[129] Range of four miles.
[130] Page 231, Report on militia field artillery, General Mills, U. S. A., 1914.
[131] Table 9, militia cavalry statistics, Division of Militia Affairs, U. S. A. Annual Report, 1914.
[132] From statistics, gathered before the present European War, of the armament then owned by at least four of the great Powers.
[133] From statistics, gathered before the present European War, of the armament then owned by at least four of the great Powers.
[134] A literal transcript of the report of two medical officers on the conditions existing among good militia troops who were ordered out for maneuvers distinctly specified as war maneuvers to be conducted under war conditions.
[135] This figure is purposely placed below what is actually expected. During the Connecticut maneuvers, 1909, the straggling was a subject for comment among both militia and regular officers, though the troops did well considering their softness. One officer reported that the straggling amounted to 15 to 25 per cent. of some regiments.
[136] From the report of an umpire at a maneuver under war conditions. He reported that the batteries of both sides fired into woods actually occupied by their own troops.
[137] So reported by a General of Militia, as the result of his observations in field practice.
[138] Schedule laid down by General von Bernhardi as the maximum time that should be expended by properly trained troops under experienced officers.