Major |-- | 2 2nd Lieuts.
3 | 3 Squadron Sergts. | 4 |--
-- | Major |-- | 3
| 1 1st Sergt. | |--
1 1st Sergt. | (Drum Major) | 1 1st Sergt. |
1 Mess Sergt. | 2 Color Sergts. | 1 Mess Sergt. | 3 Regtl. Supply
1 Supp
|