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• Polk, Capt.James K., Corps of Engineers. "Roads, Drainage, and Mud Control," Infantry School Quarterly, Vol.XXXV, No.2 (October 1949) ; 12 pages, 8 illus. Price 1.50 {Item No.10373} [Includes: Introduction, Road classification, Tools, Maintenance principles, Organization for maintenance, Types of maintenance, Road expedients, Conclusions]
• Pillsbury, Capt.G.B., Corps of Engineers. "The Grade of Wagon Roads," Professional Memoirs. Corps of Engineers. Vol.II, No.6 (April-June 1910); 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]
• Harrington, Captain Francis C., Corps of Engineeers. "Water Supply and Sewage Disposal of a Semiperimanent Camp of a Division," Professional Memoirs. Corps of Engineer, Vol.VIII, No.39 (May-June 1916) ; 30 pages, 5 plates of illus., many tables Price 3.00 {Item No.6233} [Includes: Introduction, Water Supply: Quantity, Wells, Storage, Pumping Plant, Distributing System] [Continued in Issue ?]
• O'Connor, Captain James A., Corps of Engineers. "Road Work in Mexico with the Punitive Expedition," Professional Memoirs. Corps of Engineer, Vol.9, No.45 (May-June 1917); 21 pages, 11 illus. Price 2.00 {Item No.6239}
• Graves, Captain Ernest, Corps of Engineers. "Road Work on the Punitive Expedition into Mexico," Professional Memoirs. Corps of Engineer, Vol.9, No.48 (November-December 1917) ; 25 pages, 5 illus. Price 2.50 {Item No.6247}
• Caples, Col.W.G., Engineers, U.S.A.."Roads in Supply and Attack," Professional Memoirs. Corps of Engineers. Vol.XI (1919); 25 pages, 4 illus. Price 2.50 {Item No.6326}
• Royal Engineers, Corps of."Hut,"Aide Memorie to the Military Sciences (1860), Vol.2; 17 pages, 18 figures and 1 plate of illus. Price 2.00 {Item No.20384} [Includes: Introduction, Directions for erecting the soldiers' hut, Number and contents of packages, marked, w.e., in each hut, Huts of a more permanent character: Log hut, Pise huts, Rubble masonry, Roofing, A description of the uses of the thatcher's tools, The timbering and lathing necessary for a thatched roof, A description of the manner of executing a thatched roof, Other kinds of roofing, Site]
• Royal Engineers, Corps of."Hut, Bricks,"Aide Memorie to the Military Sciences (1860), Vol.2; 6 pages Price 1.00 {Item No.20385} [On the manufacture and choice of bricks]
• Royal Engineers, Corps of."Levelling,"Aide Memorie to the Military Sciences (1860), Vol.2; 21 pages, 9 figures and 2 plates of illus. Price 3.00 {Item No.20389} [Includes: Introduction, On the use of common thermometers to determine heights, Memoranda on railway levelling]
• Royal Engineers, Corps of."Roads: I.--Tracing and Construction,"Aide Memorie to the Military Sciences (1862), Vol.III; 32 pages, 11 illus. Price 4.00 {Item No.20454} [Includes: Part I: Tracing and construction: Tracing of roads, On the section of roads, On the construction of roads]
• Royal Engineers, Corps of."Roads: II.--Maintenance of Macadamized Roads,"Aide Memorie to the Military Sciences (1862), Vol.III; 20 pages Price 2.00 {Item No.20455} [Includes: Introduction, Observations and explanations, On watering roads, On macadamized roadways in large populous towns, On rolling new made roads]
• Toepfer, Captain in the Fourth Engineer Inspection. "Technics in the Russo-Japanese War," Professional Memoirs. Corps of Engineers. Vol.II, No.6 (April-June 1910); 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.), ballon observation, seachlights, photography, camps, landmines and a especially good section on field fortifications.]
• Youngberg, Col.G.A.."The Roads in France," Professional Memoirs. Corps of Engineers. Vol.XI (1919); 20 pages, 10 illus. Price 2.00 {Item No.6320} [Includes: Introduction, Organization of French highway service, Construction and maintenance, Roadside trees, Distance markers and guide posts]
• Extract from the report of the operations of the 602d Engineers."Use of pack mules for carrying rock," Professional Memoirs. Corps of Engineers. Vol.XI (1919); 1 page Price .50 {Item No.6290}
• Report of the Chief of Ordnance. "Annual report of the principal operations at the Rock Island Arsenal, 1879, Maj. D.W. Flagler, Ordnance Department, commanding," Annual Reports of the War Department 1879, Vol.III, Appendix K.; 14 pages, +9 plates of illus. Price 2.00 {Item No.5460} [Example of building construction practices concerning the building of a arsenal iron foundery at the time]
• U.S.Navy, Bureau of Navigation, Office of Naval Intelligence."The Lines of Communication,"War Series No.III., Part III. Section XIX. by Lt.-Commander Casper F.Goodrich, USN (1883); 10 pages, 3 illus. Price 1.00 {Item No.20241} [From "Report of the British Naval and Military Operations in Egypt, 1882"] [Refers to Section XVI]
• U.S.Navy, Bureau of Navigation, Office of Naval Intelligence."The Boat Transport on the Sweet Water Canal,"War Series No.III., Part III. Section XVI. by Lt.-Commander Casper F.Goodrich, USN (1883); 8 pages, 2 illus. Price 1.00 {Item No.20238} [From "Report of the British Naval and Military Operations in Egypt, 1882"] [Includes: Riverline operations during this the Egyptian Campaign (1882)]
• Royal Engineers, Corps of."Draining,"Aide Memorie to the Military Sciences (1853), Vol.1; 5 pages, 9 illus. Price .50 {Item No.20329} [On draining military works and countryside]
• Delafield, Richard, Major."Sables and Barracks for Cavalry,"The Art of War in Europe in 1854; 11 pages, 10 plates of illus.  Price 5.00  {Item No.22329} [French Cavalry Depot - Barracks and Stables; Artillery Stables at Lyons, and Austrian Artillery Stables and Barracks at Vienna]
• Delafield, Richard, Major."Infantry Barracks,"The Art of War in Europe in 1854; 2 pages, 1 Plate of  illus.  Price 1.00  {Item No.22330}
• Delafield, Richard, Major."New Arsenal at Vienna,"The Art of War in Europe in 1854; 4 pages, 2+ illus.  Price 1.00  {Item No.22331} [Best Infantry Barracks found by the author in Europe]
• Delafield, Richard, Major."Military Hospitals,"The Art of War in Europe in 1854; 14 pages, 1+ Plate of  illus.  Price 3.00  {Item No.22332} [Including: Russian Hospital at St.Petersburg (in the authors opinion the best), Military Hospital at Vienna, English Military Depot Hospital at Scutari, French Depot Hospital at Constantinople]
• War Department. Military Intelligence Service."Construction of British Advanced Landing Fields," Tactical and Technical Trends Issue No.19, No.9 (25 February 1943); 1 page  Price .50 {Item No.12897}
• War Department. Military Intelligence Service."Building with Native Materiels," Tactical and Technical Trends Issue No.33, No.9 (September 1943); 3-1/2 pages, 10 illus. Price $1.00  {Item No.13193}

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