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372 The OrganizaTiOnal hisTOry Of field arTillery
Communications—Continued
telephone, 96, 99, 108, 121, 122, 154
radio. See Radio.
in World War I, 114, 120, 121, 127
in World War II, 161, 182, 184
CONARC. See Continental Army
Command.
Confederate Provisional Congress, 61
Confederate States Army, 56, 59, 61, 63, 64,
69, 71, 73
Congress, U.S.
Army reorganization of 1821, 32, 34
Army strength, 23, 24
artillery and engineers separated, 23
authorizes Regiment of Light Artillery, 24
authorizes Regiment of Volunteers and
Foot Riflemen, 43
coast and field artillery separated, 100, 101
and Corps of Artillery, 26, 30
creates Corps of Artillerists and Engineers,
20, 22
creates Legion of the United States, 20
creates state militia system, 23
establishes board on heavy ordnance, 78
establishes Board of Ordnance and
Fortification, 83
establishes Endicott Board, 82–83
establishes Ordnance Department, 27
on fortification construction and defense,
22, 31, 82–83
increases in artillery, 22–23, 24, 25, 26, 34,
43, 53, 54, 85, 86, 90, 145
and Joint Security Inspection Team, 222
and Lance missile system, 236
and motorization, 134, 136, 145
and National Defense Act of 1916, 104, 106
and Pershing missile system, 238
reductions in artillery, 31, 35, 126
response to Berlin Crisis, 261
response to Civil War, 53, 54
response to Mexican War, 43
response to War of 1812, 26
response to War with Spain, 85, 86, 90
protection of Northwest territory, 18
and Shays’s Rebellion, 19
and surplus weapons, 158
Congreve. See under Rockets.
Connecticut, 8, 18
Conrad, Charles, 48
Conscription, 106
Containment policy, 316
Continental Army Command (CONARC), 252
and Howze board, 264
proposed airborne division, 250, 257
replaces Army Field Forces, 246, 258
redesign of ATFA division, 246–47, 248
and PENTANA, 248, 249
and ROAD program, 258, 259
studies, 250
Continental Artillery
at battle of Monmouth, 13, 16
at battle of Trenton, 13
and battle of Yorktown, 14–15
enlistments in, 7
Knox commands, 7
and linear tactics of, 10–11
and Massachusetts, 3, 4
northern campaigns, 13
numerical designations of regiments, 8–9
organization of, 3–10, 15–16
promotions in, 9
regiments
1st (Virginia) (Harrison’s), 8, 9, 15
2d (New York) (Lamb’s), 8, 9, 15, 16
3d (Massachusetts) (Crane’s), 7, 8,
9, 15, 16
4th (Pennsylvania) (Proctor’s), 8, 9, 15
Gridley’s, 4, 6
Knox’s, 4, 6–7
in southern campaigns, 13–15
strength of, 6, 16
weapons of, 10–11
Continental Congress, 4, 6, 7, 8, 9, 11, 12, 13,
16, 17, 18, 19
Conventional warfare, weapons, 232, 245,
251, 261–62, 267, 271, 274, 283, 310,
311, 316
280–mm. gun, 243
aerial rocket helicopters, 264, 276
Honest John rocket, 212, 229, 236
integrated battlefield, 305
Lacrosse missile, 222–23
Lance missile, 235, 236, 240
Little John rocket, 229, 230, 265, 266
missiles and rockets, 211, 214, 220, 224,
242, 266
multiple-launch rocket system, 240
and “New Look,” 207
nuclear airpower, 209
in PENTANA, 249
and Pershing II, 238
and ROAD, 258
Coordination of fire, 108, 205, 246, 249, 253,
275, 293, 315
Copper used for artillery pieces, 10, 36. See
also Bronze; Iron; Nickel, Steel.
Copperhead. See under Ammunition.
Corporal. See under Missiles.