Engineer Field Manual Parts I Vi PDF Download

Excerpt from Engineer Field Manual, 1917: Parts I-VII; I. Reconnaissance; II. Bridges; III. Roads; IV. Railroads; V. Field Fortification; Vi. Animal Transportation; VII. Tables, Weights, Measures, and Specific Gravities In April, 1899, the Chief of Engineers directed the commandant ot the En neer School to enter upon the preparation of an Engineer Field anual. At the same time all officers of the Engineer Corps who had been in the field during the Spanish War were invited to contribute data and suggestions, and many of them did so. At the Engineer School the work of compilation was committed to the instructor in civil engineering, then Capt. Henry J ervey, and under his control, and mostly by his own hand, a general plan of a manual was worked out, manuscript and plates prepared on the subjects of reconnaissance and bridges, and. More or less complete notes on roads and railroads. 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.