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

Date:
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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    Administrative Commander. —An officer vested with the command of administrative troops only ; e.gadministrative com- mandants, directors of administrative services and their representatives. Administrative Services.—Signal, medical, supplies, transport, ordnance, railways, works, remounts, veterinary, postal. Administrative Departments.—The departments of the Judge Advocate-General, Principal Chaplain, and Paymaster-in-1 Chief. I Theatre of Operations. —The whole area of land or sea in which fighting may be expected, or in which the movements of troops, &c., are liable to interruption or interference on the part of the enemy. The Lines of Communication.—The systems of communica- tion by rail, road, and navigable waterways between the army and its base or bases of operations inclusive, together with the district through which they pass, within such limits as the C.-in-C. may determine. L. of C. Defences.—The defences of that portion of the L. of C. for the security of which the commander of L. of C. defences is made responsible by the C.-in-C., together with all fortifications ana defences situated in that area. Base.—A place where the L. of C. originates, where magazines of stores for the forces in the field are situated and main- tained under direct military management and control, and where the principal business of supplying these forces is located and organized under the military authorities. Regulating Station. — A place where railway trains are I marshalled, and whence they are despatched to railheads. | Advanced Base.—The area within which may be situated the advanced depots of ammunition, supplies, animals, and material from which issues are made to field units. (b 10132) b