HISTORY OF THE UNITED STATES MILITARY PRISON [with] HISTORY OF THE ARMY SERVICE SCHOOLS FORT LEAVENWORTH KANSAS

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The essay on the Military Prison, -- [14] 124 pp. -- is illustrated with portraits of Brigadier General Thomas F. Barr, Brigadier General W. D. Flagler, Major General John Pope; and with photographs of the U.S. Military Prison in 1876, the Main Yard of the Prison with Prisoners Turning out for Work, the U.S. Military Prison in 1910 and the Shoe Manufacturing Establishment at the Prison in 1890. With much on the rules and regulations of the Prison, as well as punishments.~~The essay on the Army Service Schools -- [10], 69, [1] -- covers The Army School of the Line, the General Service and Staff College; the Army Signal School, the Army Staff College, with notes on the Exemption of Graduates, the Library, etc. There are a number of photographic illustrations, including the Academic Building, a folding montage of cdv's of Staff, Instructors and Student Officers at the Infantry and Cavalry School in the 1880s, portraits of Elihu Root, Brig. Gen. William H. Carter, and others.~~With the signature of Charles D. Roberts who was Capt. 7th U.S. Inf. at Ft. Leavenworth at the time, dated Dec. 5, 1913 and with his elaborate bookplate bedecked with military insignia of many conflicts. Capt. Roberts was a life-long soldier rising to the rank of Brig. General. Among other notable incidents in his long service, he was present at the surrender of Geronimo in 1886 (and is in the famous photograph of that event) and was taken prisoner at the Battle of Makahambus Hill in the Spanish-American War. ~~Not found in commerce, and not especially common in institutional holdings. Very Good binding.

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HISTORY OF THE UNITED STATES MILITARY PRISON [with] HISTORY OF THE ARMY SERVICE SCHOOLS FORT LEAVENWORTH KANSAS

Editor

The Army Service Schools Press | Staff College Press, [Fort Leavenworth, Kansas]

Fecha de publicación

1911

Encuadernación

Hard Cover

Estado

Very Good binding

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