Author: James Parker

Publisher: Forgotten Books

Published: 2017-11-09

Total Pages: 172

ISBN-13: 9780260696984

Excerpt from The Mounted Rifleman: A Method of Garrison Training and Field Instruction of Cavalry, Including Tests and Combat Exercises, as Used in the First Cavalry Brigade, U. S. Army The decisive power of cavalry lies in its mobility and its rifle. The main value of cavalry now, as in the past, lies in oppos ing Infantry. The term Mounted Infantry should be no longer one of reproach. On foot, the cavalry of today, man for man equal to infantry, can attack positions, with the same determination, the same resolution, as infantry. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This 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.