• Division Staff • "weaker than an infantry division" • 3 x Brigade Staffs • 6 x Cavalry Regiments (each of 4 squadrons) • 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 (each drawn by 6 horses), 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 (2 in the
4th and
Bavarian Cavalry Divisions) • 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 The total strength of a division on mobilisation was at least 244 officers, 4862 NCOs and other ranks, 5512 horses (riding and draught) and 197 vehicles and wagons. It commanded 24 cavalry squadrons, 12 field artillery pieces and 6 machine guns. == Jäger Battalions ==