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CONFIDENTIAL
FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY
NOT TO BE TAKEN INTO FRONT LINE TRENCHES
USE OF MINES
IN TRENCH WARFARE
(From the French School of St. Cyr)
TRANSLATED AND EDITED AT THE
ARMY WAR COLLEGE
JULY, 1917
WASHINGTON
GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE
1917
WAR DEPARTMENT.
Document No. 635.
Office of The Adjutant General.
WAR DEPARTMENT,
Washington, July 23, 1917.
The following notes on Use of Mines in Trench Warfare are published for the Information of all concerned.
[062.1, A. G. O.]
By order of the Secretary of War:
TASKER H. BLISS,
Major General, Acting Chief of Staff.
Official:
H. P. McCAIN,
The Adjutant General.
WAR DEPARTMENT,
The Adjutant General's Office,
Washington, June 19, 1917.
To all officers of the Army:
You are advised that this and all subsequent documents of a similar character which may be furnished to you from this office are to be regarded as strictly confidential. They are to be kept at all times in your personal possession, and are not to be copied, nor are any parts of their contents to be communicated either directly or indirectly to the press, nor to any person not in the military or naval service of the United States. In Europe these documents are not to be carried into the front-line trenches, nor farther to the front than the usual post of the officers to whom issued.
Strict compliance with this injunction is enjoined upon every officer into whose hands any of these confidential documents may come.
By order of the Secretary of War:
H. P. McCAIN,
The Adjutant General.
