ISBN: 1235799875

[EAN: 9781235799877], Neubuch, NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL,SUBJECTS, This item is printed on demand. Paperback. This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can d… Meer...

[EAN: 9781235799877], Neubuch, NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL,SUBJECTS, This item is printed on demand. Paperback. 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. 1919 Excerpt: . . . DIVISION OF GEOLOGY AND GEOGRAPHY. 49 well as in Europe. This distribution was initiated by the Geology Committee and made, possible by the generosity of one of its members. The American Library Association ordered several hundred copies of this separate for use in libraries at camps. Several thousand copies of the Handbook of Northern France, by Prof. William M. Davis, chairman of the Geography Committee, have been gratuitously distributed among officers of the Army. This was possible through generous contributions secured by the author. The publication was issued at cost by the Harvard University Press and distributed without profit to the author. 4. The utilisation of geologists as experts in the American Army. A memorandum on the usefulness of geological advice in the operations of an army was presented to the Secretary of War by the Geology Committee in 1917. During the past year the geological war service in the German Army, as described in German literature, has been brought to the attention of the Army authorities, and a considerable development of such service has taken place in our Army. The Division has improved every opportunity to make clear the value of this special service. 5. Maj. Johnson, a member of the division, was able to make important observations concerning geological and geographical work in several of the allied armies and in the German Army, and has submitted important reports upon this subject, which have been transmitted to the War Department. 6. Instruction in geology, geography, map reading, etc. , in training camps and colleges. An effort to promote work of this kind was initiated by the geology committee in 1917. With the organization of the Students Army Training Corps the opportunity for developing the desired instruction . . . This item ships from La Vergne,TN.<

2012, ISBN: 9781235799877

General Books, Taschenbuch, Publiziert: 2012-02-01T00:00:01Z, Produktgruppe: Buch, 0.18 kg, Kategorien, Bücher, General Books, 2012