Organization: How Armies are Formed for War

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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)


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HAZELL, WATSON AND VINEY, LD.,
LONDON AND AYLESBURY.


                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           

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