The Soldier's Pocket-Book for Field Service 3rd Edition 1874. Revised and Enlarged [British Army]

The Soldier's Pocket-Book for Field Service 3rd Edition 1874. Revised and Enlarged [British Army]

Author: Major-General Sir Garnet J Wolseley

Year: 1874

Digitised by Google Books from the collection at Bayerische Staatsbibliothek (Bamberg Staatsbibliothek) https://books.google.com/books?id=Q4rG_CRYEpcC Major-General Sir Garnet J Wolseley was Inspector-General of Auxiliary Forces. Preface to First Edition by the author March 1869: During many campaigns, and particularly at the outset of my career as a soldier, I felt the great want of a practical and portable book upon the ordinary duties that fall to the lot of soldiers when in presence of an enemy. Much useful information can be obtained from the Queen's Regulations, and from the Field Exercise Book; but as the instructions published by authority for the use of our army are almost exclusively intended for peace service, they are likely to lead one into difficulties if adhered to in the field. Some few years ago, when Sir R. Airey was Q.M.G. of the army, he proposed to have a practical handbook for the staff, compiled by experienced officers of his department, and published for the use of the army. A little money was required for the purpose, which the War Office, from economical motives, would not allow. I was to have been one of those employed to write; so when the scheme failed,