Regulations and Instructions for the Field Service of the U.S. Cavalry in Time of War. - Couverture souple

McClellan, George Brinton

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ISBN 10 : 1275774156 ISBN 13 : 9781275774155

Editeur : Gale, Sabin Americana, 2012

Synopsis

Title: Regulations and instructions for the field service of the U.S. Cavalry in time of war.

Author: George Brinton McClellan

Publisher: Gale, Sabin Americana

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The below data was compiled from various identification fields in the bibliographic record of this title. This data is provided as an additional tool in helping to insure edition identification:
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SourceLibrary: Huntington Library

DocumentID: SABCP00070900

CollectionID: CTRG10141222-B

PublicationDate: 18610101

SourceBibCitation: Selected Americana from Sabin's Dictionary of books relating to America

Notes:

Collation: 216, 10 p., [6] leaves of plates: ill., music; 20 cm

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Présentation de l'éditeur

The nature of cavalry service in the United States being quite different from that performed by any in Europe, we ought not to follow blindly any one system, but should endeavor to select the good features, and engraft them upon a system of our own. The proper organization of our cavalry must depend upon the consideration of three things: 1st, the nature of its service against the I ndians; 2d, its employment against a civilized enemy invading our territory; 3d, its service in an offensive war, carried on against our neighbors. The I ndians, against whom our cavalry are brought to bear, are generally irregular light horsemen, sometimes living and acting altogether on the plains, in other localities filing back into the broken country when pursued: the difficulty, always, is to catch them; to do so, we must be as light and quick as they are, and then superiority of weapons and discipline must uniformly give us the advantage. A ny army invading our territory must necessarily be deficient in cavalry; in addition, the nature of the parts of our frontiers most liable to attack is not suited to the action of large bodies of cavalry, while in partial operations, light cavalry, well handled, ought always to be superior to heavy cavalry. Canada, Central 3I exico, and the West I ndies, are also un-. suited to the operations of masses of cavalry, and in none of them are we likely to encounter heavy cavalry, or large numbers of light cavalry; infantry and artillery must generally do most of the work, while light cavalry will afford invaluable assistance and in Northern Mexico play an important part. It would, therefore, seem that heavy cavalry would be worse than useless for our purposes, and that we need only light cavalry, in the true and strictest sense of the term.
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Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Gale, Sabin Americana
• Date d'édition: 2012
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1275774156
• ISBN 13: 9781275774155
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 268
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible