. Military sketching and map reading. ency, and, when the relief is completed,permits of vivid representation of all terrain features bymeans of indentations in the wax. In order to be successful in this work the moulderswax must be used. Do not attempt to use the sandtable. The latter answers the purpose very well forindoor work in field fortifications, but it will not do fortopographical work. Every organization and militaryinstitution should secure enough of the wax for relief 36 Relief Maps 37 map construction in connection with map reading andinstruction in Minor Tactics. Construction of
. Military sketching and map reading. ency, and, when the relief is completed,permits of vivid representation of all terrain features bymeans of indentations in the wax. In order to be successful in this work the moulderswax must be used. Do not attempt to use the sandtable. The latter answers the purpose very well forindoor work in field fortifications, but it will not do fortopographical work. Every organization and militaryinstitution should secure enough of the wax for relief 36 Relief Maps 37 map construction in connection with map reading andinstruction in Minor Tactics. Construction of Relief Maps The first necessity is a table constructed as shown inFig. 7. The two enclosures on top of the table are 18square, interior measurements (the same dimensions asthe Gettysburg-Antietam 12 sheets). The flange en-closing the squares is one-fifth of an inch thick and aninch and a half in width. The top of the table shouldbe perfectly level, and the flange of uniform thicknessand planed. Also secure a rolling pin of hard wood,. Fig. 7 22 long and about 4 in diameter. A suflBcientamount of moulders wax should be secured. This maybe purchased from Stewart & Company, 24 Broadway,New York City, and presumedly from other dealers. Thewax comes in different colors; the olive-green is preferablefor this work. The price of the wax in small orders isabout twenty cents per pound, and, when ordered in largequantities, it may be secured at a reduced rate. It takesabout twenty pounds to construct one of the Gettysburg-Antietam 12 sheets, but is well worth the investment. As, without doubt, you will have need to use theGettysburg-Antietam 12 sheets in connection withstudies of minor tactics, such as Studies in MinorTactics, 1915, and Small Problems, etc., let usconstruct a relief map of one of those sheets. Thenecessary 12 sheets, unmounted, included in the texts 38 MiLiTAKT Sketching referred to above may be secured from the Book Depart-ment, Army Service Schools, Fort Leavenworth, at
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