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Two (2) manuals from World War One. Both were printed by the D. Appleton & Company for the United States Army.

One is INFANTRY DRILL REGULATIONS and is dated 1911. It's the bigger book in the photos and it measures 4.25" x 5.5" x nearly .5"

The other is MANUAL OF INTERIOR GUARD DUTY and is dated 1914. It measures 3.75" x 5" x less than .25".

Both are a yellowing olive green and both state they are from the War Department.

They are filled with detailed instructions and drawings on how to be a soldier. Everything from thrusting with a bayonet to marching and using a machine gun.

This type of book was given to the new recruits and these belonged to a young man named HT Daniels Jr because he signed one and wrote Daniels in the the smaller. Other than a few left handed check marks in pencil there is no other writing in them.

Comes complete with a century old paper clip.

If you're into internet sleuthing you might be able to find out more about the young soldier.

This is a true auction beginning at zero and high bidder wins in 7 days. Also, it ships for free as do all of my other listings. Check them out if you get a chance.

Questions & Comments

Yes I ship to Fl. I may thin my collection a bit. I haven't really decided.

Jan 26th, 2014 at 2:33:42 PM PST by

How good of condition are they in?

Jan 27th, 2014 at 3:53:00 AM PST by

I don't grade items. I'm sorry. I can tell you that the bindings are in good shape except for one place on the larger book. There are no tears and other than the check marks and name in pencil there are no markings. The pages aren't bent either. There's a piece of yellowing paper in one of them that Mr. Daniels used as a book mark so he didn't dogear any of the pages. With all of that being said....they are not perfect but are better than any others I've seen online when I was researching them.

Jan 27th, 2014 at 10:37:56 AM PST by

ok thank you

Jan 27th, 2014 at 10:19:17 PM PST by

You're welcome!

Jan 28th, 2014 at 9:18:52 AM PST by

omg where did you get these I have looking for these for years. I wanted to burry them with my grandfather beacuse was a wwii vet.

Jan 28th, 2014 at 12:50:59 PM PST by

These are WWI not II. I bought them a couple years ago. I don't remember where. I collect civil war stuff (and anything else that catches my eye) so there's no telling where I picked them up.

Jan 28th, 2014 at 2:10:47 PM PST by

now I know this. he was a collector or both. I love wwii

Jan 28th, 2014 at 2:11:58 PM PST by

I'm sorry you lost your grandfather but I'm grateful that he served our country.

Jan 28th, 2014 at 2:13:20 PM PST by

thank you was very nice. he was actually one of 13 of his sauad to come home alive.

Jan 28th, 2014 at 2:15:20 PM PST by

I can see why you're proud of him.

Jan 28th, 2014 at 4:16:41 PM PST by

very much so and my father

Jan 28th, 2014 at 4:20:13 PM PST by

:) That's awesome.

Jan 28th, 2014 at 4:32:48 PM PST by

Nice.

Feb 1st, 2014 at 1:01:50 PM PST by

Thank you!

Feb 1st, 2014 at 1:25:59 PM PST by

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