The Recent changes in the Drill of the German Army
1889; Taylor & Francis; Volume: 33; Issue: 148 Linguagem: Inglês
10.1080/03071848909416504
ISSN0035-9289
Autores Tópico(s)Defense, Military, and Policy Studies
ResumoI rcprint," nnd tlic nltcrntions it introduccd nro givcn in IL pnpcr coutributcd to tlic Omisionnl h'atcs in the 8Sth number of tlic Journal,l.byLicutcnnnt-Gcnernl (tlicn Coloncl) E. Ncrrdigntc, now commanding in nci*iuudn.Tlic Council of this Institution, ivlicn arranging tlic progrnirinic of lccturcs for tlic current session, Iind beforu tlicm tlic tlcsilrblcncss of bringing tlic iufoimntion on this subjcct up to tlro prcscut timc.They considcr that the lccturcs dclircrcd licrc should not only den1 wit11 mattcisof pnssing intcrcst, but slioulcl bc stcuidard SOUI'CCS of rcfcrcnco in future ycnrs.lnnsmncli tlicri as :L frcsli cdition of tlic Drill Itcgiilntioiis WILS issued iu Scptcmbcr of h s t ycnv, niid xnorcovci* tlic publication of this cdition di-cw 011 it thc nttcntion aid criticisni of soldicrs nll ovcr Europe, the' Council dctcrmiiicd to include in tlicir progixmiiic n lccturc on it.Most urifortuiintcly, lio\vcvcr, owing to C;IIISCS to which it is u!iiicccssnry to rcfcr, dificut tics nroso which rcsultcd in the witlidr?wd of tlic Iccturc.Strongly iiiiprcsscd with tlic rlcsirallcncss of this pnrticulnv subjcct bcing brought bcforc tlic x1ic1111Krs of thc Institution, I undertook to oltniri nriotlicr Iccturcr.Uut the difliculty of finding OILC was wry great, f o r English Oniceis who rcnlly undcrstnnd tcclixiicnl military G c m n n are fcw nncl far bctwccn.It so Iinppcncd, I~owcrer, that I was nwnrc that n biwtlicr Ofliccr, nn old fricnd of niinc, who is n f l i o i ~u ~4 i iiinstcr of tlic Gcrninn Inngnngc, lind niost cnrcfully compnrcd tflc old nrid tlic IICW Drill Uook, aiid Ilnd rctluccd tlint coinpnrisoii t o writing.On stating niy difficu1,ty to him, lie, whilst dccliniug to lccturc Iiimsclf, most gciicivusly placed tlic results of his labours a t my disposal, niid tliosc I nm about to lny bcforc you.I, gcntlcmen,
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