In connection with the course, visits are made to Watervliet Arsenal,
where the processes of gun construction are observed, and to the Ordnance
Proving Ground at Sandy Hook, where actual firings from the several
classes of guns are observed, including usually one or more shots against
armor, and where the latest developments in war material are seen.
TEXT BOOKS.
Ordnance and Gunnery. Lissak.
Exterior Ballistics. O’Hern.
Stresses in Wire-Wrapped Guns and in Gun Carriages. Ruggles.
BOOKS OF REFERENCE.
Ballistic Tables. Ingalls.
Mathematical Tables. Newcomb.
Publications of Ordnance Department. U. S. Army.
DEPARTMENT OF MILITARY HYGIENE.
SECOND CLASS.
The course in military hygiene for the second class begins on or about
the 15th of April and continues into June. It consists of 6 lectures and
13 recitations for each half of the class, given on alternate days and
ending by a written examination on the subjects treated.
The course covers the essential points in military hygiene, particular
attention being paid to the following:
Personal hygiene with special reference to the soldier and his
environment: the hygiene and sanitation of military commands in garrison
and in the field; and the causes and prevention of infectious diseases
and control of epidemics. Also the nature of alcoholic drinks and
narcotics, and special instruction as to their effects upon the human
system.
During the summer camp, 5 lectures with exercises are given to the first
class on the use of the first aid packet and the treatment of medical and
surgical emergencies. While on the practice march, at the end of each
day, the medical officer on duty with the corps discusses the advantages
and disadvantages of the camp site from the view point of the military
sanitarian and also camp cooking, the water supply, and various other
matters pertaining to camp hygiene and sanitation.
TEXT BOOKS.
The Elements of Military Hygiene. Ashburn.
Anatomy, Physiology and Hygiene. Tracy.
REFERENCE BOOKS.
Military Hygiene. Harvard.
Theory and Practice of Military Hygiene. Munson.
Notes on Military Hygiene. Woodhull.
Practical Hygiene. Harrington.
DEPARTMENT OF ENGLISH AND HISTORY.
NEW CADETS AND FOURTH CLASS.
English: Essential principles of rhetoric; frequent practice in
various forms of written and oral composition, including personal and
official correspondence and official forms; study of selected literary
masterpieces, and of essentials in the history of English literature and
language.
History: Political, social and economic history from the end of the
Middle Ages to the present day; study of typical forms of modern national
and municipal governments; fundamental principles of civil government,
historically considered, with special reference to the United States.
TEXT BOOKS—ENGLISH.
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