The first year course at the Ecole Superieure de Guerre is devoted to the study of the handling of the Division in Combat. It therefore is essential, at the beginning of the course in General Tactics, to have a conference on the present organization of the Division It is very important that the Student officers, from the very first, have a sound basic knowledge of essential characteristics of their working instrument, an appreciation of its powers and imperfections, knowing, in a word, what they can expect of our Combat Unit, what they should attempt to obtain from it. (Translated from the French original.)

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