TOE, German Cavalry Division, August 1914

Table of Organisation and Equipment

• Division Staff
• *"weaker than an infantry division"
• 3 x Brigade Staffs
• 6 x Cavalry Regiments
• *36 Officers, 688 NCOs and other ranks, 709 riding horses, 60 draught horses, 2 bridge wagons, 1 telephone wagon, 1 medical wagon, 5 baggage wagons, 5 supply wagons, 5 fodder wagons.
• Horse Artillery Abteilung
• *24 officers, 573 NCOs and other ranks, 780 horses, 55 vehicles / wagons, 12 guns organised as
• *Staff
• **8 officers, 30 NCOs and other ranks, 36 horses, 1 observation wagon, 1 supply wagon, 1 baggage wagon
• *3 x Horse Artillery Batteries
• **4 officers, 133 NCOs and other ranks, 180 horses, 4 guns, 9 vehicles
• *Light Ammunition Column
• **4 officers, 144 NCOs and other ranks, 204 horses, 25 vehicles including 7 infantry small arms ammunition wagons designated for the cavalry
• Machine Gun Detachment
• *2 officers, 115 NCOs and other ranks, 27 riding horses, 60 draught horses, 15 vehicles including 6 MGs drawn by 4 horses, 1 reserve MG and 3 small arms ammunition wagons, 1 field kitchen, 1 store wagon, 1 fodder wagon, 1 baggage wagon
• Pioneer Detachment
• *2 officers, 46 NCOs and other ranks, 31 horses, 6 pioneer wagons
• Signals Detachment
• *Heavy Wireless Station
• **1 station wagon, 1 wireless mast wagon, 1 store wagon
• *2 x Light Wireless Stations
• **1 station wagon, 1 store wagon
• Cavalry Motorised Vehicle Column

  Strength

Jäger Battalions

• battalion staff
• 4 Jäger companies
• *26 officers, 1054 NCOs and other ranks, 58 horses, 4 ammunition wagons, 1 medical wagon, 4 field kitchens, 5 baggage wagons and 5 supply wagons
• 1 machine gun company
• *2 officers, 95 NCOs and other ranks, 45 horses, 6 machine guns, 1 reserve machine gun, 3 ammunition wagons, 1 field kitchen, 1 store wagons, 1 baggage wagon and 1 fodder wagon
• 1 cyclist company
• *3 officers, 124 NCOs and other ranks
• a motorised vehicle column
• *10 vehicles each with a driver and escort