REGULATIONS AND INSTRUCTIONS 



FIELD SERVICE OF CAVALRY IN TIME OF WAR, 



UNITED STATES ARMY 



Philadelphia, December 31, 1856. 



Sir : I have the honor to submit for your consideration the following regulations for the field 

 service of cavalry in time of war. 



I have translated them from the original Russian, and have endeavored to adapt them to our 

 own organization, preserving the original arrangement, and adding merely a few minor details 

 suggested by the recollections of former reading, and of service in the field. It is more than 

 probable that they will be found to fill usefully an important gap in our military literature, 

 and they are undoubtedly based upon true military principles. 



I am, sir, very respectfully, your obedient servant, 



GEO. B. McCLELLAN, 



Captain \st Cavalry. 

 Hon. Jefferson Davis, 



Secretary of War. 



