Professional Memoirs Corps of Engineers (1909-1914)

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• Vol.I, No.1 (January-March 1909) : Selected articles
• Vol.I, No.3 (July-September 1909) : Selected articles
• Vol.I, No.4 (October-December 1909) : Selected articles
• Vol.II, No.5 (January-March 1910) : Selected articles
• Vol.II, No.6 (April-June 1910) : Selected articles
• Vol.II, No.7 (July-September 1910) : Selected articles
• Vol.II, No.8 (October-December 1910) : Selected articles
• Vol.III, No.9 (January-March 1911) : Selected articles
• Vol.III, No.10 (April-June 1911) : Selected articles
• Vol.III, No.11 (July-September 1911) : Selected articles
• Vol.III, No.12 (October-December 1911) : Selected articles
• Vol.IV, No.14 (March-April 1912) : Selected articles
• Vol.IV, No.15 (May-June 1912) : Selected articles
• Vol.IV, No.17 (September-October 1912) : Selected articles
• Vol.IV, No.18 (November-December 1912) : Selected articles
• Vol.V, No.19 (January-February 1913) : Selected articles
• Vol.V, No.21 (May-June 1913) : Selected articles
• Vol.V, No.22 (July-August 1913) : Selected articles
• Vol.V, No.23 (September-October 1913) : Selected articles
• Vol.V, No.24 (November-December 1913) : Selected articles
• Vol.VI, No.25 (January-February 1914) : Selected articles
• Vol.VI, No.26 (March-April 1914) : Selected articles
• Vol.VI, No.27 (May-June 1914) : Selected articles
• Vol.VI, No.28 (July-August 1914): Selected articles
• Vol.VI, No.29 (September-October 1914): Selected articles
• Vol.VI, No.30 (November-December 1914): Selected articles
• Vol.VI, Supplement No.1 (March-April 1914): Selected articles

Professional Memoirs. Corps of Engineers, United States Army and Engineer Department at Large. Vol.I, No.1 (January-March 1909); Selected articles:

• Notes on Demolitions. by Capt.Little Brown. Corps of Engineers, U.S.A.; 2 pages Price .50 {Item No.6150} [Experimental demolition test results]

Professional Memoirs. Corps of Engineers, United States Army and Engineer Department at Large. Vol.I, No.3 (July-September 1909); Selected articles:

• The Engineer Soldier: His Training. by Capt.Little Brown. Corps of Engineers, U.S.A.; 7 pages Price 1.00 {Item No.6151} [The state of peacetime combat engineer training in 1909]
• Electricity in the Work of the Corps of Engineers. by Lieut.W.H.Rose, Corps of Engineers; 22 pages Price 2.50{Item No.6152} [Mostly concerned with electrical engineering related to seacoast fortifications and field operations]
• The Army School of the Line and Staff College. by Capt.J.A.Woodruff, Corps of Engineers; 13 pages Price 1.50{Item No.6153} [This is a listing of the number of hours taught on each subject, the text books used (a good bibliography), and the practical work preformed (including staff ride) for each of the courses at the school.]
• The Ralston Trestle for Bridge Equipage. by Capt.P.S.Bond, Corps of Engineers; 11 pages, 6 illus. Price 1.50 {Item No.6154}
• Searchlight Truck and Field Artillery Projector Unit. From Memorandum to Commandant Engineer School by Mr. Earl Wheeler. Director Electrical and Mechanical Engineering Department, Engineer School; 1 page Price .50 {Item No.6155} [Equipment evalutation and testing.]

Professional Memoirs. Corps of Engineers, United States Army and Engineer Department at Large. Vol.I, No.4 (October-December 1909); Selected articles:

• Notes on Damp-proofing of magazines. From abstract of report by Lt.Col.Beach, Corps of Engineers; 2 pages Price .50 {Item No.6156}
• Lithographic Map Reproduction in the Field. by Lt.John A.Holabird, Corps of Engineers; 6 pages Price .50 {Item No.6157} [Comparative notes on the different methods of map reproduction, but mostly on Lithography and it’s advantages]
• Map Reproduction. Extract from Report of General W.E.Merrill on Engineer Service in the Army of the Cumberland; 3 pages Price .50 {Item No.6158} [American Civil War map reproduction techniques]

Professional Memoirs. Corps of Engineers, United States Army and Engineer Department at Large. Vol.II, No.5 (January-March 1910); Selected articles:

• Lithographic Map Reproduction. by Capt.J.A.Woodruff, Corps of Engineers; 3 pages Price .50 {Item No.6159} [How to do Lithography]
• A Combined Position Sketch. by Capt.J.A.Woodruff, Corps of Engineers; 6 pages, 4 illus. 1 map Price 1.00 {Item No.6160} [A case study on how to do a field map]
• The Wright Flyer and its Possible Uses in War. by Lt.F.E.Humphreys, Corps of Engineers; 9 pages, 8 illus. Price 1.00 {Item No.6161}
• Experimental Firing at Castle Williams. From a copy of Letter to the Secretary of War (April 15, 1812); 1 pages Price .50 {Item No.6162} [The test firing results against an actual U.S.fort in New York harbor]

Professional Memoirs. Corps of Engineers, United States Army and Engineer Department at Large. Vol.II, No.6 (April-June 1910); Selected articles:

• Technics in the Russo-Japanese War. by Toepfer, Captain in the Fourth Engineer Inspection; 24 pages Price 2.50 {Item No.6163} [From the Kriegstechnische Zeitschift. Parts II, III, and IV 1906. Translated by Capt.Frederick L. Knudsen, Eighth Infantry, January 19, 1909][Reports on line of communication engineering (railroads, roads, bridges), communications (telegraphs, carrier pigeons, etc.), balloon observation, seachlights, photography, camps, landmines and a especially good section on field fortifications.]
• The Grade of Wagon Roads. by Capt.G.B.Pillsbury, Corps of Engineers; 29 pages, charts Price 3.00 {Item No.6164} [How to rate the trafficability of wagon roads. A valuable article for anyone studying early modern logistics]

Professional Memoirs. Corps of Engineers, United States Army and Engineer Department at Large. Vol.II, No.7 (July-September 1910); Selected articles:

• German Regulations for Field Fortifications and Conclusions Reached in Russia from the Battles in Defensive Positions in Manchuria. Translated from The Militar Woehenblatt by the Editorial Staff, assisted by First Lieut. C. L. Hall, Corps of Engineers; 23 pages, 12 illus. Price 2.50 {Item No.6166}

Professional Memoirs. Corps of Engineers, United States Army and Engineer Department at Large. Vol.II, No.8 (October-December 1910); Selected articles:

• Reboubts and Field Fortifications. by Major William D.Connor, Corps of Engineers; 25 pages, 13 illus. Price 2.50 {Item No.6167} [A detailed article on Reboubts (early strongpoints) followed by a comments from eight other engineer officers.]

Professional Memoirs. Corps of Engineers, United States Army and Engineer Department at Large. Vol.III, No.9 (January-March 1911); Selected articles:

• Field Searchlights. by Mr.Earl Wheeler and Lieut.W.H.Rose; 29 pages, 13 illus. Price 3.00 {Item No.6169} [Includes: Introduction, Auto-searchlight car, The car, Frame, axles, and springs, Generating set, Control, Steering and brakes, Switchboard, Tests, Conclusions, Field artillery set, Portable tower. Plus appendix and discussion][Mainly on the testing of a experimental searchlight car]

Professional Memoirs. Corps of Engineers, United States Army and Engineer Department at Large. Vol.III, No.10 (April-June 1911); Selected articles:

• General Description of the Depression Position Plotter. by Mr.D.E.Hughes; 18 pages, 2 illus. Price 2.00 {Item No.6171} [Seacoast artillery]
• The Work of the Corps of Engineers Ohio National Guard. At camp of instruction, Ft.Benjamin Harrison, Ind., Sept. 1st to 10th 1910. From the report of Major J.R.McQuigg; 11 pages, 5 illus. Price 1.00 {Item No. 6173} [Description of Engineer training prior to World War One]

Professional Memoirs. Corps of Engineers, United States Army and Engineer Department at Large. Vol.III, No.11 (July-September 1911); Selected articles:

• Timber for Ponton Material. by Lieut.Joseph H.Earle, Corps of Engineers; 7 pages, 3 charts Price 1.00 {Item No.6174} [Includes: Materiel, Specimens, Testing, Results, Conclusions]
• A Field Pile Driver. by Lieut.Richard Park, Corps of Engineers; 7 pages, 4 illus. Price 1.00 {Item No.6175}
• A Military Suspension Bridge. by Lieut.C.L.Sturdevant, Corps of Engineers; 3 pages, 1 illus. Price .50 {Item No.6176} [A 100 foot bridge, constructed during drill by one Engineer Company, a strong bridge (they loaded 104 men at once on it to test it.]
• A Simple Derrick with Adjustable Boom. by Maj.Charles Keller, Corps of Engineers; 2 pages, 2 illus. Price .50 {Item No.6177}

Professional Memoirs. Corps of Engineers, United States Army and Engineer Department at Large. Vol.III, No.12 (October-December 1911); Selected articles:

• Railway Transportation Required for a Pioneer Battalion, U.S.Army. by Capt.W.H.Rose, Corps of Engineers; 5 pages, tables Price .50 {Item No.6178} [Interesting transportation example]
• How Copenhagen was Fortified. Reminiscences of Mr.Alfred J.Roewade, Civil Engineer; 15 pages, 3 illus. Price 2.00 {Item No.6179} [A city that was fortified by a private association]
• Timber for Ponton Material. by Capt.F.A.Pope, Corps of Engineers; 10 pages, 3 charts and tables Price 1.00 {Item No.6180}

Professional Memoirs. Corps of Engineers, United States Army and Engineer Department at Large. Vol.IV, No.14 (March-April 1912); Selected articles:

• A Two-Company Infantry Reboubt. by Capt.L.V.Frazier, Corps of Engineers; 23 pages, 2 illus. 1 map Price 3.00 {Item No.6182} [A complete example of the construction of a infantry reboubt for training purposes, plus commentary and a extensive discussion after the article]
• Trench Digging by Dynamite.Editorial Note; 2 pages Price .50 {Item No.6183} [Interesting notes on excavating trenches even in wet and marshy ground]

Professional Memoirs. Corps of Engineers, United States Army and Engineer Department at Large. Vol.IV, No.15 (May-June 1912); Selected articles:

• Development and Tactics of Military Bridge Equipage. by Major C.A.F.Flagler, Corps of Engineers; 10 pages Price 1.00 {Item No.6184} [A history of military floating bridges]
• Handling our Ponton Equipage. by Lieut.J.J.Loving, Corps of Engineers; 12 pages, 7 illus. Price 1.00 {Item No.6185}

Professional Memoirs. Corps of Engineers, United States Army and Engineer Department at Large. Vol.IV, No.17 (September-October 1912); Selected articles:

• Early Experience with Balloons in War. by Brig.Gen.Henry L.Abbot, U.S.Army, Ret.; 4 pages Price .50 {Item No.6188}

Professional Memoirs. Corps of Engineers, United States Army and Engineer Department at Large. Vol.IV, No.18 (November-December 1912); Selected articles:

• Practical Determination of the Magnifying Power of Telescopes. by Lieut.William F.Endress, Corps of Engineers; 4 pages, 1 illus. Price .50 {Item No.6189}
• The Role of the Engineer Battalion with an Infantry Division. by Lieut.A.B.Barber, Corps of Engineers; 21 pages Price 2.00 {Item No.6190} [Includes: Introduction, The role defined: Duties of engineers in attack, Duties of engineers in defense, Duties of engineers on the march, Duties of engineers in retreat, Duties of engineers in camp. Distribution and direction: Orders, Distribution on the battlefield, Distribution in column, Conclusion, Reorganization and training]

Professional Memoirs. Corps of Engineers, United States Army and Engineer Department at Large. Vol.V, No.19 (January-February 1913); Selected articles:

• Notes on Search-Light Mirrors at the Engineer School. by Lieut.William F.Endress, Corps of Engineers; 29 pages, 7 illus. 1 plate Price 3.00 {Item No.6191} [Includes: Introduction, Good illuminating power, Permanence of reflecting surface, Ruggedness, Mechanical perfection for form and permanence of this form, Injury by missiles, Ease of cleaning, Lightness, Resume. Barbier, Benard, and Turenne: Note on Search-Light Mirrors, Importance of search-light mirrors, Various uses of projectors, Divers forms of projectors, The number of projectors: Number for siege operations, Number in field armies. Portable search-lights]
• Japanese Views on the Attack and Defense of Field Fortifications. Translated by Lieut.A.R.Ehrnbeck, Corps of Engineers; 7 pages Price 1.00 {Item No.6192}

Professional Memoirs. Corps of Engineers, United States Army and Engineer Department at Large. Vol.V, No.21 (May-June 1913); Selected articles:

• The New Italian Field Gun. Translated by Capt.W.G.Caples, Corps of Engineers. From Miliaire Suisse, January 1913); 14 pages, 8 illus. Price 1.50 {Item No.6194}

Professional Memoirs. Corps of Engineers, United States Army and Engineer Department at Large. Vol.V, No.22 (July-August 1913); Selected articles:

• Views of Mortar Shell in Flight. by Capt. F.J.Behr, C.A.C., Instructor coast artillery school; 5 pages, 7 illus. Price .50 {Item No.6195} [12-inch Mortar shell, leaving the muzzle]
• A Two-Company Field Work. by Captain F.B.Wilby, Corps of Engineers; 59 pages, 14+illus. Price 7.00 {Item No.6196} [The training construction of a strongpoint with extensive series on comments on it.][Includes: General situation, Special situation, Character of the work, General plan, Location and length if firing trenches, Location of support trenches, Profiles of firing trenches, Profiles of support trenches, Traverses, Observation stations, Dressing stations, Communications, Machine gun positions, Drainage, Latrines, Obstacles, Clearing, Miscellaneous, Estimate of time for construction, Conclusion. Discussion (by 15 officers, including many like Bond, and Spalding]

Professional Memoirs. Corps of Engineers, United States Army and Engineer Department at Large. Vol.V, No.23 (September-October 1913); Selected articles:

• Notes on Field Fortification. by Major W.W.Harts, Corps of Engineers; 26 pages, 4 illus. Price 3.00 {Item No.6197} [Includes: General principles, Tactical use of trenches, Trenches on the offensive, Defensive use, Division into sectors, General reserve, Location of trenches, High or low sites, Artillery disposition, Single defensive line, 2d Part — Entrenches lines, General location, Trench profiles, Overhead cover, Loopholes, Drainage, Obstacles, Execution of entrenchments]
• Some Experiments in the Use of Bamboo for Hasty Bridge Construction. by Captain P.S.Bond; 9 pages, 12 illus. Price 1.50 {Item No.6201} [Includes: Introduction, Physical characteristics of Bamboo, Types of Trestles, Tests of trestles and balk, Remarks, Strength tests]

Professional Memoirs. Corps of Engineers, United States Army and Engineer Department at Large. Vol.V, No.24 (November-December 1913); Selected articles:

• Building a Ponton Bridge in Swift Water. by Capt.T.H.Dillon, Corps of Engineers; 15 pages, 7 illus. Price 1.50 {Item No.6203} [Includes: Introduction, Order of instruction, River characteristics, Handling wooden boats, Anchors, Construction of bridges, Maintenance of bridges, Dismantling bridges, Equipment, Wooden vs. Steel boats, Training for bridge work]
• The Australian Militia System. by Capt.W.G.Caples, Corps of Engineers; 8 pages Price 1.00 {Item No.6204}
• Deflection of Unstiffened Suspension Bridges. by Major G.B.Pillbury, Corps of Engineers; 10 pages Price 1.00 {Item No.6205} [Includes: Introduction, Curve of the cable under uniform loads, Deflections under a distributed load, Maximum deflections]

Professional Memoirs. Corps of Engineers, United States Army and Engineer Department at Large. Vol.VI, No.1 (should be no.25) (January-February 1914); Selected articles:

• An Open Letter on Night Fighting an Outposts. Author Unknown. From the Journal of the Royal United Service Institution, London, July 1913); 21 pages, 5 illus. Price 2.00 {Item No.6206} [Includes: Introduction, Examples, Lessons, Mounted men, Night outposts][Excellant article on night fighting during the Boar War.]
• Tests of the Bangalore Torpedo. by Capt.F.B.Wilby, Corps of Engineers; 8 pages, 7 illus. Price 1.00 {Item No.6207}
• The Battle Sight. by Major Amos A.Fries, Corps of Engineers; 2 pages Price .50 {Item No.6208} [On rifle marksmanship]

Professional Memoirs. Corps of Engineers, United States Army and Engineer Department at Large. Vol.VI, No.26 (March-April 1914); Selected articles:

• The Modern Siege. by Capt.E.L.Daley, Corps of Engineers; 40 pages Price 4.00 {Item No.6209} [Includes: Its general principles and the importance of their study, The defense, Conclusion]
• Light Bridge Equipment. by Capt.W.G.Caples, Corps of Engineers; 13 illus. Price 1.50 {Item No.6210} [Includes: Austria, Germany, Denmark and Brazil, Other nations, Conclusions]

Professional Memoirs. Corps of Engineers, United States Army and Engineer Department at Large. Vol.VI, No.27 (May-June 1914); Selected articles:

• The Engineers with General Sherman’s Army. Reports by General O.M.Poe and by Major Hubbard, with introduction by Lieut.W.E.Craighill, Corps of Engineers; 37 pages Price 4.00 {Item No.6211}
• Tank Car Water Supply for Troops on the March.by Lieut.O.N.Sohlberg, Corps of Engineers; 5 pages Price .50 {Item No.6212}

Professional Memoirs. Corps of Engineers, United States Army and Engineer Department at Large. Vol.VI, No.28 (July-August 1914); Selected articles:

• Map Making in Connection with Land Defense for Seacoast Fortifications and Seacoast Cities. by Captain Lewis H.Watkins, Corps of Engineers; 15 pages Price 1.50 {Item No.6213} [Includes: Introduction, The land defense project, By whom drawn up, Maps and plans needed for the project, Classes of maps required, Order in which the work is executed, Construction of maps, Location of control points, The field sketches, Instruments to be used for traverse, Running the traverse, Transfer of field sheets to the general map, Construction of maps of class II and class III, Records of construction of the map, Plans]

Professional Memoirs. Corps of Engineers, United States Army and Engineer Department at Large. Vol.VI, No.29 (September-October 1914); Selected articles:

• Development of Explosive for Our Demolition Equipment. by Major W.G.Caples, Corps of Engineers; 11 pages, 3 illus. Price 1.50 {Item No.6214}
• Field Fortifications Based on Practical Experiences of the Russian-Japanese War. Translated from Japanese by Lt. Charles Burnett, Fourth Cavalry, Military Attache at Tokyo, Japan; 16 pages, 17 illus. Price 2.00 {Item No.6215}[Includes: War experiences and how to utilize them, Plans, Orders for intrenching and examples of execution: Introduction, Shape of profile models, Drainage, shelter and clearing of ground in front, Manner of using intrenching tools, and the tool column. Technical artillery works, Offensive infantry works] [Reprinted from The Journal of the United States Cavalry Association]

Professional Memoirs. Corps of Engineers, United States Army and Engineer Department at Large. Vol.VI, No.30 (November-December 1914); Selected articles:

• Use and Development of the Ponton Equipage in the United States Army, with Special Reference to the Civil War. by Major M.J.McDonough and Major P.S.Bond, Corps of Engineers, U.S. Army; 67 pages, 4 illus. Price 7.00 {Item No.6216} [Includes: Introduction, The West Point experiments, Operations in Virginia, Peninsula campaign, Antietam campaign, Fredericksburg campaign, Chancellorsville campaign, Gettysburg campaign, Operations in the west, Chickamauga campaign, Chattanooga campaign, Atlanta campaign, Savannah campaign, Campaign in the Carolinas, Grant's campaign of 1864, Franklin-Nashville campaign, The capacity of the equipage, The ponton as a ferry or individual craft, Mobility, The future of equipage, Conclusion]
• Reconaissance Equipment. by Major W.G.Caples, Corps of Engineers; 11 pages, 3 illus. Price 1.50 {Item No. 6217} [Field sketching equipment details]

Professional Memoirs. Corps of Engineers, United States Army and Engineer Department at Large. Vol.VI, Supplement No.30 (March-April 1914); Selected articles:

• The War with Mexico 1846-1848. by Henry E.Hakerkorn, Librarian, United States Engineer School; 126 pages Price 12.00 {Item No.6218} [A select bibliography on the causes, conduct, and the political aspect of the war, together with a select list of books and other printed material on the resources, economic conditions, politics and governement of the Republic of Mexico and the characteristics of the Mexican people] [With annotations and an index] [Includes: A. History of Mexico in general. B. General histories of the Mexican war, 1846-48, including also studies of the war from a political standpoint. B.a. The Mexican war, 1846-48: Works relating to the Conquest of California and New Mexico. C. Special campaigns and battles, Personal narratives, Regimental histories. D. Biographical material. Lives of prominent characters of the Mexican war, including a few works relating to the former president, Porfirio Diaz. E. The Navy of the United States. Special works dealing with naval operations of the Mexican war. F. Modern Mexico. Including description of, and travel in, Mexico; Natural resources, social life and customs, politics and government, economic conditions, the army and navy, and recent events in Mexico. G. Means of communication: Railroads, roads and trails, canals, inland waterways, rivers, seaports, posts and telegraphs, and other public works. Index]