Journal of the United States Artillery, 1901, Vol. 16

Download or read book Journal of the United States Artillery, 1901, Vol. 16 written by United States Artillery School and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-10-20 with total page 392 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Journal of the United States Artillery, 1901, Vol. 16: Published by Authority of the Staff of the Artillery School These, and many other facts quite as pertinent, and the rules Of action predicated thereon, Obtain absolutely in every military nation, as they must in our own, but apparently do so only in theory, as evinced by the organization for field artillery as pre scribed in the authorized regulations as compared with what actually exists. For instance in those for infantry article 460. The brigade consists Of three regiments, or a greater or less number. 479. The division consists Of three brigades Of infantry and two or more batteries Of artillery, or a greater or less num ber. 484. The corps consists of three divisions, one or more regiments of cavalry, and the corps artillery, which is an addition to the divisional artillery. From the' cavalry regulations Article 921. The brigade con sists Of three regiments. An independent brigade should consist Of at least three regiments and a battery Of horse artillery. 941. The division consists Of three brigades Of cavalry and two or more horse batteries. 947. The corps consists Of two or more divisions Of cavalry. 949. One or more regiments of cavalry, called corps cavalry, are attached to each corps of infantry. 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.