Field Service Pocket Book. United States Army (1917)

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• Abbreviations and Definitions; 11 pages  Price 1.00  {Item No.22030}
• Chapter I. Organization; 2 pages, 1 large table  Price .50  {Item No.22031} [Includes: Organization, The Line of communications]
• Chapter IIa. Marches and march discipline; 8 pages, 2 tables  Price 1.00  {Item No.22032} [Includes: Marches and march discipline: General principles, Marching in frost and snow: Cold, Frost bite, Snow blindness, Face blister, Miscellaneous. General rules for night marches, Care of the feet, Care of horses: Watering, Feeding. Time and space: Road space table]
• Chapter IIb. Billeting; 15 pages  2 illus.  Price 2.00  {Item No.22033} [Shelter: Billeting: Ordinary quarters, Close quarters, General rules, Allotment of quarters, Billeting parties. General rules in quarters, Assembly formations, spaces, ect., Sanitation, Water supply: Purity of water, Watering arrangments]
• Chapter IIc. Field Cooking; 7 pages  Price 1.00  {Item No.22034} [Field cooking: Fireless cookers, Recipes]
• Chapter IIIa. Orders; 11 pages  Price 1.00  {Item No.22035} [Includes: Orders, Intercommunication: The Signal Corps, Personnel of combatant units, Message blank, Relay post records, Table of time to transmit messages]
• Chapter IIIb. Carrier Pigeons; 5 pages  Price .50  {Item No.22036} [Carrier pigeons: Organization of carrier-pigeon service, Care of pigeons, Despatch and receipt of messages, Causes of failure, Distances and rates of travel]
• Chapter IIIc. Information; 14 pages  Price 2.00  {Item No.22037} [Information: Reconnissance, Reconnaissance reports: Road, River, Railroad, Wood of forest, Position, Camp. Patrolling by aircraft, Security]
• Chapter IIId. Map Reading; 24 pages, 7 illus.  Price 2.00  {Item No.22038} [Map reading: Scales, Scaling distance from a map, Elevations, Slopes, Directions, Orienting a map, To locate one's position, Conventional signs, Using maps. Military sketching: Equipment, Scales, Measurements made, What should be shown, Conventional signs, Classification, Requirements, Methods, Execution, Points to be observed, Combined sketches, Map reproduction and enlargement]
• Chapter IIIe. Overseas Operations; 5 pages  Price .50  {Item No.22039} [Overseas operations: Naval terms, Commands used in handling boats]
• Chapter IVa. Field Fortification; 34 pages, 2 plates of illus.  Price 3.00  {Item No.22040} [Includes: Field Fortification: General principles, Location, Organization of a position, Firing trenches: Location, Profiles. Traverses, Head cover, Overhead cover, Revetments, Steps, Drainage, Obstacles, Concealment, Dummy trenches, Observation, Illumination of the battlefield, Lines of information, Depots, Machine guns, Trench weapons, Command posts, First aid stations, Kitchens, Latrines, Lavatories, Shower baths, Water supply, Signboards, Maintenance, Gas protection, Bomb and grenade protection, Trip and alarm wires, Villages and buildings, Thickness of protective material, Intrenching tools, Table of time, men and tools, A working party table, Method of executing field fortifications]
• Chapter IVb. Camouflage; 3 pages  Price .50  {Item No.22041} [Camouflage]
• Chapter IVc. Bridging; 23 pages, 17 illus.  Price 2.00  {Item No.22042} [Bridges: Selection of site, Kinds of bridges, Ponton bridges: Heavy equipage, Light equipage, Standard heavy bridge, Standard light bridge, Weight of troops, Transportation. Fixed bridges: Pile, Trestle, Spar, Suspension, Cribwork pier, Fastenings. Maintenance and care of bridges, Use of existing bridges, Landing piers, Bridging expedients, Cordage]
• Chapter IVd. Demolitions; 8 pages. Price 1.00  {Item No.22043} [Demolitions]
• Chapter Va. Transport; 4 pages, 1 table  Price .50  {Item No.22044} [Includes: Transport: Approximate weights and measures, General principles]
• Chapter Vb. Rail Transport; 11 pages, 1 table  Price 1.00  {Item No.22045} [Rail transport: General rules, Capacities, Requirements of cars for various units, Type trains, Facilities for entrainment and detrainment, Expedients in emergency, Distinctive markings, Explosives and munitions: Handling, Loading in car]
• Chapter Vc. Water Transport; 7 pages, 1 table  Price .50  {Item No.22046} [Water transport: General rules, Transportation of animals, Embarkation, Tonnage tables, Capacity of naval boats]
• Chapter Vc. Field Transport; 9 pages, 4 tables  Price 1.00  {Item No.22047} [Field Transport: Average net cargoes, Ammunition carrying capacity, Baggage, Supplies other than ammunition in combat train, Transportation in various units]
• Chapter VIa. Small Arms and Guns; 9 pages, 5 tables  Price .50  {Item No.22048} [Includes: Small arms and guns: United States Rifle, United States pistol, Notes on use of rifle, Cleaning rifle, United States field guns and howitzers, Small arms ammunition carried, British arms, German arms, French arms.]
• Chapter VIb. Ammunition; 8 pages  Price 1.00  {Item No.22049}[Supply of ammunition. Care and preservation of ammunition and explosives: Field artillery ammunition, Grenades, Rockets, flares, ect., Mines, Poison gas and lachrymal shells, Storage and shelter, Blank ammunition]
• Chapter VIc. Rations; 19 pages, 8 tables, 1 illus.  Price 2.00  {Item No.22050} [Rations, Forage, Operation of supply service, Notes on supplies: Cattle, Sheep, Hogs, Meats in general, Bread, Forage. Refilling points, Requisitions, Weights and measures, Individual cooking: Bills of fare, Recipes]
• Chapter VIIa. Pay, Clothing and Equipment; 38 pages, 5 tables  Price 4.00  {Item No.22051} [Includes: Pay, Clothing and equipment, Uniform and equipment for field service, Field and surplus kits, Clothing allowance, Arms and equipments: Infantry, Cavalry, Field artillery, Engineers, Signal troops, All arms. Tentage and baggage, Books and blank forms, Sugguestions to inexperienced officers]
• Chapter VIIb. Personal Hygiene and Camp Sanitation; 24 pages, 2 tables  Price 2.00  {Item No.22052}Personal hygiene and camp sanitation: Cleanliness, The mouth, The feet, Eating and drinking, To keep the camp clean. First aid, Things an officer can do to preserve the health of his men, Prevention of chilled feet and frost bite, Veterinary service]
• Chapter VIIIa. Correspondence; 8 pages  Price 1.00  {Item No.22053} [Includes: Correspondence, Mailing of letters, War diaries]
• Chapter VIIIb. Telegraph Code books and Ciphers; 8 pages, 1 table  Price 1.00  {Item No.22054} Telegraph code books and ciphers: The cipher disk, Substitute for cipher disk, The route cipher, Solution of ciphers]
• Chapter VIIIc. Discipline; 4 pages  Price .50  {Item No.22055} Disciplince, Courts martial, Other military tribunials]
• Chapter VIIId. Military Police; 7 pages  Price .50  {Item No.22056} Military police: With forces in the field, Powers, Duties: In billets or camp, On the march, During an engagement]
• Chapter VIIIe. Laws of War; 15 pages  Price 2.00  {Item No.22057} The laws of war: The unwritten code, Hostilities, Conduct of hostilities, Intercourse between belligerents, Passports, safe conducts, etc., Military authority over occupied hostile territory, Treatment of enemy property, Requistions, Prisoners of war, Sick, wounded, and deal]
• Chapter IX. Field Maneuvers; 23 pages  Price 2.00  {Item No.22058} [Includes: Field maneuvers: General principles, Program of instruction, Umpires, Discussions, Effect of fire, umpires decisions, Rules to assist umpires: Small arms, Machine guns, Artillery, Attack of cavalry mounted. Conduct of tactical exercises, Private property, Miscellaneous]
• Appendixes: Weights, measures, moneys, etc.;  11 pages  Price 1.00  {Item No.22059} [Includes: Linear measure, Miscellaneous measures of length, Square measure, Cubic measure, Liquid measure, Dry measure, Avoirdupois weight, Troy weight, Apothecaries fluid measure, Particular weights, Weights of coal, wood, ect., Metric equivalents: Linear measure, Square measure, Measure of weight, Measure of capacity, Conversions. Moneys, Currency, Thermometer scales, Magnetic declinations, Insignia of rank, Time differences, Full moon]