OOB of the Romanian Army at the start of WW1

[dragos03]

A member asked me to help him with this. Here is the first part of the OOB.

Romanian order of battle 14 August 1916

Army general staff
Commander: king Ferdinand I
Minister of war: I.I.C. Bratianu

Chief of staff: div. General V. Zottu
Deputy chiefs of staff: brigade general D. Iliescu, brigade general D. Stratilescu

1st Echelon

1st Section (operations): col. Ioan Rascanu
1st Bureau (operations): maj. Radu Rosetti
2nd Bureau (informations): lt.-col. Eracle Nicoleanu

2nd Section (transports): lt.-col. Mihail Ionescu
3rd Bureau (transports): maj. Dumitru Motas
4th Bureau (communications): maj. Nicolae Saita

3rd Section: maj. Richard Petrescu
5th Bureau (personal): maj. Gheorghe Ioanide
6th Bureau (materials, captures): maj. Ioan Sichitiu

2nd Echelon (logistics): brigade general I. Popovici
Military railroads: col. Ioan Macri
Artillery: brigade general Radu Toroceanu
Navy: rear-admiral C. Balescu
Engineers: brigade general Sc. Panaitescu
Intendence: general intendent Constantin Zaharia
Sanitary service: general medic Ilie Antoniu

Army commands

1st Army
Commander: Div. General Ioan Culcer
Chief of staff: brigade general Alex Lupescu

2nd Army
Commander: Div. General Alexandru Averescu
Chief of staff: brigade general Constantin Cristescu

3rd Army
Commander: Div. General Mihail Aslan
Chief of staff: brigade general Gheorghe Mardarescu

Northern Army
Commander: Div. General Constantin Prezan
Chief of staff: col. Iacob Zadic
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Army Corps and divisional commanders

1st Corps – div. Gen. Ioan Popovici
1st Inf. Division – brigade general Ioan A. Dragalina
2 Inf. Division – brigade general Constantin Manolescu
11 Inf. Division – brigade general Ioan Muica
1st Calarasi brigade – brigade general Ioan Oprescu

2nd Army Corps – div. General Dumitru Cotescu
3rd Inf. Division – brigade general Marin Niculescu
4th Inf. Division – brigade general Gheorghe Burghele
12 Inf. Division – brigade general Traian Gaiseanu
2nd Calarasi brigade – colonel Alexandru Calinescu

3rd Army Corps – div. General Constantin Tanasescu
5 Inf. Division - brigade general Petre Frunza
6 Inf. Division – division general Constantin Costescu
13 Inf. Division - brigade general Alexandru Socec
3rd Calarasi brigade – colonel Ioan Toplicescu

4th Army Corps – div. General Constantin Presan
7 Inf. Division - brigade general Ioan Istrate
8 Inf. Division - brigade general Ioan Partascu
14 Inf. Division - brigade general P. Vasilescu
4th Calarasi brigade – colonel Arion Brown

5th Army Corps – div. General adj. Gheorghe Georgescu
10 Inf. Division - brigade general Artur Vaitoianu
15 Inf. Division - brigade general Eremia Grigorescu
5th Calarasi brigade – colonel Constantin Caratas

6th Army Corps - brigade general Gheorghe Valeanu
16 Inf. Division - brigade general Constantin Anastasiade
17 Inf. Division (Turtucaia bridgehead) - brigade general Constantin Teodorescu
18 Inf. Division - brigade general Alex Refendaru

7th Army Corps – div. General Ioan Rascu
9 Inf. Division - brigade general Ioan Basarabescu
19 Inf. Division - brigade general Nicolae Arghirescu
Cernavoda bridgehead – div. General Aureliu Saegiu
20 Inf. Division - brigade general David Praporgescu

1st Cavalry Division - brigade general Ioan Herescu
2nd Cavalry Division - brigade general Gr. Basarabescu

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Other Commanders

Bucharest fortress – div. General Mihail Boteanu
Fortified zone Focsani-Namoloasa-Galati – div. General Petre Nasturel
1st heavy artillery brigade – colonel Ioan Vernescu
2nd heavy artillery brigade – colonel Romulus Vivescu
1st border guards brigade - brigade general Matei Kastris
Danube squadron (navy) – rear-admiral Nicolae Negrescu

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Being the person who asked for this info I'd like to thank dragos03 for posting this. We corresponded by private email and this is the result. It seems that a public rather than proviate thanks is in order, especially if others find this info important to their own researches.
One question: Can you site the specific source (Title, publisher, date, etc)? I'm sure others may want to try and find these works.
For any interested the university system for which I work is trying to establish a database of major players in the First World War so that source info can be available as the 100th anniversary approaches. We're looking for the location of the papers of various individuals and before knowing which papers we're looking for we first have to know who we're looking for. This list goes a long way toward helping us.
Thanks again and any further assistance will be appreciated.
Rich

[dragos03]

No problem, i am glad to help.
The source is a massive book called "Romania in razboiul mondial 1916-1919" (Romania in the great war 1916-1919), written by the historical service of the Romanian General Staff and published in 1934. I only have the first 2 volumes of this book, who only deal with the first months of the war. I think that the following volumes were never printed.
This books contain incredibly detailed data about the period. Even small action of battalions or even companies are described in detail. There are data about the weapons, even the quantity of ammo fired by each gun battery.
Also, the book includes hundreds of pages of documents, from all sides. You can find official reports of the Bulgarian and AH divisions fighting against the Romanian troops.
There is a list with regiment and brigade (even some battalions) commanders, but it's to large to write.