User talk:Buckshot06/List of infantry regiments of the United States Army
Thankyou Kges1901
[edit]Dear Kges1901 thankyou for all your extensive recent edits to this page. I reiterate: I will, probably in the next 72 hours, reorganise this page into strict numerical order; splits will be by convenient size blocks in the numbering of regiments; 1-545 and 545 and above was only an initial guess, and may change. Kind regards Buckshot06 (talk) 21:32, 6 August 2020 (UTC)
- IMO I would have a list covering regiments between 1917 and 1959, when the National Guard regiments were numbered in the same system as the Regular units, and a separate list for the post-1959 battalions. If I added all the active and reserve battalions this list would be extremely long, so ideally the battalion list would be divided into National Guard and Active/Reserve battalions. This would be due to the nature of lineage differing between National Guard and the rest. 545 would not be a logical split, IMO, since there are few infantry regiments about 545. If one wants to go back to the beginning of the army (the 1790s) the list would be a listing of numerous unrelated regiments sharing the same number that only briefly existed, having been raised for the Quasi-War, War of 1812, Mexican-American War, etc, and then disbanded after the end of the crisis or war. Kges1901 (talk) 22:40, 6 August 2020 (UTC)
- Well, we did separate divisional listings for the Soviet Ground Forces for different periods, we may need the same here; Legion of the United States --> 1917; 1917-1959; and 1959 - present. But for the present, I'm going to maintain everything in here in numerical order, because I am heartily sick of the Army's crazy lineage rules, and as far as I'm concerned, the 31st Infantry in 1850 has an association - would be, at the very least, a WP disambig page - with the 31st Infantry in 1910, and in 1920. People have to be able to find the 31st Infantry at *any* time period they come across a reference to it, which is why the Army lineage rules are so severely unhelpful. Buckshot06 (talk) 01:57, 7 August 2020 (UTC)
- Many thanks for all your continuing assistance here Kges1901. I think the Active Army is a whole lot simpler than the NG, and thus our focus on the NG is completely justified. Once we go over 120kB we'll begin considering splits. Buckshot06 (talk) 22:22, 9 August 2020 (UTC)
- Well, we did separate divisional listings for the Soviet Ground Forces for different periods, we may need the same here; Legion of the United States --> 1917; 1917-1959; and 1959 - present. But for the present, I'm going to maintain everything in here in numerical order, because I am heartily sick of the Army's crazy lineage rules, and as far as I'm concerned, the 31st Infantry in 1850 has an association - would be, at the very least, a WP disambig page - with the 31st Infantry in 1910, and in 1920. People have to be able to find the 31st Infantry at *any* time period they come across a reference to it, which is why the Army lineage rules are so severely unhelpful. Buckshot06 (talk) 01:57, 7 August 2020 (UTC)