“I find it be to an excellent work on the subject. It is thorough and to the point. Its size, extremely small cost and valuable contents ought to recommend it to every soldier in the Army.” “I cordially endorse it as being wonderfully comprehensive and comprehensible in covering the subject.” “I am impressed with its simplicity and completeness. It is a most valuable book for the noncommissioned officer and private.” “The book is thoroughly practical and the arrangement admirable. It is certainly the best book on the subject that I have ever seen.” A few extracts from numerous book reviews “Devoid of technicalities and written in an interesting and understandable style. It is a most instructive book. With unessentials eliminated, it gives a store of information in language that any man can understand.” “It covers a wide and difficult ground. The dozen chapters of the little book not only instruct the soldier thoroughly in the duties of reconnaissance but place at his convenient disposal a valuable store of information as to military messages, signaling, map reading, reconnaissance reports, first-aid and kindred subjects.” “It covers very concisely every feature of this most important branch of military training: it is entertainingly written and generously illustrated throughout.” TACTICAL TALKS By Capt. W. H. Waldron, 29th Infantry To the Reader: The up-to-date method of instruction and training in Minor Tactics is this: 1. Prepare a tactical problem covering the subject under consideration. 2. Take the noncommissioned officers out on a TACTICAL WALK and make a solution of the various situations. 3. Follow this by taking the company out on a tactical exercise for the solving of the identical problem that you solved in the TACTICAL WALK. This method will bring results that will surprise you. In the Tactical Walk, tactical situations are presented to the noncommissioned officers for practical solution on the ground and they are firmly impressed on the minds of the men. When the same problem is brought up for solution with the troops you will see your noncommissioned officers going about their various tasks in a business-like manner with a knowledge of what to do and how to do it, that they have never had before. This inspires the confidence of the men in their noncommissioned officers and as a result the entire organization is lifted to a much higher “tactical level” than they have been able to attain heretofore. TACTICAL WALKS is an entirely original work. It was written with a view to inaugurating this system of instruction and training throughout the Army. The subjects included are: Outposts, reconnoitering patrols, visiting patrols, advance guards, flank guards, detached posts, organization of a small defensive position. The largest unit considered is a company and that only incidentally. The main element is the platoon and patrol.