LOGISTICS

Transportation

Military Article Photocopies available from Military/Info

Contents

General
Motor
Air
Railway
Water
Other

General

• Faulkner, Lt.Col.Lyman S.."Security During Movement", Infantry School Quarterly, Vol.39, No.2 (October 1951); 9 pages, 3 illus. Price 1.00 {Item No.10485}
• Meyer, Captain Harold J.."The Sounding Board: Cut the Frills,"Infantry. Vol.50, No.1 (January 1960); 2 pages Price .50 {Item No.11042} [Unit organizations are overburdened by ponderous gadgets which they don’t need. Mobility can be increased by getting rid of them]
• Division of Military Engineering of the International Congress of Engineers. "The Transport of Troops and Supplies," by Brig. Gen.S.B.Holabird, U.S.Army (retired). Columbian Exposition (1894), XXIII. ; 8 pages Price 1.00 {Item No.6124}
• Division of Military Engineering of the International Congress of Engineers. "Transportation and Subsistance," by Col.Olbrecht, Army of Switzerland. Columbian Exposition (1894), XXIV. ; 8 pages Price 1.00 {Item No.6125} [Includes: Transportation, Military organized transportation, Private vehicles, Rail and Steamboat Transports, Conditions for Transport, Normal Loads, Subsistance, Modes of Procuring Provisions: By Contract, Regie or Magazine system, Requestions]
• Haydock, Lieut.Roger."Battle Front Transportation," Professional Memoirs. Corps of Engineers. Vol.10 (1918); 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]
• Bond, Col.P.S., Corps of Engineers. "Rail and Motor Transportation as Applied to Military Operations," Professional Memoirs. Corps of Engineer, Vol.10 (1918); 16 pages Price 1.50 {Item No.6258}
• War Department, Ordnance Office. "On Army Transport," Ordnance Notes.---No.269 (Washington, 16 March 1883) by Lt.Col.C.R.Shervinton, deputy commissary general, h.p.. From the Journal of the Royal United Service Institution; 22 pages Price 2.50 {Item No.5269} [Includes: General, Organized transport, Military transport, Auxiliary transport, Regimental transport, Local or hired transport, Railways, Constructive park, Pack transport, Arms, Conclusions]
• War Department."Transport,"War Dept.Doc.No.605 Field Service Pocket Book (1917), Chapter Va; 4 pages, 1 table  Price .50  {Item No.22044} [Includes: Transport: Approximate weights and measures, General principles]
• American Expeditionary Force."Organization and Equipment No.1:  Road Spaces and War Strength of Units," Engineer Field Notes. Engineer Field Note No.6 (AEF 1918); 1 pages, 1 large table  Price .50  {Item No.1566-38}

Motor

• Agnelli, Lt.Bernard F.."The Mule Returns,"Infantry School Quarterly, Vol.46, No.4 (October 1956); 5 pages, 7 illus. Price .50 {Item No.10809} [The mechanical mule]
• Buckner, Captain Allen M.."Beggers and Riders – and M59s,"Infantry. Vol.50, No.4 (August-September 1960); 3 pages, 4 illus. Price .50 {Item No.11114} [How is it best for a infantry company commander to use M59 armored personnel carriers when they are attached to his infantry company]
• 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}
• Cohoe, Pfc David L., Jr.."Wheels for War," Infantry School Quarterly, Vol.45, No.4 (October 1955); 10 pages, 5+ illus. Price 1.00 {Item No.10746} [A short history of motor transport from 1916] [Includes: Introduction, Trail by fire, Growing pains, The absent quad, Giant steps, Today and tomorrow]
• Cook, Capt.Robert M., Infantry."Your New 2 1/2-Ton Truck," Infantry School Quarterly, Vol.38, No.1 (January 1951); 13 pages, 6 illus. Price 1.50 {Item No.10446} [Includes: Introduction, Why?, What was wrong with the GMC?, Maintenance, Is this a better truck? (The M-34)]
• Edmond, Major Emil V.B., Infantry. "Use of Heavy Weapons Company Communication and Transportation in Attack," Infantry School Quarterly, Vol.36, No.1 (January 1950) ; 17 pages, 11 illus. Price 2.00 {Item No.10388}
• Ewing, Lt.Col.John T., Infantry." The Colonel's Motors," Infantry School Quarterly, Vol.36, No.2 (April 1950) ; 15 pages Price 1.50 {Item No.10393} [A series of letter like conversions about the Motor officer's job]
• Ewing, Lt.Col.John T., Infantry. "More About "The Colonel's Motors," Infantry School Quarterly, Vol.37, No.2 (October 1950); 8 illus. Price 1.00 {Item No.10428} [A dialogue comparing tracked verses wheel vehicles]
• Hanley, CWO James M.."Why Governors?," Infantry School Quarterly, Vol.45, No.3 (July 1955); 4 pages, 2+ illus. Price .50 {Item No.10724} [Motor vehicle engine governors]
• Hanley, CWO James M.."Why the M-series?,"Infantry School Quarterly, Vol.46, No.3 (July 1956) ; 5 pages, 4 illus. Price .50 {Item No.10790} [M series unit vehicles and how they are different from WWII vehicles]
• Kerr,Lt.Thomas D., Infantry."Automotive Field Expedients", Infantry School Quarterly, Vol.40, No.1 (January 1952); 4 pages, 5 illus. Price .50 {Item No.10504}
• Noonan, Major James H.."Misguided Missile,"Infantry School Quarterly, Vol.47, No.1 (January 1957); 8 pages, 6 illus. Price 1.00 {Item No.10832} [Drivers training to prevent accidents]
• Patterson, Major James A., Infantry."The New 2-1/2 Ton GMC," Infantry School Quarterly, Vol.41, No.2 (October 1952); 7 pages, 5 illus. Price 1.00 {Item No.10549}
• Terry, Major T.E.."The GOERS Are Coming,"Infantry. Vol.50, No.1 (January 1960); 3 pages, 10 illus. Price .50 {Item No.11031} [The new class of logistical trucks]
• Terry, Major T.E.."The Goers are Coming – So What?,"Infantry. Vol.50, No.2 (February-March 1960); 4 pages, 6 illus. Price .50 {Item No.11058} [More about the new army class of logistical trucks]
• Wheaton, Captain Robert L.."A Neglected Art," Infantry, Vol.51, No.5 (September-Octobert 1961); 2 pages, 4 illus. Price .50 {Item No.11299} [Various techniques and equipment used in Vehicle recovery]
• Williams, Captain Davant T.."Vehicle Navigation,"Infantry, Vol.48, No.3 (July-September 1958); 4 pages, 6 illus. Price .50 {Item No.10933) [Vehicle navigation system undergoing testing]
• U.S.Army Infantry School. "The Trucks Get Through—Cross-Country," The Infantry School Mailing List Vol.VII, Chapter III. (December 1933-1934); 15 pages, 5 illus. Price 1.50 {Item No.10003} [In which we follow a motor transport train through the trails and tribulations of a hard movement across country and see the application of some the aids and expedients resorted to by a resourceful leader in overcoming difficulties characteristic of such a movement]
• U.S.Army Infantry School. "The Use of Civilian-Owned Motor Vehicles in War," Infantry School Mailing List, Vol. XI, Chapter 5. (January 1936); 8 pages Price 1.00 {Item No.10052}
• U.S.Army Infantry School. "Route Information for Motor Vehicle Movements (An Infantry School Study)," Infantry School Mailing List, Volume XII, Chapter 11. (July 1936); 15 pages, 3 illus. Price 1.50 {Item No.10073}
• U.S.Army Infantry School. "Road Capacities for Military Highway Traffic," Infantry School Mailing List, Volume XII, Chapter 12. (July 1936); 30 pages Price 3.00 {Item No.10074} [Includes: Running speeds, Definitions, Factors affecting road capacity, One-way traffic: Capacity of one lane, Road time on a one-lane road, Average speeds. Capacity of two-lane, One-way highways: Road time on a two-lane one-way Road. Heavy vehicles and mixed units. Comparison to actual traffic conditions on highways, The affect of reducing speed, Delays due to stopping, Accidents, Other types of road, Types of road available, When second-rate roads must be used, Hostile action against motor columns: Hostile air action, Hostile ground action. Application to mechanized forces, Conclusion]
• U.S.Army Infantry School. "Motor shuttling of troops by motor transportation (shuttling)(Infantry School Teaching)," Infantry School Mailing List, Vol. XVI, Chapter 9. (April 1938); 23 pages, 6 illus., 4 tables Price 2.50 {Item No.10121}
• U.S.Army Infantry School. "Motor shuttling of a reinforced regiment (map problem)(Infantry School Teaching)," Infantry School Mailing List, Vol. XVI, Chapter 10. (April 1938); 10 pages, 1 illus., 1 map Price 1.00 {Item No.10122} [Includes: Illustrative problem, First requirement, Notes, Situation continued, Second requirement, A solution to the first requirement, A discussion]
• U.S.Army Infantry School. "Protection of motor tactical movements (An Infantry School Teaching)," Infantry School Mailing List, Vol. XVIII, Chapter 1. (July 1939); 18 pages, 4 illus. Price 2.00 {Item No.10139} [Includes: Introduction, Transportation required, Types of movements possible, Vulnerability and types of expected attacks, Protection-General, Protection of a motorized troop movement into an area that is secure from ground attack, Protection of a motorized troop movement into an area where there is a possibility of hostile ground interference, Motor troop movement into an area not controlled by friendly troops in position, Selection of routes, Main body, Summary]
• U.S.Army Infantry School. "Protecting a brigade motor movement (Infantry School Teaching)," Infantry School Mailing List, Vol. XVIII, Chapter 2. (July 1939); 32 pages, 11 illus. Price 3.00 {Item No.10140} [Includes: Illustrative problem, Situation, First requirement, A solution to the first requirement, Discussion of first requirement, Special situation (Blue) continued, Requirements two to six each with a solution and discussion, the second requirement notes the air situation]
• U.S.Army Infantry School. "Entrucking a command (Peace Strength Infantry Regiment of Triangular Division)(An Infantry School Teaching)," Infantry School Mailing List, Vol. XX, Chapter 2. (July 1940); 26 pages, 10 illus. Price 3.00 {Item No.10163} [Includes: Introduction, Regulating point, Entrucking and detrucking points, Entrucking groups, Initial point, Entrucking table, Illustrative problem, Requirement, A solution of the requirement]
• U.S.Army Infantry School. "Loads of Infantry motor vehicles (An Infantry School Study)," Infantry School Mailing List, Vol. XX, Chapter 9. (July 1940); 44 pages, 19 illus. Price 4.50 {Item No.10170} [Includes: Introduction, Notes. (then the article describes the vehicles available to the units of an infantry regiment their capabilities and what needs to be loaded)]
• U.S.Army Infantry School. "Troop Movement by Motor (Map problem)(An Infantry School Teaching)," Infantry School Mailing List, Vol. XXIII, Chapter 5. (February 1942); 17 pages, 1 illus. Price 2.00 {Item No.10201} [Includes: Situation, followed by three requirements each with a continuing situation, requirement, a solution and discussion. Summary]
• U.S.Army Infantry School. "Motor Vehicle Operation in Extreme Climates," Infantry School Mailing List, Vol. XXV, Chapter 1. (February 1943); 26 pages, 5 illus. Price 3.00 {Item No.10219} [Includes: Introduction, Part I. Desert Operations: Introduction, Desert Temperatures, Sand and dust, Maintenance of direction, Antiaircraft protection, General precautions. Part II. Operation in Snow and Extreme Cold: Introduction, Effects of freezing and thawing, Effects of blizzards and snowstorms, Effects of ice and snow]
• U.S.Army Infantry School. "Improvised Mats for Moving Vehicles Over Soft Terrain," Infantry School Mailing List, Vol. XXVI, Chapter 10. (July 1943); 13 pages, 8 illus. Price 1.50 {Item No.10241}
• U.S.Army Infantry School. "Movement of an Infantry Regiment by Motor," Infantry School Quarterly, Vol.XXXII, No.1 (January 1948); 20 pages, 1 illus. Price 2.00 {Item No.10302} [Includes: Introduction, Glossary: Terms and definitions, Formulas, Problem, Movement data, Infantry regiment. Discussion , Conclusion]
• War Department. Military Intelligence Service."Quartermaster (Technical)," Tactical and Technical Trends Vol.I., No.3, Section I. (16 July 1942); 2 pages  Price .50 {Item No.12534} [German Gasoline Subtitutes (Compressed Gas: Propane and butane, Methane (natural gas), Coal gas. Producer gas (Gas Generators (wood burning))]
• War Department. Military Intelligence Service."Fuel Supply for Tanks," Tactical and Technical Trends Vol.I., No.7 (10 September 1942); 1 paragraph  Price .50  {Item No.12591}
• War Department. Military Intelligence Service."Gasoline and Ammunition Supply – Libya," Tactical and Technical Trends Vol.I., No.7 (10 September 1942); 2 pages  Price .50  {Item No.12597}
• War Department. Military Intelligence Service."German Night-Driving Equipment," Tactical and Technical Trends Vol.I., No.9 (8 October 1942); 4 pages, 1 illus.  Price .50  {Item No.12643}
• War Department. Military Intelligence Service."Motor Transport Problems in French Equatorial Africa," Tactical and Technical Trends Issue No.14, No.28 (17 December 1942); 4 pages  Price .50  {Item No.12777} [A 1000 mile trip taking 4-6 weeks]
• War Department. Military Intelligence Service."Conservation of Class III Supplies," Tactical and Technical Trends Issue No.14, No.31 (17 December 1942); 1 page  Price .50  {Item No.12780}[German Fuel conservation and consumption]
• War Department. Military Intelligence Service."German Road Trains," Tactical and Technical Trends Issue No.17, No.19 (January 1943); 1 pages  Price .50 {Item No.12857}
• War Department."Motor Movements,"FM 101-10  Staff Officers' Field Manual. Organization, Technical and Logistical Data (10 October 1943), Chapter 2, Section I; 25 pages, Many tables  Price 3.00 {Item No.22084} [Including: Introduction, Basic Road Spaces, Average Time Lengths of Cavalry, Men on Foot, and Animal Drawn Field Artillery Columns, Rates and Length of Marches: Foot, Animal and Motor Elements. Forced Marches: Foot and Animal Elements. Mortor movements: Truck capacities for troop movement, Truck capacities for animals. Form for tabulating numbers of trucks required for movement by motor transport (tactical movements) Infantry Division. Time length traffic flow, and density of motor columns: Close columns, Open columns. Average road space of motor columns at various speeds, Motor movements by echelon, March graphs and march tables, Examples. Forms for abridged table, Road spaces and time lengths: Infantry Division, Light Division. Motor movement by echelon: Infantry Division. Assignment of motor transport for movement of foot troops. Example of work sheet showing availability of cargo trucks]
• War Department. Military Intelligence Service."German Motorcycle Tractor," Tactical and Technical Trends Issue No.19, No.19 (25 February 1943); 10 pages, 3 illus.  Price 2.00 {Item No.12907}
• War Department. Military Intelligence Service."Axis Motor Vehicles in North Africa," Tactical and Technical Trends Issue No.21, No.15 (1 March 1943); 1 page  Price .50 {Item No.12927}
• War Department. Military Intelligence Service."Axis Use of Diesel Oil for Anti-Freeze," Tactical and Technical Trends Issue No.21, No.13 (25 March 1943); 1 page  Price .50 {Item No.12948}
• War Department. Military Intelligence Service."Gas and Oil in German Mechanized Vehicles," Tactical and Technical Trends Issue No.21, No.14 (25 March 1943); 2 pages  Price .50 {Item No.12949}
• War Department. Military Intelligence Service."Enemy Fuels Examined," Tactical and Technical Trends Issue No.22, No.23 (8 April 1943); 2 pages  Price .50 {Item No.12977}
• War Department, Office of the Chief of Ordnance. "Advantages of motor traction," Chapter XVI. Motor, Tractors, and Tanks, Ordnance Dept.Doc.No.1861  Handbook of Ordnance Data (1919); Economy of supply and maintenance, Mobility, Vulnerability, Leather saving, Supply of tractors unlimited, Ease of comcealment, Sanitary conditions, Motorization of field artillery - 75mm gun, Motorization of 155mm howitzer, Motorization of the 4.7 inch gun, Number of vehicles, Motor transport for one army, five corps, Initial requirements, Repairs and replacements, Repairs, Training in United States; 6 pages, 1 illus.  Price 1.00 {Item No.22583}
• War Department, Office of the Chief of Ordnance. "Motor Trucks," Chapter XVI. Motor, Tractors, and Tanks, Ordnance Dept.Doc.No.1861  Handbook of Ordnance Data (1919); Table 37: Trucks and cars (chassis only), Table 38: Trucks and cars complete3-ton truck chassis F.W.D. models B and B-1917, Engine, Table: 39: Motor trucks supplied by Ordnance Department, Steering, Clutch, Transmission, Brakes, Axles, Chassis; Truck 3-ton model of 1918 ordnance department, Weight, Nature of units employed, Interchangeable parts, Conditions to to satisfied, Preliminary tests, Service test, Results of tests, Standardization, Interchangeablity of gears; Two ton truck chassis Nash moded 4017 F.and L., Power plant, Transmission, Axles Transoms, Speed of truck, Staff observation car, Operation and function, Body and equipment, Chassis and equipment, Reconnissance car, Operation and function, Body and equipment, Chassis motor tires and equipment; Light repair truck. Use, Ammunition truck, Equipment for care maintenance and repair of ordnance materiel, Repair vehicles, Repair shop equipment, Equipment repair truck, Use, Artillery repair truck, Use, Artillery supply truck, Types of loads, Chests carried; Four ton trailer crane: Table 40: Trailers and trailer chassis, Three inch field gun trailer, Ten ton trailer, Construction, Loading; 24 pages, 11 illus.  Price 3.00 {Item No.22584}
• War Department, Office of the Chief of Ordnance. "Use of Artillery Supply Truck," Chapter XVI. Motor, Tractors, and Tanks, Ordnance Dept.Doc.No.1861  Handbook of Ordnance Data (1919); Load A, Load B, Load C, Load D, Load E (for heavy batteries), Organization supplied, Heavy artillery mobile repair shops, Special trailer, Equipment and arrangement of a repair section, Four ton trailer, Body, Top, Use; 3 pages, 1 illus.  Price .50 {Item No.22585}

Air

• Cockrell, Capt.J.K., Infantry."Balancing Cargo Aircraft--An Easier Way," Infantry School Quarterly, Vol.38, No.1 (January 1951); 12 pages, 5 illus. Price 1.00 {Item No.10443} [A C-119 cargo plane is the main example, but other cargo aircraft are included]
• Cockrell, Major J.K., Infantry."Tie it Down Tight", Infantry School Quarterly, Vol.39, No.2 (October 1951); 14 pages, 4 illus. Price 1.50 {Item No.10483} [A procedure for tying down loads for air movement]
• Cockrell, Major James K., Infantry."Let's Streamline Air Movement", Infantry School Quarterly, Vol.40, No.2 (April 1952); 7 pages Price 1.00 {Item No.10511} [Streamlining the planning for air movement]
• Cunningham, Lt.Colonel Hubert S.."Air Mobility -- Staff Planning,"Infantry School Quarterly, Vol.46, No.1 (January 1956); 4 pages, 2 illus. Price .50 {Item No.10756}
• Dessert, Captain Rolland A.."Supply by Air," Infantry School Quarterly, Vol.43, No.2 (October 1953); 7 pages, 3 illus. Price 1.00 {Item No.10609} [Includes: Introduction, Air supply request, The drop zone, Coordination, Communication, Panels, Use of smoke, Clearing the drop zone, The drop]
• Johnson, Lt.Col.Lehman H.."Blueprint - Air Withdrawal," Infantry School Quarterly, Vol.45, No.2 (April 1955); 9 pages, 1+ illus. Price 1.00 {Item No.10697} [Includes: Introduction, Organization, Execution, Planning]
• McClure, Major Richard , Infantry."Short Cut to Theory of Lashing", Infantry School Quarterly, Vol.41, No.1 (July 1952); 3 pages, 1 illus. Price .50 {Item No.10539} [Computation of aircraft cargo lashing]
• Raudstein, Major Knut H., Infantry."Movement by Air," Infantry School Quarterly, Vol.38, No.2 (April 1951); 10 pages, 3 illus. Price 1.00 {Item No.10460} [Staff planning for a air movement, loading plans and SOP's]
• U.S.Army Infantry School. "Troop movement by air transport," Infantry School Mailing List, Vol. XIX, Chapter 5. (February 1940); 18 pages, 1 illus.plus organizational charts Price 2.00 {Item No.10155} [Includes: Introduction, Movement of an infantry battalion, Personnel to be moved, Ammunition, equipment, and supplies to be transported, Loading of personnel and equipment, Priorities and responsiblities, Summary]
• U.S.Army Infantry School. "The Mechanics of Moving Troops by Air," Infantry School Mailing List, Vol. XXX, Chapter 3. (April 1947); 32 pages, 5 illus. Price 3.50 {Item No.10268} [Includes: Part I: Introduction, Coordination and liaison, Training, Prior planning, Conclusion. Part II. Standing operating procedure air movement plan “A”]
• U.S.Army Infantry School. "Supply by Air," Infantry School Quarterly, Vol.XXXI, No.1 (July 1947); 22 pages, 21 illus. Price 2.50 {Item No.10287} [Second in a series of articles, First one is in Infantry School Mailing List, Vol.XXX, "Movement of Troops by Air"]
• U.S.Army Infantry School. "Logistics of Aerial Supply," Infantry School Quarterly, Vol.XXXI, No.2 (October 1947); 17 pages, 5 illus. Price 2.00 {Item No.10293} [Includes: Introduction, Aerial supply and resupply planning]
• U.S.Army Infantry School. "Emergency Transport by Bomber," Infantry School Quarterly, Vol.XXXI, No.2 (October 1947); 6 pages, 1 illus. Price .50 {Item No.10297}
• U.S.Army Infantry School. "Staff Planning for an Air-Transported Operation," Infantry School Quarterly, Vol.XXXIII, No.1 (July 1948); 33 pages, 9 illus. {Item No.10323} [Includes: Intrduction, Capabilities and limitations of aircraft, First problem, Basic planning guide, Second problem, Air movement table, Third problem, Air loading table, Fourth problem, Flight manifest, Solutions, Conclusion]
• War Department."Movement by Air Transport,"FM 101-10  Staff Officers' Field Manual. Organization, Technical and Logistical Data (10 October 1943), Chapter 10; 16 pages, illus.  Price 2.00 {Item No.22110} [Including: Introduction, Definitions, Outline of procedure, Tactical movement by air transport diagram, Administrative movement by air transport outline of procedure diagram, Orders to unit to be moved, Orders to the air task force, Initial studies, Conference between the commander of the unit to be moved and commander of the air task force, Plans and orders of unit to be moved, Plans and orders of the air task force commander, Form for showing strength and composition of unit, Form of equipment table, Airplanes required, Airplane loads, Air transport movement table, Weight of personnel and equipment tables]
• War Department. Military Intelligence Service."A 550-Pound “Food Bomb”," Tactical and Technical Trends Issue No.22, No.22 (8 April 1943); 2 paragraphs  Price .50 {Item No.12976}

Railway

• Division of Military Engineering of the International Congress of Engineers. "Military Railway, Bridges, Locomotives, and Rolling Stock," by Captain C.G.Bate, Royal Engineers. Columbian Exposition (1894), XII. ; 11 pages, plus 21 illus. Price 5.00 {Item No.6112}
• Royal Engineers, Corps of."Railway,"Aide Memorie to the Military Sciences (1862), Vol.III; 50 pages, 18 illus. plus 28 plates of illus. Price 7.00 {Item No.20450} [Includes: Preliminary remarks, Guages, Competing lines, Legislative enactments, Objects and advantages of railways, Construction of railways - Cost, Survey, Curves and gradients, Laying out a railway, Quantity of land necessary, Earthworks, Method of using the tables: For the trunk or central part in a cutting of embankment, For the slopes on the side of cutting or embankment, Embankments, Tunnel, Viaducts, Effects of velocity on bridges subject to deflection, Strength of iron, Bridges, Level crossings, Draining, Formation, Permanent way, Rails, Qualities of iron, Points and switches, Turn tables, Sidings, Signals, Stations, To make coke, Carriages, wagons, etc., Wheels, Axles of carriages, Springs, Axle boxes, Framing, Coupling and buffers, Passenger carriages, Cattle wagons, Brakes, Locomotive engines, Resistances to trains, Working expenses, Maintenance of way, Cost of working, Fares, Traffic, American railways, Comparative cost of railways, Note by editor]
• Royal Engineers, Corps of."Steam Engine,"Aide Memorie to the Military Sciences (1862), Vol.III; 67 pages, 10 illus. Price 7.00 {Item No.20468} [Includes: Section I. Mechanical action produced by steam, Section II. The properties of steam, Section III. How water is converted into steam, and how steam is reconverted into water, Section IV. The mechanical effect produced by the conversion of water into steam, Section V. The mechanical effect produced by the conversion of steam into water, Section VI. How much heat is necessary to convert water into steam, Section VII. The mechanical force of steam by the its expansion, Section VIII. How a vacuum is produced without cooling the vessel containing the steam, Section IX. The mechanical action of steam may be augmented by heat imparted to it directly, Section X. How a piston is made to move alternately from end to end of a cylinder with a definite mechanical action, Section XI. How the alternate motion of the piston-rod is contained to the working beam, Section XII. How the alternate motion of the working beam produces a motion of continued rotation, Section XIII. How the steam engine is rendered a self acting machine, Section XIV. How the mechanical effect exerted by the piston is ascertained, Section XV. How the heat is produced by which steam is made, Section XVI. How the draft through the furnace of a steam engine is maintained, Section XVII. How the mechanical virtue of fuel is estimated and expressed, Section XVIII. How the power of an engine is estimated and expressed, as distinguished from its duty, Section XIX. The dimension of the boiler and furnace necessary for an engine of given power, Section XX. What dimensions of the cylinder and other machinery are requisite for a given power of engine, Section XXI. How the internal condition of the boiler and engine is rendered externally manifest, Section XXII. How the wants of the boiler and engine are supplied and how their operation is regulated, Section XXIII. How the steam engine is adapted to the working of pumps, Section XXIV. How the steam engine is constructed in case where a condensing apparatus is inadmissible, Section XXV. How the mechanical pressure of the steam on the piston is limited, and how the speed of the piston is affected by this, Examples, Section XXVII. Illustrations: Barometer gauge, Siphon barometer gauge, Glass water gauge, The spring safety value for high pressure boilers, Watt's indicator, The slide value]
• Royal Engineers, Corps of."Steam Engine, Locomotive: I. On the Consumption of Fuel and the Evaporation of Water,"Aide Memorie to the Military Sciences (1862), Vol.III; 29 pages Price 3.00 {Item No.20469} [Includes: Relation between the weight of fuel and the heat which it generates, Relation between mechanical force and the heat which produces it, The working duty of fuel as regards the production of steam, Diversion of heat generated, Production of such elevation of the temperature of the air or gases in the chimney as may be required to obtain the draft, Conduction through solids composing the furnace and boiler, and radiation from the same, Dissipation of unconsumed fuel, Mechanical dissipation of the fuel, Incomplete combustion of the elements of the fuel, The working duty of steam, Loss from resistances against the piston, produced by imperfect action of the valves, Loss from resistance of atmosphere against the piston, Loss as arising from imperfect condensation, and from heat carried off by, and not recovered from, the condensing water]
• Royal Engineers, Corps of."Steam Engine, Locomotive: II. Resistances to Railway Trains,"Aide Memorie to the Military Sciences (1862), Vol.III; 22 pages, 1 illus., 8 tables Price 2.50 {Item No.20470} [Includes: Resistances on the narrow gauge, Resistances to the broad gauge, Resistance of the blast pipe]
• Royal Engineers, Corps of."Steam Engine, Locomotive: III. Qualifications of Engine Drivers and Fire-men,"Aide Memorie to the Military Sciences (1862), Vol.III; 13 pages Price 1.50 {Item No.20471} [Includes: General duties, Extra trains, Luggage trains, Repairing road, Accidents, Fogs, Descending inclines, Ascending inclines, Extra inclines, Tunnels, Junctions, Reports, Duties in shed, Piloting]
• Royal Engineers, Corps of."Steam Engine, Locomotive: IV. Description of the 'Lord of the Isles' and the 'Liverpool' Locomotive Engines,"Aide Memorie to the Military Sciences (1862), Vol.III; 13 pages, 8 illus. Price 1.50 {Item No.20472} [Includes: 'Lord of the Isles' broad gauge locomotive engine, Description of the engravings, Crampton's patent locomotives, Description of the engravings]
• Royal Engineers, Corps of."Steam Engine, Locomotive: V. On the Dimensions of the Locomotive Engine Boiler in Relation to its Evaporative Power,"Aide Memorie to the Military Sciences (1862), Vol.III; 11 pages, 1 chart Price 1.50 {Item No.20473}
• War Department, Military Intelligence Division. "Jap Railway Procedures. Key to Burma Supply," Intelligence Bulletin Vol.III, No.12 (August 1945); 3 pages Price .50 {Item No.6029} [On Japanese WWII Forces][Includes: Railway Operating Procedure, Repair Capabilities, Concrete Causeway, Treatle over Water, Trestle over Land]
• U.S.Navy, Bureau of Navigation, Office of Naval Intelligence."The Armed Trains,"War Series No.III., Part III. Section XV. by Lt.-Commander Casper F.Goodrich, USN (1883); 8 pages, 10 illus. Price 1.00 {Item No.20237} [From "Report of the British Naval and Military Operations in Egypt, 1882"] [Includes: Armed Railway Trains. One employed at Alexandria, One employed on the Ismailia and Tel-el-Kebir line]
• U.S.Navy, Bureau of Navigation, Office of Naval Intelligence."XXIV. The Railway Company,"War Series No.III., Part III. Section XXIV. by Lt.-Commander Casper F.Goodrich, USN (1883); 11 pages, 10 illus. Price 1.00 {Item No.20246} [From "Report of the British Naval and Military Operations in Egypt, 1882"] [Includes: Organization, Equipment details, Operations, especially rail repair]
• War Department, Ordnance Office. "A Short History of the Ironclad Train," Ordnance Notes.---No.318 (Washington, September 1, 1883) by Lt.E.Warre Slade, R.N.. From the Journal of the Royal United Service Journal; 4 pages, 1 plate of illus. Price .50 {Item No.5318}
• Guppy, Lt.Col.B.W.A.."Technical Description of the British Light Railways in France," Professional Memoirs. Corps of Engineers. Vol.XI (1919); 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]
• Rose, Capt.W.H., Corps of Engineers. "Railway Transportation Required for a Pioneer Battalion, U.S.Army. Professional Memoirs. Corps of Engineers. Vol.III, No.12 (October-December1911); 5 pages, tables Price .50 {Item No.6178} [Interesting transportation example]
• War Department. Military Intelligence Service."Antiaircraft (Tactical)," Tactical and Technical Trends Vol.I., No.5, Section I. (13 August 1942); 4 pages, 1 illus.  Price .50  {Item No.12551} [Organization of German Antiaircraft Units. German Troops Train Protection against Air Attack]
• War Department. Military Intelligence Service."German Railway Flak," Tactical and Technical Trends Issue No.17, No.4 (January 1943); 6 pages, 5 illus.  Price 1.00 {Item No.12842}
• War Department."Rail Transport,"War Dept.Doc.No.605 Field Service Pocket Book (1917), Chapter Vb; 11 pages, 1 table  Price 1.00  {Item No.22045} [Rail transport: General rules, Capacities, Requirements of cars for various units, Type trains, Facilities for entrainment and detrainment, Expedients in emergency, Distinctive markings, Explosives and munitions: Handling, Loading in car]
• War Department."Adminstrative Troop Movements by Rail,"FM 101-10  Staff Officers' Field Manual. Organization, Technical and Logistical Data (10 October 1943), Chapter 2, Section II; 10 pages, tables  Price 1.00 {Item No.22085} [Including: Capacity railway equipment, Railway car space requirements, Dimensions and capacities of selected Standard U.S.Freight Cars, Maximum bulk loading for standard U.S.freight cars. Movement Table (tentative) adminstrative, Railway car loading scales, Train consist table administrative, Individual training loading plan administrative: Infantry division, Entraining table administrative]
• War Department."Troop Movements by Rail in a Theater of Operations,"FM 101-10  Staff Officers' Field Manual. Organization, Technical and Logistical Data (10 October 1943), Chapter 2, Section III; 3 pages, tables  Price .50 {Item No.22086} [Including: Troop movement by rail: Basic data, Types of composition of railway trains]
• War Department."Railways," FM 5-35  Corps of Engineers Reference Data (March 1944), Chapter 9; 8 pages, 2 illus.  Price 1.00 {Item No.1557-27} [Includes: Requirements: Loadings, Gauge; Roadbed: Roadbed dimensions, Standard gauge roadbed section on embankment (illustration), Standard railway bridge and tunnel clearance (illustration), Rails , Curves, Superelevation, Materials; Estimation of railway bridge capacity: Steel stringers (3 page table); Wood stringers (table); Tabular values]

Water

• War Department, Ordnance Office. "Operations of the British Navy and Transport Service During the Egyptian Campaign, 1882," by Ensign Charles C.Roberts, U.S.N.. Ordnance Notes.—No.252 (Washington, 21 February 1883) From the Proceeding of the United States Naval Institute; 69 pages, illus. Price 7.00 {Item No.5252}
• Royal Engineers, Corps of."River and Inland Navigation,"Aide Memorie to the Military Sciences (1862), Vol.III; 69 pages, 38 illus. plus 12 plates of illus. Price 8.00 {Item No.20453} [Includes: Section I: Rivers, Works for the preservation of the banks and of the bed of rivers, New channels, cuts, and dredging. General considerations upon works for the establishment or the amelioration of the navigation in rivers, Dams or barrages in rivers, Locks for river navigation. Section II. Canals: Canals with a summit level, Execution of works upon canals, Bed of the canal, Tunnels, Locks, Substitutes for locks, Over bridges, Culverts and aqueduct bridges, Meeting a river on the same level, Supple valves, waste weirs, and supplementary works. Junction with rivers, and termini. Fences and enclosures, &c.. Statistics, Working and tolls]
• Delafield, Richard, Major."Logistics during the Siege of Sebastopol,"The Art of War in Europe in 1854; 40+ pages, 64+ illus.  Price 6.00  {Item No.22309} [Contains an fantanstic amount of detail from the construction detail of wagons to the way the potatoes were sliced for cooking. Including: French bread rations, English bakery ship the Abundance details, Steam factory ship, Hospital ship, Special steam applications, Horse transport ship details, Ambulance and stretchers details (including mule litters and bandages) of the Armies, Tents and shelters, Rations and cooking methods, Mess equipment]
• Delafield, Richard, Major."Transports for Troops and Supplies,"The Art of War in Europe in 1854; 7 pages, 1 illus. Price .50  {Item No.22310} [Troop ship regulations]
• Delafield, Richard, Major."Duties on board ship,"The Art of War in Europe in 1854; 3 pages  Price. 50  {Item No.22311} [Regulations for officers onboard troop ships]
• Delafield, Richard, Major."Embarkation of Horses in Transports,"The Art of War in Europe in 1854; 1 page  Price .50  {Item No.22312} [Regulations and instructions for cavalry officers]
• Haferkorn, Henry E., Librarian, Engineeer School. "The Military Value of Internal Waterways. A Short Bibliography," Professional Memoirs. Corps of Engineer, Vol.VIII, No.42 (November-December 1916); 5 pages Price .50 {Item No.6235}
• War Department."Water Transport,"War Dept.Doc.No.605 Field Service Pocket Book (1917), Chapter Vc; 7 pages, 1 table  Price .50  {Item No.22046} [Water transport: General rules, Transportation of animals, Embarkation, Tonnage tables, Capacity of naval boats]

Other

• War Department, Military Intelligence Division. "How the Japanese Treat Natives in S.W.Pacific," Intelligence Bulletin Vol.I, No.8, Section IV. (April 1943) ; 3 pages Price .50 {Item No.5647} [On Japanese WWII Forces][Included: Introduction, On Guadalcanal: General, How to Handle Forced Laborers, Discharge of Forces Laborers. In S.W. Pacific Area as a Whole]
• 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]
• War Department, Ordnance Office. "Army Wagon Transportation," Ordnance Notes.---No.189 (Washington, 15 April 1882) by Brig.Gen.S.B.Holabird, Assistant Quartermaster General, U.S.A., From the Journal of the Military Service Institution of the United States; 30 pages Price 3.00 {Item No.5189} [Includes: Introduction, Organization and operations of large trains, Transportation of the army of the Potomac, Transportation of the armies of the west, The march to the sea, Of the material of army trains, The army wagon, Harness, Management and care of wagon trains on the march, in camp and depot, etc.. Camping, Packing and pack mules, The pack saddle, Appendix of authorities, orders, etc. (during the American Civil War).]
• War Department."Field Transport,"War Dept.Doc.No.605 Field Service Pocket Book (1917), Chapter Vc; 9 pages, 4 tables  Price 1.00  {Item No.22047} [Field Transport: Average net cargoes, Ammunition carrying capacity, Baggage, Supplies other than ammunition in combat train, Transportation in various units]
• War Department. Military Intelligence Service."British Supply Problems," Tactical and Technical Trends Issue No.19, No.20 (25 February 1943); 2 pages  Price .50 {Item No.12908}

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