THE MILITARY UNPREPAREDNESS

OF THE UNITED STATES

THE

MILITARY UNPREPAREDNESS
OF THE UNITED STATES

A History of American Land Forces from
Colonial Times until June 1, 1915

BY

FREDERIC LOUIS HUIDEKOPER

Author of "Military Studies," etc.; founder of the Army
League of the United States, member of the
Military Service Institution, etc.

WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY

MAJOR GENERAL LEONARD WOOD, M. H.
FORMER CHIEF OF STAFF OF THE UNITED STATES ARMY.

Truth is the highest thing that man may keep.
Chaucer, The Frankeleines Tale, 11789.

Sooner or later the truth comes to light.

Dutch Proverb.

New York

THE MACMILLAN COMPANY

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Set up and electrotyped. Published November, 1915

To

The Memory of

MY BELOVED MOTHER