Entered, according to the Act of Congress, in the year 1846, BY D.
APPLETON & COMPANY, In the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the
United States for the Southern District of New York.




CONTENTS PAGE PREFACE 5

I. INTRODUCTION.--Dr. Wayland's Arguments on the Justifiableness of War
briefly examined. 7

II. STRATEGY.--General Divisions of the Art.--Rules for planning a
Campaign.--Analysis of the Military Operations of Napoleon. 35

III. FORTIFICATIONS.--Their importance in the Defence of States proved
by numerous Historical Examples. 61

IV. LOGISTICS.--Subsistence.--Forage.--Marches.--Convoys.--
Castrametation. 88

V. TACTICS.--The Twelve Orders of Battle, with Examples of
each.--Different Formations of Infantry, Cavalry, Artillery, and
Engineers on the Field of Battle, with the Modes of bringing Troops into
action. 114

VI. MILITARY POLITY.--The Means of National Defence best suited to the
character and condition of a Country, with a brief Account of those
adopted by the several European Powers. 135