. Elements of military sketching and map reading . NEW YORKD. VAN NOSTRAND COMPANY 25 Park Place1917 THIRD EDITION, SECOND PRINTING Copyright, 1917 BY D. VAN NOSTRAND COMPANY Library H70 . PREFACE The publication of this book was under-taken with a view of providing a text-booksuitable for beginners in the subject of Mili-tary Sketching. To the original book has been addedchapters on Map Reading and LandscapeSketching. The diagrams in the first seven chapterswere executed by Captain P. A. Earned,loth Infantry. J. B. B. ^May I, 1917. I 1 .i- 734000 TABLE OF CONTENTS CHAPTER PAGE I. Sketches; Sc


. Elements of military sketching and map reading . NEW YORKD. VAN NOSTRAND COMPANY 25 Park Place1917 THIRD EDITION, SECOND PRINTING Copyright, 1917 BY D. VAN NOSTRAND COMPANY Library H70 . PREFACE The publication of this book was under-taken with a view of providing a text-booksuitable for beginners in the subject of Mili-tary Sketching. To the original book has been addedchapters on Map Reading and LandscapeSketching. The diagrams in the first seven chapterswere executed by Captain P. A. Earned,loth Infantry. J. B. B. ^May I, 1917. I 1 .i- 734000 TABLE OF CONTENTS CHAPTER PAGE I. Sketches; Scales; Construction of Scales i 11. Conventional Signs; io III. Sketching Implements 14 IV. Orientation; Resection; Intersection 23V. Contours; Map Distances; Vertical Interval 34 VI. Road Sketching 48 VII. Position Sketching 58 VIII. Map Reading 65 IX. Landscape Sketching 74 ELEMENTS OF MILITARY SKETCHING CHAPTER ISCALES A PRACTICAL knowledge of sketching is an importantpart of the military education of officers and non-commissio


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