The RASP. 1914 Annual Volume of the U.S. Army Mounted Service Schools (M.S.S.). Fort Riley, Kansas, 1914
by Munro, Captain J. N. (editor)
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About This Item
Kansas City: Printing and Binding by The Union Bank Note Company, 1914. First Edition. Hardcover. Good +. Tall quarto. 477 pages, [36] pages of advertisements (one advertisement page is covered up by a pasted down perforated page titled "Special Notice" with 36 labels titled "I saw your ad in THE RASP."). Red cloth hardcover with gold title and insignia on the front cover. Title on the spine. Light scattered foxing to the foredge. Light wear to the cloth. Illustrated with numerous photographs. This work covers all aspects of Army horsemanship including training, Cavalry actions, Army polo, races, judging, grooming, veterinary medicine, etc. Also illustrated with several sketches. 9 folding tables inside the yearbook. Lieutenant George Patton was one of the Associate Editors of the RASP. His photographs on horses can be found on pages 135, 138, 347, and 440. Patton was the author of 2 articles titled "Mounted Horsemanship", pages 162-169, and "Army Racing and Records for 1913", pages 345-343. Patton graduated from West Point in 1909. After the M.S.S. duty station he served as Aide-de-camp to General John J. Pershing in Mexico 1916-17.
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- Americana Books ABAA (US)
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- 24822
- Title
- The RASP. 1914 Annual Volume of the U.S. Army Mounted Service Schools (M.S.S.). Fort Riley, Kansas, 1914
- Author
- Munro, Captain J. N. (editor)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good +
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Printing and Binding by The Union Bank Note Company
- Place of Publication
- Kansas City
- Date Published
- 1914
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