Chapter 5

HAVE YOU A FRIEND IN THE ARMY?Send Him The Military Hand-Book.The great want of a MILITARY HAND-BOOK of General and Special Information on all matters connected with a Soldier’s Life and Experience, has induced the publishers of the Dime Publications to have prepared, by competent hands, a work which will fully answer the requirements of the market. They have, therefore, to announceTHEMILITARY HAND-BOOK,ANDSOLDIERS’ MANUAL OF INFORMATION.Embracing Pay-Lists of Officers and Men—Rations—Incidents of Camp-Life—Hints on Health andComfort—How to Prepare Good Food fromPoor Rations—Recipes—Wounds, andHow to Care for Them—All aboutWeapons of War, etc.; alsoOfficial Articles of War,AND A COMPLETEDICTIONARY OF MILITARY TERMS.☞ This admirable volume is published in large 12mo., with a beautifully Engraved and Colored Cover, and can be had of all News Dealers at the low sum of TWENTY-FIVE CENTS.BEADLE AND COMPANY, Publishers,141 William St., New York.

HAVE YOU A FRIEND IN THE ARMY?

Send Him The Military Hand-Book.

The great want of a MILITARY HAND-BOOK of General and Special Information on all matters connected with a Soldier’s Life and Experience, has induced the publishers of the Dime Publications to have prepared, by competent hands, a work which will fully answer the requirements of the market. They have, therefore, to announce

THE

MILITARY HAND-BOOK,

AND

SOLDIERS’ MANUAL OF INFORMATION.

Embracing Pay-Lists of Officers and Men—Rations—

Incidents of Camp-Life—Hints on Health and

Comfort—How to Prepare Good Food from

Poor Rations—Recipes—Wounds, and

How to Care for Them—All about

Weapons of War, etc.; also

Official Articles of War,

AND A COMPLETE

DICTIONARY OF MILITARY TERMS.

☞ This admirable volume is published in large 12mo., with a beautifully Engraved and Colored Cover, and can be had of all News Dealers at the low sum of TWENTY-FIVE CENTS.

BEADLE AND COMPANY, Publishers,

141 William St., New York.

Transcriber’s Notes:Unprinted letters and punctuation marks were added. Other punctuation marks were amended for consistency within the book. On page 56, duplicate ‘to’ was removed from ‘... Peeping stars they seem to to be;...’In “The Sword of Bunker Hill,” the last two lines of each stanza were bracketed with the word “Repeat.” The brackets were removed and the two lines were duplicated in each stanza.Misspelled words, below, were retained as printed:Pg 12- ‘permisson’ for ‘permission’Pg 21- ‘afface’ for ‘efface’Pg 26- ‘Jane’ for ‘Juney’Pg 33- ‘sororws’ for ‘sorrows’Pg 40- ‘tallk’ for ‘talk’Pg 51- ‘childern,’ possible misprint for ‘children’Pg 57- ‘gathere,’ for ‘gathered’ or ‘gather’Pg 61- ‘pnmpkins’ for ‘pumpkins’Pg 69- ‘comidg’ for coming’Advert, penultimate page, ‘BAEDLE’S’ for ‘BEADLE’S’

Unprinted letters and punctuation marks were added. Other punctuation marks were amended for consistency within the book. On page 56, duplicate ‘to’ was removed from ‘... Peeping stars they seem to to be;...’

In “The Sword of Bunker Hill,” the last two lines of each stanza were bracketed with the word “Repeat.” The brackets were removed and the two lines were duplicated in each stanza.

Misspelled words, below, were retained as printed:Pg 12- ‘permisson’ for ‘permission’Pg 21- ‘afface’ for ‘efface’Pg 26- ‘Jane’ for ‘Juney’Pg 33- ‘sororws’ for ‘sorrows’Pg 40- ‘tallk’ for ‘talk’Pg 51- ‘childern,’ possible misprint for ‘children’Pg 57- ‘gathere,’ for ‘gathered’ or ‘gather’Pg 61- ‘pnmpkins’ for ‘pumpkins’Pg 69- ‘comidg’ for coming’Advert, penultimate page, ‘BAEDLE’S’ for ‘BEADLE’S’


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