Field service regulations. Pt. 2, Organization and administration 1909 (reprinted, with amendments, 1913) / General Staff, War Office.

Date:
1913
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Credit: Field service regulations. Pt. 2, Organization and administration 1909 (reprinted, with amendments, 1913) / General Staff, War Office. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    CHAPTER III. General Functions of the Executiv AND OF THE COMPONENT PARTS OF TH] Forces in the Field. COMMANDERS. 8. The Commander-in- Chief. the emeieney of the forces in the held, for the control and directioi of their operations as a whole, and for the military governmen of all territory under martial law. * s men °''in'C- i8Sues such orders on all matters connecter with the efficiency and maintenance of the forces in the fielr as he considers necessary for the execution of his plan oj BuT^s8’ f°rithe S,UCCeS8 °r failure of which he is responsible ut it is a principle of war organization that the C in n • relieved of direct responsibility for the conduct of < 18 eiercised’ “ “