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Kautz' Customs of Service for Officers of the Army (1864)

CUSTOMS OF SERVICE

FOR

OFFICERS OF THE ARMY

AS

Derived from Law and Regulations

AND

PRACTISED IN THE UNITED STATES ARMY

BEING A

HAND-BOOK OF MILITARY ADMINISTRATION FOR OFFICERS

OF THE LINE, SHOWING THE SPECIFIC DUTIES

OF EACH GRADE FROM THE LOWEST TO THE

HIGHEST, ENABLING OFFICERS PROMOTED

TO A NEW GRADE TO KNOW WHAT

THEY HAVE TO DO, AND

HOW TO DO IT.

BY

AUGUST V. KAUTZ

CAPT. SIXTH U.S. CAVALRY, BRIG AND BREVET MAJ.-GEN.

OF VOLUNTEERS

PHILADELPHIA
J. B. LIPPINCOTT & CO.
1866

Contents

 

PREFACE

THE OFFICER.

ADMINISTRATIVE ORGANIZATION.

LIEUTENANT.

DUTIES.  COMPANY DUTIES.  ON GUARD.  GUARDS for General Officers  GRAND GUARDS.  PATROLS.  ADVANCE GUARDS  POLICE   FATIGUE AND WORKING PARTIES

MILITARY JUSTICE.

FIELD OFFICER’S COURT. REGIMENTAL OR GARRISON COURT-MARTIAL. GENERAL COURT-MARTIAL ORGANIZATION. JURISDICTION. OFFENCES. CHARGES AND SPECIFICATIONS. JUDGE ADVOCATE. MILITARY COMMISSION. COURT OF INQUIRY.

RETIRING BOARD.
BOARD OF SURVEY.
BOARD OF EXAMINATION.
BOARDS OF INSPECTION, Etc.
COUNCIL OF ADMINISTRATION.
REGIMENTAL STAFF.

 

GENERAL STAFF

Adjutant General.  Inspector General.  Aide-de-Camp.  Quartermaster.  Commissary.  Engineer.  Judge Advocate.  Ordnance Officer.  Mustering Officer.  Provost Marshal.

DETACHED SERVICE.

Recruiting Service.

CAPTAIN

 

COMPANY COMMANDER

Government.  Adminstration.

OFFICER OF THE DAY

 

MAJOR

LIEUTENANT COLONEL

COLONEL

COMMANDING OFFICER.

BRIGADIER-GENERAL

MAJOR-GENERAL

LIEUTENANT-GENERAL.

 

 

Entered, according to act of Congress, in the year 1866, by

J.B. LIPPINCOTT & CO.,

In the Clerk’s Office of the District Court of the United States

for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania

 

PREFACE.

PREFACE

OFFICERS of the Army have certain duties to perform, that are governed by certain laws, rules, and regulations, which are interpreted and executed in a certain way, called "Customs of Service." To explain what these duties are, and how they are performed in the United States Army, is the object of this little volume. A knowledge of these rules of service, and of their application, constitutes the military profession, and is the true art of war. To this extent it is an exact science, and may be acquired by application and experience; anything beyond this is the application of the art to extraordinary circumstances and difficult tasks, depending on success upon the capacity of the officer entrusted with the execution. "The Art of War," a la Napoleon, is but the same work by a superior artist.

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