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[WITH EARLY MAP OF USA, COMPILED BY RUSSIAN INTELLIGENCE] Vooruzhennie sily Severo-Amerikanskikh Soedinennikh Shtatov i drugih gosudarstv Ameriki [i.e. The Military Forces of the United States of America and Other States of America. Data on 1st of January, 1910]

Item #2567

St-Petersburg: Voennaya tipografiia, 1910. [4], 96 p., 1 map. 27x18 cm. Original wrappers. Fine condition. The military report done for the inner distribution by the Joint Staff.
Extremely rare.
The author Sergey Odintsov (1874-1920) was the editor of Military Encyclopedia and an active officer both in Russo-Japanese and WWI wars, later an important figure in the Civil War, he was one of the first generals who became loyal to Bolsheviks days after the October revolution.

The book itself is largely dedicated to USA military forces and includes a lot of classified information on the matter. The chapters include data on the quantity and the recruitment of the ground forces, including with officers and horses; the structure of military administration, including information on local administrations; the structure of volunteer and regular troops, the militia, tactical schools, weapons, military schools, and the salaries of officers of various ranks. A separate chapter is devoted to the navy.
Particular attention is paid to the size of the army; for example, in the article on the militia, data is given for all states, including the number of companies of infantry and mounted militia, artillery and engineers.
The work sums up Russian knowledge of the subject at that time. The rest of the countries of North and South America are also present, but to each 1-3 pages are dedicated.
Includes the folding map on American Military Districts, composed by the Russian intelligence office. The map was originally put together in 1901, but updated in 1907 for this edition, showing the number of coastal artillery units according to Russian intelligence.

Worldcat shows copies at Stanford and University of Washington.

Price: $1,500.00