Professional Memoirs Corps of Engineers (1918-1919)

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• Vol.10 (1918): Selected articles
• Vol.11 (1919): Selected articles

Professional Memoirs. Corps of Engineers, United States Army and Engineer Department at Large. Vol.10 (1918); Selected articles:

• Use of the General Reserve in Grand Tactic Maneuvers as Illustrated in the Russo-Japanese War. by Col.W.A. Mitchell, Corps of Engineers; 37 pages, 13 illus. Price 4.00 {Item No.6254} [Includes: Introduction, Method of presenting discussion, References, General strategy of Russian and Japanese, The Yalu, Nan-Shan, Telissu, Liao Yang, General discussion of Russian use of General Reserve, Other historic examples, Lessons]
• Deep Gallery Shelters. A lecture. by Col.P.S.Bond and Lt.R.D.Leisk. 107th Engineer, National Army; 10 pages, 5 illus. Price 1.00 {Item No.6255}
• Use of Corrugated Iron for Construction of Shelters. by Major Henry Swift, Chaplain, U.S.Army; 10 pages, 8 illus. Price 1.00 {Item No.6256} [Introduction, Flat Sheets of 2.80 m, Flat Sheets of 1.80 m, Shelter material of curved corrugated iron: Type of large corrugations, Setting-up of shelter. Shelter material of curved corrugated iron: Type of small corrugations, Resisting power of shelters, Capacity of shelters. Light Shelters of corrugated iron 1916, Mode of employment]
• Liaison of Divisional Engineers with the Other Troops. by Major Rousseau, French Army; 11 pages Price 1.00 {Item No.6257} [Includes: Introduction, Part of the engineers during the fight -- Liaisons, Part of the Engineers between the battles, on a provisorily defensive front -- Liaisons, Supplemental Notes.]
• Rail and Motor Transportation as Applied to Military Operations. by Col.P.S.Bond, Corps of Engineers; 16 pages Price 1.50 {Item No.6258}
• Organization and Duties for Trench Fighting. by Captains O.N.Solbert, Corps of Engineers, U.S.Army and George Bertrand, French Army; 8 pages Price 1.00 {Item No.6259} [Includes: The Relief: Definitions and principles, Preliminary dispositions for the relief, Movement of the relief, Occupation of the position] [Continued from Issue No.48]
• Mining Operations, Especially for Infantry. Mainly translated from a lecture to cadets at Saint-Maixent, France. by Col.W.H.Livermore, U.S.Army ; 17 pages, 19 illus. Price 2.00 {Item No.6260} [Includes: Introduction, Construction of a shaft, Construction of a gallery, Construction of a branch with sheeted frame, Construction of a gallery or of a branch by a Russian sap, Mine Warfare]
• Poisonous Gas in Warfare. Application, Prevention, Defense, and Medical Treatment (Part Two). Prepared by Henry E.Haferkorn, Engineer school library, assisted by Felix Neumann, Surgeon-General's Office Library; 14 pages Price 1.50 {Item No.6261} [Including: Prefatory Note, Books, Articles, Index]
• Sapping Operations, Especially for Infantry: From a Lecture to Cadets at Saint Maixant, France. by Capt A.Gay, French Army; 15 pages, 23 illus. Price 2.00 {Item No.6262} [Includes: Introduction, Saps of rolling earth, Double sap, Saps of gabions of sandbags and of gabions and sandbags, Flying sap with gabions, Flying sap with sand bags, Flying sap of gabions and sand bags, Deep covered sap--blind sap--Russian sap, Deep covered sap, Blinded sap, Outline from the trench to the sap]
• Bridge Training of a Battalion of Mounted Engineers. by the Regimental Commander; 9 pages, 4 illus. Price 1.00 {Item No.6263} [Including: Introduction, Frame trestle bridges, Suspension bridges, Queen-post bridges, Ponton bridges, Pile bridges]
• Instruction of Engineer Troops while in Quarantine. by the Regimental and Company Commanders; 9 pages, 12 illus. Price 1.00 {Item No.6264} [Indoor training: Indoor model building and even driving mining galleries under their barracks]
• The Battle of the Somme. Lecture delivered by Capt.A.V.Gompertz, M.C., R.E. at the Officers Cadet Unit, Lower Topa, and later at Murrec.; 24 pages, 1 map Price 2.50 {Item No.6265} [Includes: Introduction, The Importance of the Somme, The Objects of the Battle, A Rough Sketch of Events, Some Features of Interest, The Results of the Battle, Its Lessons]
• Zones of Silence in Sound Areas from Explosions. by Charles E.Munroe; 8 pages, 2 illus. Price 1.00 {Item No.6266}
• Military Searchlights. by Lieut.Roger Haydock; 7 pages, 5 illus. Price 1.00 {Item No.6267} [Includes: Introduction, Chassis, Dynamo, Body, Searchlight]
• Tunnels and Galleries. Translated by Col.W.R.Livermore from La France Militarire (February 14-15, 1918); 3 pages Price .50 {Item No.6268}
• Some Notes on the Turkish Trenches at Sannayait. by Bt.Maj.W.H.Lang, 16th Cavalry, British Army, India; 6 pages, 1 map Price 1.00 {Item No.6269} [Reprinted from Journal of the United Service Institution of India, October 1917]
• Organization and Duties for Trench Fighting. by Captains O.N.Solbert and Georges Bertrand. Chapter VI. Attack of a Position; 25 pages, 6 illus. Price 2.50 {Item No.6270} [Includes: Phases of the attack, Preparation of the attack: Artillery preparation, The Assault: Formations for the assault, Formation of an assaulting battalion, Fighting in the interior of the position and exploitation]
• Battle Front Transportation. by Lieut.Roger Haydock; 32 pages, 23 illus., 3 plates of charts Price 3.50 {Item No.6271} [Includes: Introduction, Railways, Highways, Design, Curvature, Width, Crown, Construction: Drainage, Foundation, Types of Roads and Pavements, Bridges, Boardwalks, Cableways]
• Suggestions on Trench Construction, Etc.. by Capt.H.D.Trounce, Engineer Reserve Corps, U.S.A., formerly Lieutenant Royal Engineers, British Army; 19 pages Price 2.00 {Item No.6272} [Includes: Trenches in Flanders, Trenches Father South, Communication trenches, Fire trenches, Support or supervision trenches, Drainage, Shelters, Revetment, Camouflage, Transport, Emplacements for strong points, Disposal of spoil, Mined dugout construction, Retreat of the enemy, Bombing, Gas alarms] [A very good article]
• Trench Organization. From "The Making of a Modern Army and Its Operation in the Field" by Rene Radiguet, General de Division, Army of France; 20 pages, 10 illus. Price 2.00 {Item No.6273} [Includes: General remarks, General plan of an entrenchment system, Communication lines, Artillery, Wire entanglements, Mines and counter-mines, Special railway troops, Transportation by road, General remarks on transportation, Camouflage, Aviation]
• Aerial Photography. by H.E. Haferkorn, Engineer school library. Bibliography of available of material relating to the means, methods , experiments and results of aerial photography, prepared in three parts, each part with an index; 16 pages Price 2.00 {Item No.6274} [Includes: Photo-topography, and kindred subjects. Balloon photography, including Kite-Pigeon-Rocket-Cameras] [Part one of three]
• Sandbox instruction in Fortification, Reconnaissance and Minor Tactics. As given the eighth engineers (mounted). by Lt.Col.V.L.Peterson, Corps of Engineers; 21 pages, 22 illus. Price 2.00 {Item No.6275} [Includes: Field Fortifications instruction, Barbed-wire entanglements, Saps, Mines shafts and galleries, Machine Gun emplacements, Deep shelters, Craters, Observation posts, battery emplacements and dressing stations, Final review of all the work, Lectures given on the work, Battalion supporting point, Sand box for sketching instruction, Use of the sand box for instruction in minor tactics, Patrols, Advance guards, Outposts, Results accomplished.]
• River Crossings. Extracts from "Tactics and Technique of River Crossings. by General Mertens, German Army; 38 pages, 26 illus. Price 4.00 {Item No.6276} [Includes: General von Falkenhausen's Problem: Situation, The situation on the Rhine on June 6th and the operations from June 6th to 9th: South of Mayence, North of Mayence. The operations from June 7th to 10th, Operations of the pioneers until, June 10th. Expedients for quickly crossing streams: Fording and swimming: Fording, Swimming: General, Cable, Floats, Contrivances for transporting equipment. Rafts]
• Old and New Opinions about the Value of Permanent and Fortified Positions. Translated from German by Col. W.R.Livermore, US Army, ret. (I, II, III) and Maj.Henry Swift, Chaplain, US Army, ret. (IV, V). From Schweizerische Zeitschrift fur Artillerie and Genie, June 1917); 24 pages, 1 illus. Price 2.50 {Item No.6277} [Part one of four]
• Mine Rescue Work. by Capt.H.D.Trounce, Engineer reserve corps, U.S.A., formerly Lieutenant Royal Engineers, British Army; 16 pages, 4 illus. Price 2.00 {Item No.6278} [Includes: Mine rescue work, The Fleuss or photo apparatus, The gibbs apparatus, Methods of ventilation, How gas poisoning in mines is produced, Poisoning by Carbon Monoxide, The action of Carbon Monoxide (CO), After effects of Carbon Monoxide (CO) poisoning, Prevention of gas poisoning and accidents in mines (General instructions): After a mine explosion, Precautions to be taken where gas is known to be present in the galleries..., Treatment, To restore breathing, Treatment after natural breathing has been restored, To induce circulation and warmth, Warning]
• Aerial Photography. by H.E. Haferkorn, Engineer school library. Bibliography of available of material relating to the means, methods , experiments and results of aerial photography, prepared in three parts, each part with an index; 17 pages Price 2.00 {Item No.6279} [Includes: Photo-topography, and kindred subjects. Balloon photography, including Kite-Pigeon-Rocket-Cameras] [Part two of three]
• The Balkan Theatre of War. From "Topography and Strategy in the War," by Douglas Wilson Johnson, Henry Holt and Company Publishers; 31 pages, 10 illus. Price 3.00 {Item No.6280} [Includes: The Balkan Barrier, The Morava-Maritza Trench, The Morava-Vardar Trench, Natural defenses of the Morava-Vardar Trench, Campaigns against Serbia: Early Campaigns for the Morava-Vardar Trench, The conquest of Serbia, The Bulgarian attack, The battle for Katchanik pass, The armed camp on the Tsrna, Natural defenses of Saloniki]
• Old and New Opinions about the Value of Permanent and Fortified Positions. Translated from German by Col. W.R.Livermore, US Army, ret. (I, II, III) and Maj.Henry Swift, Chaplain, US Army, ret. (IV, V). From Schweizerische Zeitschrift fur Artillerie and Genie, June 1917); 29 pages Price 3.00 {Item No.6281} [Part two of four]
• Fortifications as Dependent upon Advances in Human Knowledge. by Capt. C.T.Sacket, Engineers, U.S.A.; 23 pages, 21 illus. Price 2.50 {Item No.6282} [A history of fortification]
• Development of Gun Manufacture. by Lieut.W.H.W.Skerrett, Inspector of Ordnance, Ordnance Reserve Corps, U.S.A.; 31 pages, 11 illus. Price 3.00 {Item No.6283} [Includes: Introduction, Early types of cannon, First use of mobile artillery, Advent of breech-loading guns, Artillery first used for defense, Gun stresses, Rifling of guns, Non-recoiling carriage, Accuracy of Shrapnel fire, Development of early guns, Built-up guns, Recoiling devices, Calculation of gun stresses, Gun classification, Rapidity of fire, Accuracy of fire, Operation of fuses, Size limitations of guns, Gun inspection, Chemical and physical requirements of gun metal, Heat treatment, Standard test-specimens, Gun factors of safety, Engineering problem of the war, Discussion: General, Creuset 75-mm Gun, Long range guns, Stream line shells and vacuum effect, Rifling methods, Double-acting shells not practicable, Field for automatic machinery, Serious faults of wire-wound gun, Difficulty of firing at airplanes, Armor-piercing projectile's action]
• Old and New Opinions about the Value of Permanent and Fortified Positions. Translated from german by Col. W.R.Livermore, US Army, ret. (I, II, III) and Maj.Henry Swift, Chaplain, US Army, ret. (IV, V). From Schweizerische Zeitschrift fur Artillerie and Genie, June 1917); 31 pages Price 3.00 {Item No.6285} [Part three of four]
• Notes on the Field Emplacement of a German Large Caliber Gun. by Col.G.B.Pillbury, Corps of Engineers, II Corps, A.E.F.; 8 pages, 3 illus. Price 1.00 {Item No.6286}
• Aerial Photography. by H.E. Haferkorn, Engineer school library. Bibliography of available of material relating to the means, methods , experiments and results of aerial photography, prepared in three parts, each part with an index; 27 pages Price 3.00 {Item No.6287} [Includes: Photo-topography, and kindred subjects. Balloon photography, including Kite-Pigeon-Rocket-Cameras] [Part three of three]

Professional Memoirs. Corps of Engineers, United States Army and Engineer Department at Large. Vol.11 (1919); Selected articles:

• Old and New Opinions about the Value of Permanent and Fortified Positions. Translated from german by Col. W.R.Livermore, US Army, ret. (I, II, III) and Maj.Henry Swift, Chaplain, US Army, ret. (IV, V). From Schweizerische Zeitschrift fur Artillerie and Genie, June 1917); 18 pages Price 3.00 {Item No. 6288} [Part four of four]
• The Future of Permanent Fortifications. Translated from French by Capt.C.Beard, Engineers, U.S.Army; 18 pages Price 2.00 {Item No.6289}
• Use of pack mules for carrying rock. Extract from the report of the operations of the 602d Engineers; 1 page Price .50 {Item No.6290}
• Notes on the operations of the Italian Engineers. by Lieut.James H.England, Engineers, U.S.Army; 6 pages, 5 illus. Price .50 {Item No.6291}
• Ammunition Dumps. From appendix to the report operations of the 301st Engineers; 3 pages, 2 illus. Price .50 {Item No.6292}
• The Development of Antiaircraft Searchlights. by Lieut.Col.James B.Cress, Engineers, U.S.Army; 11 pages, 6 illus. Price 1.50 {Item No.6293}
• Technical Engineering Details of the Hinderburg Line in the Sector of Attack of the II Army Corps. by Col. G.B.Pillsbury, Engineers, U.S.A.; 25 pages, 18 illus. Price 2.50 {Item No.6294} [Includes: Introduction, Trenches, Wire Entanglements, Shelters, Machine gun emplacements, Observation posts, Miscellaneous features, Re-enforced concrete, The organization of the Canal tunnel, Lessons from the attack]
• Memoranda on the Camouflage Service of the United States Army. by Major Evarts Tracy, Engineers, U.S.A.; 10 pages Price 1.00 {Item No.6295}
• A Technical Description of the British Light Railways in France. by Lt.Col.B.W.Guppy; 32 pages Price 3.00 {Item No.6296} [Includes: Introduction, Track construction and maintenance, Motive power and rolling stock, Cares in use on the "C" line, Water supply, Operation of the C-section lines: Operating miles, Control board, Control boxes, Operating forces and organization, Classes of traffic, Traffic, Operating statistics, Operating back area lines, General remarks. Appendix I: Light railway operating rules and signals, Whistles applying to drivers and guards, Hand signals, Operating statistics light railway III Army]
• The Coblenz Ponton Bridge. by Major J.W.Skelly, Corps of Engineers; 12 pages, 13 illus. Price 1.50 {Item No.6297}
• The Military Mapping Problem in the United States. by Lt.Col.R.C.Kuldell, Corps of Engineers; 16 pages, 2 illus. Price 2.00 {Item No.6298} [Includes: Introduction, The scale, The projection and grid, The size of sheet, Way and means. Comment on the Military Mapping Problem in the United States]
• Employment of Divisional Engineeers. by Headquarters Eight Army Corps, A.E.F.; 4 pages Price .50 {Item No.6299} [Includes: Introduction, Examples of employment of Division Engineers]
• Improved type of German Pill Box. by Lt.Col.J.Edward Cassidy, Engineers, U.S.A.; 6 pages, 5 illus. Price 1.00 {Item No.6300}
• "Adobe" Shot with Grade III TNT on Boulder. Report to Bureau of Mines, Department of the Interior. by Mr.J.E. Tiffany, Explosives Experiment Station; 1 page Price .50 {Item No.6301}
• Report of Tests to Demonstrate the Adaptability of Grade III TNT for Clearing Land, or Similar Uses. Report to Bureau of Mines, Department of the Interior. by Mr.W.J.Montgomery, Junior Engineeer; 3 pages, 1 illus. Price .50 {Item No.6302}
• Report on Shot of Grade III TNT Under Water. Report to Bureau of Mines, Department of the Interior. by Mr.W.J.Montgomery, Junior Engineeer; 2 pages Price .50 {Item No.6303}
• Report on Breaking Concrete Pier with Adobe Shots of Grade III TNT and 40 Per Cent Straight Nitroglycerin Dynamite. Report to Bureau of Mines, Department of the Interior. by Mr.A.B.Coates, Explosives Experiment Station; 5 pages, 1 illus. Price .50 {Item No.6304}
• Reports of Tests to Determine the Adaptability of Grade III TNT for Shooting Oak Stumps. Report to Bureau of Mines, Department of the Interior. by Mr.W.J.Montgomery, Explosives Experiment Station; 7 pages, 10 illus. Price 1.00 {Item No.6305}
• German Traps and Land Mines. From a captured German Document.; 2 pages, 5 illus. Price .50 {Item No.6306} [Includes: Tank Mines]
• High-Burst Ranging. by Lieut.Montague Blundon, 74th Engineers; 15 pages Price 1.50 {Item No.6307} [Includes: Introduction, General remarks, Systems: Telemetric system, False angle of site method, Tangent reticule method, Instruments and operations, Reports and manuals]
• The Barrier Type of Tank Defenses. In the St.Mihiel and Grande Montagne Sectors by the 304th Engineers under Col.James F.Barber. Report by A.C.Rubel, Topographic Officer; 11 pages, 13 illus. Price 1.50 {Item No.6308}
• German Mine for Wrecking Tanks. by Artillery Inspector, Ministry of War, French Army; 3 pages, 3 illus. Price .50 {Item No.6309}
• Yperite Mine. Report of the Municipal Laboratory of the City of Paris; 4 pages, 2 illus. Price .50 {Item No.6310} [Chemical Warfare charge]
• Reinforced Concrete Shelters of German Hindenburg Line. by Capt.Aubrey H.Bond, 5th Engineers; 13 pages, 15 illus. Price 2.00 {Item No.6311} [Includes: Front line type, Support line type, Reverse line type, Turret type, Method of construction, Tactical Dispositions]
• Experiments with Blast and Pressure Meters. by Col.E.H.Schulz, Corps of Engineers, U.S.A.; 24 pages, 22 illus. Price 2.50 {Item No.6312} [Includes: Introduction, Theories and Formulas of breaking plates]
• Final Report of Flash and Sound Ranging Service; 33 pages, 1 illus. Price 3.50 {Item No.6313} [Includes: Chronological, Equipment, Personnel, Sound ranging, Flash ranging. Organization: Schools and Depot, Organization with an army, Criticism of organization as regards personnel. Equipment: Technical equipment: Flash ranging, Criticism of equipment, Operation, Miscellaneous, Reorganization]
• Accuracy of S.R.S. and F.R.S. Locations. Period subsequent to St.Mihiel offensive. by G-2-C GHQ, AEF, January 1919; 7 pages, large map Price 2.00 {Item No.6314} [S.R.S.=Sound ranging service, F.R.S.=Flash ranging service]
• Note on the Accuracy of Sound Ranging Locations; 37 pages, many illus. Price 5.00 {Item No.6315} [Includes: Details of the operations against many of German batteries on the St.Mihiel front, battery by battery]
• Antitank Defenses. From AEF Ordnance Bulletin of August 24, 1918; 8 pages, 1 illus. Price 1.00 {Item No.6316}[Includes: Tank ditch, German Anti-tank mine, Anti-Tank Defense, Organization of Anti-Tank defense, Conduct of infantry fighting in conjunction with Tanks, German Anti-Tank artillery, Notice: On mine against tanks: Nature of Device: Fuse, Box, Method of use, Removing the mine, Tactical use]
• Volcanic Tuff and its Uses. From lecture delivered before Offices Schools, 301st Engineers, by Capt.A.L.Shaw on 4 April 1919, at Brohl-am-Rhine, Germany; 13 pages, 12 illus. Price 1.50 {Item No.6317} [Puzzolan cement or concrete. Used originally by the ancient Romans]
• Fire and Effect of Modern Artillery. by Capt.C.Beard, Training Section, Office Chief of Engineers; 48 pages, 22 illus. Price 5.00 {Item No.6318} [Includes: Introduction, Classification, Units, Definitions Relative to the trajectory, Classification of projectiles, Method of action of time-fuss shrapnel, Projectile with open sheaf, Dispersion, Study of dispersion, Influence upon the probable error of a terrain not horizontal, Dispersion in time fuse fire, Zone of security, Dispersion, slope and destruction of accessory defenses, Distance between trench and wire, Effect of slope on destructive fire, Destructive effects of projectiles: General considerations, The destruction of field works, The destruction of deep shelters, Destruction of armor plate and concrete works, Barrage fire and concentration between the infantry and the artillery, Artillery in the offensive, Plan of attack, Artillery in the defensive]
• Future Organization. Author unknown; 10 pages Price 1.00 {Item No.6319} [Engineer reorganization after WWI]
• The Roads in France. by Col.G.A.Youngberg; 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]
• The Telemetric System of High Burst Ranging. Prepared by Lieut.Montague Blundon, Training section, Office Chief of Engineers; 30 pages, 14 illus. Price 4.00 {Item No.6321} [Includes: Introduction, General outline of system, Instruments, Theory, Operation]
• Bridging the Rhine with German Ponton Equipage. by Col.S.C.Godfrey, Engineer, U.S.Army; 10 pages, 5 illus. Price 1.00 {Item No.6322}
• Notes on Organization of German Engineers. by Col.S.C.Godfrey; 3 pages Price .50 {Item No.6323} [Includes: The Division, The Corps, The Army, The S.O.S., Use of Engineers as Infantry, Conclusions]
• The Divisional Engineer Officer and His Relation to the Artillery and Infantry. by Col.George R.Spalding, Corps of Engineers; 27 pages Price 3.00 {Item No.6324} [Includes: General duties, Preparation of sector for defense, Preparation for offense, In training area, Discussion]
• The First Six Weeks on the Western Front. by Col.C.L.Hall, Engineers, U.S.A.; 21 pages, 2 illus. Price 2.00 {Item No.6325} [This article was part of two lectures to be delivered at the Army Engineer School as part the course of the Military Art. Intended as a study of applying the 'Estimate of the Situation' system to actual example]
• Roads in Supply and Attack. by Col.W.G.Caples, Engineers, U.S.A.; 25 pages, 4 illus. Price 2.50 {Item No.6326}
• Engineers Troops in an Advance. by Col.G.B.Pillbury, Engineers, U.S.A.; 20 pages Price 2.00 {Item No.6327} [Includes: Activities of Engineers, Roads, Bridges, Enemy mines, Water supply, Stores, Miscellaneous duties]
• Water Supply for a Field Army. by Mr.Arthur H.Pratt; 12 pages, 5 illus. Price 1.50 {Item No.6328} [Includes: Introduction, Organization, The water point, Water quality, Water for animals, A moving army, Equipment, Personnel]
• Furnishing Timber for Military Operations. by Lieut.Col.W.B.Greeley, Engineers, U.S.A.; 8 pages Price 1.00 {Item No.6329}
• Notes on a Divisional Engineer Regiment in the Army of Occupation, December, 1918, to May, 1919. by Col.D.D.Pullen, Tank Corps, Capt., Corps of Engineers; 6 pages Price .50 {Item No.6330}
• Future Organization. by Lieut.Col.S.F.Crecelius, Engineers; 4 pages Price .50 {Item No.6331}