Item #13880 The Plattsburg Manual; A Handbook For Federal Training Camps. Foreword by General Leonard Wood. Oglesby O. O., E. B. Garey.

The Plattsburg Manual; A Handbook For Federal Training Camps. Foreword by General Leonard Wood

New York: The Century Company, 1917. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo; pp; (vi), (2), 3-303, index; more that 150 illustrations; decorated khaki cloth in a dust jacket; Former owner's name "Erastus Henry Hewitt, April 1917" on the free fly leaf. Jacket chipped. Very good / very good. Item #13880

Schools of the Soldier, Squad, and Company. Attack & Defense. TR and Gen. Wood fought for these "camps" as they knew the inevitabily of American entry into WWI. As it was, when the US did go "over there" they were terribly ill prepared in terms of training and material. TR's sons attended Plattsburg. The first edition in jacket, quite scarce.

Price: $45.00