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Compend of instructions in military tactics, and, The manual of percussion arms : with extracts from the U.S. Army regulations / compiled and published for the use of the Militia, in conformity to a resolve of the Legislature, by Ebenezer W. Stone.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Stone, Ebenezer Whitten, 1801-1880.
- Series:
- Sabin Americana : History of the Americas, 1500-1926.
- Sabin Americana : History of the Americas, 1500-1926
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Massachusetts. Militia--Drill and tactics--Handbooks, manuals, etc.
- Massachusetts.
- Drill and minor tactics--Handbooks, manuals, etc.
- Drill and minor tactics.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (139, [1] p. )
- Other Title:
- Compend of instructions in military tactics, and, The manual of percussion arms
- Place of Publication:
- Boston : W. White, printer to the State, 1857.
- Contents:
- Commonwealth of Massachusetts : in the year one thousand eight hundred and fifty-seven, An Act concerning the Militia
- Instructions in military tactics
- Manual of percussion arms
- Extracts from the U.S. Army regulations.
- Notes:
- "The Manual of instruction in the use of arms with percussion locks has been prepared to correspond with the standard used in the Army. The numbers in this part of the Compend refer to the numbered paragraphs in 'Scott's Infantry tactics,' vol. 1. The extracts selected from the 'Army regulations' are taken from the work which was approved by the President of the United States, February, 1857." Cf. "Introductory note," p. [1].
- "Every commissioned officer and sergeant in the Militia is entitled to a copy of this Compend and is responsible for its safe keeping. On resigning he will deliver up this book with the other public property in his possession for the use of his successor in office." Cf. front flyleaf.
- Includes index.
- Reproduction of original from Yale University Libraries.
- Sabin no. 92037.
- Cited in:
- RLIN, CTRG06-B114
- Contains:
- Manual of percussion arms.
- OCLC:
- 85787332
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