162d Depot Brigade (United States)

162d Depot Brigade
Active	1917–1919
Country	United States
Branch	United States Army
Type	Depot
Role	Training and receiving
Size	Brigade
Garrison/HQ	Camp Pike, Arkansas
Engagements	World War I
Disbanded	May, 1919

The 162d Depot Brigade was a training and receiving formation in the United States Army during World War I.^[1]

World War I

Secretary of War Newton Baker authorized Major General Samuel Sturgis to organize the 162d Depot Brigade, an element of the 87th Division (National Army).^[2] It was later detached and placed directly under Camp Pike as an independent unit.^{[3] [4][5]} The depot brigade filled two purposes: one was to train replacements for the American Expeditionary Forces; the other was to act as a receiving unit for men sent to camps by local draft boards.^[6][7]

See also

• Formations of the United States Army during World War I
• Timeline of World War I
• United States home front during World War I

Notes

1. Directory of Troops, 1949, p. 1299.
2. Wilson, 1998, p. 60.
3. Organizations and Activities of the War Department, 1949, p. 1277.
4. Territorial Departments, Tactical Divisions Organized in 1918, and Posts, Camps, and Stations, 1949, pp. 843-45
5. Directory of Troops, 1949, p. 1277.
6. WD Cir 23, 1918, p. 7.
7. Wilson, 1998, p. 76n32.

References

• Order of Battle of the United States Land Forces in the World War (PDF). Volume 3, Part 1: Center of Military History Publication No. 23-3—Zone of the Interior: Organizations and Activities of the War Department. Wash., DC: U.S. Dept. of the Army. 1988 [1st. pub. GPO:1949]. Retrieved January 31, 2015.
• Order of Battle of the United States Land Forces in the World War (PDF). Volume 3, Part 2: Center of Military History Publication No. 23-4—Zone of the Interior: Territorial Departments, Tactical Divisions Organized in 1918, and Posts, Camps, and Stations. Wash., DC: U.S. Dept. of the Army. 1988 [1st. pub. GPO:1949]. Retrieved January 31, 2015.
• Order of Battle of the United States Land Forces in the World War (PDF). Volume 3, Part 3: Center of Military History Publication No. 23-5—Directory of Troops. Wash., DC: U.S. Dept. of the Army. 1988 [1st. pub. GPO:1949]. Retrieved January 31, 2015.
• Wilson, John B. (1998). Center of Military History Publication No. 60-14-1—Maneuver and Firepower: The Evolution of Divisions and Separate Brigades (PDF) (Army Lineage Series ed.). Wash., DC: U.S. Dept. of the Army. Retrieved January 31, 2015.
• U.S. War Dept. War Plans Div. AWC. (1918). Trng. Circ. No. 23—Training Regulations for Depot Brigades (PDF) (Report). U.S. War Dept. Document No. 859. Wash., DC: U.S. War Dept. Retrieved January 31, 2015.