Transcriber’s Notes
— Where hyphenation was inconsistent, this has been standardized using the one more common in this text. Where that was not possible to discern, the most common hyphenation in use at the time of publication has been used.
— Several unconventional spellings for French locations have been left as per the original, except where otherwise noted.
— Page 28: “The fact than many” changed to “The fact that many”
— Page 36: “The Plattsburgh idea of military training was” changed to “The Plattsburg idea of military training was”
— Page 42: “manual of physical” changed to “manual or physical”
— Page 46: “words of farewell and mpressed” changed to “words of farewell and impressed”
— Page 46: “a surprisingly efficient organzation” changed to “a surprisingly efficient organization”
— Page 60: “not always carried out.”” changed to “not always carried out.”