Excerpt from The Plattsburg Manual a Handbook for Military Training The Plattsburg Manual, written by Captains Ellis and Garey, will prove very useful to men who are contemplating attendance at Plattsburg or other United States military training camps. It will also be of great value to those who are undergoing training thereat. It is full of practical information presented in a simple and direct manner and gives in detail much data not easily found elsewhere. It is a useful book, easily understandable by those who have had little or no military experience. It will be useful not only at training camps but it will be of very great value at schools and colleges where military instruction is being given. The authors of this book have performed a valuable service, one which will tend to facilitate and aid very much the development of military training in this country. In addition to the purely mechanical details of training the book presents in a very effective and simple manner the tactical use of troops under various conditions. In a word it is a useful and sound work and one which can be commended to those who contemplate a course in military training. 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.