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I (Dom Dal Bello) had been working on my own reset reprint of Customs of Service for Officers for about 2 years, and was nearly ready for print, when I learned that Stackpole had trumped me. Here is Stackpole's version:

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Stackpole Book's facscimile reprint of Kautz's 1865

Customs of Service for OFFICERS
of the Army
1866

BEING
A HAND-BOOK OF MILITARY ADMINISTRATION FOR OFFICERS OF THE LINE, SHOWING THE SPECIFIC DUTIES OF EACH GRADE FROM THE LOWEST TO THE HIGHEST, ENABLING OFFICERS PROMOTED TO A NEW GRADE TO KNOW WHAT THEY HAVE TO DO, AND HOW TO DO IT.
by: Brig. Gen'l August V. Kautz, U.S.V.

NOTICE: Stackpole Books entitled their reprint the _1865_ Customs of Service. While Kautz was working on this book in 1865, it was not first published until 1866.

Preface

OFFICERS of the Army have certain duties to perform, that are governed by certain laws, rules, and regulations, which are interpreted and executed in a certain way, called "Customs of Service." To explain what these duties are, and how they are performed in the United States Army, is the object of this little volume. A knowledge of these rules of service, and of their application, constitutes the military profession, and is the true art of war. To this extent it is an exact science, and may be acquired by application and experience; anything beyond this is the application of the art to extraordinary circumstances and difficult tasks, depending for success upon the capacity of the officer intrusted with the execution. "The art of war," a la Napoleon, is but the same work by a superior artist.

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