Professional Memoirs Corps of Engineers (1915-1917)

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• Vol.VII, No.31 (January-February 1915) : Selected articles
• Vol.VII, No.33 (May-June 1915) : Selected articles
• Vol.VII, No.34 (July-August 1915) : Selected articles
• Vol.VII, No.35 (September-Ocotber 1915) : Selected articles
• Vol.VII, No.36 (November-December 1915) : Selected articles
• Vol.VIII, No.37 (January-February 1916) : Selected articles
• Vol.VIII, No.38 (March-April 1916) : Selected articles
• Vol.VIII, No.39 (May-June 1916) : Selected articles
• Vol.VIII, No.40 (July-August 1916) : Selected articles
• Vol.VIII, No.42 (November-December 1916) : Selected articles
• Vol.9, No.43 (January-February 1917) : Selected articles
• Vol.9, No.44 (March-April 1917) : Selected articles
• Vol.9, No.45 (May-June 1917) : Selected articles
• Vol.9, No.46 (July-August 1917) : Selected articles
• Vol.9, No.47 (September-October 1917) : Selected articles
• Vol.9, No.48 (November-December 1917) : Selected articles

Professional Memoirs. Corps of Engineers, United States Army and Engineer Department at Large. Vol.VII, No.31 (January-February 1915); Selected articles:

• The Selection and Occupation of Lines of Battle. by Captain Frederick B.Downing, Corps of Engineers; 26 pages, 3 illus. Price 2.50 {Item No.6219} [As related to the experience of the Russo-Japanese War, especially the Russian experience in the Battle of Liaoyang and has a considerable number of notes on fortification.]

Professional Memoirs. Corps of Engineers, United States Army and Engineer Department at Large. Vol.VII, No.33 (May-June 1915); Selected articles:

• The Engineers and the Mexican War. by Major Wildurr Willing, Corps of Engineers; 24 pages Price 2.50 {Item No.6220} [The Mexican-American War of 1846-1847]

Professional Memoirs. Corps of Engineers, United States Army and Engineer Department at Large. Vol.VII, No.34 (July-August 1915); Selected articles:

• Wooden and Combination Highway Bridges. by Captain Glen Edgar Edgerton; 36 pages, 18 illus. Price 3.50 {Item No.6221} [Includes: Introduction, Design: Substructures, Superstructures. Construction, Costs] [Good technical article on prefabricated light wooden truss bridges]
• Strategy and Grand Tactics. by Captain Chas.W.Raymond, Corps of Engineers, U.S.Army; 21 pages Price 2.00 {Item No.6222} [Mainly concerned with maneuver warfare] [A lecture delivered at Yale University in 1882 and 1883. Contributed and edited by Major R.R.Raymond, Corps of Engineers]
• Rockets and Searchlights. Translated by Captain John N.Hodges, Corps of Engineers; 9 pages, 6 illus. Price 1.00 {Item No.6223} [Includes: Introduction, Discharge, Duration of burning, The strength of illumination, Light and color, Signals, Weight] [On military parachute illumination rockets for night communication and night combat instead of searchlights] [From Kriegtechnische Zeitschrift, Jahrgang xvi, No.5, 1913]

Professional Memoirs. Corps of Engineers, United States Army and Engineer Department at Large. Vol.VII, No.35 (September-October 1915); Selected articles:

• The Development of Field Fortications in the Civil War. by Captain W.C.Johnson, 26th Infantry, U.S.Army and Captain E.S.Hartshorn, 3rd Infantry, U.S.Army; 33 pages Price 3.50 {Item No.6224} [Their tactical history and importance, not technical detail]

Professional Memoirs. Corps of Engineers, United States Army and Engineer Department at Large. Vol.VII, No.36 (November-December 1915); Selected articles:

• Duty, Organization, Training, and Equipment of Engineer Troops for Field Service. by Major P.S.Bond, Corps of Engineers, U.S.Army; 28 pages Price 3.00 {Item No.6225}
• An Historical Example of Forcing a River Crossing: The Federal Cavalry at the Pamunkey River, Va., May 27, 1864; 5 pages, plus 2 maps Price 1.00 {Item No.6226}
• Depositing Material by Derrick Beyond Reach of Boom. by Mr.M.A.Milliff; 4 pages, 1 illus. Price .50 {Item No.6227}

Professional Memoirs. Corps of Engineers, United States Army and Engineer Department at Large. Vol.VIII, No.37 (January-February 1916); Selected articles:

• Field Trenches Construction by the First Brigade, First Division, at Plattsburg, N,Y, September 1915. by Captain John J.Kingman; 2 pages, plus map Price .50 {Item No.6228}
• Experiments with Grenades and Grenade Mortars. by Lieutenant Rufus W.Putnam, Corps of Engineers; 6 pages, 1 illus. Price 1.00 {Item No.6229} [Includes: Introduction, Wooden Stave Mortar, Iron Pipe Mortar, Mortar Grenades, Firing tables]
• Searchlights. A Short, Annotated Bibliography of their Design and their Use in Peace and War. by Mr.Henry E.Haferkorn, Librarian, Engineeer School; 11 pages Price 1.00 {Item No.6230} [Includes: Catalogues, General Treatises, Technical Features, Application. 85 references] [Continued in Issue No.37]

Professional Memoirs. Corps of Engineers, United States Army and Engineer Department at Large. Vol.VIII, No.38 (March-April 1916); Selected articles:

• Specifications for an Accurate Military Map. by Captain C.L.Hall, Corps of Engineers; 7 pages Price 1.00 {Item No.6231} [Includes: Introduction, Control, Topography, Office Work]
• Searchlights. A Short, Annotated Bibliography of their Design and their Use in Peace and War. by Mr.Henry E.Haferkorn, Librarian, Engineer School; 14 pages Price 1.50 {Item No.6232} [Includes: Applications, Catalogs and Index, another 62 references] [Continued from Issue No.38]

Professional Memoirs. Corps of Engineers, United States Army and Engineer Department at Large. Vol.VIII, No.39 (May-June 1916); Selected articles:

• Water Supply and Sewage Disposal of a Semiperimanent Camp of a Division. by Captain Francis C.Harrington, Corps of Engineeers; 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 ?]

Professional Memoirs. Corps of Engineers, United States Army and Engineer Department at Large. Vol.VIII, No.40 (July-August 1916); Selected articles:

• Three River Crossings in the European War: Tactical-Technical Considerations. by Oberst Friedrich Immanuel; 17 pages, 3 maps Price 2.00 {Item No.6234} [Includes: Introduction, The crossing of the Vistula by the army detachment of Woyrsch, The forcing of the Fortified Narew line by the right wing of Hindenburg's army group, The crossing of the Danube and the Save by the army of Mackensen][Translated by Lt.John C.Gotwals, Corps of Engineers from the Kriegstechnische Zeitschrift (1st and 2nd numbers, 19th Volumn)]

Professional Memoirs. Corps of Engineers, United States Army and Engineer Department at Large. Vol.VIII, No.42 (November-December 1916); Selected articles:

• The Military Value of Internal Waterways. A Short Bibliography. by Henry E.Haferkorn, Librarian, Engineeer School; 5 pages Price .50 {Item No.6235}

Professional Memoirs. Corps of Engineers, United States Army and Engineer Department at Large. Vol.9, No.43 (January-February 1917); Selected articles:

• The First Effective Use of Rifle Cannon in Sieges. by unknown author; 3 pages Price .50 {Item No. 6236} [Ft.Pulaski, 1862]
• First Military Use of Searchlights. by unknown author; 2 pages Price .50 {Item No.6237} [1863]

Professional Memoirs. Corps of Engineers, United States Army and Engineer Department at Large. Vol.9, No.44 (March-April 1917); Selected articles:

• Consolidation of Trenches, Localities and Craters After Assault and Capture. by Unknown Author; 22 pages, 21illus. Price 2.50 {Item No.6238} [Includes: Consolidations of a captured system of trenches, Consolidation of localities, Occupation of craters, Notes on rapid wire entanglements, Notes with references to iron screw posts and pickets, Examples of wire drills (8 different drills)]

Professional Memoirs. Corps of Engineers, United States Army and Engineer Department at Large. Vol.9, No.45 (May-June 1917); Selected articles:

• Road Work in Mexico with the Punitive Expedition. by Captain James A. O'Connor, Corps of Engineers; 21 pages, 11 illus. Price 2.00 {Item No.6239}

Professional Memoirs. Corps of Engineers, United States Army and Engineer Department at Large. Vol.9, No.46 (July-August 1917); Selected articles:

• The German Shelters on the Somme. Translated from the L'Illustration, January 13, 1917, by Col.W.R.Livermore, U.S.Army; 8 pages, 5 illus. Price 1.00 {Item No.6240}
• A Visit to the English Front in France. by Captain D.Victoriano Casajus; 27 pages, 9 illus. Price 3.00 {Item No.6241} [ Includes: Introduction, Artillery, Strength and equipment of the artillery, Mechanical training, Tactical employment of artillery, Emplacement of the guns, Concealment from aerial observation, Methods of observation employed by modern artillery, Observation officer, Aerial observation, The seismograph as used for observation, Method of suppling ammunition, Conclusions, Infantry, Preparation for the assault, Trench mortaretes, Aerial Torpedoes, "Paco", "Paqueo", or "Sniping" stations, Advance over the neutral zone, Occupation of the conquered trenches, Counter-attack, Hand grenades, Night attacks, Machine guns, The technique of infantry and the struggle in the west] [Translated from "La Guerra y su Preparation" Estado Mayor Central, Ano 1 Numero S, Madrid. December 1916. Translated by Major Henry Swift, Chaplain, U.S.A., retired] [Continued in issue no.47]
• The Influence of the European War Upon the Art of Field Fortifications. by Major F.B.Wilby, Corps of Engineers; 65 pages, 49 illus. Price 7.00 {Item No.6242} [Includes: Introduction, General considerations, Firing trenches, Communications, Overhead cover, Obstacles, Machine guns, Artillery, Observation, Miscellaneous requirements, Conclusions]
• "Tanks" Military Tractors called "Tanks". A list of references gathered from current periodical literature. prepared by the librarian, in the Engineer School Library, May 28, 1917; 3 pages Price .50 {Item No.6243}

Professional Memoirs. Corps of Engineers, United States Army and Engineer Department at Large. Vol.9, No.47 (September-October 1917); Selected articles:

• German Methods of Trench Warfare. by Headquarters, 1st Army, 7th March 1916; 11 pages, 2 maps Price 1.50 {Item No.6244} [Includes: German system of defense, German trenches, Obstacles, Listening posts, Method of holding trenches, Examples of German methods, German methods of defense, German system of attack, Artillery, Machine guns, "Minenwerfer", Hand grenades, Rifle grenades, Snipers, Rifle batteries, Telephones, Light railways, Patrolling, Mining, Personnel, Supply system, Rations and Food, Asphyxiating gas, Espionage, Addendum: The German offensive at Verdun, 21st-29th February, 1916]
• A Visit to the English Front in France. by Captain D.Victoriano Casajus; 20 pages, 5 illus. Price 2.00 {Item No.6245} [Continued from No.46][Includes: The Snappers, Service of communication, Aviation, Reconnoitering aeroplanes, Aeroplanes of observation, Aeroplanes for bombardment, Fighting aeroplanes, Aviation parks, Antiaerial artillery, Resume, Distribution of a command, Service of administration, Repair shops, Commissary and supply points, Bakeries, Sanitary service, Regimental first-aid stations, Advance stations for treatment, Field Division ambulance corps, Hospital trains, Convalescent hospitals, Hospital ships, Hygiene of the trenches, Veterinary hospitals, Clothing and equipments, Police in the camps and cantonments]
• Trenches and Camouflage. Lecture by a British Officer skilled in landscape gardening; 65 pages, 44 illus. Price 7.00 {Item No.6246} [Includes: General principles, Concealment, An extensive field of vision and fire, A maximum amount of protection from rifle fire and the various types of shell fire, Shrapnel, Efficient drainage, In the event of retirement the trench should be of such a kind that it is of little value to the enemy, Bombing traps, Fire trenches, Inspection, communication, support trenches, etc., Obstacles, Wire obstacles, Concealment of obstacles, Low barbed wire entanglements, Coast defences, To summarize, Breastworks, Organization of working parties, Questions asked after lectures] [This is a excellent article]

Professional Memoirs. Corps of Engineers, United States Army and Engineer Department at Large. Vol.9, No.48 (November-December 1917); Selected articles:

• Road Work on the Punitive Expedition into Mexico. by Captain Ernest Graves, Corps of Engineers; 25 pages, 5 illus. Price 2.50 {Item No.6247}
• Battle Illumination. An example of practice in battlefield illumination in America. by Captain R.C.Kuldell, Corps of Engineers; 9 pages, 1 illus. Price 1.00 {Item No.6248} [Includes: Introduction, Battlefield illumination with searchlights, Battlefield illumination with trench lights, Battlefield illumination with rockets, star shells, illumination grenades, flares, etc.]
• Problems in Battlefield Illumination. by Captain W.S.Drysdale, Eight Infantry; 2 pages Price .50 {Item No.6249}
• How France Subsists her Armies at the Front. Translated by Col.W.R.Livermore, U.S.Army from L'Illustration March 10, 1917; 15 pages, 8 illus. Price 1.50 {Item No.6250} [Includes: Introduction, Subsistence from the land, Demand and supply, Intendence, husbandry and commerce, Provisions are moved and transformed in the interior, The provisions go the front, The market under the cannon, Provisions go to the firing line, The necessary and the superfluous]
• The Madsen and Bergmann, 1915, Models of Automatic Rifles Used by the German Infantry. by Unknown Author; 2 pages, 2 illus. Price .50 {Item No.6251}
• Organization and Duties for Trench Fighting. by Captains O.N.Solbert, Corps of Engineers, U.S.Army and George Bertrand, French Army; 50 pages, 20 illus. Price 5.00 {Item No.6252} [Includes: Specialists, Use of specialists, Formations for maneuvering this resultant company of specialists, General use of fortifications, Successive phases of the organization, Active and passive elements of a position, Division of position, Different lines of a sector, Principles of the organization, Elements of the organization, Sector and trench duties: Plan of defense, Details of trench duty, Use of infantry and artillery weapons, and liaison, Artillery support in a sector, Use of artillery support] [The first three of twelve lectures given by Captains Solbert and Bertrand on "Tactics and Duties of Small Units in Trench Fighting"] [Continued in Volume No.11]
• Poisonous Gas in Warfare. Application, Prevention, Defense, and Medical Treatment. Prepared by Henry E.Haferkorn, Engineer school library, assisted by Felix Neumann, Surgeon-General's Office Library; 27 pages Price 3.00 {Item No.6253} [Includes: Prefatory note, Books, Periodicals, Index] [Includes Flame weapons] [A short, annotated bibliography of gases and kindred devices applied in the first world war]