Schützenkompanie a (Ostpreussen), 1.09.1939

SCHÜTZENKOMPANIE a (Ostpreussen) KStN 131a (O) dated 01.10.1937 *
1 Company Commander (K)(Pistol)(on horseback)
Company Headquarters Headquarters Section 1 NCO as Headquarters Section Leader (Rifle) 4 Messengers (Rifles) 1 Messenger / Bugler (Rifle) 4 Messengers (Rifles)(on bicycles) 1 Groom for officer's horse (Rifle) Combat Trains 1 Senior NCO as First Sergeant / Trains Leader (Pistol)(on bicycle) 1 NCO for Equipment & Gas Protection (Rifle) 1 NCO as Medic (Pistol)(on bicycle) 1 Rifleman (Rifle)(on bicycle) 3 Riflemen & wagon escorts (Rifles) 4 Wagon Drivers (Rifles) 1 Assistant Armorer (Pistol) 1 Cook (Rifle) 1 Cook & wagon escort (Rifle) 4 Stretcher Bearers (Pistols) 3 combat wagons (Hf. 7/11) with 2 heavy draught horses each 1 wagon (Hf.11 or Hf. 13) with Field Kitchen with 2 heavy draught horses Ration Trains 1 Rations Clerk / Rations Trains Leader & wagon escort (Rifle) 1 Wagon Driver (Rifle) 1 rations wagon (Hf. 1) with 2 light draught horses Baggage Trains 1 Pay Clerk / Baggage Trains Leader (Rifle) (on bicycle) 1 Tailor (Rifle) & wagon escort 1 Cobbler (Rifle) & wagon escort 2 Wagon Drivers (Rifles) 2 wagons (Hf. 1) for baggage and equipment, each drawn by light draught horses		3 Rifle Platoons, each with 1 Officer (Z) as Platoon Leader (Pistol) Platoon Headquarters 2 Messengers (Rifles) 1 Messenger / Bugler (Rifle) 3 Rifle Squads, each with 1 NCO Squad Leader (Rifle) 1 Assistant Squad Leader (Rifle) 1 MG Gunner (Pistol) 2 Assistant MG Gunners (Pistols) 7 Riflemen (Rifles) 1 light machine gun
NOTES: * Missing KStN. This rendition is based on the KStN 131a (R) with wagons substituted for the truck in the Baggage Trains. Totals: 4 Officers, 22 NCO, 140 Enlisted Men; 127 Rifles, 38 Pistols, 9 LMG; 7 wagons; 1 riding horse; 14 draught horses; 8 bicycles.