Paris: Imprimerie E. Desfosses, 1918. Presumed First Edition this publisher, First printing thus. Stiff wraps. The format is approximately 4.25 inches by 6.5 inches. 144 pages. Illustrations. Cover worn and soiled. Pencil erasure residue on fep. Stamp inside front and back covers. Issued December 12, 1918. This represents the state of knowledge and the state of practice at the time the United States Army was engaged in overseas combat operations the end of the First World War. The Table of Contents includes Chapter I -- Drill; Chapter II -- Infantry Weapons; Chapter III-- Combat; Chapter IV -- Offensive Combat. One of the most interesting sections may be in Chapter IV and is entitled Infantry and Airplanes. Another section in that chapter addresses supporting tanks. This was the copy belonging to R. L. Kolb, Adjt, 49th Engineers. When the United Stated entered the war in April 1917, there were only 3,000 enlisted engineers. By the end of the war in November, 1918, the demand for their expertise had required the services of almost 400,000 engineers. The Engineers were in charge of repairing the devastation of the war to expedite troop movements such as surveying, bridge and road repair, constructing buildings, maintaining communication lines, removal of land mines and "booby" traps, digging trenches and constructing shell, gas and splinter-proof shelters, providing clean water and constructing or removing barbed wire. More

France: American Expeditionary Force, 1918. 356, wraps (stiff card covers), illus. (fold-out plates), name of previous owner, some wear and soiling, some page discoloration. More