The soldier’s handbook for the use of the enlisted men of the army

1893 Spanish-American War Soldier Handbook Air Defense Artillery Hershler Army

'The Soldier's Handbook' was compiled by Nathaniel Hershler under the guidance of the adjutant General of the Army, R. C. Drum. The handbook was ordered to be given to every new recruit and every person serving more than one year to have on their person. It includes:

· Rights as citizens forfeited by desertion

· Unauthorized absence

· Extracts from army regulations

o Military discipline

o Deserters

o Medals of Honor

o Arms, clothing, and equipment

o Salutes

o Care of public animals

· Extracts from articles of war

· Telegraph and signal code

· Management of the rifle

· Classification of marksmanship

· And more

This 1893 edition includes provenance of US soldier, Marcus A. Johnson who served in Company E of the 4th Air Defense Artillery Regiment during the Spanish-American War of 1898.

Item number: #10526

Price: $550

HERSHLER, Nathaniel

The soldier's handbook for the use of the enlisted men of the army

Washington (D.C.), 1893.

Details:

· Collation: Complete with all pages

o [2], 3-79, [1]

· Provenance: Handwritten – Marcus A. Johnson

o Marcus A. Johnson (1872-1958) was a US soldier who served in Company E of the 4th Air Defense Artillery Regiment during the Spanish-American War of 1898.

o He enlisted November 2, 1893 at Fort Monroe, VA.

The 4th Air Defense Artillery Regiment was constituted June 1, 1821 in the Regular Army as the 4th Regiment of Artillery and organized from new and existing units with headquarters at Pensacola, Florida. As a result of the division of the Artillery Corps into Coast and Field Artillery units, the Regiment was broken up February 13, 1901, and its elements reorganized and re-designated as separate numbered companies and batteries of the Artillery Corps.

· Language: English

· Binding: Leather; tight & secure

· Size: ~6.75in X 4in (17cm x 10cm)

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