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Reserve Infantry Division, Philippine Army
8 December 1941
Reserve Infantry Division, Philippine Army
H.P. Willmott states:
In theory, every division should have had one field artillery regiment and three infantry regiments with full transport and service support. In reality, few divisions had even one properly consitituted and trained regiment, and most units were either cadres or filled with untrained or partially untrained levies. In every aspect of weaponry and equipment the reserve divisions were hopelessly deficient, though perhaps their most serious weakness lay in the linguistics and social divisions that plagued them ... Many of the rank and file could not understand [the language of] their officers and their fellow soldiers from different islands and areas.
Source:
H.P. Willmott
"Empires in the Balance"
Symbols Abbreviations and Terms Used
 
Philippine Army Reserve Divisions
8 December 1941
     Division
         Commander
Infantry
Regiments
Artillery
Regiment
Engineer
Battalion
Medical
Battalion
Signal
Company
Quartermaster
Company
Truck
Company
     11
         BG W. Brougher
11
12
13
11 11 11 11 11 11
     21
         BG M. Capinpin
21
22
23
21 21 21 21 21 21
     31
         BG C. Bluemel
31
32
33
31 31 31 31 31 31
     41
         BG V. Lim
41
42
43
41 41 41 41 41 41
     51
         MG A. Jones
51
52
53
51 51 51 51 51 51
     61
         BG B. Chynoweth
61
62
63
61 61 61 61 61 61
     71
         BG C. A. Selleck
71
72
73
71 71 71 71 71 71
     81
         BG G. S. Fort
81
82
83
81 81 81 81 81 81
     91
         COL L. R. Stevens
91
92
93
91 91 91 91 91 91
    101
         BG J. Vachon
101
102
103
101 101 101 101 101 101
 
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