INDEX
About face, 34
Advance, company, 121, 122
during attack, 148, 245, 246
methods of, 126-129
rear guard during, 231
under cover, 245
Advance cavalry, 226
Advance guard, 142, 221
communication with, 228, 229
distance from main body of, 224
distribution of, 226
duties of, 143, 223, 224
strength of, 224
supports to, 226, 227
Age limits for reserve officers, 169, 170
Aiming rifle, 277
Air planes, military value of, 213
Alignments, 66, 67
in company movements, 88, 106, 112
in skirmish drill, 119
Ammunition, 191
data on U. S. Army, 285, 286
Appointments to officers' reserve corps, 169, 170, 175, 176
Arms of the service, coöperation of, 182
Army departments, 178, 323, 324
Army organization tables, 321-324
Articles of War, 179
Artillery, 183, 232, 322, 323
organization of, 322, 323
Assembling, position of guides and file-closers in, 111
Assembly of company, 88, 120, 125
of platoons, 120, 121
of squad, 75
Attack, advantages of, 145, 242, 243
deployment for, 244
enveloping, 243, 244
fire superiority in, 148, 207, 246
frontal, 243
initiative in, 145, 206
night, 185, 186
patrols in, 244, 252
plan of, 147
progress of, 147, 148, 149, 207, 246, 247
rules for, 208, 209
turning movement in, 243, 244
Attention, 29
from route step, 106
under arms, 40
Back step, 37
Backward march, 37
Base squad in extended order drills, 112-119
Battle-field conditions, 130, 131, 207
Bayonet, 283
importance of, 190
Bed-making on practice marches, 161
Billeting, 215
Bivouac, 215
Bleeding, treatment for, 311-313
Blisters, treatment for, 163
Broken bone, treatment for, 313, 314
Bullet wound, treatment for, 311
Burning clothes, extinguishing, 319, 320
Burns, treatment for, 317
Camp, arrival at, 11-13
conduct in, 13-15
equipment in, 11
inspection of, 296
guard duty in, 192-194
habits in, 15, 16, 17
security in, 137-139
mail regulations in, 10
sanitation, 164, 165
Camping ground, selection of, 215, 216
Camping on practice marches, 161, 292
Camps, Federal training, 10
Cantonment, 213
Captain, responsibility of, 110, 133
Cavalry, 183, 184
advance, 226, 212
ammunition for, 191
Cavalry division, composition of, 211
squadron, organization of, 323
troop organization of, 321, 322
Chafing, treatment for, 319
Change step, 39
Charge during attack, 247
Clip fire, 211
Clothing, 11
Coast artillery, 178
Colors, saluting, 195
Column, diminishing front of, 108, 109
of platoons, change of direction for, 102, 103
formation from column of squads, 105, 106
from line of, 100-102
of route, 106
of squads, change of direction for, 94, 103
formation from line of, 93, 94, 102, 103
Combat patrols, 244, 252
train, 191
Commands, 28
in company skirmish drill, 114
to company, 86 96-100
Communicating trenches, 188
Company, advance of, 121-129
alignment in, 88, 106, 112
assembly of, 88, 120
dismissing the, 111, 112
dressing, 92, 97, 99, 112
facing, 105
file closers in, 108
file formation in, 108, 109
formation into columns, 100-102
front into line, 99, 100, 106
guide in, 106, 107, 108
in line, from line of platoons, 105, 106
inspection arms in, 88, 89
march at ease, 106
to rear, 105
movement on fixed pivot in, 89-93
on moving pivot in, 93-96
intervals in, 93
platoons in, 110
position of men in, 87
roll call in, 87
route step, 106
skirmish drills in, 114-120
squads in, 86
Coöperation of arms of the service, 182
Corporals, duties on firing line of, 134, 135
in company movement, 96, 97, 99, 100
in skirmish drill, 77, 78 115-117
Cover, advance under, 245
detachments, duties of, 221, 222
strength of, 223
trenches, 188
Defense, advantages of, 150, 249
fire superiority in, 252
orders for, 251
passive and active, 149, 247, 248
position for, 130, 249, 250
preparations for, 150-152 250-252
use of obstacles in, 186
Deflection in rifle drill, 263, 267, 268
Deployment for attack, 244
rules for, 118-120
Diminishing the front of column of squads, 108, 109
Discipline, value of, 17, 63, 216, 217
Division commander, 212
Divisional cavalry, 211
Double time march, 36
Drills, close order, 63, 88
extended order, 112
rifle, 261-269
value of, 17, 63, 180
Drowning, treatment for, 314-316
Duties of advance and rear guards, 143
of captain in battle, 133
of corporals in battle, 134, 135
of platoon leaders in battle, 134
of reserve officers, 171
Elevation, in rifle drill, 263, 268, 269
Emergency ration, 192
Equipment for first-aid, 309
inspection of, 295, 296
on arrival at camp, 11
on practice marches, 166-168
Estimating the situation, 146, 203, 204
Examination to enter Officers' Reserve Corps, 170, 172
Exercises, preparatory, 23, 27
Extended order drills, 112
Facing, company, 105
on skirmish line, 190
Facings, 34
Fainting, treatment for, 318
Fall in, 33
Fall out, 32
Federal training camps, 10
Field artillery, organization of, 322, 323
exercises, 127
orders, 147 196-199 204-206
ration, 192
train, 191
File, in squad, 63
formation from column, 108, 109
File-closer, sergeant as, 111
in close order, 88
position in column of, 102, 107
position in company of, 92, 108
position in company facing of, 105
regulation of intervals by, 111
Filipino ration, 192
Fire attack, 127-129, 246
at will, 211
control, 134
direction, 132-134
discipline, 135
kinds of, 211
superiority in attack, 246
in defense, 252
trenches, 188
Firing, conditions for effective, 131, 132, 134, 207
positions for, 271-275
line, advance of, 148, 245, 246
practice, advice on, 271-282
First-aid packet, 309
Fix bayonet, from order, 58
Following corporal, 77, 78, 115, 116, 117, 119
Forward march, 35
Fracture, treatment for, 313, 314
Freezing and frost-bite, treatment for, 317, 318
Gallery practice, 155, 270, 328
Garrison ration, 192
Guide, distance regulation by, 92, 111
duties of, 106 107
in column formation, 107
in company assembly, 88, 111
in company facing, 105
in company pivot movements, 91-94, 101
in line or column formation, 101, 106
in skirmish drill, 114-116
in squad movements, 107, 108
of deployed line, 107
Guides, execution of manual arms by, 111
officers as, 106, 110, 111
Halt, 38
during practice marches, 160
in company movement, 97, 99
Hand grenades, 184, 185
salute, 31, 32
Hardships of practice marches, 159
Hasty cover trenches, 188
Heat exhaustion, treatment for, 317
Independent cavalry, 212
Infantry, 182
ammunition for, 191
battalion, organization of, 323
company, organization of, 321
division, composition of, 211
Information concerning enemy, 146, 207, 209, 210, 254
Initiative, value of, 145, 206
Injuries, first-aid treatment for, 310, 311
Inspection arms, from order, 59
in company, 88, 89
Inspection of camp equipment, 296
of outpost, 239, 240
of patrol, 256
Instruction to officers, 172, 173, 176
Intelligence Section, 210
Intervals, in company movements, 93
in skirmish line, 78, 79
in squad, 63, 65, 79, 80
taking, 111
Kneeling, 80, 81
position for firing, 273
Left shoulder arms, from port, 51, 53
Lieutenant, appointment from Officers' Reserve of, 176
assignments of, 110
Light artillery battalion, organization of, 323
Line formation to front, from column, company, 99, 100
to right, from column, company, 96-9
Line of observation, 140, 236
of out guards, 140
of platoons, from column of squads, 103
from line, 103, 104
of resistance, 140
of reserves, 138, 140
List of Reserve officers, 176, 177
Loading and firing in squad, 81, 82, 83
Lying down, 80
Mail, in camp, 10
Manœuver maps, 190
Maps, military use of, 189, 190, 210
March to rear, company, 105
Marches, conditions for successful, 213-215
Marches, practice, 159
see also, Practice marches
Marching rules, 160
Marchings, 35-39
in squad, 68, 77
Mark time, 36
Military correspondence, 180-182
information, collection of, 146, 207, 209, 210, 213, 254
maps, 189, 190, 210
Military problems, 199-202
training in colleges, 173-176, 337
Mission, 146
Movements in column, in company, 102-105
in line, in company, 96-100
on pivot, in company, 89-96
Musicians, position in column of, 111
Napoleon as military leader, 199, 201, 206
Nervousness in firing, 153, 157
Night operations, 185, 186
patrol, 236
Non commissioned officers, 106, 110, 111, 179
Observation, line of, 140, 236
Obstacles, removal of, for defense, 151
use of, in defense, 186
Officers, advice to, 216-218
grades and commands of, 179
Officers' Reserve Corps, see also Reserve officers,
Officers' Reserve Corps, eligibility for, 169-172, 175, 176
pay in, 171, 174, 176
purpose of, 169
sections of, 72, 173