Excerpt from Farrow's Manual of Military Training N the preparation of this work I have closely keyed it to the latest developments in the art and science of war and have. Treated in detail all matters of military information of value to I the personnel of our American Army. Military training, general and tactical organization of the land forces, schools covering from the grenadier to the regiment, ceremonies and courtesies, marches and march discipline, camps and sheltering of troops, interior guard duty and military police, the service of the interior and theater of operations, field maneuvers, basic principles of combat tactics, arms and ammunition, ordnance equipment, conduct of fire and fire for effect, gunnery and explosives, topographical reconnaissance, military information and service of security, army signaling and radio - telegraphy, transport and convoys by land and water, pack and motor transportation, bridges and crossing of rivers, field fortification and demolitions, map reading and military sketching, military jurisdiction and the laws of war, land warfare and treatment of enemy property, military gymnastics, personal hygiene and military surgical treatment, the army ration and feeding of armies, the construction and critique of fire prob lems, riots and riot duty, liaison and trench warfare are treated in the lsimplest and most effulgent manner. I have endeavored to cover the whole field of military knowl. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.