WAR DEPARTMENT, OFFICE OF THE CHIEF OF STAFF, Washington, March 9, 1914. The following (Experimental) Cavalry Service Regulations were prepared by a board composed of: Brig. Gen. Edward J. McClernand, U. S. Army, retired. Col. Cunliffe H. Murray, Twelfth Cavalry. Lieut. Col. Joseph T. Dickman, Cavalry. Lieut. Col. Frederick S. Foltz, General Staff. Maj. Jesse McI. Carter, Cavalry. Capt. Frank Parker, Eleventh Cavalry. They are approved and published for experimentation by the Cavalry of the Army of the United States. They will govern in the training and leading of Cavalry, but everything not foreseen therein is left to the initiative of the officer in command, who in campaign and in maneuvers must conform his actions to actual conditions, even departing in necessary cases from the letter of the Regulations. These regulations will become applicable upon receipt by the organization commanders. Each officer of the Cavalry Service will submit in the month of June, 1915, a report embodying his opinion of and recommendations as to changes or modifications in these Regulations. By order of the Secretary of War: LEONARD WOOD, Maior General, Chief of Staff. 3 |