A Manual for Aspirants for Commissions in the United States Military Service

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1910 Excerpt: ...is familiar with the duties of security and information, preparation of field orders, combat action of a company of infantry, reconnaissance, marches, and transfer of troops by rail or water. /. Military Law. (1) Manual of courts-martial from beginning to include the chapter on Inferior Courts-Martial. (2) Preparation of charges and specifications and reports of cases tried by summary courts-martial. g. Spanish, or any dialect spoken in the Philippine Islands. (Same as for second lieutenants.) 12. An officer who is ordered to report for examination for promotion, and who in the preceding year has successfully passed the examination for reappointment herein prescribed, shall be excused from the prescribed mental examination. 13. The examination of officers of Philippine Scouts not being governed by the act of Congress approved October 1, 1890, a failure by any such officer to pass the physical examination prescribed above does not confer a right to retirement, nor does failure to pass the professional examination prescribed above confer a right to reexamination at any future time. FORM FOR INDIVIDUAL RECORDOF CANDIDATE. 1. Give the exact date and place of your birth. 2. Are you married or single? 3. Are you a citizen of the United States or of the Philippine Islands? If so, state whether native-born or naturalized. 4. What schools have you attended and for what periods? An swer explicitly, giving dates and designations of schools, as public schools, academies, district schools, colleges, manual training schools, night schools, etc. Give also names and present addresses of presidents, superintendents, commandants, principals, professors, or teachers under the supervision of whom you were while attending schools, academies, colleges, etc. 5. In wha...