NUMBERS OF SOLDIERS IN MILITARY UNITS
- Ambulance Company = 66 men
- Army Corps = 60,000 men
- Battalion = 1,000 men
- Brigadier-General leads each Infantry Brigade
- Captain heads a company
- Colonel heads each Regiment
- Company = 250 men
- Corporal's Squad = 11 men
- Engineer's Regiment = 1,098 men
- Field Artillery Brigade - 1,300 men
- Field Artillery = 195 men
- Field Hospital = 55 men
Firing Squad = 20 men
Infantry Brigade = 7,000 men
Infantry Division = 19,000 men
Lieutenant heads a platoon
Lieutenant-Colonel is next in rank below a Colonel
Machine Gun Battalion - 296 men
Major heads a Battalion
Major-General leads the Field Army; also each Army Corps
Platoon - 60 men
Regiment of infantry = 3,600 men
Sergeant is next below a Lieutenant
Supply Train - 283 men
