Major J. A. Moss—Manual of Military Training.
U. S. A. Infantry Drill Regulations.
Captain Hanguillart's book should be carefully compared with these. But because of its peculiar origin it has for the officer a value not possessed by other books on this subject.
It gives what a company commander actually found essential.
Furthermore, it corresponds to the booklets published in France which are placed in the hands of every recruit.
Every officer should have full knowledge of his specialty, but every private should understand the essential concerns of his officers so as to appreciate orders the more readily.
The army of democracy should be an intelligent thinking army.
Such little books have helped to give the French poilu his famed self-reliance and resourcefulness.
It is the hope of the publishers that this translation may help to do the same for his American comrades.
The publishers also believe that the book offers just the information needed by civilians to follow intelligently reports of military operations and of life at the front.