Excerpt from Notes on Military Science and the Art of War These Notes were prepared in an abbreviated form for use in connection with a course of lectures on Military Science and the Art of War, delivered to the Senior Class at the State University of Iowa. The absence of a text-book made something of the kind necessary, and the success that has attended the distribution of hektograph copies of these Notes seems to indicate that they are in the right direction. No attempt has been made in these lectures, which are supplemental to four years of drill, to teach the purely technical part of the military profession. The limited time available for military instruction at colleges indicated to me that the instruction should be broad and general. The aim, therefore, has been to teach these young men how armies are organized and their affairs administered; how men are handled in actual warfare, and how battles are fought; and, in addition, something about the material employed in war - guns, ammunition, torpedoes and explosives: in short, to give them a speaking acquaintance with the Science and Art of War. Nothing especially original is claimed for the subject-matter of the book. 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.