Supplements Volume 7 of the official records of the Union and Confederate Armies in the war of the rebellion. Contains information scattered across other volumes regarding the campaign. Contains reports ad correspondence found outside volume seven,...
Provides an introduction to commissioned officer life including information on appointments to the Army of graduates of the United States Military Academy, the promotion of enlisted men, appointments from civil life, appointments to the Porto Rico...
Contains regulations governing the system of military education in the Army and is published for the information and guidance of all concerned. Affected instructions: the Military Academy at West Point, Post schools , garrison schools and special...
This was a presentation given at the Naval War College in Newport, Rhode Island, November 7, 1938; speaker was Colonel Clement H. Wright. Conclusion: tactical operations should not be judged by their local results alone; rather, their effect upon...
Historical Branch, War Plans Division, General Staff
This document details the operations of the 2d American Corps in the Somme Offensive during World War I. Items discussed include the general situation, 33d Division, the 27th and 30th Divisions, the German position, plan of operations, the attack...
These are the Panama Canal Department Regulations for 1937. Sections are as follows: general, enlisted men, enlisted men (foreign service), training, recreation, military police, buildings and grounds, supplies and equipment, transportation, fiscal...
This is a staff presentation which highlights the following topics: categories of naval forces; the strategic function of the battle fleet; the theater of war; material conditions that influence strategic success; initial strategic deployment of...
This document contains a series of reports based as a result of observation of the activities of the Italian armies in East Africa. Report no. 1 dealt with the operations of the Italian armies on the northern front. Report 2 considered the...
This is the annual report of the governor of the Panama Canal for 1923. The document addresses canal operations and trade via Panama (traffic, water supply, accidents, salvage operations, etc.). The second section discusses general business...
Discusses a variety of topics including the general situation, organization, division headquarters, the G-1 section of the Division of General Staff, the services and their functions, supply, introduction, concentration of a division in a training...
Discusses the fighting in the Marne Salient from May 27th to August 6th, 1918, focusing on the period of July 15-18, known as the Champagne-Marne Defensive and the actions of the Army Expeditionary Forces (AEF).
When thumbing through this work, I suspect many people would wonder what prompted somebody to put together a reference work that details the history of the US Army in peacetime, especially during a period that seems relatively uneventful. To...
When thumbing through this work, I suspect many people would wonder what prompted somebody to put together a reference work that details the history of the US Army in peacetime, especially during a period that seems relatively uneventful. To...
Discusses issues pertaining to courts-martial including military jurisdiction, personnel, procedure, records, action, oaths, incidental matters, punishments, the disciplinary power of commanding officer, rules of evidence, punitive articles and...
From a lecture delivered at the Army War College in Washington, D.C., 29 September 1939 by Brigadier General Adna R. Chaffee, Commander, 7th Cavalry Brigade. Gives a brief history of mechanized cavalry and looks at vehicle equipment and combat...
Contents include organization recruiting, old-time drill regulations, strategy of the Western Front, musketry training, the French Army of tomorrow, a course in police training, and a variety of additional articles.
Hearings before the General Board of the Navy, 1917, vol. 1 and vol. 2 [personnel of Merchant Marine, naval constructor stocker, memorandum for the General Board, aeronautics, wireless, gunnery, fire control, submarine detection, mines and mining,...
The lectures contained in this document address the following subjects: camps, bivouacs, and outposts, with modifications required by an Indian terrain; marches, space and time (advanced guards and rear guards- considerations also with regard to...
This book is not intended to be a "history" of the British Navy in the generally accepted sense of the term. For this reason small space is devoted to various strategical and tactical matters of the past which generally bulk largely in more regular...