Sitting position used instead of kneeling one 178
Size of clothing, record 906
SKIRMISHERS:
Deployment:
Company243
General rules236–244
Squad170
To rear246
Face to front and take advantage of cover on halting240
Interval between170; 172; 247; 255; 447
Not assembled, marching to rear173
To form from platoon or squad column253
Skulking of troops carrying back wounded 381
Sky lines to be avoided 421
SLING, GUN:
Adjustment and use1387
Included in grip of piece at balance122 (First)
Use when deployed184
Sling packs, old equipment 706
Slopes, gentle reverse 1427
Slopes on maps 1868
Slower, fire 191
Small arms firing. See "Rifle training and instruction"
Smartness taught by drills at attention, etc. 55 (a)
Snake's bites 1480
Sniperscope 1208
Snow blindness 1512
Sore throat 1513
Sortie steps 1150
Sound signals 865
Special units; posts of 71; 72
Spider bites 1514
Spirit of order to be complied with by officers 377
Spirit to govern in interpreting drill regulations 53
Splicing 1133–1135
Splints 1484
Spoon, care 1306
Sprains, first aid 1516
SQUAD:
Base236; 239
Composition149
Dressing154
Front when deployed171
Integrity in battle151
Movements executed as prescribed in school of the soldier152
Right165
Right (left) about167
To dismiss147
To form153
SQUAD COLUMN:
Deployment253
How executed251
To assemble from254
Use in advancing249; 252
Squad drill, object 149
SQUAD LEADER:
Action at preparatory command for forming skirmish line237
Corporal is150
Duties in fire fight289
Post150
SQUADS:
Deployment when company is deployed239
Designation205
Division of company into203
Grouping soldiers into148
Preservation of integrity in battle151
Right (left) about228
Right (left) column right (left)226
Right (left) front into line235
Stable guards 1806
STAFF:
Does not change position when commander faces about to give command74
Draws and returns saber with chief73
Habitually mounted73
Post of73
Saluting by, in review619
Turning out of column in review620; 621
Stains, how removed 1284
Standards and colors 1575
Standing trench 1146
"Star Spangled Banner" 1572
"STAR SPANGLED BANNER" PLAYED AT:
Funeral641
Review624
Statement of clothing charged to enlisted men 904
Stationary targets, firing at 1428
Step, change, how executed 119
Stepping off with left foot 107
Steps and marchings 107–119
Stings, first aid 1517
Straggling in marches 1224
Strange country, finding way in 1084
SUBORDINATES:
Coöperation387
Latitude allowed and initiative384; 385; 386
SUCCESS IN BATTLE:
Depends upon leadership, etc.365
Factors entering into373; 376
Object of military training50
Principles for increasing probability of, provided for in drill regulations53
SUCCESSION OF THIN LINES:
Command for advancing255
Use in advancing249
Use and purpose256
Successive formations, guide toward point of rest 65
Successive movements in double time, base unit marches in quick time 61
Suffocation, first aid 1478
Summary court records 903
Summary of combat principles 550
Sunstroke 1519
Superiority of fire 414–438
SUPPORT:
Artillery601–605
Battalion:
Battalion acting alone in defense357
Distance from firing line338
Division of battalion into support and firing line335
Furnished by battalion455
None at beginning339
Position337
Size336
Company:
Captain to look out for major's signals363
Control by major263
Duties of officers and sergeants upon joining firing line266
Formations for262
Original platoon divisions to be maintained266
Promptness in reënforcing firing line265
Reënforcements joining firing line264
Occupying trenches vacated by firing line, to improve same476
Of firing line, strength449; 450
Post and strength, in holding attack500
To cover withdrawal362
Supporting artillery 434–437
Supreme will, but one in battle 387
SURPRISE:
Each commander to guard his command against442
Human element92
Protection against, when company is acting alone26
Syphilis 146
Tactical exercises, methods of conducting 37
Tactical orders 32
Tactical principles, application of 5
Take arms 16
TAKE INTERVAL:
Actions of guides and file closers213
How executed156
TAKING DISTANCE:
Actions of guides and file closers66
How executed158
"Tanks" 1204
TARGET:
Action in defense when it disappears294
Aiming points, use284
Announced before or after range181
Allotment to platoon leaders282
Apportioned by major340
Assignment by major281
Change to be avoided281
Choice of, etc.422
Designation201; 1445; 1447 (a)
Determination of distance to276
Distribution of fire282; 283; 427
Hostile firing line usual target281; 345
Observation of424; 429
Once designated, not changed unless ordered182
Target practice. See "Rifle training and instruction"
Target records, company 907
Targets, number hit 1418
TEAMWORK:
Developed by thorough and uniform training51
General principles385–391
Technical principles of firing 1409
Telegraph code 866
Telephones in trenches 1171
Tent folding 691
TENT PITCHING:
All types except shelter and conical wall688
Conical wall689
Shelter681; 682
THE COLOR:
Cased, defined659
Meaning of "Color"658
National, renders no salute660
Receiving of669
Salute by regimental660
Where kept659
Theoretical instruction, purpose 369
"The Star Spangled Banner," see "Star Spangled Banner"
THIN LINES SUCCESSION OF:
Commands for advancing255
Use and purpose256
Use in advancing249
Thoroughness in training 922
"To the Color" sounded at review 624
To the rear, how executed 118
Tourniquet 1481
"Tracking" 1088
Trail, at, (command) 121 (sixth)
Trail from order 139
TRAINING AND INSTRUCTION:
Art of instruction on varied ground933
Captain's responsibility for202
Cheerfulness930
Clearness922
Commanding officers accountable for51
Comradeship932
Contentment931
Courage927
Cover, training in use of939
Delivery of messages958
Determination and individual intelligence924
Fear926
For battle, simple movements and elastic formations52
Human element925
Individual initiative923
Interest922
In use of signals to control fire line55 (d)
Map problems954
Method and progression918
Object50; 917
Of battalions, major responsible for295
Operating against other troops941
Practice in commanding mixed squads940
Principles provided for in Drill Regulations53
Program919
Reality922
Respect929
Responsibility921
See, "General Common Sense Principles of Applied Minor Tactics"
Simultaneous instruction and training920
Surprise928
Thoroughness51; 922
Vanity922
Trajectory 1349
Traveling in strange country 1084
Traverses 1149
Treatment of soldiers 872
TRENCH AND MINE WARFARE:
Aerial mines1200
Aids to firing1209
Asphyxiating gases1194
Bombs from air-craft1202
Countermining1211
Grenades and bombs1197; 1198; 1199
Helmets1205
Liquid fire1196
Masks1206
Mining1210
Periscopes1207
Protection against gases1195
Protection against hand grenades1203
Sniperscope1208
"Tanks"1204
Winged torpedoes1201
TRENCHES:
Located by major351
Occupied by supports and reserves, to be improved462
See "Field fortifications"
Trial shots, determination of range 1395
Trials by court-martial 882
Triangle of sighting 1359
Trigger-squeeze exercise 1370
Troops stable guards 1808
Trous de loup 1184
True meridian 1873
Turning about, mounted officer 74
Turning movements when allowable 458
TURNING ON FIXED PIVOT:
How executed164
When used66
Two's right (left) front into line 235
UNFIX BAYONET:
Krag rifle694
Springfield rifle143
Uniform, dignity of 1523
Units not to be broken up 378
Unload, Krag rifle 703
Unnecessary hardship to be avoided 380
Unsling equipment 648
Unsling packs, old equipment 706
Urinal tubs 1244
Use of cover 195–199
Valleys determination of range 1395
Variety in instruction 922
Vegetables, distribution of disease 1458
Venereal disease 1466
Verbal orders 393
Vertical clock face system of target designation 1447
Visibility problem 1875
Vision at night 1094
VOLLEY FIRING:
How executed189
Use278
Wall tents 688
Warning calls 692
Watchmen 1781
WATER:
Distribution of disease1457
In camp1253
In trenches1168
Whistle, long blast 193
Whistle signals 91
Whistles, by whom carried, different tones, etc. 83
Wigwag 862
Will supreme, but one in battle 387
Windage 1384
Winged torpedoes 1201
Wire entanglements 1181; 1182; 1188
Wire fence, trenches 1183
WITHDRAWAL FROM ACTION:
Action by commander549
Covered by support362
Generally effected at heavy cost545
Part of line to be withdrawn first548
Rear guard and distance to be placed between enemy and defeated troops545
Reserve used to check pursuit547
Retreating troops to be gotten under control as soon as possible548
Selection of rendezvous point549
Under fire475
Use of artillery, machine guns and cavalry546
Use of machine guns557
With dummy (blank or ball) cartridges, load 185
"Without the numbers" 122 (Fifth)
Witness, appearance as 1531
Wood, camping 1252
Work, devolution of 869
Wounded not to be carried back by fighting troops 381
Wounds, first aid 1520
Yellow fever 1469
Zero of rifle 1392
Zone of effective fire 1415