Chapter I: Front Matter

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TECHNIQUE OF MODERN TACTICS

A STUDY OF TROOP LEADING
METHODS IN THE OPERATIONS
OF DETACHMENTS OF ALL ARMS

BY
P. S. BOND
_Major, Corps of Engineers, U. S. Army_,

AND
M. J. McDonough
_Major, Corps of Engineers, U. S. Army_.

THIRD EDITION, REVISED AND ENLARGED

_Adopted by the War Department as a preparation for the War College;
Bulletin 4, War Department, 1915._

_Adopted by the War Department as a text for garrison schools and in
the examination of officers for promotion. For issue to
organizations of the Army and the Militia; Bulletin 3, War
Department, 1914._

_Adopted by the War Department as one of the books recommended by
the Division of Militia Affairs for the use of the Organized
Militia. Circular No. 3, Division Militia Affairs, War Department,
1914._

_Adopted as a text for the garrison course for all officers of the
Marine Corps--Orders No. 18, 1914, U. S. Marine Corps._

_Adopted as a text for use in the Marine Officers’ School, Norfolk,
Virginia._

_Adopted as a text for use in the Coast Artillery School, Fort
Monroe, Virginia._

_Recommended for study and reference in the National Guard Division
of New York; G. O. 4, 1914, Headquarters Division, N. G. N. Y._

_Used as a reference at the Army Service Schools, Fort Leavenworth,
Kansas._

_For sale by Book Department, Army Service Schools, Ft. Leavenworth,
Kan., by the U. S. Cavalry Association, Ft. Leavenworth, and by the
publishers._

The Collegiate Press
GEORGE BANTA PUBLISHING COMPANY
MENASHA, WISCONSIN

_Copyright 1916
by
P. S. BOND_