Small Arms Firing Manual, 1913; Changes No. 1, War Department, Washington, June 16, 1914. [C.S.A.F.M. 1.]

Washington, DC: Government Printing Office, 1914. 1914 printing. Hardcover. Fair. 2 pages [8.5 by 5.5 inches single sheet, folded in half, resulting with two printed sides and two blank sides.] Changes to War Department Document No. 442., Office of the Chief of Staff. Provides adjustments to paragraphs 90, 112, 188, 196, 212, 240, and 244, and Plate IX. Edges are worn, discolored and soiled. Small arms include revolvers and pistols, rifles and carbines, assault rifles, submachine guns and light machine guns. Together with light weapons (heavy machine guns; hand-held grenade launchers; portable anti-aircraft and anti-tank guns; recoilless rifles; and mortars of calibers of less than 100 mm), they comprise the Small Arms and Light Weapons category. "Since weapons in this class are capable of being carried, if a small arm, by one person or, if a light arm, by two or more people, a pack animal or a light vehicle, they allow for mobile operations where heavy mechanized and air forces are not available or are restricted in their capabilities owing to difficult mountain, jungle or urban terrain." In the U.S. military, small arms are "man portable, individual, and crew-served weapon systems used mainly against personnel and lightly armored or unarmored equipment". The 1913 Small Arms Firing Manual represented the synthesis of the experience of the United States Army just prior to the start of the European War. It was approved and published for the information and guidance not only of the Regular Army of the United States but also for the organized militia. These changes were prior to the start of the First World War in Europe.