A Manual Of Instructions For Enlisting And Discharging Soldiers

Author : Henry Marshall
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ISBN 13 : 9781331097259
Total Pages : 390 pages
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Download or read book On the Enlisting, Discharging and Pensioning of Soldiers written by Henry Marshall and published by . This book was released on 2015-07-10 with total page 390 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from On the Enlisting, Discharging and Pensioning of Soldiers: With the Official Documents on These Branches of Military Duty; With the Regulations for the Recruiting Service in the Army and Navy of the United States, and a Preface In the following pages I have endeavoured to give a practical commentary on the regulations which have been issued in regard to the duty of examining recruits, and the discharging of disabled soldiers; and, in the execution of this design, my principal aim has been to explain the practice of carrying the rules into effect - not to argue their policy, or to suggest reforms; to narrate, rather than to discuss. In a financial, a political, and, perhaps I may add, in a medical point of view, I am not aware of any part of the duty of a medical officer which is of more importance than the inspection of recruits on a large scale, and the examination of inefficient soldiers; and, consequently, these duties deserve a very careful consideration. Should this manual contribute, in however small a degree, to the compilation of a comprehensive work on military hygiene including a treatise on the duties of medical officers, I shall be much gratified. In the simple but expressive language of Sir John Pringle, it may be asked, "What inquiry can be so useful as that which hath for its object the saving of the lives of men?" "The prevention of diseases," he very justly observes, "cannot consist in the use of medicines." To preserve the health of soldiers, and to promote their efficiency in all climates, and under the various circumstances of peace and war, are highly important objects which should engage not only the attention of government, but the careful study of both military and medical officers. There is, I fear, too much truth in the following observation of Vaidy: "Tant que les peuples seront gouvernes par des hommes et que les hommes auront des passions la guerre sera un mal inevitable." "Peace" says Segur, "is the dream of the wise; war is the history of man." 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."