Mountain Scouting: A Handbook for Officers and Soldiers on the Frontiers - Softcover

Farrow, Edward S.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0806132094 ISBN 13: 9780806132099

Publisher: University of Oklahoma Press, 2000

Synopsis

After serving in the Indian Wars, Edward S. Farrow set out to provide a manual for soldiers and officers bound for frontier army duty. "I have endeavored to present," Farrow writes, "such knowledge as the young officer often acquires by bitter experience and under the most unfavorable circumstances."

Mountain Scouting, first published in 1881, is a valuable instruction guide for novice soldiers, describing how to care for their horses, shoot accurately with their rifles, fix broken bones, and ward off diseases and ailments. Farrow guides troops on the use of equipment, offering advice on proper clothing, bedding, tents, and rations. For the soldier who becomes lost, Farrow comes to the rescue with a diagram on following mountain divides and with a chart on how best to relocate a trail. The book concludes with a glossary of Chinook-English terms.

About this title

About the Author

Edward S. Farrow (1855-1926) was a First Cavalry officer in the Department of the Columbia and an assistant instructor of tactics at the U.S. Military Academy.

Edition details

• Publisher: University of Oklahoma Press
• Publication date: 2000
• ISBN 10: 0806132094
• ISBN 13: 9780806132099
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Number of pages: 292