PREFACE
CONTENTS
ERRATA
ABBREVIATIONS
INTRODUCTION
PART I WAR ORGANIZATION OF THE PRESENT DAY
CHAPTER I THE OBJECT OF ORGANIZATION
CHAPTER II THE FIGHTING TROOPS
CHAPTER III ORGANIZATION OF THE UNITS OF EACH ARM
CHAPTER IV NEW VARIETIES OF FIGHTING TROOPS
CHAPTER V FORMATIONS OF ALL ARMS
CHAPTER VI THE STAFF
CHAPTER VII WAR ESTABLISHMENTS
PART II BRITISH WAR ORGANIZATION
CHAPTER VIII THE EXPEDITIONARY FORCE FIGHTING TROOPS
CHAPTER IX THE EXPEDITIONARY FORCE ( continued ) ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES
CHAPTER X THE EXPEDITIONARY FORCE ( continued ) SERVICES ON THE LINES OF COMMUNICATION
CHAPTER XI THE TERRITORIAL FORCE THE INDIAN ARMY
CHAPTER XII SPECIAL FEATURES OF BRITISH WAR ORGANIZATION
PART III ORGANIZATION OF FOREIGN ARMIES
CHAPTER XIII WAR ORGANIZATION OF THE FIGHTING TROOPS
CHAPTER XIV COMPOSITION OF NATIONAL ARMIES
PART IV HISTORY OF ORGANIZATION
INTRODUCTION (2)
CHAPTER XV ORGANIZATION IN THE SIXTEENTH CENTURY
CHAPTER XVI THE EVOLUTION OF INFANTRY
CHAPTER XVII THE EVOLUTION OF CAVALRY
CHAPTER XVIII THE EVOLUTION OF ARTILLERY AND ENGINEERS
CHAPTER XIX ORGANIZATION IN THE SEVENTEENTH AND EIGHTEENTH CENTURIES
CHAPTER XX ORGANIZATION IN THE NINETEENTH CENTURY
CHAPTER XXI THE EVOLUTION OF THE STAFF AND ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES
PART V MILITARY COMMAND
CHAPTER XXII PRINCIPLES OF COMMAND
CHAPTER XXIII PSYCHOLOGICAL CHARACTERISTICS OF ARMIES
APPENDIX A ORIGIN OF MILITARY TERMS
APPENDIX B REMARKS ON MILITARY NOMENCLATURE
Transcriber's Notes
ORGANIZATION HOW ARMIES ARE FORMED FOR WAR
BY COLONEL HUBERT FOSTER ROYAL ENGINEERS
LONDON HUGH REES, Ltd. 119 PALL MALL, S.W. 1911 (ALL RIGHTS RESERVED)
PRINTED AND BOUND BY HAZELL, WATSON AND VINEY, LD., LONDON AND AYLESBURY.