CONFIDENTIAL

FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY

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NOT TO BE TAKEN INTO FRONT LINE TRENCHES

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USE OF MINES
IN TRENCH WARFARE

(From the French School of St. Cyr)

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TRANSLATED AND EDITED AT THE
ARMY WAR COLLEGE

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JULY, 1917

WASHINGTON
GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE
1917

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WAR DEPARTMENT,
Washington, July 23, 1917.

The following notes on Use of Mines in Trench Warfare arepublished for the Information of all concerned.

[062.1, A. G. O.]

By order of the Secretary of War:

TASKER H. BLISS,
Major General, Acting Chief of Staff.

Official:
H. P. McCAIN,
The Adjutant General.

WAR DEPARTMENT,
The Adjutant General's Office,
Washington, June 19, 1917.

To all officers of the Army:

You are advised that this and all subsequent documents of asimilar character which may be furnished to you from thisoffice are to be regarded as strictly confidential. They are to bekept at all times in your personal possession, and are not to becopied, nor are any parts of their contents to be communicatedeither directly or indirectly to the press, nor to any person notin the military or naval service of the United States. InEurope these documents are not to be carried into the front-linetrenches, nor farther to the front than the usual post of theofficers to whom issued.

Strict compliance with this injunction is enjoined upon everyofficer into whose hands any of these confidential documentsmay come.

By order of the Secretary of War:

H. P. McCAIN,
The Adjutant General.

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