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THE FRENCH ARMY FROM WITHIN




  THE FRENCH ARMY
  FROM WITHIN

  BY

  "EX-TROOPER"

  NEW YORK
  GEORGE H. DORAN COMPANY




  COPYRIGHT, 1914

  By GEORGE H. DORAN COMPANY




CONTENTS


    CHAPTER I
                                                        PAGE
    THE CONSTITUTION OF THE FRENCH ARMY                    7

    CHAPTER II

    THE FRENCH SOLDIER AT HOME                            18

    CHAPTER III

    THE HIGHER RANKS                                      27

    CHAPTER IV

    INFANTRY                                              44

    CHAPTER V

    OFF DUTY                                              51

    CHAPTER VI

    CAVALRY                                               60

    CHAPTER VII

    ARTILLERY                                             74

    CHAPTER VIII

    IN CAMP AND ON THE MARCH                              85

    CHAPTER  IX

    MANOEUVRES                                           104

    CHAPTER X

    WITH THE CAVALRY SCOUTS                              119

    CHAPTER XI

    INTERNAL ECONOMY                                     133

    CHAPTER XII

    SOME INCIDENTALS                                     144

    CHAPTER XIII

    THE GREAT GARRISON TOWNS OF FRANCE                   156

    CHAPTER XIV

    SOME EFFECTS. ACTIVE SERVICE                         171




CHAPTER I

THE CONSTITUTION OF THE FRENCH ARMY


Before proceeding to the consideration of life as lived in the
French Army, it would be well to have a clear understanding of the
constitution of the Army of France, the parts of which it is composed,
and the conditions under which it is organised and controlled. The
British Army is a growth of years, and even of centuries, but with
the changes of government that France has undergone since 