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BOOK REVIEWS<br />

This book includes <strong>the</strong> most careful notes on <strong>the</strong> organization of <strong>the</strong><br />

telegraph troops and <strong>the</strong> flying corps of all <strong>the</strong> principal foreign armies.<br />

These notes alone would establish its value. It is doubtful whe<strong>the</strong>r <strong>the</strong>re<br />

has ever been published in this country such a complete study of <strong>the</strong><br />

activities of any particular corps in foreign armies.<br />

ROADSIDE GLIMPSES OF THE GREAT WAR. By Arthur Sweetser. The<br />

Macmillan Company, New York, 1916. Illustrated. Price, $1.50.<br />

Here is a record of personal experiences during <strong>the</strong> great German<br />

drive on Paris. The author, in <strong>the</strong> first mad days of <strong>the</strong> war, worked his<br />

way north to <strong>the</strong> west of <strong>the</strong> battle line, and succeeded eventually in<br />

completing a bicycle trip from <strong>the</strong> Belgian border to Paris, passing<br />

through both hostile lines. He got out of this trip some very vivid<br />

impressions and a German pass to Paris, which may some day be a<br />

document of considerable historic interest.<br />

Professional readers of this book will envy <strong>the</strong> author his<br />

opportunities for observation, opportunities which are perhaps<br />

inevitably denied <strong>the</strong>m. It has been stated as a curious fact that <strong>the</strong><br />

proportion of professional soldiers privileged to see a part of this great<br />

world war, is much smaller than <strong>the</strong> proportion of o<strong>the</strong>r American<br />

citizens who have at least glimpsed it.<br />

SELF-HELPS FOR THE CITIZEN SOLDIER. By Captain James A. Moss,<br />

29th U. S. Infantry, and Merch B. Stewart, 5th U. S. Infantry.<br />

Illustrated by Lieutenant W. E. Larner, 5th U. S. Infantry. George<br />

Banta Publishing Co., Menasha, Wis. Price, $1.25.<br />

This is a valuable introduction to things military for <strong>the</strong> uninstructed<br />

citizen, free from <strong>the</strong> many shop expressions that mean much to <strong>the</strong><br />

initiate but are puzzling to <strong>the</strong> novice. It should have a ready sale in<br />

<strong>the</strong>se days when interest in military matters is sweeping <strong>the</strong> country.<br />

For <strong>the</strong> regular officer it is not without interest, as many old subjects<br />

are presented in a new and readable light.<br />

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