Beskrivelse
INDHOLD: Chronology. – Recruitment. Class, nationality and age. – Motives for enlistmen. – Enlistmen and processing. – Training. Marching, shooting and manoeuvering. – Appearance. Dress. – Equipment. – Weapons. – Life in peacetime. Pay and off-duty hours. – Manoeuvres and hard labor. – Discipline. – Belief and beolonging. The officers. – Life on campaign. Dahomey and Madagascar 1890s. – Tonkin 1890s. – The Sud-Oranais 1900-1907. – The mounted companies. – Morocco 1908. – The experience of battle. The aftermaths of battle. – Medical treatment. – Discharge. – Museums. – Bibliography. – Index.
