Field service regulations. Pt. 2, Organization and administration 1909 (reprinted, with amendments, 1913) / General Staff, War Office.

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1913
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Credit: Field service regulations. Pt. 2, Organization and administration 1909 (reprinted, with amendments, 1913) / General Staff, War Office. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    [Amendments of the previous edition, other than minor corrections, are denoted by a black line in the margin.] DEFINITIONS. These Definitions Explain the Meaning with which the Following Terms are used in these Regulations. Military Authorities.—The authorities responsible for the pro- vision and maintenance of personnel and materiel, e.g., the War Office* in the case of the Expeditionary Force ; the Military Authorities in India in the case of troops belonging to the army in India ; the Military Authorities of the Self-governing Dominions in the case of troops belonging to them. General Headquarters.—The headquarters of the Commander- in-Chief of the forces in the field. Army Headquarters.—The headquarters of the commander of an army or group of divisions. If divisions are not grouped in separate armies (Sec. 7, para. 3), army headquarters and general headquarters become identical, and the term general headquarters will then be used. Farces in the Field.—This term comprises the whole of the military forces mobilized in the theatre of operations under the supreme command of the C.-in-C. It includes the field army or armies, fortress, coast defence and garrison troops, and L. of C. units and defence troops. * For distribution of duties at the War Office see Appendix I.