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]
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