This study examines the logistics of the concentration of the troops at Tampa, Florida and their embarkation, the voyage to Cuba, and the landing and field operations.
This study examines the publication TR 210-5 and determines what changes are desirable in these regulations in order to make them of maximum value to the service and to conform with present doctrine as to principles and procedure.
It is the purpose of this paper to deal principally with the use of psychological methods in the rapid classification, selection and placement of individuals which may be brought into the army in various military specialties in a time of national...
This paper discusses the various uses of searchlights in different military operations and includes appendices with technical information and descriptions of materiel.
This study discusses what provisions, other than those prescribed in War Department Training Regulations and technical papers, can be instituted to insure continuity of control and performance of seacoast installations in battle.
Expeditionary Forces, with landing missions, are numerous. in history, but the circumstances of organization and equipment of other Armies, are entirely foreign to that of our army. It is therefore necessary to branch out upon a new field, giving...
The author of this paper inquires whether Hamilton’s planning was satisfactory under the conditions imposed and the situation as it was presented to him. Included in the document are two maps which show the Gallipoli campaign plan of landing on...
This study is a consideration of the employment of balloons and balloon observation by the American First Army in the Meuse-Argonne offensive. Topics include background on balloon observation (prior to the World War and early training), shortage of...
This document describes the essential qualities of leadership, a general description of Hamilton as a man, conditions of Hamilton’s command/leadership, and his actions during the campaign. The purpose of the paper is to examine his personal...
This paper is a study of the Japanese estimate of the Russian Army made prior to the beginning of the Russo-Japanese War. Based on General Fujii’s writings, he was able to predict the powers and limitations of the Russian Army as demonstrated in...
This study is an analysis of the events of the 1652-1899 and of the allied geographical, racial, and psychological factors, to determine the underlying and immediate causes of the war in South Africa between the British Empire and the Boer...
This study questions the necessity of Attack Aviation as a distinct type of aviation; including the powers and limitations of the various types of planes in the United States Army Air Corps at the present time.
This study will start from the conclusion of the Franco-Russian entente, signalized by an ostentatious reception tendered to the French fleet at Kronstadt in 1891. This new association of France and Russia was a logical reaction to the...
This study illustrates the sound reasons why Japan must keep alive her spirit of nationalism through power. If the Empire is to endure, it must do so through strength rather than weakness. Military leaders have deliberately planned and put into...
The study presents the capture by the Japanese in 1914 of the German concession of Kiauchau (which includes the city of Tsingtau), with special attention to the operations of the Japanese Expeditionary Force.
This study has taken the opportunity to broaden the scope to include associated material in order to treat fully the subject of combined reconnaissance operations by cavalry and aviation. The subject appears to be treated piecemeal in Field Service...
One of the most important duties which devolve upon Artillery on the field of battle is counterbattery, i.e. the employment of fire against hostile artillery in position. Superiority of artillery fire is one of the prerequisites to success in...