Publisher's Synopsis
This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1871 edition. Excerpt: ... OLAN'S SYSTEM FOR TRAINING CAVALRY HORSES. By Kkxner Garrard, Captain Fifth Cavalry, Bvt. Brig.-Gen. U. S. A. i vol., i2tno, cloth. 24 lithographed plates. $2. COOKE'S CAVALRY TACTICS; or, Regulations for the Instruc tion, Formations, and Movements of the Cavalry of the Army and Volunteers of the United States. 100 illustrations, 12mo. Cloth, $1. PATTEN'S CAVALRY DRILL. Containing Instructions on Foot; Instruction on Horseback; Basis of Instruction; School of tha Squadron, and Sabre Exercise. 93 Engravings. 12 mo, paper. 50 cents. ELEMENTS OF MILITARY ART AND HISTORY. By Edward De La Barre Duparcq, Chef de Bataillon of Engineers in the Army of France, and Professor of the Military Art in the Imperial School of St. Cyr. Translated by Brigadier-General Geo. W. Cullum, U. S. A., Chief of the Staff of Major-General H. W. Halleck, Generalin-Chief U. S. Army. 1 vol., 8vo, cloth. $5. "I read the original a few yean since, and considered It the very best--rk I uad seen upoj the subject. General Cnllum's ability and familiarity with the technical.-"vuage of French military writers, are a sufficient guarantee of the correctness of his translation "H. W. HALLECK, Major--leneral V. 8. A." "I have read the book with great interest, and trust that it will nave a large circulation. 1' cannot fall to do good by spreading that very knowledge, the want of which among our new, in Tperienced, and untaught soldiers, has cost as so many lives, and so much toll and treasure. "If. C. MEIGS, Quartermaster-General U. 8. A." HPHE CIVIL AND MILITARY ENGINEERS OF AMERICA. ' By Gen'l Charles B. Stuart, Author of " Naval Dry Docks of the United States," &c, &c. Embellished with several finery executed portraits on steel of eminent engineers, and illustrated by...
