TRANSCRIBER’S NOTE Italic text is denoted by _underscores_. Bold text is denoted by =equal signs=. Footnote anchors are denoted by [number], and the footnotes have been placed at the end of the book. The tables in this book are best viewed using a monospace font. Page 15 has some unusual characters to describe the phonetic pronunciation of some words. These will display on this device as ä a with diaeresis ḗ e with macron and acute accent ĭ i with breve ṓ o with macron and acute Some minor changes to the text are noted at the end of the book. _The_ ENGLISH _of_ MILITARY COMMUNICATIONS _By_ WILLIAM A. GANOE _Major of Infantry, United States Army_ Assistant Professor of English United States Military Academy [Illustration: (colophon)] The Collegiate Press GEORGE BANTA PUBLISHING COMPANY MENASHA, WISCONSIN _Copyright, 1918 by George Banta Publishing Company_ PRINTED AND BOUND BY GEORGE BANTA PUBLISHING CO. MANUFACTURING PUBLISHERS MENASHA, WISCONSIN CONTENTS PAGE FOREWORD V PREFACE VII CHAPTER I—Our Approach to a Critical Matter 1 CHAPTER II—Military Communications 20 CHAPTER III—Problems in the Composition of the Field Message 33 CHAPTER IV—More Problems on the Composition of the Field Message 41 CHAPTER V—Verbal Field Message 49 CHAPTER VI—The Field Order, The Estimate, The Decision, The Expression 58 CHAPTER VII—Problems in the Field Order 73 CHAPTER VIII—More Problems of the Composition of the Field Order 93 CHAPTER IX—The Verbal Field Order 110 CHAPTER X—The Operation Order, Orders, Letters of Instruction 124 CHAPTER XI—The War Diary—The Report—Routine Orders 147 CHAPTER XII—Official Correspondence—Explanations—Lectures 165 APPENDICES 187 FOREWORD