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Phillips, Thomas R.
ROOTS OF STRATEGY
Stackpole Books. Near Fine. 1985. First Paperback Edition. Softcover. 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 448 pages . Stackpole Books paperback
Référence libraire : 81457 ISBN : 0811721949 9780811721943
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US. War Department U. S.
Handbook on Japanese Military Forces 13 September 1944. "Restricted"; Technical Manual TM-E-30-480
Washington DC: United States Government Printing Office 1944. Presumed First printing this issuance. Olive Green cloth boards with string ties through three holes. Fair. The format is approximately 7.75 inches by 10.25 inches. vi 401 1 pages. Several fold-outs not in page count. 3 sheets/6 pages of colored uniform plates present and not part of the page count. Illustrations including diagrams and profiles. Tabular Data. Appendix--Supplemental data. This is of problematic condition. Cover worn and soiled. There are moisture stains at some parts of top pages. There is substantial page browning. Page 195/6 has been torn away at the three left margin holes but the page is present and the text intact. Some fore-edge chips/erosion noted. FRAGILE. This superseded TM 30-480 of 21 September 1942. This is marked RESTRICTED. The information contained in restricted documents and the essential characteristics of restricted material may be given to any person known to be in the service of the United States and to persons of undoubted loyalty and discretion who are cooperating in Government work but will not be communicated to the public or to the press except by authorized military public relations agencies. This contains information on Recruitment and Training; Japanese Military System; Field Organization; Japanese Air Service; Special Forces; Japanese Military Police; Tactics of the Japanese Army; Supply Movements and evacuation; Weapons; Equipment; Uniforms Personal Equipment and Insignia; Conventional Signs and Abbreviations; Military Terms and Characters Appendix--Supplemental Data. This appears to be the last full revision issue prior to the end of the War in the Pacific in August/September 1945. There appear to have been up to 6 change notices issued but none are present here. This would have been the 'Handbook of Record' used in training the U.S. Army forces intended to be used for the invasion of the Japanese homeland. 1. This handbook on Japanese Military Forces TM-E 30-480 has been prepared by the United States War Department with the assistance and cooperation of representatives from the following headquarters: British War Office; General Headquarters Southwest Pacific Area; Southeast Asia Command and General Headquarters India; Headquarters United States Army Forces in South Pacific Area; Headquarters United States Army Forces in Central Pacific Area; Allied Land Headquarters Australia. In general it represents the agreed views of these headquarters at the time this handbook was written. For the most part the material contained in this handbook is based on information obtained in operations to 30 June 1944. This has been supplemented by study of Japanese Army manuals and other official and unofficial documents published by the Japanese before and after the beginning of hostilities and by reports and observations of American and British military attachés and observers. 2. PURPOSE AND SCOPE. The purpose of this handbook which constitutes a revision of TM 30-480 21 September 1942 is to give in a single publication the broad outlines as well as pertinent details of the organization equipment and training of the Japanese Army. In addition Japanese tactical doctrines and techniques as set forth in their manuals and observed in action are discussed. The handbook is not intended to be complete or final; detailed information on particular subjects may be found in the special publications already available or in preparation by the various agencies and commands concerned. 3. LANGUAGE DIFFICULTIES. In cases where confusion might result Romanji or other romanized form of the Japanese terms is given together with the translation. A Japanese-English and English-Japanese glossary of the more important items is also included. Because of differences in American British and Japanese terminology for certain army units a translation of the Japanese terms has been used throughout. Thus units of all arms and services are called regiments battalions companies platoons and squads sections. For American readers the change in terminology should cause no particular confusion except that some Japanese regimental organizations especially in the Cavalry and the Engineers correspond more closely to battalions in that they contain only three or four companies. Since the handbook is intended for use by both American and British forces commonly accepted or understood military terms of both nations have been used. Where no common term exists both British and American terms appear the British in parentheses. 4. REVISIONS. It is intended to keep the handbook up to date with necessary revisions and corrections as further information becomes available. In order that this may be facilitated it is requested that all suggestions for changes or additions be communicated to the Military Intelligence Division War Department Washington 25 D.C. United States Government Printing Office hardcover
Référence libraire : 89946
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United States War Department Army Services Forces Headquarters
Ordnance Supply Catalogue Compilation RESTRICTED; Army Service Forces Catalogue
Washington DC: United States War Department Army Services Forces Headquarters 1944. Many apparent first printings. Olive Green Two-hole Remington Rand large binder Style BA Binding Kansas Capacity 3 inch Open Back 6 inch Thong Centers U.S. Patent No. 5. Good. The name of previous owner R.H. Wurtz on front cover. Size of binder is 6.5 inches by 9.5 inches. Illustrations photos and diagrams. Tabular data. RARE ordnance parts and equipment compilation. Contains ORD 9 SNL A-4 Rifle Automatic Cal.30 Browning M1918A2 Illustrations 34 pages; followed by ORD 8 SNL A-4 Addendum for Rifle; Automatic Cal.30 Browning M1918 M1918A1 and M1918A2 12 p ORD 8 SNL A-4 2p; ORD 7 SNL A-4 Spare Parts 12p; ORD 7 SNL A-4 3p; SNL A-5 71p;SNL A-5 Change 2 2p; ORD 8 SNL A-5 21p; ORD 8 SNL A-5 2p; ORD 7 SNL A-5 20p; ORD 9 SNL A-6 66p; ORD 9 SNL A-6 23p; ORD 8 SNL A-6 3p; ORD 7 SNL A-6 24p' S. N. L No. A-7 63p; S. N. L No. A-7 Addendum 5p; Change 2 3p; ORD 9 SNL A-32 28p Changes No.1 2p; Addendum SNL A-32 12p; Changes No.5 2p; ORD & SNL A-32 11p; SNL A-37 127 p; ORD 8 SNL A-37 35p; ORD 7 SNL A-37 27p; Changes No. 1 2p 2 copies; ORD 9 SNL A-39 82p; Changes No. 1 2p; Addendum 22p; Changes No. 2 2p; ORD 7 SNL A-39 21p; ORD 9 SNL B3 34p; ORD 8 SNL B3 14p; ORD 8 SNL B3 Changes No. 2 3p; ORD 7 SNL B3 19p; Changes No.1 2p; SNL B-6 12p; ORD 8 SNL B-6 12p; ORD 7 SNL B-6 12p; ORD 9 SNL B-7 23p; ORD 9 SNL B-8 16p; ORD 9 SNL B-16 12p; SNL B-21; ORD 9 SNL B-21 17p; ORD 7 SNL B-21 Changes No.1 2p; ORD 9 SNL B-28 22p; Changes No. 1 2p; ORD 8 SNL B-28 11p; Changes No. 1 2p; ORD 7 SNL B-28 15p; SNL J-2 135-183p; SNL F-210 42p: ORD 7 SNL F-210 14p; ORD 8 SNL Changes No.2 2p; ORD 11 SNL T-2 18p and ORD 11 SNL T-6 2. The Army Service Forces was one of the three autonomous components of the United States Army during World War II the others being the Army Air Forces and Army Ground Forces created on 9 March 1942. By dividing the Army into three large commands the Chief of Staff General George C. Marshall drastically reduced the number of officers and agencies reporting directly to him. The Army Service Forces brought together elements of five different components of the Army: elements of the War Department General Staff WDGS especially its G-4 division responsible for logistics; the Office of the Under Secretary of War; the eight administrative bureaus; the nine corps areas which became service commands; and the six supply arms and services which became known as the technical services. The Army Service Forces was initially known as the United States Army Services of Supply but the name was changed on 12 March 1943 as it was felt that the term "supply" did not accurately describe the broad range of its activities. The Army Service Forces was abolished on 11 June 1946 and most of its functions were taken over by the War Department General Staff. For most of its existence the Army Service Forces was commanded by General Brehon B. Somervell with Lieutenant General Wilhelm D. Styer as his chief of staff. After Styer left for the Pacific he was succeeded by Major General LeRoy Lutes on 18 April 1945. Brigadier General Lucius D. Clay was the Deputy Chief of Staff for Requirements and Resources and as such he was responsible for the development of the Army Supply Program the operation of the Lend-Lease program and liaison with the War Production Board concerning the allocation of raw materials. Although he had his own logistics staff in the G-4 division of the War Department General Staff it was to Somervell and Styer that Marshall turned to for advice on logistical matters and it was Somervell who attended the important wartime conferences. Six supply arms and services became part of the new organization: the Corps of Engineers Signal Corps Ordnance Department Quartermaster Corps Chemical Warfare Service and the Medical Department. They were designated "supply services" in April 1942 and "technical services" in April 1943. A seventh technical service the Transportation Corps was created in July 1942. The technical services developed military equipment manufactured or purchased it stored it in depots maintained and repaired it and issued it to the troops. Each had its own budget and together they accounted for half of the Army's appropriations. The service commands were the field agencies of the ASF. There were initially nine of these each responsible for a different geographical region. In August 1942 the Military District of Washington also assumed the status of a service command. The Northwest Service Command was created in September 1942. It was responsible for the construction and maintenance of the Alaska Highway the operation of the railway between Skagway Alaska and Whitehorse and the Canol Project. Army installations in the continental United States that were placed directly under the service commands included recruiting stations induction and reception centers repair shops enemy alien and prisoner of war camps medical and dental laboratories Reserve Officers' Training Corps units dispensaries finance offices disciplinary barracks and named general hospitals except for the Walter Reed General Hospital. United States War Department, Army Services Forces, Headquarters unknown
Référence libraire : 89941
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Jackie Guerra
UNDER CONSTRUCTION: How I've Gained and Lost Millions of Dollars and Hundreds of Pounds
New York: New American Library 2006. AW4 - A first edition complete numberline hardcover book SIGNED by Jackie Guerra and inscribed to previous owner on the title page in very good condition in very good dust jacket that is mylar protected. Dust jacket and book have some bumped corners some wrinkling on the spine edges light discoloration and shelf wear. Includes a laid in Jackie Guerra show promotional card that the author also SIGNED with "Thank you very much and. enjoy!" written on the back 8.75"x5.75" 259 pages. Satisfaction Guaranteed. Jackie Guerra is an American actress best known for being the star of the short-lived sitcom First Time Out. She also co-starred in the PBS series American Family in addition to co-starring roles in feature films including a role as Selena Quintanilla's drum playing sister Suzette Quintanilla in the Warner Bros. biopic Selena and opposite Woody Allen in Picking Up the Pieces. Her autobiography Under Construction was published in January 2006. . Signed by Author. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. New American Library Hardcover
Référence libraire : 2508ec1073 ISBN : 0451217233 9780451217233
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Mason-Dixon Civil War Collectors Association
11th Annual Gettysburg Civil War Collectors Show July 5 6 7 1985
Gettysburg PA: Mason-Dixon Civil War Collectors Association sponsored with the Gettysburg Travel Council 1985. Presumed First Edition First printing thus. Single sheet printed on both sides. Fair. The format is approximately 10.75 inches by 8.5 inches folded in half resulting in four panels. The front section has a crease down the center. Rare surviving ephemeral item. The Gettysburg Civil War Collectors show is the Mason-Dixon Civil America's most popular Collectors Show. This 1985 event program not only advertised the Civil War Collectors Show but also supported the Gettysburg Battlefield Preservation Association which was concerned that 250 acres of the historic battlefield was still in private hands and unprotected. The Battle of Gettysburg was a turning point in the Civil War the Union victory that ended General Robert E. Lee's second and most ambitious invasion of the North. Often referred to as the "High Water Mark of the Rebellion" Gettysburg was the Civil War's bloodiest battle and was also the inspiration for President Abraham Lincoln's immortal "Gettysburg Address". A visual and interactive experience! Learn about the Battle of Gettysburg from two perspectives – the civilians who called Gettysburg home and the soldiers who fought. First take a step back in time to the town of Gettysburg and find out what the civilians experienced before during and after the battle! Utilizing various historical documents artifacts interactive displays and 3-D photography visitors discover ordinary people who did extraordinary things at a difficult time in our nation’s history. The second part of the museum offers an incredible orientation experience to Gettysburg! The award-winning movie “Gettysburg: An Animated Map†is a 20-minute presentation that orients visitors to the battle. The story of the battle unfolds with high-definition maps showing the major events of the battle along with a captivating movie offering a unique experience for all ages. Presented by the American Battlefield Trust formerly Civil War Trust this is the perfect place to begin your tour of the Gettysburg! Located in the lobby of the Heritage Center is one of Gettysburg’s largest and finest gift shops! It offers a wide selection of apparel books souvenirs gifts collectibles home decor games and toys and much more! With a conscientious courteous staff the Gettysburg Heritage Center assures each customer first-rate assistance. Mason-Dixon Civil War Collectors Association [sponsored with the Gettysburg Travel Council] unknown
Référence libraire : 88252
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US. Secretary of War, Adjutant General's Office U. S.
Official Army Register of The Volunteer Force of The United States Army For The Years 1861 '62 '63 '64 '65. Part VII. Missouri Wisconsin Iowa Minnesota California Kansas Oregon Nevada
Gaithersburg MD: Ron R. Van Sickle Military Books 1987. Reprint Edition presumed first printing thus. Hardcover. Very good. 12 586 4 pages. Errata. Explanations. Footnotes. Tabular data. Index of Organizations. Index of Battles. Index of Names. Part VII ONLY. Bookplate of previous owner inside the front cover. No dust jacket present. This register was originally published in August of 1865 "by order of the secretary of war in compliance with the joint resolution of the senate and house of representatives" by the Adjutant General's Office. This is volume II of a 9 volume set. This volume covers the states of Missouri Wisconsin Iowa Minnesota California Kansas Oregon Nevada. The Official Army register of the volunteer force of the United States army is a multi volume work which covers all the individual non-federal state commissioned officers which comprised the bulk of the Union Armies during the Civil War it covers all four years of the war. A General Index was produced as the ninth volume added to the initial 8 volumes produced after the end of the Civil War. "The Volunteer Army Register lists only the officers of volunteer army units which were mustered into Federal service. Although the Volunteer Army Register is a comprehensive listing of all officers attached to volunteer army units the set does not list the names of staff officers aide-de-camps assistant adjutant generals paymasters quartermasters commissaries of subsistence and brigade surgeons". United States Volunteers also known as U.S. Volunteers U.S. Volunteer Army or other variations of these were military volunteers called upon during wartime to assist the United States Army but who were separate from both the Regular Army and the militia. Until the enactment of the Militia Act of 1903 the land forces of the United States were divided into three separate and distinctive organizations: The Regular Army which was the permanent military establishment of the United States in peace and war; The Militia of the several states and territories when called into the service of the United States; and Volunteer forces that the Congress of the United States authorized to be organized for a limited time period as an adjunct to the Regular Army in time of emergencies. Ron R. Van Sickle Military Books hardcover
Référence libraire : 89019 ISBN : 0943261090 9780943261096
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US Secretary of War, Adjutant General's Office
Official Army Register of The Volunteer Force of The United States Army For The Years 1861 '62 '63 '64 '65. Part III. Pennsylvania Delaware Maryland District of Columbia.
Gaithersburg MD: Ron R. Van Sickle Military Books 1987. Reprint Edition presumed first printing thus. Hardcover. Very good. 12 757-1002c 1 119 5 pages. Errata. Explanations. Tabular data. Index. Part III ONLY. Bookplate of previous owner inside the front cover. No dust jacket present. This register was originally published in August of 1865 "by order of the secretary of war in compliance with the joint resolution of the senate and house of representatives" by the Adjutant General's Office. This is volume II of a 9 volume set. This volume covers the states of Pennsylvania Delaware Maryland District of Columbia. The Official Army register of the volunteer force of the United States army is a multi volume work which covers all the individual non-federal state commissioned officers which comprised the bulk of the Union Armies during the Civil War it covers all four years of the war. A General Index was produced as the ninth volume added to the initial 8 volumes produced after the end of the Civil War. "The Volunteer Army Register lists only the officers of volunteer army units which were mustered into Federal service. Although the Volunteer Army Register is a comprehensive listing of all officers attached to volunteer army units the set does not list the names of staff officers aide-de-camps assistant adjutant generals paymasters quartermasters commissaries of subsistence and brigade surgeons". United States Volunteers also known as U.S. Volunteers U.S. Volunteer Army or other variations of these were military volunteers called upon during wartime to assist the United States Army but who were separate from both the Regular Army and the militia. Until the enactment of the Militia Act of 1903 the land forces of the United States were divided into three separate and distinctive organizations: The Regular Army which was the permanent military establishment of the United States in peace and war; The Militia of the several states and territories when called into the service of the United States; and Volunteer forces that the Congress of the United States authorized to be organized for a limited time period as an adjunct to the Regular Army in time of emergencies. Ron R. Van Sickle Military Books hardcover
Référence libraire : 89015 ISBN : 0943261058 9780943261058
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US Secretary of War, Adjutant General's Office
Official Army Register of The Volunteer Force of The United States Army For The Years 1861 '62 '63 '64 '65. Part IV. West Virginia Virginia North Carolina South Carolina Georgia Florida Alabama Mississippi Louisiana Texas Arkansas Tennessee Kentucky
Gaithersburg MD: Ron R. Van Sickle Military Books 1987. Reprint Edition presumed first printing thus. Hardcover. Very good. 14 1003-1299 1 163 5 pages. Errata. Explanations. Tabular data. Index of Organizations. Index of Battles. Index of Names. Part IV ONLY. Bookplate of previous owner inside the front cover. No dust jacket present. This register was originally published in August of 1865 "by order of the secretary of war in compliance with the joint resolution of the senate and house of representatives" by the Adjutant General's Office. This is volume II of a 9 volume set. This volume covers the states of West Virginia Virginia North Carolina South Carolina Georgia Florida Alabama Mississippi Louisiana Texas Arkansas Tennessee Kentucky. The Official Army register of the volunteer force of the United States army is a multi volume work which covers all the individual non-federal state commissioned officers which comprised the bulk of the Union Armies during the Civil War it covers all four years of the war. A General Index was produced as the ninth volume added to the initial 8 volumes produced after the end of the Civil War. "The Volunteer Army Register lists only the officers of volunteer army units which were mustered into Federal service. Although the Volunteer Army Register is a comprehensive listing of all officers attached to volunteer army units the set does not list the names of staff officers aide-de-camps assistant adjutant generals paymasters quartermasters commissaries of subsistence and brigade surgeons". United States Volunteers also known as U.S. Volunteers U.S. Volunteer Army or other variations of these were military volunteers called upon during wartime to assist the United States Army but who were separate from both the Regular Army and the militia. Until the enactment of the Militia Act of 1903 the land forces of the United States were divided into three separate and distinctive organizations: The Regular Army which was the permanent military establishment of the United States in peace and war; The Militia of the several states and territories when called into the service of the United States; and Volunteer forces that the Congress of the United States authorized to be organized for a limited time period as an adjunct to the Regular Army in time of emergencies. Ron R. Van Sickle Military Books hardcover
Référence libraire : 89016 ISBN : 0943261066 9780943261065
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US Secretary of War, Adjutant General's Office
Official Army Register of The Volunteer Force of The United States Army For The Years 1861 '62 '63 '64 '65. Part II. New York and New Jersey.
Gaithersburg MD: Ron R. Van Sickle Military Books 1987. Reprint Edition presumed first printing thus. Hardcover. Very good. 12 305-755 1 164 pages. Errata. Explanations. Tabular data. Index. Part II ONLY. Bookplate of previous owner inside the front cover. No dust jacket present. This register was originally published in August of 1865 "by order of the secretary of war in compliance with the joint resolution of the senate and house of representatives" by the Adjutant General's Office. This is volume II of a 9 volume set. This volume covers the states of New York and New Jersey. The Official Army register of the volunteer force of the United States army is a multi volume work which covers all the individual non-federal state commissioned officers which comprised the bulk of the Union Armies during the Civil War it covers all four years of the war. A General Index was produced as the ninth volume added to the initial 8 volumes produced after the end of the Civil War. "The Volunteer Army Register lists only the officers of volunteer army units which were mustered into Federal service. Although the Volunteer Army Register is a comprehensive listing of all officers attached to volunteer army units the set does not list the names of staff officers aide-de-camps assistant adjutant generals paymasters quartermasters commissaries of subsistence and brigade surgeons". United States Volunteers also known as U.S. Volunteers U.S. Volunteer Army or other variations of these were military volunteers called upon during wartime to assist the United States Army but who were separate from both the Regular Army and the militia. Until the enactment of the Militia Act of 1903 the land forces of the United States were divided into three separate and distinctive organizations: The Regular Army which was the permanent military establishment of the United States in peace and war; The Militia of the several states and territories when called into the service of the United States; and Volunteer forces that the Congress of the United States authorized to be organized for a limited time period as an adjunct to the Regular Army in time of emergencies. Ron R. Van Sickle Military Books hardcover
Référence libraire : 89014 ISBN : 094326104X 9780943261041
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US. Secretary of War, Adjutant General's Office U. S.
Official Army Register of The Volunteer Force of The United States Army For The Years 1861 '62 '63 '64 '65. Part VI. Indiana--Illinois
Gaithersburg MD: Ron R. Van Sickle Military Books 1987. Reprint Edition presumed first printing thus. Hardcover. Very good. 12 600 4 pages. Errata. Explanations. Footnotes. Tabular data. Index of Organizations. Index of Battles. Index of Names. Part VI ONLY. Bookplate of previous owner inside the front cover. No dust jacket present. This register was originally published in August of 1865 "by order of the secretary of war in compliance with the joint resolution of the senate and house of representatives" by the Adjutant General's Office. This is volume II of a 9 volume set. This volume covers the states of Indiana--Illinois. The Official Army register of the volunteer force of the United States army is a multi volume work which covers all the individual non-federal state commissioned officers which comprised the bulk of the Union Armies during the Civil War it covers all four years of the war. A General Index was produced as the ninth volume added to the initial 8 volumes produced after the end of the Civil War. "The Volunteer Army Register lists only the officers of volunteer army units which were mustered into Federal service. Although the Volunteer Army Register is a comprehensive listing of all officers attached to volunteer army units the set does not list the names of staff officers aide-de-camps assistant adjutant generals paymasters quartermasters commissaries of subsistence and brigade surgeons". United States Volunteers also known as U.S. Volunteers U.S. Volunteer Army or other variations of these were military volunteers called upon during wartime to assist the United States Army but who were separate from both the Regular Army and the militia. Until the enactment of the Militia Act of 1903 the land forces of the United States were divided into three separate and distinctive organizations: The Regular Army which was the permanent military establishment of the United States in peace and war; The Militia of the several states and territories when called into the service of the United States; and Volunteer forces that the Congress of the United States authorized to be organized for a limited time period as an adjunct to the Regular Army in time of emergencies. Ron R. Van Sickle Military Books hardcover
Référence libraire : 89018 ISBN : 0943261082 9780943261089
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US Secretary of War, Adjutant General's Office
Official Army Register of The Volunteer Force of The United States Army For The Years 1861 '62 '63 '64 '65. Part I. New England States.
Gaithersburg MD: Ron R. Van Sickle Military Books 1987. Reprint Edition presumed first printing thus. Hardcover. Very good. 12 303 1 102 pages. Errata. Explanations. Tabular data. Index. Part I ONLY. Bookplate of previous owner inside the front cover. No dust jacket present. This register was originally published in August of 1865 "by order of the secretary of war in compliance with the joint resolution of the senate and house of representatives" by the Adjutant General's Office. This is volume 1 of a 9 volume set. This volume covers the states of Connecticut Maine Massachusetts New Hampshire Rhode Island and Vermont. The Official Army register of the volunteer force of the United States army is a multi volume work which covers all the individual non-federal state commissioned officers which comprised the bulk of the Union Armies during the Civil War it covers all four years of the war. A General Index was produced as the ninth volume added to the initial 8 volumes produced after the end of the Civil War. "The Volunteer Army Register lists only the officers of volunteer army units which were mustered into Federal service. Although the Volunteer Army Register is a comprehensive listing of all officers attached to volunteer army units the set does not list the names of staff officers aide-de-camps assistant adjutant generals paymasters quartermasters commissaries of subsistence and brigade surgeons". United States Volunteers also known as U.S. Volunteers U.S. Volunteer Army or other variations of these were military volunteers called upon during wartime to assist the United States Army but who were separate from both the Regular Army and the militia. Until the enactment of the Militia Act of 1903 the land forces of the United States were divided into three separate and distinctive organizations: The Regular Army which was the permanent military establishment of the United States in peace and war; The Militia of the several states and territories when called into the service of the United States; and Volunteer forces that the Congress of the United States authorized to be organized for a limited time period as an adjunct to the Regular Army in time of emergencies. Ron R. Van Sickle Military Books hardcover
Référence libraire : 88295 ISBN : 0943261031 9780943261034
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US. Secretary of War Adjutant General's Office U. S.
Official Army Register of The Volunteer Force of The United States Army For The Years 1861 '62 '63 '64 '65. Part V. Ohio--Michigan
Gaithersburg MD: Ron R. Van Sickle Military Books 1987. Reprint Edition presumed first printing thus. Hardcover. Very good. 10507 1 pages. Errata. Explanations. Footnotes. Tabular data. Index of Organizations. Index of Battles. Index of Names. Part V ONLY. Bookplate of previous owner inside the front cover. No dust jacket present. This register was originally published in August of 1865 "by order of the secretary of war in compliance with the joint resolution of the senate and house of representatives" by the Adjutant General's Office. This is volume II of a 9 volume set. This volume covers the states of Ohio--Michigan. The Official Army register of the volunteer force of the United States army is a multi volume work which covers all the individual non-federal state commissioned officers which comprised the bulk of the Union Armies during the Civil War it covers all four years of the war. A General Index was produced as the ninth volume added to the initial 8 volumes produced after the end of the Civil War. "The Volunteer Army Register lists only the officers of volunteer army units which were mustered into Federal service. Although the Volunteer Army Register is a comprehensive listing of all officers attached to volunteer army units the set does not list the names of staff officers aide-de-camps assistant adjutant generals paymasters quartermasters commissaries of subsistence and brigade surgeons". United States Volunteers also known as U.S. Volunteers U.S. Volunteer Army or other variations of these were military volunteers called upon during wartime to assist the United States Army but who were separate from both the Regular Army and the militia. Until the enactment of the Militia Act of 1903 the land forces of the United States were divided into three separate and distinctive organizations: The Regular Army which was the permanent military establishment of the United States in peace and war; The Militia of the several states and territories when called into the service of the United States; and Volunteer forces that the Congress of the United States authorized to be organized for a limited time period as an adjunct to the Regular Army in time of emergencies. Ron R. Van Sickle Military Books hardcover
Référence libraire : 89017 ISBN : 0943261074 9780943261072
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Cold War Steve
Cold War Steve Journal of The Plague Year
Thames and Hudson Ltd 10/14/2021. Hardcover. Used; Very Good. WE SHIP WITHIN 24 HRS FROM LONDON UK 98% OF OUR ORDERS ARE RECEIVED WITHIN 7-10 DAYS. We believe you will be completely satisfied with our quick and reliable service. All orders are dispatched as swiftly as possible! Buy with confidence! Greener Books. Thames and Hudson Ltd hardcover
Référence libraire : 4721302 ISBN : 0500025150 9780500025154
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War Department Adjutant General's Office
Official Army Register of the Volunteer Force of The United States Army for The Years 1861 '62 '63 '64 '65.; Part VIII. Territories of Washington New Mexico Nebraska Colorado Dakota; Veteran Reserve Corps U. S. Veteran Volunteers First Army Corps U. S. Volunteers U. S. Colored Troops
Gaithersburg MD: Ron R. Van Sickle Military Books 1987. Reprint edition presumed first printing thus. Hardcover. Very good. 12 411 1 pages. Illustration Medal of Honor Errata. Tabular Data. Footnotes. Appendix. Index of Organization. Index of Battles. Index of Names. No dust jacket present. Previous owner's bookplate inside front cover. Originally published in July of 1867 "by order of the secretary of war in compliance with the joint resolution of the senate and house of representatives" by the Adjutant General's Office. This is volume 8 of a 9 volume set. This volume of the register covers the "Territories of Washington New Mexico Nebraska Colorado Dakota; Veteran Reserve Corps U. S. Veteran Volunteers First Army Corps U. S. Volunteers U. S. Colored Troops". Ron R. Van Sickle Military Books hardcover
Référence libraire : 88303 ISBN : 0943261104 9780943261102
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War Department
Basic Field Manual Soldier's Handbook FM 21-100; July 23 1941 Including C1 May 4 1942
Washington DC: United States Government Printing Office 1942. Presumed First Edition First printing thus. Wraps. Fair. viii 263 1 pages. Illustrations. Name of previous owner Cranston H. Howe written in ink inside the front cover and on page 5. Scarce combat infantryman association. Includes Foreword; General Information; Military Discipline and Courtesy; Insignia; Organization; Clothing; Arms and Equipment; School of the Soldier without arms Dismounted; Squad and Platoon Drill; Interior Guard Duty; Marches Camps and Bivouacs; Use of Compasses and Maps; Security and Protection; Military Sanitation and First Aid; The Ration; Pay and Allowances; and Last Will and Testament. Also contains Chapters on The Ration Pay and Allowances and Last Will and Testament chapters on The Ration Pay and Allowances and Last Will and Testament an appendix with a Glossary of Common Military Expressions Indexand Changes No. 1 May 4 1942. Prepared under Direction of the Chief of Staff. Note on the front cover: No initial distribution will be made of this manual as it contains only minor changes to the December 11 1940 edition. Replacement of copies now in the hands of individuals is not authorized. Thus there were likely fewer copies of this version issued than of the preceding and following versions. Cranston H. Howe October 31 1922 - August 13 2007. He achieved a Bachelor's Degree from Middlebury College in 1945 after being interrupted to serve his country during World War II. Mr. Howe served in the U. S. Army during WWII under the command of General Terry Allen. He was in the 104th Infantry Division. Wounded in Holland he received a Purple Heart and a Bronze Star for bravery. FM 21-100 Soldier's Handbook is published for the information and guidance of all concerned. Its purpose is to give the newly enrolled member of the United States Army a convenient and compact source of basic military information and thus to aid him to perform his duties more efficiently. From the Foreword: You are now a member of the Army of the United States. That Army is made up of free citizens chosen from among a free people. The American people of their own will and through the men they have elected to represent them in Congress have determined that the free institutions of this country will continue to exist. They have declared that if necessary we will defend our right to live in our own American way and continue to enjoy the benefits and privileges which are granted to the citizens of no other nation. It is upon you and the many thousands of your comrades now in the military service that our country has placed its confident faith that this defense will succeed should it ever be challenged. In the transition from civil life to the life of a soldier you may at first feel somewhat confused. It is the purpose of this handbook to help you over these rough spots as rapidly as possible and to lay the foundations for your successful career as a soldier. Making good as a soldier is no different from making good in civil life. The rule is the same and that Is know your own job and be ready to step into the job of the man ahead of you. Promotion is going to be very rapid in this Army. Be ready for it. You will have little time to learn the duties of a noncommissioned officer after you become one. You will be expected to know those duties and show that you know them. At a moment's notice you may have to take charge of your squad as a corporal and in a critical hour. In the same way when you are a sergeant you cannot tell under what conditions and at what hour you may have to take the place of your lieutenant. You want to know what is expected of you and be ready to do it. The things that a trained soldier must know and the way in which they are done will be taught you as rapidly as you can absorb them. The basic military information is described and explained in this handbook so that it may be available constantly to you during the first weeks of your service. By mastering the contents your future progress will be much more rapid. In making yourself an efficient soldier you are helping to build a defense for our country that nothing can destroy. You are repaying your obligation to the United States for all the benefits of the past and are declaring your faith in our future. If you will make a part of yourself the following characteristics of the good soldier you will be doing your part in upholding the glorious reputation of the Army of the United States. United States Government Printing Office paperback
Référence libraire : 88702
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War Department, Office of the Chief of Engineers
Military Maps illustrating the Operations of the Armies of the Potomac & James May 4th 1864 to April 9th 1865 including Battlefields of the Wilderness Spottsylvania North Anna Totopotomoy Cold Harbor The SIEGE of PETERSBURG and RICHMOND Battle-fields of Five Forks Jetersville & Sailor's Creek Highbridge Farmville & Appomattox Court House
Washington DC: United States War Department Office of the Chief of Engineers 1869. Presumed First Edition First printing. Hardcover. Fair. RARE SURVIVING COPY IN PRIVATE HANDS. The format for the binding is approximately 18.5 inches by 23.5 inches. The format for the interior pages is approximately 17 inches by 23 inches. This is an oversized book and if sent outside of the United States will require additional shipping charges. This has been rebound with swirled cover and endpapers and leather at spine and corners. Front cover has faded title information. Edges of most sheets reinforced with library tape approximately one half-inch wide on top fore-edge and bottom. Several sheets at the start have insect damage which tails off at the Petersburg map. No insect damage to any map images. Bottoms of each sheet show signs of water staining but all sheets are separate. The photoliths were produced by the N.Y. Lithographing Engraving & Printing Co. Julius Bien Supt. The contents include the title page and two-page maps of Richmond Appomattox Court House The Wilderness Spottsylvania Court House Totopotomoy Petersburg and Five Forks Bermuda Hundred Jetersville and Sailor's Creek Highbridge and Farmville Harper's Ferry Fredericksburg North Anna Chancellorsville Cold Harbor The Gettysburg regions presented in two two-page maps divided top and bottom and Antietam. Many of the maps have red and blue lines indicating the positions of the opposing troops during part of the battle. All maps indicated on the title page are present as well as a map of Harper's Ferry which is not in the collation in Phillips Atlas # 3688. Note at the bottom of the title page: In addition to the Surveys and Maps made previous to and during the Operations extended and detailed surveys were made upon the cessation of hostilities in the several theatres of operations and the Maps partially prepared by order of Lieut.Gen'l U. S. Grant Commanding the Armies of the United States. These Surveys and Maps were executed under the direction of Bvt. Brig. Gen'l N. Michler Major of Engineers and B Bvt. Leiut. Col. P. S. Michie Capt. of Eng'ers. The Maps were subsequently prepared for publication by f Bvt. Brig. Gen'l N. Michler by directions of the Chief of the Corps of Engineers under the authority of the Hon. Secretary of War. The Surveys and Maps relating to the Baattle-fields of the Wilderness Spottsylvania Court House North Anna and Totopotomoy were made by authority of the Hon. Secretary of War under the orders of Brig. & BvtMaj. Gen'l A. A. Humphreys Chief of Engineers and under the direction of Bvt. Brig. Gen'l N. Michler Major of Engineers in 1867. This is the definitive atlas of the course of the Civil War in the East separate from specific maps of the Gettysburg Campaign with maps of the major battlefields in the Virginia from Gettysburg to the end of the war. In addition to maps of those later battles there are also maps of pre-Gettysburg battles of Antietam and Chancellorsville. United States War Department, Office of the Chief of Engineers hardcover
Référence libraire : 88097
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United States War Department
Maintenance And Care Of Hand Tools; War Department Technical Manual TM 9-867 TO 17-10-7
Washington DC: United States War Department 1945. Later printing 1952. Wraps. Very good. 2 116 2 pages. Illustrations. References. Cover and pages have minor wear and soiling. This manual reflects the state of knowledge the state of practice and the state of tool technology at the end of the Second World War. This copy printed in 1952 demonstrates that this was also the case during the height of the Korean War. This manual is published for the information of arms and services charged with care of hand tools. It is intended to serve as a guide and ready source of definite information for personnel having some previous knowledge in the operations covered. The efficiency of a mechanic and the tools he uses are determined to a great extent by the condition in which that mechanic keeps the tools. Likewise a mechanic can be judged by the manner in which he handles and cares for tools. Micrometers or any other precision tool must be handled with a careful delicate touch and precision commensurate with the extreme accuracy with which these tools are capable of measuring. There is a place for every tool and he keeps each tool in its place. He carefully wipes his tools clean and dry before he places them in the tool box. If he does not expect to use a tool again for some time he lubricates it to prevent rusting. NOTE: When storing tools under conditions of extreme humidity moisture or salt air it may be desirable to use preservative lubricating oil medium instead of the preservative lubricating oil special or engine oil SAE 10 prescribed in this manual for normal conditions. A hand tool is any tool that is powered by hand rather than a motor. Categories of hand tools include wrenches pliers cutters files striking tools struck or hammered tools screwdrivers vises clamps snips hacksaws drills and knives. Outdoor tools such as garden forks pruning shears and rakes are additional forms of hand tools. Portable power tools are not hand tools. Hand tools have been used by humans since the Stone Age when stone tools were used for hammering and cutting. During the Bronze Age tools were made by casting the copper and tin alloys. Bronze tools were sharper and harder than those made of stone. During the Iron Age iron replaced bronze and tools became even stronger and more durable. The Romans developed tools during this period which are similar to those being produced today. In the period since the industrial revolution the manufacture of tools has transitioned from being craftsperson made to being factory produced. A large collection of British hand tools dating from 1700 to 1950 is held by St Albans Museums. Most of the tools were collected by Raphael Salaman 1906-1993 who wrote two classic works on the subject: Dictionary of Woodworking Tools and Dictionary of Leather-working Tools. David Russell's vast collection of Western hand tools from the Stone Age to the twentieth century led to the publication of his book Antique Woodworking Tools. The American Industrial Hygiene Association gives the following categories of hand tools: wrenches pliers cutters striking tools struck or hammered tools screwdrivers vises clamps snips saws drills and knives. United States War Department paperback
Référence libraire : 86535
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WAR. Wood W. A.
History of Siam: From the Earliest Times to the Year A.D. 1781 With a Supplement Dealing With More Recent Events English edition
Bangkok Thailand: Chalermnit Press 1959. Revised Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Minor edge rubs to ends of spine in Red covers in very good dust jacket showing illustration of map of Siam w/mylar protector. A couple small tears to jacket. Near new condition. 300 pgs. including index. <br/> <br/> Chalermnit Press hardcover
Référence libraire : 36094
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United States. War Office. Quartermaster General's Office
Roll of Honor. Names of Soldiers Who Died in Defence of the American Union interred in the National Cemeteries at Fortress Monroe and Hampton VA.; Quartermaster General's Office General Order No. 31 May 1 1866
Washington DC: Government Printing Office 1866. Presumed First Edition First printing. Wraps. Fair. 56 pages plus covers. Tabular information. RARE surviving copy. Front cover worn and discolored at spine. Cover has some soiling and chipping. Spine quite chipped. Ex-library with some of the usual library stamps and marking. The United States National Cemetery System is a system of 164 cemeteries in the United States and its territories. The authority to create military burial places came during the American Civil War in an act passed by the U. S. Congress on July 17 1862. The Department of the Army maintains 2 national cemeteries Arlington National Cemetery and United States Soldiers' and Airmen's Home National Cemetery. The tabular data on the deceased soldiers is presented in white and colored sections. The roll of names of soldiers was published for the information of surviving comrades and friends. This publication records the deceased United States soldiers interred in the National Cemeteries at Fortress Monroe and Hampton VA alphabetically arranged three-letter index. Brevet Lieut. Colonel and Assistant Quartermaster James M. Moore reports that it was the intention of the officers on duty at the fort to erect a monument to the memory of the deceased. Headboards were being manufactured to be placed at each grave giving the name rank regiment and date of death; and he reported that in a short time these cemeteries would be suitably enclosed by neat and substantial fences. Lt.-Col. Moore further stated that "No efforts will be spared to use the limited means at command to the best advantage in improving and beautifying them and making them suitable resting places for our honored dead." Government Printing Office paperback
Référence libraire : 86862
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United States. War Office. Quartermaster General's Office
Roll of Honor. Names of Soldiers Victims of the Rebellion buried in the National Cemetery at Alexandria Virginia.; Quartermaster General's Office General Order No. 10 January 27 1866
Washington DC: Government Printing Office 1866. Presumed First Edition First printing. Wraps. Fair. 69 3 pages. Tabular information. RARE surviving copy. Front cover worn and discolored at spine. Cover has some soiling and chipping. Spine quite chipped. Ex-library with some of the usual library stamps and markings. A few notations likely library related noted. The United States National Cemetery System is a system of 164 cemeteries in the United States and its territories. The authority to create military burial places came during the American Civil War in an act passed by the U. S. Congress on July 17 1862. The Department of the Army maintains 2 national cemeteries Arlington National Cemetery and United States Soldiers' and Airmen's Home National Cemetery. This publication transmits the record of burials alphabetically arranged three--letter index at the National Cemetery Alexandria Va. This site was admirably adapted for burial purposes and was laid off into blocks and ranges similar to the National Cemetery in Washington D.C. Well-kept gravel walks traverse the grounds the graves have been sodded and white tablets letter in black are placed at the head of each giving name rank regiments and date of death. A neat office has been erected for the accommodation and convenience of visitors. Every care and attention has been bestowed by the officer in charge in ornamenting and beautifying this cemetery and making it a suitable resting place for our deceased soldiers. The total number of internments are: 3372 white 229 colored; total 3601 of which 3367 white soldiers 2 United States Navy 1 white civilian 2 white females and 229 colored soldiers. The roll of names of soldiers was published for the information of their comrades and friends. First known simply as "Soldiers' Cemetery" the Alexandria National Cemetery in Alexandria Virginia is one of the original 14 national cemeteries established in 1862. Located just west of Old Town Alexandria the cemetery features a historic superintendent's lodge designed by U. S. Quartermaster General Montgomery C. Meigs. The cemetery is also the final resting place of the four civilians who died in pursuit of President Abraham Lincoln's assassin John Wilkes Booth. During the Civil War Alexandria served as a major staging ground for Union troops charged with defending the nation's capital across the Potomac River. The Union established six infantry companies and one artillery company here. Even as the fighting shifted westward away from Washington the city remained an important supply depot and hospital center. To provide burial space for Union soldiers who died in the city's hospitals the Federal Government established Alexandria National Cemetery in 1862. The relatively small site covering just 5.5 acres filled up quickly. Within two years the cemetery was nearly full contributing to the creation of Arlington National Cemetery five miles to the north. Alexandria National Cemetery officially closed to new interments in 1967 and is the final resting place for over 4000 individuals. Four civilian employees of the Quartermaster Corps—Peter Carroll Samuel N. Gosnell George W. Huntington and Christopher Farley who drowned crossing the Rappahannock River in pursuit of John Wilkes Booth on April 24 1865—are buried in Section A Graves 3174-3177. The Federal Government erected a bronze tablet atop a granite boulder base in 1922 to honor the men. Government Printing Office paperback
Référence libraire : 86859
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United States. War Office. Quartermaster General's Office
No. II. Names of Officers and Soldiers found on the Battle-fields of the Wilderness and of Spottsylvania Court House VA.; Quartermaster General's Office General Order No. 58
Washington DC: Government Printing Office 1865. Presumed First Edition First printing. Wraps. Fair. vi 20 pages. RARE surviving copy. Ex-library with some of the usual library stamps and markings. The United States National Cemetery System is a system of 164 cemeteries in the United States and its territories. The authority to create military burial places came during the American Civil War in an act passed by the U. S. Congress on July 17 1862. The Department of the Army maintains 2 national cemeteries Arlington National Cemetery and United States Soldiers' and Airmen's Home National Cemetery. This publication transmits the record of burials alphabetically arranged three--letter index at the National Cemetery Alexandria Va. This site was admirably adapted for burial purposes and was laid off into blocks and ranges similar to the National Cemetery in Washington D.C. Well-kept gravel walks traverse the grounds the graves have bee sodded and white tablets letter in black are placed at the head of each giving name rank regiments and date of death. A neat office has been erected for the accommodation and convenience of visitors. Every care and attention has been bestowed by the officer in charge in ornamenting and beautifying this cemetery and making it a suitable resting place for our deceased soldiers. The total number of internment are: 3372 white 229 colored; total 3601 of which 3367 white soldiers 2 United States Navy 1 white civilian 2 white females and 229 colored soldiers. The roll of names of soldiers was published for the information of their comrades and friends. Jas. M. Moore Assistant Quartermaster reported as follows: On the evening of June 8th I left Washington D. C. for Belle Plain where I jointed Colonel Bird of the 1st regiment 1st army corps and proceeded to the battle-fields of the Wilderness and Spottsylvania Court House for the purpose of superintending the interments of the remains of Union soldiers yet unburied and marking their burial places for future identification. This work commenced on the 12th and was completed on the 24th of that month. The remains of all soldiers both Union and rebel interred and headboards with the name rank and regiments places at each grave with some exceptions in cases of rebels when it was possible to identify the deceased. The words "Unknown U.S. Soldiers killed May 10 1864" on a neat tablet mark the remains of our own soldiers that could not be identified. On the battle ground of the Wilderness two cemeteries were laid out. The sites were well adapted for the resting-place of those who fell in the vicinity. On the battle-field of Spottsylvania but few men were found unburied many of them having been interred by a Mr. Sandford in compliance with an agreement with General Sherman. Over seven hundred names were found on this battle-field and tablets erected in memory of the deceased. Hundreds of graves on these battle-fields are without any marks whatever to distinguish them and so covered with foliage that the visitor will be unable to find the last resting place of those who have fallen until the rains and snows of winter wash from the surface the light covering of earth and expose the remains. The accompanying list embraces the names of officers and mend whose graves headboards have been erected. Government Printing Office paperback
Référence libraire : 86860
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United States. War Department. Quartermaster General's Office
The Martyrs who FOR OUR COUNTRY Gave Up Their Lives in the Prison Pens in Andersonville GA.; Quartermaster General's Office General Orders No. 70
Washington DC: Government Printing Office 1866. Presumed First Edition First printing. Wraps. Fair. 225 1 pages. Ex-library with some of the usual library markings. Marks soiling and chips to front cover. No rear cover present. Portion of the top half of pages 5 and 6 removed. Top of page 5 stated "Report of the Expedition to Andersonville Georgia during the months of July and August 1865. The text removed from page 6 stated: "The desired boat was secured and in twenty-four hours after the receipt of the telegram alluded to I was on my way with men and material for Augusta. On my arrival there I found the railroad completed to Macon and that from Macon to Andersonville having never been broken experienced little difficulty in reaching my destination where I arrived July 25 after a tiresome trip occupying six days and nights. At Macon Major General Wilson detailed one company of the 4th United States cavalry and one from the 137th regiment United States colored troops to assist me. A member of the former company was killed on the 5th of August at a station named Montezuma on the Southwestern railroad. The rolling stock on all the roads over which I travelled is in a miserable". Captain James M. Moore assistant quartermaster United States Army led the expedition to Andersonville in the summer of 1865 which established the National Cemetery. This booklet includes his official report of the expedition and includes a listing of the dead buried at Andersonville. This list was published by the government to compete with Dorence Atwater's list of the Andersonville dead also published in 1866. The Andersonville National Historic Site located near Andersonville Georgia preserves the former Andersonville Prison also known as Camp Sumter a Confederate prisoner-of-war camp during the final fourteen months of the American Civil War. Most of the site lies in southwestern Macon County adjacent to the east side of the town of Andersonville. The site also contains the Andersonville National Cemetery and the National Prisoner of War Museum. The prison was created in February 1864 and served until April 1865. The site was commanded by Captain Henry Wirz who was tried and executed after the war for war crimes. The prison was overcrowded to four times its capacity and had an inadequate water supply inadequate food and unsanitary conditions. Of the approximately 45000 Union prisoners held at Camp Sumter during the war nearly 13000 died. The chief causes of death were scurvy diarrhea and dysentery. Excerpt from the report: The noted prison pen is fifteen hundred and forty feet long and seven hundred and fifty feet wide and contains twenty-seven acres. The dead line is seventeen feet from the stockade and the sentry boxes are thirty yards apart. The inside stockade is eighteen feet high the outer one twelve feet and the distance between the two is one hundred and twenty feet. Nothing has been destroyed ; as our exhausted emaciated and enfeebled soldiers left it so it stands to-day as a monument to an inhumanity unparalleled in the annals of war. How men could survive as well as they did in this pen exposed to the rays of an almost tropical sun by day and drenching dews by night without the slightest covering is wonderful. The ground is filled with holes where they had burrowed in their efforts to shield themselves from the weather and many a poor fellow in endeavoring to protect himself in this manner was- smothered to death by the earth falling in upon him. A very worthy man has been appointed superintendent of the grounds and cemetery with instructions to allow no buildings or structures of whatever nature to be destroyed particularly the stockade surrounding the prison pen. The stories told of the sufferings of our men while prisoners here have been substantiated by hundreds and the skeptic who will visit Andersonville even now and examine the stockade with its black oozey mud the cramped and wretched burrows the dead line and the slaughter-house must be a callous observer indeed if he is not convinced that the miseries depicted of this prison pen are no exaggerations. Government Printing Office paperback
Référence libraire : 86908
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United States. War Office. Quartermaster General's Office
Roll of Honor. Names of Soldiers Victims of the Rebellion Buried in National Cemeteries in Maine Minnesota Maryland Pennsylvania Rhode Island Arkansas Mississippi Florid Louisiana and Colorado Territory During the Rebellion.; Quartermaster General's Office General Order No. 58 July 20 1866
Washington DC: Government Printing Office 1866. Presumed First Edition First printing. Disbound. Wraps. Fair. 136 2 pages. Tabular information. RARE surviving copy. Disbound. Front cover worn and discolored at spine. Covers separated and has some soiling and chipping. Spine quite chipped. Last page on Colorado also separated and chipped with small loss of information. Ex-library with some of the usual library stamps and markings. A few notations likely library related noted. The United States National Cemetery System is a system of 164 cemeteries in the United States and its territories. The authority to create military burial places came during the American Civil War in an act passed by the U. S. Congress on July 17 1862. The Department of the Army maintains 2 national cemeteries Arlington National Cemetery and United States Soldiers' and Airmen's Home National Cemetery. This publication transmits the record of burials alphabetically arranged three--letter index of the names of United States soldiers interred in the following States during the Rebellion: Main Minnesota Maryland Pennsylvania Rhode Island Arkansas Mississippi Florid Louisiana and Colorado Territory. This was published for the information of surviving comrades and friends. This presents information segregated between White and Colored. This Roll of Honor by including the States of Maryland and Pennsylvania includes those who fell and were buried at the battlefields of Antietam and Gettysburg! Government Printing Office paperback
Référence libraire : 87042
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United States. War Office. Quartermaster General's Office
Roll of Honor No. I. Names of Soldiers Who Died in Defense of the American Union interred in the National Cemeteries at Washington D.C. from August 3 1861 to June 30 1865.; Quartermaster General's Office General Order No. 24 June 19 1868
Washington DC: Government Printing Office 1869. Presumed First Edition First printing. Wraps. Fair. 193 1 pages. Tabular information. VERY RARE surviving copy of Civil War and Washington D.C. Front cover worn and discolored at spine. Cover has some creasing soiling and chipping. Spine torn. Tape residue present. Edge tears noted. Front and back covers separated by present. . Ex-library with some of the usual library stamps and marking. The United States National Cemetery System is a system of 164 cemeteries in the United States and its territories. The authority to create military burial places came during the American Civil War in an act passed by the U. S. Congress on July 17 1862. The Department of the Army maintains 2 national cemeteries Arlington National Cemetery and United States Soldiers' and Airmen's Home National Cemetery. This roll of names of soldiers--victims of the rebellion--interred in the several soldier cemeteries at the capital of the United States was published for the information of their comrades and friends. This includes the grounds of the United States Military Asylum Harmony Battle and New National Cemeteries such as Arlington. The United States Military Asylum cemetery contains about six acres of land divided into blocks divided into ranges and subdivided into single graves. The first interment took place August 3 1861 and the space allotted was filled May 13 1864. It contains five thousand two hundred and eleven graves. The Harmony Cemetery was located on Bladensburg road. It opened February 17 1863 and was reserved for this who died of contagious diseases. The Battle Cemetery derived its name from the sharp engagement which took place around its site on the 12th July 1964. The Battle of Fort Stevens or Jubal Early's Raid. The graves of those who fell in repulsing the rebel attack on on Washington are placed in a circle with a flag-staff in the center from which the emblem of our nationality waves over the remains of those who died in its defense. This is reportedly the Nation's smallest National Cemetery. Since the closing of the United States Military Asylum Cemetery interments were made at Arlington VA. upon the estate formerly the residence of the rebel general R. E. Lee. It opened May 13 1864 and as of June 30 1865 held five thousand and three bodies. In these grounds rest also the remains of many of those who have died in Washington as prisoners of war and who received in hospitals and after death the same care and attention as our own soldiers. Government Printing Office paperback
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United States. War Office. Quartermaster General's Office
Roll of Honor. Names of Soldiers Who Died in Defence of the American Union Interred in Arkansas California Indiana Michigan Minnesota and Nevada; and the Territories of Arizona Colorado Idaho New Mexico and Washington.; Quartermaster General's Office General Order No. 71 Sept. 5 1866
Washington DC: Government Printing Office 1866. Presumed First Edition First printing. Disbound. Wraps. Fair. 126 pages. Tabular information. RARE surviving copy. Disbound. Front cover worn and discolored at spine. Rear cover missing. Spine quite chipped. Ex-library with some of the usual library stamps and markings. A few notations likely library related noted. The United States National Cemetery System is a system of 164 cemeteries in the United States and its territories. The authority to create military burial places came during the American Civil War in an act passed by the U. S. Congress on July 17 1862. The Department of the Army maintains 2 national cemeteries Arlington National Cemetery and United States Soldiers' and Airmen's Home National Cemetery. This publication transmits the names of United States soldiers interred in the following States during the Rebellion: Arkansas California Indiana Michigan Minnesota and Nevada; and the Territories of Arizona Colorado Idaho New Mexico and Washington. This was published for the information of surviving comrades and friends. Government Printing Office paperback
Référence libraire : 87043
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United States. War Office. Quartermaster General's Office
Alphabetical Index to Places of Internment of Deceased Union Soldiers in the Various States and Territories as specified in Rolls of Honor Nos. I-XIII Being those issued from The Quartermaster General's Office between June 15 1865 and August 27 1867.; Quartermaster General's Office Circular February 21 1868
Washington DC: Government Printing Office 1868. Presumed First Edition First printing. Wraps. Fair. 16 pages. Tabular information. RARE surviving copy. Front cover worn and discolored at spine. Cover has some soiling and chipping. Spine quite chipped. Edge tears noted. Ex-library with some of the usual library stamps and markings. A few notations likely library related noted. The United States National Cemetery System is a system of 164 cemeteries in the United States and its territories. The authority to create military burial places came during the American Civil War in an act passed by the U. S. Congress on July 17 1862. The Department of the Army maintains 2 national cemeteries Arlington National Cemetery and United States Soldiers' and Airmen's Home National Cemetery. This index was published for the information of surviving comrades and friends in connection with the published Rolls of Honor. The alphabetical index was arranged by States to the various places of internment specified in the Rolls of Honor. As no index was contained in any of the volumes of the Rolls of Honor the present work forms a very valuable aid in searching for the manes of the dead who are supposed to have been killed or buried at any specified place. Government Printing Office paperback
Référence libraire : 87041
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War Dept Surgeon General`s Office
Medical history of the War of the Rebellion: Water color drawings to illustrate fluxes and fever
paperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. paperback
Référence libraire : 3742821229.G ISBN : 3742821229 9783742821225
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US. War Department and US. Navy Department U. S. U. S.
War Dept. FM 30-30/Navy Dept. BUAER 3: Recognition Pictorial Manual. "Restricted"; FM 30-3- Military Intelligence Aircraft Recognition Pictorial Manual per General G. C. Marshall Chief of Staff on first page
Washington DC: U.S. Navy Department 1943. Revised Edition issued June 1943. Wraps. Fair. Three-hole punched laced. Taped edges near spine. Approx. 150 wraps profusely illustrated. Tabbed sections on U.S. Army aircraft U.S. Navy aircraft United Kingdom British Aircraft German Aircraft Japanese Aircraft Italian Aircraft Russian Aircraft no pages in this section and Miscellaneous Aircraft no pages in this section. Covers creased soiled & stained pages somewhat darkened soiled and stained. Ink notation on front cover. Name of Stanley R. Simon in ink on the front cover. This is possibly the same Stanley Simon who was with the First Ordnance Squadron stationed at Tinian Island Los Alamos NM and Wendover UT and was a member of the 509th Composite Group and a Manhattan Project Veteran. This manual supersedes FM 30-30 February 21 1942; FM 30-31 August 1 1941; FM 30-34 July 18 1941; FM 30-35 March 11 1942; FM 30-38 March 16 1942 and FM 30-39 October 24 1941. It was also issues by the Training Division Bureau of Aeronautics Navy Department June 1943. "This document contains information affecting the national defense of the United States with the meaning of the Espionage Act 50 U.S.C. 31 and 32 as Amended. Its transmission or the revelation of its contents in any manner to an unauthorized person is prohibited by law." The present manual was primarily designed for self-instruction and general use but also served as a text in recognition course. It includes four types of material: black and shite silhouettes wash drawings protographs and editorial matter. Silhouettes are the foundation on which all recognition training is based. The first requirement in warfare is the ability to distinguish friend from foe. Nowhere is this more difficult than in the air. Owing to the great speeds and heights attained by modern aircraft recognition is frequently dependent on a momentary glimpse. In the same way instant and accurate recognition of surface craft mechanized ground equipment etc. is fraught with great difficulties owning to varying conditions of visibility distance and variety of types. Before the outbreak of this war few realized the grave problems of recognition that the increasing dominance of air power would present. The existence of these problems was soon apparent when after two months the casualties of the British Advance Air Striking Force in France amount to:--Shot down by the Germans eight; shot down by the French nine. In those days the only questions asked was "Is it in range' Since them mistakes in recognition on the sea on land and in the air have been too numerous to mentions. Usually these mistakes are attended by the most serious consequences. It is now fully realized that the only way to prevent these occurrences is by demanding the highest general level of proficiency in recognition throughout the services. This can only be attained by concentrated study. It is not suggested that practice will main one absolutely perfect with it will certainly go most of the way toward reducing the changes of a man being a danger not only to himself but to his comrades-in-arms. The Navy's problem at sea whether on warship or merchant ship is to know as soon as possible where any aircraft or ship within sight is friendly or hostile what type it is and how it is likely to attack and from that to estimate the best method of defense. The Army's problems are also varied. Antiaircraft gunners should be able to recognize any airplane within range or likely to come within range whether flying directly toward the battery or not. Instant recognition save lives and leads to the destruction of the enemy. The first thin to be appreciated is that recognition does not begin and end with appearance. It is also essential to recognize the exact type. U.S. Navy Department paperback
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Endicott William C. President of the Board {and Secretary of War
Report of the Board on Fortification or Other Defenses Appointed by the President of the United States Under the Provisions of the Act of Congress Approved March 3 1885.; Also included is Report of the National Coast-Defense Board Appointed by the President of the United States by Executive Order January 31 1905. William H. Taft President of the Board and Secretary of War and Report of the Board of Review of the War Department to the Secretary of War November 26 1915 on the Coast Defenses of the United States the Panama Canal and the Insular Possessions Confidential Committee on Appropriations Sixty-Fourth Congress First Session 1916
McLean VA: Coast Defense Study Group Inc. printed by Thomson-Shore Inc. 2007. Facsimile reprint. Presumed first printing thus. Hardcover. Very good/No DJ present. Format is approximately 8.75 inches by 11.25 inches. 4 393 5 43 1 13 5 pages. Tables. Substantial text on the cover and spine. William Crowninshield Endicott November 19 1826 - May 6 19001 was an American politician and Secretary of War in the first administration of President Grover Cleveland 1885-1889. Grover Cleveland appointed Endicott Secretary of War and he served in that capacity in the administration between 1885 and 1889. Endicott oversaw many important changes in the organization of the United States Army including the establishment of a system of examinations to determine the promotion of officers. Endicott convened and chaired the Board of Fortifications in 1885 usually called the Endicott Board which would provide detailed recommendations and designs for the generation of American coastal defense fortifications constructed in the era of the Spanish-American War. Most of these Endicott Period fortifications served through early World War II. Among the topics covered in these reprinted reports are Coast Artillery Coast Defense Armor Torpedoes Torpedo Board Submarine Ships of War Ports Floating Batteries Harbor Defense Armor-piercing Gun-Carriage Ordnance Vavasseur Recoil and Seacoast Guns. The Endicott Board Report was formally known as the Report of the Board on Fortifications or other Defenses Appointed by the President of the United States under the Provisions of the Act of Congress Approved March 3 1885 House Executive Document No. 49 49th Congress 1st session GPO Washington D.C.1886. This report marked the start of the modern era of the U.S. coastal defenses. This board report reviewed the state of American harbor defenses in 1885 and recommended a completely new system of harbor defenses based on the emerging technology of rifled breech loading cannons and armor. The major harbors of the U.S. were ranked in terms of military and economic importance. When Congress began to appropriate money for the construction of the new defenses in the late 1880s this report was cited as the authorization source for the harbors to be defended. The Taft Board Report was formally known as the Report of the National Coast Defense Board . . . on the Coast Defenses of the United States and the Insular Possessions Senate Document No. 248 59th Congress 1st Session GPO Washington D.C. 1906. This report surveyed the progress in harbor defenses made since the Endicott Report and recommended a number of technical improvements. It also recommended the fortification of key harbors in the newly acquired overseas possessions such as Hawaii and the Philippines. The Report of the Board of Review of the War Department to the Secretary of War November 26 1915 on the Coast Defenses of the United States the Panama Canal and the Insular Possessions House Document No. 49 64th Congress 1st Session G.P.O. Washington D.C. 1916. This report marks the transition from disappearing guns as the major weapon in American harbor defenses to the longer range 12- and 16-inch barbette carriage guns of the post World War I era. Coast Defense Study Group, Inc. [printed by Thomson-Shore, Inc.] hardcover
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United States War Department, Office of the Chief of Staff, War College Division
Bibliography of State Participation in the Civil War 1861-1866; General Staff No. 19 War Department Library Subject Catalogue No. 6
Washington DC: Government Printing Office 1913. Third Edition Revised and Enlarged stated. Presumed first printing thus. Wraps. Fair/No DJ present. x 1140 2 pages. Abbreviations. Appendix. Front and back covers partially detached and heavily soiled torn and chipped. The first edition of this catalogue was published in 1897 the second edition 1899 and the supplement to the second edition in 1904. The general arrangement is alphabetical by state with the following threefold division in each State: Official publications such as reports of adjutants general governors' messages State registers etc. Regimental histories in alphabetical and numerical sequence and Miscellaneous such as State county and town histories and all material bearing upon the local participation not embraced in the preceding divisions. General associations both Union and Confederate covering more than one State memorial organizations army corps occasional periodicals etc. are contained in the appendix. Many synonyms of Confederate organizations have been added. In several of the Southern and border States there were both Confederate and Federal organizations. It has been found convenient to designate the Federal organizations by the use of the word Union in parenthesis. According to information found on Wikipedia in August 2022 The American Civil War bibliography comprises books that deal in large part with the American Civil War. There are over 60000 books on the war with more appearing each month. Authors James Lincoln Collier and Christopher Collier stated in 2012 "No event in American history has been so thoroughly studied not merely by historians but by tens of thousands of other Americans who have made the war their hobby. Perhaps a hundred thousand books have been published about the Civil War." There is no complete bibliography to the war; the largest guide to books is over 40 years old and lists over 6000 of the most valuable titles as evaluated by three leading scholars. Many specialized topics such as Abraham Lincoln women and medicine have their own lengthy bibliographies. The books on major campaigns typically contain their own specialized guides to the sources and literature. The most comprehensive guide to the historiography annotates over a thousand major titles with an emphasis on military topics. The most recent guide to literary and non-military topics is A History of American Civil War Literature 2016 edited by Coleman Hutchison. It emphasizes cultural studies memory diaries southern literary writings and famous novelists. United States War Department. Bibliography of State Participation in the Civil War. Washington D.C.: 1913 is listed among the enumerated bibliographies. This appears to be the last edition issued by the War Department. Government Printing Office paperback
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United States War Office
Histories of Two Hundred and Fifty One Divisions of the German Army Which Participated in the War 1914-1918; Compiled from Records of Intelligence Section of the General Staff American Expeditionary Forces at General Headquarters : : Chaumont France:: 1919
London: London Stamp Exchange LTD 1989. Reprint edition first printing thus. Hardcover. Very good/Very good. iv 3-748 pages. This was first published in 1920 by the United States War Office as War Department Document No. 905 Office of the Adjutant General. This edition was reproduced exactly as the original volume complete and unabridged. This work contains the record of the organization and service of the 251 divisions of the German Army during the years 1914 1915 1916 1917 and 1918 or during as many of these years as they existed — for a number of them were created after the war had started. The record of each has been known as a "divisional history." The history of an enemy division is a summary of all the information obtained from all sources. It includes the latest composition — that is the regiments and other units that make up the division; a record of its past engagements; its recruitment and racial features; commanders; present strength; and morale. On a basis of these factors the division's fighting quality is rated on a standard of classes adopted by General Headquarters and noted in the history. The data is collected and filed daily at various troop headquarters and eventually in the Enemy Order of Battle subsection of the General Staff Intelligence Section at the General Headquarters. The information comes chiefly from the front-line troops resulting from their observation reconnaissance and the interrogation of the prisoners they take. This evidence is often fragmentary and inconclusive being gathered as more or less disassociated items here and there along the whole front. But when it is consolidated and collated it becomes of great value and warrants deductions which may be depended upon. Prisoners' statements and captured documents are the source of almost all the information contained in a divisional history. The outline of the past engagements of a division is known from the Battle-Order records. Prisoners add to this specific account of successes citations failures internal disturbance etc. The divisional composition is established by prisoners and in the case of the smaller divisional units from addresses on captured letters. The effective strength is deduced from prisoners' stories of recent losses incurred and drafts of new men arriving. In estimating the quality of a division the Intelligence Section considers principally the conditions under which the enemy command has used it in previous military operations. All this information is kept posted up to date so that a history of present value can be written without delay and dispatched to our front-line troops opposite whom a new or additional enemy unit has appeared or is about to appear. The use to our troops of these histories is obvious. Much of the information contained is of direct value to our commanders. The strength morale and fighting qualities of the opposing divisions are of course an important factor in our plans and operations. Other items such as the names of the enemy commanders assist the examining officer in checking the veracity and accuracy of prisoners' statements. It has been often observed that the more the intelligence officer knows or appears to know of the prisoner's organization the better results he obtains from his questions. The uses to which information of the enemy may be put have proved so various and unexpected that the principle is established that no fact about the enemy is too unimportant to be recorded. In preparing this set of Histories of German Divisions the histories published by French General Headquarters have been used for the years prior to 1918. For the last year of the war the histories were written by the Second Section of the General Staff General Headquarters A. E. F. from the American records. These included all information from American sources and also that which was received from Allied armies. London Stamp Exchange LTD hardcover
Référence libraire : 84238 ISBN : 0948130873 9780948130878
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United States War Department
U. S. Rifles Cal. .30 M1903 M1903A1 M1903A3 and M1903A4; Ordnance Maintenance War Department Technical Manual TM 9-1270
Reprint of WWII War Department issue. Wraps. Good. Pagination is 2 4-116 1 pages including covers. Illustrations. Index. This Technical Manual superseded TM 9-1270 dated 19 May 1942 TB 1270-1 dated 1 May 1942 it did not affect TB 1205-2 dated 1 May 1942; and TB 1270-2 dated 15 December 1942. Its contents included Introduction Disassembly and assembly Inspection Maintenance and Repair Special Maintenance Repairs and Index. This Technical Manual was published for the information and guidance of ordnance maintenance personnel. It contains detailed instructions for the disassembly assembly inspection maintenanceand repair of the material included in this Technical Manual. Additional descriptive matter and illustrations are included to aid in providing a complete working knowledge of the material. These instructions are supplemental of those in Field Manuals and other Technical Manuals prepared or using these arms. This manual differs from TM 9-1270 Ordnance Maintenance: Rifles. U.S. ca. .30 M1903 and M1903A1 dated 19 May 1942 as follows: Information added on U.S. Rifles M1903A3 and M1903 A4 Snipers Bayonet Me Bayonet Scabbard M7 and Gun Sling M1; Information added on telescopic sight used with the Rifle M1903A4 Snipers. This information is supplementary to that contained in TM 9-270; and Changes in formation contained in sections on maintenance and repair and special maintenance. The M1903 Springfield officially the United States Rifle Caliber .30-06 Model 1903 is an American five-round magazine-fed bolt-action service repeating rifle used primarily during the first half of the 20th century. The M1903 was first used in combat during the Philippine-American War and it was officially adopted by the United States as the standard infantry rifle on June 19 1903 where it saw service in World War I and was replaced by the faster-firing semi-automatic eight-round M1 Garand starting in 1936. However the M1903 remained in service as a standard issue infantry rifle during World War II since the U.S. entered the war without sufficient M1 rifles to arm all troops. It also remained in service as a sniper rifle during World War II the Korean War and the Vietnam War. It remains popular as a civilian firearm historical collector's piece a competitive shooting rifle and as a military drill rifle. During the 1898 war with Spain the Mauser M1893 used by the Spanish Army gained a deadly reputation particularly from the Battle of San Juan Hill where 750 Spanish regulars significantly delayed the advance of 15000 U.S. troops armed with outclassed Springfield Krag-Jørgensen bolt-action rifles and older single-shot Springfield trapdoor rifles. The Spanish soldiers inflicted 1400 U.S. casualties in a matter of minutes. Likewise earlier in the day a Spanish force of 540 regulars armed with the same Mauser rifle under Spanish General Vara Del Rey held off General Henry Ware Lawton's Second Division of 6653 American soldiers and an Independent Brigade of 1800 men for ten hours in the nearby town of El Caney keeping that division from assisting in the attack on the San Juan Heights. A U.S. Army board of investigation was commissioned as a direct result of both battles. They recommended replacement of the Krag. The M1903 not only replaced the various versions of the U.S. Army's Krag but also the Lee M1895 and M1885 Remington-Lee used by the United States Navy and the United States Marine Corps as well as all remaining single-shot trapdoor rifles. While the Krag had been issued in both a long rifle and carbine the Springfield was issued only as a short 24-inch barrel rifle in keeping with current trends in Switzerland and Great Britain to eliminate the need for both long rifles and carbines after it was discovered that a longer barrel offered no appreciable ballistic advantage and the shorter barrel was lighter and easier to handle. A spike-type bayonet with storage in the forend of the stock was added to the design. This new design was accepted type classified and officially adopted as the United States Rifle Caliber .30 Model 1903 and entered production in 1903. The M1903 became commonly known among its users as the "ought-three" in reference to the year '03 of first production. Remington began production of the M1903 in September 1941 at serial number 3000000 using old tooling from the Rock Island Arsenal which had been in storage since 1919. The very early rifles are almost indistinguishable from 1919-made Rock Island rifles. As the already worn tooling began to wear beyond use Remington began seeking Army approval for a continuously increasing number of changes and simplifications to both speed up manufacture and improve performance. The milled parts on the Remington M1903 were gradually replaced with stamped parts until at about serial number 3330000 the Army and Remington recognized that a new model name was appropriate. Other features of the M1903 such as high-grade walnut stocks with finger grooves were replaced with less expensive but serviceable substitutes. Most milled parts made by Remington were marked with an "R". M1903 production was discontinued in favor of the M1903A3. paperback
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United States, War Department
Ordnance Maintenance U.S. Rifles Cal. .30; M1 M1C Sniper's and M1D Sniper's TM 9-1275 War Department Technical Manual
Washington DC: United States War Department c1947. Appears to be a reprint without information as to source. Wraps. Good. iii 1 104 4 pages. Illustrations. This manual supersedes TM 9-1275 6 November 1942 including C 1 15 May 1943; TB 23-5-6 5 June 1944; TB ORD 207 28 September 1944; OFSTB 9-1275-5 28 June 1943; and so much of TB ORD 272 26 March 1945 as pertains to materiel covered in this manual. This manual represents the state of knowledge and the standards of practice after consideration of the experience gained during the Second World War. Information on Sniper rifles is extremely scarce. Contents include: Introduction; INspection Prior to Disassembly; Tools Gages and Fixtures; General Maintenance; Barrel and Receiver Group; Trigger Housing Group; Stock and Hand Guards; Equipment; Function Firing and Final Inspection; Malfunctions and Corrections; Appendix References; and Index. This manual is published for the information and guidance of ordnance maintenance personnel. It contains detailed instructions for inspection disassembly maintenance and repair of the U.S. rifle cal. .30 M1; U.S. rifle cal. .30 M1C sniper's; and the U.S. rifle cal. .30 M1D sniper's. This manual does not contain general assembly or disassembly or information which is intended primarily for the using arms since such information is available to ordnance maintenance personnel in FM 23-5. Where "repair tolerances" as opposed to tolerances for new manufacture have been set up such repair tolerances will continue in use. If additional tolerances or variations are desired submit a specific request to the Chief of Ordnance. Only rifles having the new spline-type gas cylinder are to be rebuilt. The receivers on rifles having the old type gas cylinders are of early manufacture and cause "eleven o'clock" feed stoppages. They are identified by the top of the front feed rib being cut away instead of coming up to a square corner. Since the M1 M1C and M1D rifles are basically the same mechanically as well as in operation and functioning the disassembly assembly inspection maintenance and repair are covered generally. Characteristics: The U.S. rifles cal. .30 M1 M1C and M1D are gas-operated clip-loaded air cooled semiautomatic shoulder weapons. These rifles may be equipped with gun sling M1907 leather or gun sling M1 webbing. When desired grenade launcher M7 or M7A1 or bayonet M1 may be used with the rifles. Difference Between Models: The U.S. rifles cal. .30 M1 M1C and M1D are basically the same. However rifles of early and present manufacturer of the same model may differ somewhat due to changes in design of some of the component parts. The U.S. rifle M1C sniper's is the standard U.S. rifle M1 with telescope M81 or M82 mounted on the receiver and a cheek pad laced to the stock. The flash hider M2 is furnished as an accessory with the M1C and M1D models. The U.S. rifle M1D differs from the U.S. rifle M1C sniper's only in the design of the telescope mount and bracket. On the M1C model the telescope is held in a removable mount having a dovetailed slide mating with that of a bracket permanently attached to the receiver and locked in place by means of two locking screws. On the M1D model the telescope is held in a removable mount which in turn is attached to a fixed base on the barrel of the rifle by means of one screw and dowel pin. United States, War Department paperback
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War Department, Ordnance Office
Carbine Cal. .30 M1; Ordnance Field Service Technical Bulletin No. 23-7-1 RESTRICTED March 17 1942
Raritan Arsenal New Jersey: Raritan Arsenal c1950. Reprint Edition. Wraps. Good. 67 5 pages. Some cover wear and soiling. Illustrations. Contents include: Introduction; Operation and Functioning; Disassembly and Assembly; Care Cleaning and Lubrication; Immediate Action and Stoppages; Organization spare parts and accessories; Ammunition; Materiel affected by gas; references and index. The M1 carbine formally the United States Carbine Caliber .30 M1 is a lightweight semi-automatic carbine that was a standard firearm for the U.S. military during World War II the Korean War and the Vietnam War. The M1 carbine was produced in several variants and was widely used by paramilitary and police forces around the world and also became a popular civilian firearm after World War II. Despite having a similar name and physical outward appearance the M1 carbine is not a carbine version of the M1 Garand rifle. On July 1 1925 the U.S. Army began using the current naming convention where the "M" is the designation for "Model" and the number represents the sequential development of equipment and weapons. Therefore the "M1 carbine" was the first carbine developed under this system. The "M2 carbine" was the second carbine developed under the system etc. After the initial Army testing in August 1941 the Winchester design team set out to develop a more refined version. Williams participated in the finishing of this prototype. The second prototype competed successfully against all remaining carbine candidates in September 1941 and Winchester was notified of their success the next month. Standardization as the M1 carbine was approved on October 22 1941. Raritan Arsenal 1918-1964 - A United States Arsenal first established in 1918 during World War I as Camp Raritan in Middlesex County New Jersey. Abandoned as an arsenal in 1964 and redeveloped for civilian use. Raritan was established as a permanent ordnance depot shortly after World War I. Functions included vehicle storage and ammunition receiving storage shipping transfer and re-packing. Ordnance included 37mm and 40mm projectiles fuzes pyrotechnics grenades training rounds and TNT. From 1919 until 1941 the Ordnance Specialist Schools were located here. Several accidental explosions occurred during the period from 1919 through World War II in magazine buildings and outdoor storage areas. During World War II the storage facilities shipping facilities and ammunition igloos were greatly expanded. A products division and field service ammunition school were also added to the Arsenal mission. Many of the arsenal's activities were phased out in the 1950's. Raritan Arsenal paperback
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50th Anniversary of World War II Commemoration Committee
Fact Sheet World War II
Washington DC: 50th Anniversary of World War II Commemoration Committee c1991. Presumed First Edition First printing thus. Single sheet printed on both sides. Good. Format is approximately 8.5 inches by 11 inches. Some wear and soiling. Illustration. Maps. Tabular Information. Rare surviving item of ephemera. The front side has the following sections: Profile of U. S. Servicemen 1941-1945; U.S. Active Military Personnel 1939-1945 Enlisted and Officer; Peak Strength of Armed Forces During World War II; U.S. Armed Forces Toll of War 1939-1945 Includes killed and wounded including members of the Merchant Marine; Estimated International Costs of World War II; Costs by Individual Nations Directly related to the War in U.S. Dollars and photograph of the Supreme Commander with troops before D-Day. The reverse has a map of the attack on Pearl harbor and a map of the Battle of Normandy and sections on Aircraft Production All Types; Military Aircraft Losses 1939-1945; Naval Losses 1939- 1945 Submarines frigates & all larger ships; Merchant Ship Losses Tank Production Prisoners of War and a small box labeled Sources. During 1991 through 1995 the Department of Defense DoD commemorated the 50th anniversary of World War II. In May 1990 the Secretary of Defense directed creation of a senior DoD working group to determine DoD's role in commemorating U. s. participation in World War II. The Secretary of the Army was designated as DoD Executive Agent and point of contact responsible for all DoD activities relating to the commemoration. The fourfold purpose of the DoD program was: 1 to honor the veterans of World War II and the sacrifices made on the home front by the American people; 2 to provide the American public with a clearer understanding and appreciation of the enduring lessons of World War II; 3 to acquaint and reacquaint Americans with World War II as the central event of the 20th Century and with the reasons why we fought; and 4 to highlight the advances in technology science and medicine from military research during World War II. The 50th Anniversary of World War II Commemoration Committee consisted of approximately 30 persons from various DoD<br /> components. The role of the committee was to encourage Federal State and local governments and agencies -- as well as private and public groups· and organizations to conduct commemorative activities in concert with DoD and promote the best national understanding<br /> and appreciation of the lessons of World War II. The Committee terminated in 1996. 50th Anniversary of World War II Commemoration Committee unknown
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War Office [Great Britain]
Manual of Ceremonial 1935; Notified in Army Orders for March 1935 26/Manuals/1435 Crown Copyright Reserved
London: His Majesty's Stationery Office 1940. Reprint. Stiff boards. Good. Format is approximately 4.25 inches by 6.5 inches. xiv 171 1 XX Plates including folding. Notation of insertions inside the front cover. Several changes have been inserted and some obsolete text noted with ink and occasional comments. Contents include: Definitions; Part I--Inspection and Review of Troops Chapter I General Instructions; Chapter II Parade Formations; Chapter III General Instructions for Inspections and Reviews; Chapter IV--Marching Past--Mounted Troops Other Than Artillery; Chapter V--Marching Past--Mounted and Mechanized Artillery and Field Artillery Signal Sections; Chapter V--Marching Past--Dismounted Artillery; Chapter VI Marching Past--Dismounted Unites Other than Royal Artillery; Chapter VII Marching Past--Dismounted Units other than Royal Artillery; Chapter VIII--Marching Past--An Infantry Brigade; Chapter IX--Marching Past--Mechanized Units other than Royal Artillery; Chapter X Marching Past--A Division or Larger Formation; Chapter XI Mounted Escorts; Chapter XII Standards Guidons and Colours; Chapter XIII Artillery Salutes and Feu-de-Joie; Chapter XIV Mounted Guards and Guards of Honour; Chapter XV Street Lining for Royal Processions Etc;; Chapter XVI Funerals; Appendix; Index; List of Plates. This was issued in 1940 and thus is one of the earliest issuances of this Manual during the Second World War. It served as a standard for similar Commonwealth military ceremonial issuances. Ceremonial duties are an important part of Army history and tradition. The Household Division provides both ceremonial and operational support for the Crown. Royal occasions such as the State Opening of Parliament Trooping the Colour Queen's Birthday Parade and Beating Retreat are some of the most colourful and exciting events of the year. More modest ceremonies such as Changing the Guard form an important part of the Household Division's working day. Ceremonial Events hold a powerful fascination and are full of symbolism tradition and meaning. Among the topics and activities covered are: Military Inspection Review of Troops Parade Formations Royal Review Drill Movements Infantry Brigade Mechanized Units Armoured Fighting Vehicles Mounted Escorts Guidons Feu-de-Joie Mounted Guards Honor Guards Funerals Royal Processions. His Majesty's Stationery Office hardcover
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United States War Department
Handbook on German Military Forces; Technical Manual TM 30-450 December 17 1941
Washington DC: War Department 1941. Presumed First Edition First printing. Wraps. Good. 456 pages. Marked RESTRICTED. Illustrations photographs drawings/diagrams tabular data. Cover and some pages has some wear and soiling. Name Rank and Branch of previous owner in ink on front cover. Written over the stamp of a previous owner. This was prepared under the direction of the Chief of Staff. It was issued only 10 days after the Pearl Harbor attack but clearly had been in preparation since at least the commencement of hostilities in Europe in September 1939. This initial handbook represents that then state-of-knowlege of the United States military establishment and the assessment of the then current state-of-practice of the German Military Forces. Includes sections on: Organization and strength of units; Administration command and staff; Recruitment and mobilization; Uniform; Infantry; Cavalry and reconnaissance units; Small arms close support and antitank weapons; Field Artillery Armored troops Panzertruppen Engineers Signal Corps Chemical warfare and smoke Services Police Gendarmerie semimilitary forces; Air Force Tactics and Permanent fortifications. Includes Appendixes on: I. List of Abbreviations; II. Coinage weights and measures; III. Road spaces; and IV. Military symbols. Also includes an index. The German Army was the land forces component of the Wehrmacht the regular German Armed Forces from 1935 until it ceased to exist in 1945 and then was formally dissolved in August 1946. During World War II a total of about 13.6 million soldiers served in the German Army. Army personnel were made up of volunteers and conscripts. Only 17 months after Adolf Hitler announced the German rearmament program in 1935 the army reached its projected goal of 36 divisions. During the autumn of 1937 two more corps were formed. In 1938 four additional corps were formed with the inclusion of the five divisions of the Austrian Army after the Anschluss in March. During the period of its expansion under Hitler the German Army continued to develop concepts pioneered during World War I combining ground and air assets into combined arms forces. Coupled with operational and tactical methods such as encirclements and "battle of annihilation" the German military managed quick victories in the two initial years of World War II a new style of warfare described as Blitzkrieg lightning war for its speed and destructive power. The German operational doctrine emphasized sweeping pincer and lateral movements meant to destroy the enemy forces as quickly as possible. This approach referred to as Blitzkrieg was an operational doctrine instrumental in the success of the offensives in Poland and France. Blitzkrieg has been considered by many historians as having its roots in precepts developed by Fuller Liddel-Hart and von Seeckt and even having ancient prototypes practiced by Alexander Genghis Khan and Napoleon. Recent studies of the Battle of France also suggest that the actions of either Rommel or Guderian or both of them both had contributed to the theoretical development and early practices of what later became Blitzkrieg prior to World War II ignoring orders of superiors who had never foreseen such spectacular successes and thus prepared much more prudent plans were conflated into a purposeful doctrine and created the first archetype of Blitzkrieg which then gained a fearsome reputation that dominated the Allied leaders' minds. Thus 'Blitzkrieg' was recognized after the fact and while it became adopted by the Wehrmacht it never became the official doctrine nor got used to its full potential because only a small part of the Wehrmacht was trained for it and key leaders at the highest levels either focused on only certain aspects or even did not understand it. War Department paperback
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Pacific War Research Society
The Day Man Lost: Hiroshima 6 August 1945
paperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. paperback
Référence libraire : 0870114719.G ISBN : 0870114719 9780870114717
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United States War Department
Troops in Campaign; Regulations for the Army of the United States
Washington DC: Government Printing Office 1892. Presumed First Edition First printing. Stiff boards. Good. Format is approximately 3.75 inches by 4.75 inches. War Department Document No. 196 Office of the Adjutant General. 4 54 2 pages with two foldouts Specimen Page of a Topographical Note-Book 28 A map and Specimen Page of a Topographical Note-Book 28 B which is a table with columns entitled Remarks Left. Offsets Left. Courses and Distances. Offsets Rights. and Remarks Right. The President of the United States directs that the following regulations for troops in campaign be published for the government of all concerned and they they be strictly observed. Nothing contrary to the tenor of these regulations will be enjoined in any part of the forces of the United States by any commander whatsoever. S. B. Elkins Secretary of War. The major contents are: I Organization of an Army in the Field II Tents Baggage and Baggage Trains III Headquarters Depots etc. IV Intrenched Posts V Reconnaissances VI Military Occupations Contributions and Requisitions VII Safeguards VIII Prisoners of War IX Marches X Journals of Marches Military Maps XI Convoys and their Escorts XII Movement of Troops by Rail and Water XIII Advance Guards and Outposts XIV Sieges XV Battles. These regulations were specifically for volunteer forces not individuals in the Regular Army National Guard or Reserve. These were the regulations of record during the Spanish-American War and possibly also for the Punitive Expedition into Mexico led by General Pershing. The Army of the United States is one of the four major service components of the United States Army the others being the Regular Army the United States Army Reserve and the Army National Guard of the United States but it has been inactive since the suspension of the draft in 1973 and the U.S. military's transition to a volunteer force. Personnel serving in the United States Army during a major national emergency or armed conflict either voluntarily or involuntarily were enlisted into the Army of the United States without specifying service in a component. It also includes the "Retired Reserve". Those are retired soldiers that have reached the required years of creditable service or creditable service and age; regardless of the component or components they formerly served in. The term "Army of the United States" or "Armies of the United States" is also the legal name of the collective land forces of the United States as prescribed by the United States Constitution. In this concept the term "Army of the United States" has been in use since at least 1841 as in the title General Regulations for the Army of the United States. The original concept of a non-Regular Army component existing to augment the standing military can trace its origins to the United States Volunteers. State volunteer forces were used extensively to augment the Regular Army throughout the 19th and early 20th century. There is no equivalent to the Army of the United States in the Navy Marine Corps or Coast Guard. During WWII officers who joined one of these branches were typically commissioned into the "Naval Reserve" "Marine Corps Reserve" or "Coast Guard Reserve" respectively the last of these being newly created in the run up to the war with the understanding that their active service would be only for the duration of the hostilities. In 1948 for a very brief period a component known as the "Air Forces of the United States" AFUS existed to augment Army Air Forces personnel who held AUS ranks into the newly created United States Air Force. Government Printing Office hardcover
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War Department, Office of the Chief of Staff
Field Service Regulations United States Army 1913; With corrections to May 21 1913
Washington D.C.: Government Printing Office 1913. Corrected Edition. Hardcover. Good. Format is approximately 4 inches by 5.75 inches. 297 5 pages. Footnotes. Illustrations some in color. Appendices. Index. Stamp of the Chief Surgeon in ink in several places. Cover has some wear and soiling. Fep creased. Includes Articles on Organization; The Service of Information; Orders; The service of security; Marches and convoys; Shelter; The service of supply; ; Transportation; Combat; The sanitary service; The Laws of War--Instructions for the government of the armies of the United States in time of War. Also includes appendices on flags and pennants form of field message blank Abbreviations and conventional signs authorized for field maps and sketches; Forms of field orders; Road space and dimensions of camps; Weights measures and practicability of slopes; Forms for infantry trenches; and Amplifying instructions relative to the administration and supply of troops in war. This is War Department Document Number 363. This work was revised by the General Staff of the Army and published for the information and government of the Regular Army and organized militia of the United States. On page 11 the footnote states that "After January 21 1910 the organization armament and discipline of the Organized Military in the several states Territories and the District of Columbia will be the same with some minor exceptions as that which was now or may hereafter be prescribed for the Regular Army." This was the foundation upon which the U.S. Army was organized and was to initially operate during the First World War. Military doctrine is the expression of how military forces contribute to campaigns major operations battles and engagements. It is a guide to action rather than being hard and fast rules. Doctrine provides a common frame of reference across the military. It helps standardize operations facilitating readiness by establishing common ways of accomplishing military tasks. Doctrine links theory history experimentation and practice. Its objective is to foster initiative and creative thinking. Doctrine provides the military with an authoritative body of statements on how military forces conduct operations and provides a common lexicon for use by military planners and leaders. Until 1905 the Army had no official doctrine. After the Spanish-American War of 1898 a number of reforms that included Army Schools and a General Staff were instituted to modernize the Army. Included in these reforms was an attempt to codify the way the Army was to fight and a combined arms organization. The First Field Service Regulations FSR were published in 1905 and detailed the way the Army was to be organized and how it would fight. Other editions to the FSR were published in 1910 and 1913. Unfortunately these manuals only addressed combat in the United States and didn't address the realities of combat on the Western Front in Europe in World War I. During that conflict the U.S. Army had to rely on doctrine copied from British manuals and translated from the French. In 1923 five years after the war a comprehensive FSR was published which addressed the complexities of modern warfare. This was the last doctrinal manual to be published for 16 years. Because of the changes in military technology that occurred in the 1920s and 1930s the Office of the Chief of Staff published a tentative manual in 1939. It was titled FM 100-5 Operations a title its successors would retain until 1993. Government Printing Office hardcover
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United States, War Department, Adjutant General's Office
Manual of Guard Duty United States Army.; Approved June 14 1902
Washington: Government Printing Office 1902. Presumed First Edition First printing. Leather bound. Fair. War Department Document No. 167. vii 1 97 1 pages. Index. Ink marks noted at pages 20 and 21. Cover worn and soiled. Fep had become detached but has been taped to front board. Inside the front board is a lengthy printed stated to the effect that this manual was the property of the United States and was for official use. It bears the stamp of Troop B 6th Cavalry in several places. It is also stamped Private Library Vol. No. 5 Charles A. Dunnell of Troop H and bears the signature and affiliation of Dunnell on the detached fep. The Manual of Guard Duty prepared by a board of officers consisting of Maj. Alexander Rodgers Fourth Cavalry Capt. William Lassiter Artillery Corps and Capt. Oscar J. Charles Fourth Infantry was approved and published for the government of the armies of the United States by Elihu Root Secretary of War. Rodgers was a 1875 graduate of West Point and served in several Cavalry Regiments during his 30 plus years of military service. He retired in 1911 but was recalled to active duty; commanding Fort Riley Kans. Sept. 27 1917 to March 29 1918. William Lassiter September 29 1867- March 29 1959 was a career in the United States Army. He was a veteran of the Spanish-American War Occupation of Veracruz World War I and Occupation of the Rhineland and attained the rank of major general. From 1904 to 1908 Lassiter was assigned as a member and of the Army board that developed and implemented an update to the Field Artillery Drill Regulations. The 6th Cavalry "Fighting Sixth'" is a regiment of the United States Army that began as a regiment of cavalry in the American Civil War. In 1898 the Spanish-American War broke out and the 6th Cavalry was quickly recalled from their frontier postings and sent to camp in Florida where they awaited for transport to Cuba. After being forced to give up most of their horses and some of their men in order to fit on the ship the 6th finally arrived in the theater of war on 24 June 1898. The 6th was commonly posted near Teddy Roosevelt's "Rough Riders" and the men gave the US Volunteers a nickname; the "Weary Walkers" because their horses were left in Florida as well. On 1 July 1898 at the start of the Battle of San Juan Hill the men started forward under heavy fire and clawed their way through thick vegetation headed for the top of the hill. Advance elements of the 6th passed by US troops who had been pinned down and they began to cheer which drew the attention of Spanish gunners who fired grape shot into the 6th Cavalry's line. Under the covering fire of Gatling Guns the men managed to take the heights and settled in for renewed fighting in the morning. The men held the heights until 4 July when a truce was initiated to exchange prisoners. In 1900 the 6th Cavalry Regiment was part of the International China Relief Expedition with the objective of relieving the defenders of the Beijing Legation Quarter in Peking China during the Boxer Rebellion. During the march to Peking the 6th Cavalry acted as the expedition's scouting force and acted as pickets to protect the column from Chinese attack. Unlike in Cuba the 6th Cavalry had their mounts for the campaign and were well suited to the cavalry role of scouting and screening. Shortly after campaigning in China the 6th Cavalry was sent to the Philippines to join the Philippine-American War. From 1900-1903 they conducted counter-insurgency patrols and had several violent encounters with Emilio Aguinaldo's rebels. It is possible that this manual was in the possession of Dunnell during the operations in the Philippines in 1902-3. Government Printing Office hardcover
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US. War Department, Army War College, Historical Section U. S.
Order of Battle of the United States Land Forces in the World War American Expeditionary Forces Divisions; War Department Documents No. 23a
Washington DC: U. S. Government Printing Office 1931. Presumed First Edition First printing. Hardcover. Good. vii 1 451 3 pages. Tables. Cover worn. This work was prepared in the Historical Section of the Army War College. It was approved and published by General Douglas MacArthur Chief of Staff by order of the Secretary of War. The purpose of this work by the Historical Section of the Army War College was to present the essential facts of the participation of the land forces of the United States in the World War. It deals with the command composition and operations of large units. This volume contains outline histories of the divisions with served in Europe during the war. Original sources the majority of which are official papers of the War Department for the basis. The command lists were compiled for this publication by the Adjutant General. The front lines of the divisions during battle are based primarily on a series of specials studies by the American Battle Monuments Commission and an analysis by the Historical Section of the original material on file in the War Department. Units smaller than a regiment are not shown unless they were engaged in combat. Credit for participation in an operation is given a division from the time it entered corps reserve provided the operation was in progress or when it assumed command of a front without passing through corps reserve. The contents are presented as: Preface Regular Army Divisions National Guard Divisions National Army Divisions Composition of Divisions Tables of Organization of Divisions Calendar and Abbreviations. U. S. Government Printing Office hardcover
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United Kingdom War Office General Staff
Handbook of the German Army Home and Colonial.; Fourth Edition revised by the General Staff War Office 1912. Amended to August 1914.
London Nashville: Imperial War Museum 1-901623475jointly with The Battery Press Inc 2002. Reprint edition of work originally published in 1914. Hardcover. Very good. 345 1 pages. Substantial tabular information. This work is Nineteenth in The Battery Press Reference Series. This is the British General Staff's intelligence manual for the German Army at the beginning of World War I. Originally printed in 1912 and amended to August 1914 this reference volume has chapters on the conditions of service organization and numbers available in peace and war administration of the Army and General Staff infantry cavalry artillery technical troops supply and medical services tactics signalling and colonial troops. Also included are appendices giving military pay military terms and topographical signs and abbreviations. This handbook was intended for the use of officers who desired to obtain a comprehensive view of the German Army during peace-time or who may wish to follow its operations during manoeuvres or other training. The Fourth Edition of this handbook was completed after the passing of laws respecting the peace strength of the German Army up to 1915. The main effect of these changes in the law was to perfect rather than to increase the number of the larger units available on mobilization for the first line. Two new Army-Corps were created making 25 in all. Imperial War Museum (1-901623475)jointly with The Battery Press, Inc hardcover
Référence libraire : 82265 ISBN : 0898393132 9780898393132
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United States War Department
Abstract of the Official Record of Proceedings of the Reno Court of Inquiry; Convened at Chicago Illinois 13 January 1879 By the President of the United States Upon the request of Major Marcus A. Reno 7th Cavalry TO Investigate his conduct at The Battle of the Little Big Horn 25-26 June 1876
Harrisburg PA: The Stackpole Company 1954. Presumed First Edition First printing Thus. Hardcover. Very good/Very good. 24 cm. xxx 303 3 pages. Slight DJ wear. Illustrated end papers. Frontis illustration. illus. maps one fold-out Index. Benteen's Battle Map at end. Preface by Colonel W. A. Graham. This is commonly known as the Reno report. A Court of Inquiry unlike of Court Martial which tries only criminal charges formally preferred is a purely investigator body whose one and only function is to inquire into and report upon aspersions or other derogatory matter respecting a person in the military service with a view to establishing facts; and if so directed it recommends the action if any that should be taken in the premises. The Curt of Inquiry authorized by the President on the 25th day of November 1878 convened at Chicago Illinois 13 January 1879 and adjourned 11 February 1879 after an extended hearing with daily sessions excluding Sundays only. The testimony of 23 witnesses was taken all of whom were subjected to cross examination under oath and eleven documentary exhibits ere received in evidence. The inquiry quickly developed into a broad investigation of the manner in which the battle was fought and competent historian and students consider the record of its proceedings to be the chief and most important repository of authentic detailed information on the subject. The original official record some 1300 pages in length was held in the confidential files of the Judge Advocate General's Office until 1941 when it went to the National Archives. In 1951 a verbatim edition of the official record limited to 125 copies complete and unexpurgated was published by Graham. This volume is an abstract. The Abstract was made by Col. Graham in 1921 and with some revisional additionsis the identical abstract of which copies were furnished to former Secretary of War Newton D. Baker General E. S. Godfrey General Nelson A. Miles General H. L. Scott E. A. Brininstool W. M. Camp and later to Frederic Van de Water. The abstract contains the meat or gist of the evidence summarized the testimony of each witness with especial emphasis upon its bearing on the progress of the battle its first object being to present to readers a word picture of the combat as told by the only persons aside from the Indians who possessed first hand knowledge of the facts. Col. Graham was born at Chicago Illinois January 23 1875. LLB University of Iowa 1897. Admitted to the Iowa Bar 1897 and was in general practice of law Cedar Falls Iowa 1897-1902; and in Des Moines 1902-16. He served as Captain Infantry Iowa National Guard 1912-17 and on the Mexican Border 1916-17; as Major Judge Advocate's Department United States Army 1920. He was promoted to Colonel in 1931 and retired from the Army in 1939. He was decorated with the Mexican Border Service Medal Victory Medal with Meuse-Argonne and Defensive Sector bars. He was the author of "The Story of the Little Big Horn" 1926; "The Custer Myth" 1953; "Abstract of the Reno Court of Inquiry" 1954. Marcus Albert Reno November 15 1834 - March 30 1889 was a United States career military officer who served in the American Civil War where he was a combatant in a number of major battles and later under George Armstrong Custer in the Great Sioux War against the Lakota Sioux and Northern Cheyenne. Reno is most noted for his prominent role in the Battle of the Little Bighorn where he failed to support Custer's position on the battlefield remaining instead in a defensive formation with his troops about four miles away. This event has since been a longstanding subject of controversy regarding his command decisions in the course of one of the most infamous defeats in the history of the United States military. After 26 days of testimony Judge Advocate General W. M. Dunn submitted his opinion and recommendations to the Secretary of War George W. McCrary on February 21 1879. He concluded "I concur with the court in its exoneration of Major Reno from the charges of cowardice which have been brought against him." He added "The suspicion or accusation that Gen. Custer owed his death and the destruction of his command to the failure of Major Reno through incompetencey or cowardice to go to his relief is considered as set to rest." The court of inquiry did little to change public opinion. Enlisted men later stated they had been coerced into giving a positive report to both Reno and Benteen. Lieutenant Charles DeRudio told Walter Mason Camp "that there was a private understanding between a number of officers that they would do all they could to save Reno." In 1904 a story in the Northwestern Christian Advocate claimed that Reno had admitted to its former editor that "his strange actions" during and after the Battle of Little Bighorn were "due to drink" The Stackpole Company hardcover
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United States War Department
Selective Service Regulations Prescribed by the President Under the Authority Vested in Him by the Terms of the Selective Service Law Act of Congress Approved May 18 1917 With Supplementary and Amendatory Acts and Resolutions; Form 999 A.
Washington DC: Government Printing Office 1918. Second Edition stated. Presumed first printing. Hardcover. Good. xi 433 5 pages. Tabbed Sections. Tables. Forms. Index. Several sheets of lined paper bound in for note-taking. Cover has some wear and soiling including inside boards. Corners bumped with some wear. Name of previous owner inside front cover. Title page torn at bottom near spine. These Regulations address General Rules The Selective Service System Registration Classification Rules and Principles The Process of Selection Special and Exceptional Cases Induction and Mobilization Physical Examination Disbursement Forms Master List Statutes Officers and Others in the Service of the United States and Certifying Officers. Some six weeks after the United States formally entered the First World War the U.S Congress passes the Selective Service Act on May 18 1917 giving the U.S. president the power to draft soldiers. When he went before Congress on April 2 1917 to deliver his war message President Woodrow Wilson had pledged all of his nation's considerable material resources to help the Allies—France Britain Russia and Italy—defeat the Central Powers. What the Allies desperately needed however were fresh troops to relieve their exhausted men on the battlefields of the Western Front and these the U.S. was not immediately able to provide. Despite Wilson's effort to improve military preparedness over the course of 1916 at the time of Congress's war declaration the U.S. had only a small army of volunteers—some 100000 men—that was in no way trained or equipped for the kind of fighting that was going on in Europe. To remedy this situation Wilson pushed the government to adopt military conscription which he argued was the most democratic form of enlistment. To that end Congress passed the Selective Service Act which Wilson signed into law on May 18 1917. The act required all men in the U.S. between the ages of 21 and 30 to register for military service. Within a few months some 10 million men across the country had registered in response to the military draft. The first troops of the American Expeditionary Force AEF under commander in chief General John J. Pershing began arriving on the European continent in June 1917. The majority of the new conscripts still needed to be mobilized transported and trained however and the AEF did not begin to play a substantial role in the fighting in France until nearly a year later during the late spring and summer of 1918. By the end of World War I in November 1918 some 24 million men had registered under the Selective Service Act. Of the almost 4.8 million Americans who eventually served in the war some 2.8 million had been drafted. Government Printing Office hardcover
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Guerra, Elisa Puricelli
The Order of the Owls
Capstone. Used - Good. Former library book; may include library markings. Used book that is in clean average condition without any missing pages. Capstone unknown
Référence libraire : GRP105450520 ISBN : 1623700388 9781623700386
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The Military Society of the War of 1812 Secretary and Adjutant's Office
The Military Society of the War of 1812; Annals Regulations and Roster
New York: The Military Society of the War of 1812 Secretary and Adjutant's Office 1895. Presumed First Edition First printing. Hardcover. Good. 6 131 3 pages. Frontis illustration. The dated signature of L. Bayard Smith and the date 1895 is one the fep. In a different color ink is a reference to page. 125. One page 125 there is a short section of Mr. Lewis Bayard Smith who was the son of Joseph Mather Smith 1789-1866 who served with the Surgeon's Mate Detachment 1st Regiment of the New York Militia Horse Artillery from September 2 1814 to December 2 1814. His street address in New York City is also given. The Military Society of the War of 1812 was formed 03 January 1826 by officers of the War of 1812 to press for pensions and bounty land legislation. The Military Society of the War of 1812 and the Veteran Corps of Artillery of the State of New York on 08 January 1848 merged as a sole organization. Since that time there has been a changing role between the two organizations. At present the Veteran Corps of Artillery of the State of New York operates under the leadership of the Military Society of the War of 1812. To Great Britain the War of I8I2 was simply a burdensome adjunct of its greater struggle against Napoleonic France. To the Canadians it was clearly a case of naked American aggression. But to the Americans it was neither simple nor clear. The United States entered the war with confused objectives and divided loyalties and made peace without settling any of the issues that had induced the nation to go to war. Lewis Bayard Smith served in the 7th Regiment New York State Militia New York National Guard during the Civil War. He was an enlisted man. Some surviving correspondence of his are located at the Military History Institute in Carlisle Pennsylvania at CWMiscColl Enlisted man's letters Apr 24 1861-Aug 26 1862. The Military Society of the War of 1812 was formed by officers of the War of 1812 to press for pensions and bounty land legislation. After 1840 only annual meeting's were held and on January 8 1848 the Military Society of the War of 1812 consolidated with "The Veteran Corps of Artillery" in which many of its members were already enrolled and was afterward generally known by the latter title. The Veteran Corps of Artillery of the State of New York VCASNY is an American historic militia organization founded at the end of the American Revolutionary War for the purpose of preventing another British invasion of New York City. At the time of the American Revolution the British Colonies in North America did not have a regular standing army. Instead the colonies depended on an independent militia made up mostly of civilian farmers with few weapons and controlled by the individual colony.1 While the Continental Congress established a regular army in June 1775 this was more of a formality rather than a reality. In 1776 George Washington wrote "I am wearied to death all day with a variety of perplexing circumstances disturbed at the conduct of the militia whose behavior and want of discipline has done great injury to the other troops who never had officers except in a few instances worth the bread they eat"2 In other words while the success of the militia itself is debatable both the regular army and local militia were used to win American Independence. The official end to the American Revolutionary War did not occur until 1783 when the Treaty of Paris was signed. Until then British troops ships and Tories were present and active in New York City and in fact Britain would maintain a presence in the United States until 1815 when the War of 1812 ended. The VCASNY is the oldest military organization in New York State. It was formed in Manhattan on Evacuation Day New York November 25 1790 by Veterans of Washington's Continental Army Corps of Artillery. The founders met at the City Arms Tavern located off Broadway near Trinity Church to establish an independent artillery company of exempts in the event of a return invasion by the British. Exempts were males beyond serving military age and thereby exempt from regular militia service. They are currently headquartered at Manhattan's 7th Regiment Armory in the City of New York. Under federal law they are part of the Organized Militia of the State of New York and under state law it is an Independent Military Organization and an Historic Military Command. Private Federal and State records indicate that there has been and may still be. a lot of debate on this question even since the early days of the VCASNY. Some government authorities have considered them an Organized Militia while others still refer to them as an unorganized militia. In either case it seems that regardless of their legal definition the VCASNY has enjoyed fruitful relations with the United States Army the New York Guard New York Division of Military and Naval Affairs and others. This appears to be especially true during the timeframe of World War I when the VCASNY volunteered for several missions and received federal and state backing. In the foreword to The Minute Men of '17 Colonel George W. Burleigh of the NY Guard thanks Major General Leonard Wood United States Army ". for his foresight in giving encouragement and approval to the whole plan. His successor commanding the Department of the East Major General J. Franklin Bell continued this support for the Corps ." When the VCASNY was formed it consisted exclusively of officers and soldiers of the American Revolutionary War. Little historical records exists to document their activities for the periods between their formation and just prior to the beginning of the War of 1812. It is known however that the active part of the VCASNY was the Artillery Service Detachment. This section was uniformed and it participated in drills. When hostilities with Britain became imminent they became the first independent military organization in New York State to volunteer their services for the field. At this time they entered service on June 25 1812 until July 2 1812 and then again from September 2 1814 until March 2 1815. In 1814 and then again in 1890 the VCASNY amended their regulations to include descendants of both the American Revolutionary War and the War of 1812. This was most likely due to their decreasing numbers and the advanced age of its members. The Military Society of the War of 1812 was formed 03 January 1826 by officers of the War of 1812 to press for pensions and bounty land legislation. The Military Society of the War of 1812 and the Veteran Corps of Artillery of the State of New York on 08 January 1848 merged as a sole organization. Since that time there has been a changing role between the two organizations. At present the Veteran Corps of Artillery of the State of New York operates under the leadership of the Military Society of the War of 1812. The Military Society of the War of 1812, Secretary and Adjutant's Office hardcover
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United States War Department Chief of Ordnance
Ordnance Field Manual 1933; Volume Two - Plates
Washington DC: United States War Department Chief of Ordnance 1933. Presumed First Edition First printing. Hardcover. Fair. VOLUME TWO - PLATES ONLY. Format is approximately 8.25 inches by 11 inches. vi Plates I through XLIII. Spine had separated from the front board and has been reglued. Cover has wear and soiling. Lettering has faded on cover. Volume appears complete except one large fold-out is at the end slightly out of numerical sequence. Some plates are fold-outs and some have multiple sheets. Includes information on geographic organization unit organization checklists types of ammunition types of Army units serviced and personnel requirements. The United States Army Ordnance Corps formerly the United States Army Ordnance Department is a Sustainment branch of the United States Army headquartered at Fort Lee Virginia. The broad mission of the Ordnance Corps is to supply Army combat units with weapons and ammunition including at times their procurement and maintenance. Along with the Quartermaster Corps and Transportation Corps it forms a critical component of the U.S. Army logistics system. The U.S. Army Ordnance Corps mission is to support the development production acquisition and sustainment of weapon systems ammunition missiles electronics and ground mobility materiel during peace and war to provide combat power to the U.S. Army. The officer in charge of the branch for doctrine training and professional development purposes is the Chief of Ordnance. Even though World War I had been raging in Europe for nearly three years the Ordnance Department had to play catch-up when the United States entered the war. With only 97 officers and 1241 enlisted soldiers the department had a myriad of problems to overcome. However by the end of the war it had solved all these problems matured as an organization and adapted to modern mechanized warfare. It established an embryonic process for echelon based maintenance for field units a tradition of Ordnance education at one of the officer or enlisted Ordnance schools a new proving ground at Aberdeen Maryland and a plan to coordinate production and mobilize industry. By the end of the war the Ordnance Department numbered 5954 officers and 62047 enlisted soldiers with 22700 of those officers and soldiers serving in the American Expeditionary Force in France. During the interwar period the lessons from WWI were studied and consolidated. The Ordnance Field Manual of 1933 was a foundational doctrinal statement prior to the onset of the Second World War. The Ordnance mission in the field during WWII operated on a scale never experienced previously by the Ordnance Department. During World War II the Ordnance Branch gained its third core competency Bomb Disposal renamed Explosive Ordnance Disposal after WWII added to its previous missions of ammunition handling and maintenance. By war's end there were more than 2200 Ordnance units of approximately 40 types ranging in size from squads to regiments. United States, War Department, Chief of Ordnance hardcover
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Committee on Gulf War and Health: Physiologic, Psychologic, and Psychosocial Effects of Deployment-Related Stress
Gulf War and Health; Volume 6 Physiologic Psychologic and Psychosocial Effects of Deployment-Related Stress
Washington DC: The National Academies Press 2008. Presumed First Edition First printing. Hardcover. Very good. xviii 339 pages. Oversized book measuring 11-1/4 inches by 8-1/2 inches. Includes Acronyms Preface Summary Introduction Considerations in Identifying and Evaluating the Literature Deployment-Related Stressors The Stress Response Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Health Effects Phychosocial Effects Conclusions and Recommendations and Index. Also includes Tables Boxes and Figures and Acronyms. In this report the committee equated deployment-related stress with being deployed to a war zone although it recognized that not everyone deployed to a war zone would respond to stressors in the same way and that not everyone would necessarily find a particular event stressful. The reaction to deployment-related stressors would depend on numerous factors that were present before during and after deployment. The committee understood that stressors that people experienced in childhood their interactions with friends and family and whether they were wounded during deployment would all play a role in the nature of the response. The committee also understood that some military personnel would have minor reactions and transient health effects some would have severe reactions and more chronic health effects and some would go on to develop posttraumatic stress disorder which could be associated with additional health effects. The sixth in a series of congressionally mandated reports on Gulf War veterans' health this volume evaluates the health effects associated with stress. Since the launch of Operation Desert Storm in 1991 there has been growing concern about the physical and psychological health of Gulf War and other veterans. In the late 1990s Congress responded by asking the National Academy of Sciences NAS to review and evaluate the scientific and medical literature regarding associations between illness and exposure to toxic agents environmental or wartime hazards and preventive medicines or vaccines in members of the armed forces who were exposed to such agents. Deployment to a war zone has a profound impact on the lives of troops and on their family members. There are a plethora of stressors associated with deployment including constant vigilance against unexpected attack difficulty distinguishing enemy combatants from civilians concerns about survival caring for the badly injured and witnessing the death of a person. Less traumatic but more pervasive stressors include anxiety about home life such as loss of a job and income impacts on relationships and absence from family. The focus of this report by the Institute of Medicine IOM Committee on Gulf War and Health: Physiologic and Psychosocial Effects of Deployment-Related Stress is the long-term effects of deployment-related stress. Gulf War and Health: Volume 6. Physiologic and Psychosocial Effects of Development Related Stress evaluates the scientific literature regarding association between deployment-related stressors and health effects and provides meaningful recommendations to remedy this problem. The National Academies Press hardcover
Référence libraire : 79429 ISBN : 0309101778 9780309101776
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War Department, Division of Militia Affairs
Regulations for the Organized Militia under the Constitution and the Law of the United States 1910
Washington DC: Government Printing Office 1911. Presumed First Edition First printing. Hardcover. Very good. 174 2 pages. Footnotes. Appendix. War Department Document No. 365. Ink smudge inside front cover. Name in ink on fep. The militia of the United States as defined by the U.S. Congress has changed over time. During colonial America all able-bodied men of certain ages were members of the militia depending on the respective states rule. The year before the US Constitution was ratified The Federalist Papers detailed the founders' paramount vision of the militia in 1787. The new Constitution empowered Congress to "organize arm and discipline" this national military force leaving significant control in the hands of each state government. Today as defined by the Militia Act of 1903 the term "militia" is used to describe two classes within the United States: Organized militia - consisting of State militia forces; notably the National Guard and Naval Militia. Unorganized militia - composing the Reserve Militia: every able-bodied man of between 17 and 45 years not a member of the National Guard or Naval Militia. These regulations addressed the relations of the War Department to the Organized Militia of the several States Territories and District of Columbia. These relations are governed by the provision of the provisions of the Constitution of the United States which pertain to the militia and by the federal laws which have been enacted by Congress pursuant to the authority conferred by the constitutional provisions. The National Guard is a militia force organized by each of the states and territoriesdubious - discuss of the United States. Established under Title 10 and Title 32 of the U.S. Code the state National Guard serves as part of the first-line defense for the United States. The state National Guard is divided up into units stationed in each of the 50 states and the U.S. territories and operates under their respective state governor or territorial government. The National Guard may be called up for active duty by the state governors or territorial commanding generals to help respond to domestic emergencies and disaster. Government Printing Office hardcover
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