Professional Memoirs Corps of Engineers (1915-1917)
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- Vol.VII, No.31 (January-February 1915) : Selected
articles
- Vol.VII, No.33 (May-June 1915) : Selected articles
- Vol.VII, No.34 (July-August 1915) : Selected articles
- Vol.VII, No.35 (September-Ocotber 1915) : Selected
articles
- Vol.VII, No.36 (November-December 1915) : Selected
articles
- Vol.VIII, No.37 (January-February 1916) : Selected
articles
- Vol.VIII, No.38 (March-April 1916) : Selected articles
- Vol.VIII, No.39 (May-June 1916) : Selected articles
- Vol.VIII, No.40 (July-August 1916) : Selected articles
- Vol.VIII, No.42 (November-December 1916) : Selected
articles
- Vol.9, No.43 (January-February 1917) : Selected
articles
- Vol.9, No.44 (March-April 1917) : Selected articles
- Vol.9, No.45 (May-June 1917) : Selected articles
- Vol.9, No.46 (July-August 1917) : Selected articles
- Vol.9, No.47 (September-October 1917) : Selected
articles
- Vol.9, No.48 (November-December 1917) : Selected
articles
Professional Memoirs. Corps of Engineers, United States
Army and Engineer Department at Large. Vol.VII, No.31 (January-February
1915); Selected articles:
- The Selection and Occupation of Lines of Battle. by Captain
Frederick B.Downing, Corps of Engineers; 26 pages, 3 illus. Price 2.50 {Item
No.6219} [As related to the experience of the Russo-Japanese War, especially
the Russian experience in the Battle of Liaoyang and has a considerable number
of notes on fortification.]
Professional Memoirs. Corps of Engineers, United States
Army and Engineer Department at Large. Vol.VII, No.33 (May-June 1915);
Selected articles:
- The Engineers and the Mexican War. by Major Wildurr Willing, Corps
of Engineers; 24 pages Price 2.50 {Item No.6220} [The Mexican-American War of
1846-1847]
Professional Memoirs. Corps of Engineers, United States
Army and Engineer Department at Large. Vol.VII, No.34 (July-August 1915);
Selected articles:
- Wooden and Combination Highway Bridges. by Captain Glen Edgar
Edgerton; 36 pages, 18 illus. Price 3.50 {Item No.6221} [Includes:
Introduction, Design: Substructures, Superstructures. Construction, Costs]
[Good technical article on prefabricated light wooden truss bridges]
- Strategy and Grand Tactics. by Captain Chas.W.Raymond, Corps of
Engineers, U.S.Army; 21 pages Price 2.00 {Item No.6222} [Mainly concerned with
maneuver warfare] [A lecture delivered at Yale University in 1882 and 1883.
Contributed and edited by Major R.R.Raymond, Corps of Engineers]
- Rockets and Searchlights. Translated by Captain John N.Hodges, Corps
of Engineers; 9 pages, 6 illus. Price 1.00 {Item No.6223} [Includes:
Introduction, Discharge, Duration of burning, The strength of illumination,
Light and color, Signals, Weight] [On military parachute illumination rockets
for night communication and night combat instead of searchlights] [From
Kriegtechnische Zeitschrift, Jahrgang xvi, No.5, 1913]
Professional Memoirs. Corps of Engineers, United States
Army and Engineer Department at Large. Vol.VII, No.35 (September-October
1915); Selected articles:
- The Development of Field Fortications in the Civil War. by Captain
W.C.Johnson, 26th Infantry, U.S.Army and Captain E.S.Hartshorn, 3rd Infantry,
U.S.Army; 33 pages Price 3.50 {Item No.6224} [Their tactical history and
importance, not technical detail]
Professional Memoirs. Corps of Engineers, United States
Army and Engineer Department at Large. Vol.VII, No.36 (November-December
1915); Selected articles:
- Duty, Organization, Training, and Equipment of Engineer Troops for Field
Service. by Major P.S.Bond, Corps of Engineers, U.S.Army; 28 pages Price
3.00 {Item No.6225}
- An Historical Example of Forcing a River Crossing: The Federal Cavalry
at the Pamunkey River, Va., May 27, 1864; 5 pages, plus 2 maps Price 1.00
{Item No.6226}
- Depositing Material by Derrick Beyond Reach of Boom. by
Mr.M.A.Milliff; 4 pages, 1 illus. Price .50 {Item No.6227}
Professional Memoirs. Corps of Engineers, United States
Army and Engineer Department at Large. Vol.VIII, No.37 (January-February
1916); Selected articles:
- Field Trenches Construction by the First Brigade, First Division, at
Plattsburg, N,Y, September 1915. by Captain John J.Kingman; 2 pages, plus
map Price .50 {Item No.6228}
- Experiments with Grenades and Grenade Mortars. by Lieutenant Rufus
W.Putnam, Corps of Engineers; 6 pages, 1 illus. Price 1.00 {Item No.6229}
[Includes: Introduction, Wooden Stave Mortar, Iron Pipe Mortar, Mortar
Grenades, Firing tables]
- Searchlights. A Short, Annotated Bibliography of their Design and their
Use in Peace and War. by Mr.Henry E.Haferkorn, Librarian, Engineeer School;
11 pages Price 1.00 {Item No.6230} [Includes: Catalogues, General Treatises,
Technical Features, Application. 85 references] [Continued in Issue No.37]
Professional Memoirs. Corps of Engineers, United States
Army and Engineer Department at Large. Vol.VIII, No.38 (March-April 1916);
Selected articles:
- Specifications for an Accurate Military Map. by Captain C.L.Hall,
Corps of Engineers; 7 pages Price 1.00 {Item No.6231} [Includes: Introduction,
Control, Topography, Office Work]
- Searchlights. A Short, Annotated Bibliography of their Design and their
Use in Peace and War. by Mr.Henry E.Haferkorn, Librarian, Engineer School;
14 pages Price 1.50 {Item No.6232} [Includes: Applications, Catalogs and Index,
another 62 references] [Continued from Issue No.38]
Professional Memoirs. Corps of Engineers, United States
Army and Engineer Department at Large. Vol.VIII, No.39 (May-June 1916);
Selected articles:
- Water Supply and Sewage Disposal of a Semiperimanent Camp of a
Division. by Captain Francis C.Harrington, Corps of Engineeers; 30 pages, 5
plates of illus., many tables Price 3.00 {Item No.6233} [Includes:
Introduction, Water Supply: Quantity, Wells, Storage, Pumping Plant,
Distributing System] [Continued in Issue ?]
Professional Memoirs. Corps of Engineers, United States
Army and Engineer Department at Large. Vol.VIII, No.40 (July-August 1916);
Selected articles:
- Three River Crossings in the European War: Tactical-Technical
Considerations. by Oberst Friedrich Immanuel; 17 pages, 3 maps Price 2.00
{Item No.6234} [Includes: Introduction, The crossing of the Vistula by the army
detachment of Woyrsch, The forcing of the Fortified Narew line by the right
wing of Hindenburg's army group, The crossing of the Danube and the Save by the
army of Mackensen][Translated by Lt.John C.Gotwals, Corps of Engineers from the
Kriegstechnische Zeitschrift (1st and 2nd numbers, 19th Volumn)]
Professional Memoirs. Corps of Engineers, United States
Army and Engineer Department at Large. Vol.VIII, No.42 (November-December
1916); Selected articles:
- The Military Value of Internal Waterways. A Short Bibliography. by
Henry E.Haferkorn, Librarian, Engineeer School; 5 pages Price .50 {Item
No.6235}
Professional Memoirs. Corps of Engineers, United States
Army and Engineer Department at Large. Vol.9, No.43 (January-February
1917); Selected articles:
- The First Effective Use of Rifle Cannon in Sieges. by unknown
author; 3 pages Price .50 {Item No. 6236} [Ft.Pulaski, 1862]
- First Military Use of Searchlights. by unknown author; 2 pages Price
.50 {Item No.6237} [1863]
Professional Memoirs. Corps of Engineers, United States
Army and Engineer Department at Large. Vol.9, No.44 (March-April 1917);
Selected articles:
- Consolidation of Trenches, Localities and Craters After Assault and
Capture. by Unknown Author; 22 pages, 21illus. Price 2.50 {Item No.6238}
[Includes: Consolidations of a captured system of trenches, Consolidation of
localities, Occupation of craters, Notes on rapid wire entanglements, Notes
with references to iron screw posts and pickets, Examples of wire drills (8
different drills)]
Professional Memoirs. Corps of Engineers, United States
Army and Engineer Department at Large. Vol.9, No.45 (May-June 1917);
Selected articles:
- Road Work in Mexico with the Punitive Expedition. by Captain James
A. O'Connor, Corps of Engineers; 21 pages, 11 illus. Price 2.00 {Item No.6239}
Professional Memoirs. Corps of Engineers, United States
Army and Engineer Department at Large. Vol.9, No.46 (July-August 1917);
Selected articles:
- The German Shelters on the Somme. Translated from the
L'Illustration, January 13, 1917, by Col.W.R.Livermore, U.S.Army; 8 pages, 5
illus. Price 1.00 {Item No.6240}
- A Visit to the English Front in France. by Captain D.Victoriano
Casajus; 27 pages, 9 illus. Price 3.00 {Item No.6241} [ Includes: Introduction,
Artillery, Strength and equipment of the artillery, Mechanical training,
Tactical employment of artillery, Emplacement of the guns, Concealment from
aerial observation, Methods of observation employed by modern artillery,
Observation officer, Aerial observation, The seismograph as used for
observation, Method of suppling ammunition, Conclusions, Infantry, Preparation
for the assault, Trench mortaretes, Aerial Torpedoes, "Paco",
"Paqueo", or "Sniping" stations, Advance over the neutral
zone, Occupation of the conquered trenches, Counter-attack, Hand grenades,
Night attacks, Machine guns, The technique of infantry and the struggle in the
west] [Translated from "La Guerra y su Preparation" Estado Mayor
Central, Ano 1 Numero S, Madrid. December 1916. Translated by Major Henry
Swift, Chaplain, U.S.A., retired] [Continued in issue no.47]
- The Influence of the European War Upon the Art of Field
Fortifications. by Major F.B.Wilby, Corps of Engineers; 65 pages, 49 illus.
Price 7.00 {Item No.6242} [Includes: Introduction, General considerations,
Firing trenches, Communications, Overhead cover, Obstacles, Machine guns,
Artillery, Observation, Miscellaneous requirements, Conclusions]
- "Tanks" Military Tractors called "Tanks". A list of
references gathered from current periodical literature. prepared by the
librarian, in the Engineer School Library, May 28, 1917; 3 pages Price .50
{Item No.6243}
Professional Memoirs. Corps of Engineers, United States
Army and Engineer Department at Large. Vol.9, No.47 (September-October
1917); Selected articles:
- German Methods of Trench Warfare. by Headquarters, 1st Army, 7th
March 1916; 11 pages, 2 maps Price 1.50 {Item No.6244} [Includes: German system
of defense, German trenches, Obstacles, Listening posts, Method of holding
trenches, Examples of German methods, German methods of defense, German system
of attack, Artillery, Machine guns, "Minenwerfer", Hand grenades,
Rifle grenades, Snipers, Rifle batteries, Telephones, Light railways,
Patrolling, Mining, Personnel, Supply system, Rations and Food, Asphyxiating
gas, Espionage, Addendum: The German offensive at Verdun, 21st-29th February,
1916]
- A Visit to the English Front in France. by Captain D.Victoriano
Casajus; 20 pages, 5 illus. Price 2.00 {Item No.6245} [Continued from
No.46][Includes: The Snappers, Service of communication, Aviation,
Reconnoitering aeroplanes, Aeroplanes of observation, Aeroplanes for
bombardment, Fighting aeroplanes, Aviation parks, Antiaerial artillery, Resume,
Distribution of a command, Service of administration, Repair shops, Commissary
and supply points, Bakeries, Sanitary service, Regimental first-aid stations,
Advance stations for treatment, Field Division ambulance corps, Hospital
trains, Convalescent hospitals, Hospital ships, Hygiene of the trenches,
Veterinary hospitals, Clothing and equipments, Police in the camps and
cantonments]
- Trenches and Camouflage. Lecture by a British Officer skilled in
landscape gardening; 65 pages, 44 illus. Price 7.00 {Item No.6246} [Includes:
General principles, Concealment, An extensive field of vision and fire, A
maximum amount of protection from rifle fire and the various types of shell
fire, Shrapnel, Efficient drainage, In the event of retirement the trench
should be of such a kind that it is of little value to the enemy, Bombing
traps, Fire trenches, Inspection, communication, support trenches, etc.,
Obstacles, Wire obstacles, Concealment of obstacles, Low barbed wire
entanglements, Coast defences, To summarize, Breastworks, Organization of
working parties, Questions asked after lectures] [This is a excellent article]
Professional Memoirs. Corps of Engineers, United States
Army and Engineer Department at Large. Vol.9, No.48 (November-December
1917); Selected articles:
- Road Work on the Punitive Expedition into Mexico. by Captain Ernest
Graves, Corps of Engineers; 25 pages, 5 illus. Price 2.50 {Item No.6247}
- Battle Illumination. An example of practice in battlefield illumination
in America. by Captain R.C.Kuldell, Corps of Engineers; 9 pages, 1 illus.
Price 1.00 {Item No.6248} [Includes: Introduction, Battlefield illumination
with searchlights, Battlefield illumination with trench lights, Battlefield
illumination with rockets, star shells, illumination grenades, flares, etc.]
- Problems in Battlefield Illumination. by Captain W.S.Drysdale, Eight
Infantry; 2 pages Price .50 {Item No.6249}
- How France Subsists her Armies at the Front. Translated by
Col.W.R.Livermore, U.S.Army from L'Illustration March 10, 1917; 15 pages, 8
illus. Price 1.50 {Item No.6250} [Includes: Introduction, Subsistence from the
land, Demand and supply, Intendence, husbandry and commerce, Provisions are
moved and transformed in the interior, The provisions go the front, The market
under the cannon, Provisions go to the firing line, The necessary and the
superfluous]
- The Madsen and Bergmann, 1915, Models of Automatic Rifles Used by the
German Infantry. by Unknown Author; 2 pages, 2 illus. Price .50 {Item
No.6251}
- Organization and Duties for Trench Fighting. by Captains
O.N.Solbert, Corps of Engineers, U.S.Army and George Bertrand, French Army; 50
pages, 20 illus. Price 5.00 {Item No.6252} [Includes: Specialists, Use of
specialists, Formations for maneuvering this resultant company of specialists,
General use of fortifications, Successive phases of the organization, Active
and passive elements of a position, Division of position, Different lines of a
sector, Principles of the organization, Elements of the organization, Sector
and trench duties: Plan of defense, Details of trench duty, Use of infantry and
artillery weapons, and liaison, Artillery support in a sector, Use of artillery
support] [The first three of twelve lectures given by Captains Solbert and
Bertrand on "Tactics and Duties of Small Units in Trench Fighting"]
[Continued in Volume No.11]
- Poisonous Gas in Warfare. Application, Prevention, Defense, and Medical
Treatment. Prepared by Henry E.Haferkorn, Engineer school library, assisted
by Felix Neumann, Surgeon-General's Office Library; 27 pages Price 3.00 {Item
No.6253} [Includes: Prefatory note, Books, Periodicals, Index] [Includes Flame
weapons] [A short, annotated bibliography of gases and kindred devices applied
in the first world war]
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