Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography—Smith.
Dictionary of Arts, Manufactures, and Mines—Ure.
Dictionary of Every Days Difficulties—Shilton.
Dictionary of Science, Literature, and Art—Brande.
Elements of the Art and Science of War—Wheeler.
Elements of Military Arts and Sciences—Halleck.
Encyclopædia Britannica.
French and English Pronouncing Dictionary—Spiers and Surenne.
Field Exercise (English), 1870.
Field-Book of the Revolution—Lossing.
Hand-Book of Artillery—Roberts.
Haydn’s Dictionary of Dates—Payne.
Haydn’s Dictionary of Science—Payne.
Haydn’s Dictionary of the Bible—Payne.
History of the United States—Bancroft.
History of the War in the Peninsula and in the South of France—Napier.
History of England—Knight.
History of the Rebellion—Tenney.
Infantry, Cavalry, and Artillery Tactics, U.S.A.
Instructions for Field Artillery.
Jomini’s Art of War—Translated from the French by Captains Mendell and Craighill, U.S.A.
Jomini’s Treatise on Grand Military Operations, or a Critical and Military History of the Wars of Frederick the Great—Translated by Colonel S. B. Holabird, U.S.A.
Johnson’s New Universal Encyclopædia.
Judge-Advocate and Recorder’s Guide—Regan.
Law Dictionary—Bouvier.
Lippincott’s Pronouncing Gazetteer of the World—Thomas.
Manual for Engineer Troops—Duane.
Maxims of War—Napoleon.
Military Bridges—Haupt.
Military Catechism and Hand-Book—Walshe.
Military Dictionary—Duane.
Military Dictionary—Scott.
Military Engineering—Mahan.
Military Law and Court-Martial—Benet.
Military Miscellany—Marshall.
Military Schools and Courses of Instruction in the Science and Art of War—Barnard.
Native Races of the Pacific Slope—Bancroft.
Naval and Military Technical Dictionary of the French Language—Burns.
Ordnance and Gunnery—Benton.
Pictorial Field-Book of the War of 1812—Lossing.
Practical Treatise on Attack and Defense—Jebb.
Queen’s Regulations and Orders for the Army (British).
Report of Commissioners of Indian Affairs, 1870.
Report of the Chief of Ordnance, 1878.
Shifts and Expedients of Camp-Life—Lord and Baines.
The Armies of Europe—McClellan.
The Last Century of Universal History, 1767–1867—Fiwald.
The Military Laws of the United States—Callan.
The Soldier’s Pocket-Book for Field-Service—Major-General Sir G. Wolseley.
United States Army Regulations.
United States Bridge Equipage—Prepared by a Board of Engineer Officers—Lieutenant W. R. Quinan, 4th U. S. Artillery.
United States Revised Statutes.
Webster’s Dictionary—G. & C. Merriam.
GERMAN WORKS.
Dienst-Vorschriften der Königlich Preussischen Armee—Karl von Helldorff.
Die Lehre vom neueren Festungskrieg—W. Rüstow.
Grundzüge der Taktik der drei Waffen, Infanterie, Kavallerie, und Artillerie—Dr. H. v. Brandt.
Heerwesen und Infanteriedienst der Königlich Preussischen Armee—A. v. Witzleben.
Kriegsfeuerwerkerei zum Gebrauch für die Königlich Preussischen Artillerie—A. Bath.
Kriegswörterbuch—Carl Ad. Loehr.
Militair Conversations-Lexikon—Hans Eggert Willibald von der Lühe.
FRENCH WORKS.
Encyclopédie Militaire et Maritime.
Géographie Phisique, Historique et Militaire—Théophile Lava.
Législation et Administration Militaires—M. Léon Guillot.
Sur la Formation des Troupes pour le Combat—Jomini.
IMPORTANT MAXIMS.
Misfortune will certainly fall upon the land where the wealth of the tax-gatherer or the greedy gambler in stocks stands, in public estimation, above the uniform of the brave man who sacrifices his life, health, or fortune in the defense of his country.
Officers should feel a conviction that resignation, bravery, and faithful attention to duty are virtues without which no glory is possible, no army is respectable, and that firmness amid reverses is more honorable than enthusiasm in success.
It is not well to create a too great contempt for the enemy, lest the morale of the soldier should be shaken if he encounter an obstinate resistance.
It would seem to be easy to convince brave men that death comes more surely to those who fly in disorder than to those who remain together and present a firm front to the enemy, or who rally promptly when their lines have been for the instant broken.
Courage should be recompensed and honored, the different grades in rank respected, and discipline should exist in the sentiments and convictions rather than in external forms only.—Jomini.
An army without discipline is but a mob in uniform, more dangerous to itself than to its enemy. Should any one from ignorance not perceive the immense advantages that arise from a good discipline, it will be sufficient to observe the alterations that have happened in Europe since the year 1700.—Saxe.
If the first duty of a state is its own security, the second is the security of neighboring states whose existence is necessary for its own preservation.—Jomini’s “Life of Napoleon.”
A good general, a well-organized system, good instruction, and severe discipline, aided by effective establishments, will always make good troops, independently of the cause for which they fight. At the same time, a love of country, a spirit of enthusiasm, a sense of national honor, will operate upon young soldiers with advantage.
The officer who obeys, whatever may be the nature or extent of