The Environment of Camp Grant (Classic Reprint)

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Excerpt from The Environment of Camp GrantThis little volume gives a brief account of the region about Camp Grant, which may be of interest and value to 'those who are in training there. It is an interesting fact that at least one engagement of the Black Hawk War in 1832 (pp. 53 was within walking distance of the Camp where men are now being trained for a war of a very different character. The following pages. Contain brief accounts of the geography and geology of the region, suggest various sorts of problems connected with physical environment which armies must face wherever they find themselves, and give some account of the way in which man has adapted himself to the region, and the region to his own uses.In Chapter II, on Points of Military Significance, the authors have suggested those things illustrated here which seem to them of importance from the soldier's point of view. The manner in which these topics are to be~ dealt with in training, if time permits their consideration, is of course left to the officers in charge.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.