Jacorb Posted 29 January , 2019 Share Posted 29 January , 2019 (edited) Hello, I am researching a relative of mine. He was born in 1895 in Indiana. He never served overseas, but was part of the 158th Depot Brigade. I was looking for info on the brigade. What really is a depot brigade, and was looking for info on the whereabouts of the brigade. Maybe even a picture of the brigade? Any thing will help. His name was Forrest Ray McKinley, a private. Edited 29 January , 2019 by Jacorb Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HERITAGE PLUS Posted 29 January , 2019 Share Posted 29 January , 2019 (edited) The role of depot brigades was to receive and organize recruits, provide them with uniforms, equipment and initial military training, and then send them to France to fight on the front lines. The depot brigades also received soldiers returning home at the end of the war and completed their out processing and discharges. In 1918 the 158th was based in Camp Sherman, Chillicothe, Ohio, which had been built in 1917. Dave Edited 29 January , 2019 by HERITAGE PLUS Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jacorb Posted 29 January , 2019 Author Share Posted 29 January , 2019 Thank ya Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HERITAGE PLUS Posted 29 January , 2019 Share Posted 29 January , 2019 If you search Google Images with words 158th Depot Brigade US Army WW1 several photos of different companies come up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jacorb Posted 29 January , 2019 Author Share Posted 29 January , 2019 Does anyone know how big the brigade would be? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnmelling1979 Posted 29 January , 2019 Share Posted 29 January , 2019 (edited) A brigade is between 1000 and 5000 men... I think. But the US army brigade numbers were smaller I'm led to believe US - During World War I the division consisted of four regiments divided into two brigades of two regiments each. Edited 29 January , 2019 by johnmelling1979 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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