George S. Patton Jr. wrote SABER EXERCISE 1914, the official War Department training manual in the art of swordsmanship, while a student and instructor at the Mounted Service School in Fort Riley, Kansas. It has been carefully reproduced here verbatim and includes all the original illustrations and photographs of a young Patton demonstrating his teaching points in the art of swordsmanship and fencing. Patton's skill with a sword came naturally. His...