| PAGE | |
| Foreword | V |
| Preface | VII |
| Chapter I—Our Approach to a Critical Matter | 1 |
| Chapter II—Military Communications | 20 |
| Chapter III—Problems in the Composition of the Field Message | 33 |
| Chapter IV—More Problems on the Composition of the Field Message | 41 |
| Chapter V—Verbal Field Message | 49 |
| Chapter VI—The Field Order, The Estimate, The Decision, The Expression | 58 |
| Chapter VII—Problems in the Field Order | 73 |
| Chapter VIII—More Problems of the Composition of the Field Order | 93 |
| Chapter IX—The Verbal Field Order | 110 |
| Chapter X—The Operation Order, Orders, Letters of Instruction | 124 |
| Chapter XI—The War Diary—The Report—Routine Orders | 147 |
| Chapter XII—Official Correspondence—Explanations—Lectures | 165 |
| Appendices | 187 |