v. Van JSTostraiicPs Publications. 



Hand-Book of Artillery, 



For the Service of the United States Army and Militia. New and 



revised edition. By Mnj. Joseph Roberts, U. S. A. 1 vol. 



18mo, cloth flexible. TS cents. 



" A complete catechism of gun practice, covering the -whole ground of this 

 branch of military science, and adapted to militia and volunteer drill, as well as 

 to the regular army. It has the merit of precise detail, even to the technical 

 names of all parts of a gun, and how the smallest operations connected with its 

 "tise can be best performed. It has evidently been prepared with great care, 

 and with strict scientific accuracy. By the recommendation of a committee 

 appointed by the commanding officer of the Artillery School at Fort Monroe, 

 \ a., it has been substitutt'd for 'Burns' Questions and Answers,' an English 

 work which has heretofore been the text-book of instruction in this country." 

 — N&w York Century. 



New Infantry Tactics, 



For the Instruction, Exercise, and Manoeuvres of the Soldier, a Com- 

 pany, Line of Skirmishers, Battalion, Brigade, or Corps d'Armee. 

 By Brig. -Gen. Silas Casey, U. S. A. 3 vols. 24mo. Half roan, 

 lithographed plates. $2.50. 

 Vol. I. — School of the Soldier ; School of the Company ; In- 

 struction for Skirmishers. 

 Vol. II. — School of the Battalion. 



Vol. III. — Evolutions of a Brigade ; Evolutions of a Corps 

 d'Armee. 



The manuscript of this new system of Inf;intry Tactics was carefully ex- 

 amined by General McClet.lan, and met with hisunqualified approval, which 

 ho has since manifested by authorizing General Casey to adopt it for his entire 

 division. The author has retained much that is valu.ible contained in the sys- 

 tems of Scott and Hardee, but has made many important changes and addi- 

 tions which experience and the exigencies of the service require. General 

 Casey's reputation as an accomplished soldier and skilful tactician is a guar- 

 antee that the work he has undertaken has been thoroughly p«rformed. 



" These volumes are based on the French o'donna'nces of 1831 and 1845 for 

 the manosuvres of heavy infantry and chasfteurs d pied ; both of these systems 

 have been in use in our service for some years, the former having been trans- 

 lated by Gen. Scott, and the latter by Col. Hardee. After the introduction of 

 the latter drill in our service. In connection with Gen. Scott's Tactics, there 

 arose the necessity of a uniform system for the manoeuvres of all the infontry 

 arm of the service. These volumes arc the result of the author's endeavor to 

 communicate the instruction, now used and adopted in the army, to achieve 

 this result."— ^o.sfon Journal. 



" Based on the best precedents, adapted to the novel requirements of the art 

 of war, and very full in its instructions, Casey's Tactics will be received as the 

 most useful and most comprehensive work of its kind in our language. From 

 the drill and discipline of the individual soldier, or through all the various 

 combinations, to the manoeuvres of a brigade and the evolutions of a Corps 

 D'Armee, the student is advanced bv a clear method and steady progress. Nu- 

 merous cuts, plans, and diagrams illustrate positions and movements, and do- 

 n)onstrate to the eye the exact working out of the individual position, brigading, 

 order of battle, Ac, &c. The work is a, model of publishing success, being in 

 three noat pocket volumes." — Neic Yorket: 



