An Officer’s Notes (1917)

Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: 204 Index (Service Rifle Continued) PAGE PAGE Officer in Charge of Firing.. 102 Sighting Drills 85 Position and Aiming Drills.. 90 Sighting Exercises 87 Position Exercise 92 Sighting Shots 101 Preventing Fraud in Marking Small Arms Firing Regula- and Scoring 101 tions?Scheme of Prelimi- Prone Position 101 nary Instructions -84 Range Officer 102 Telescopic Sights 103 Rapid Fire Exercise 95 Trigger Squeeze Exercise… 94 Record Practice 101 Use of the Sling 100 Remarks on Preceding Drills 96 Uniform 101 Rest for Rifle 101 -FIELD SERVICE REGULATIONS CHAPTER IV 101 Advance Guards 110 Marches, Kinds of 130 Care of Troops 148 Notes on Elementary Infan- Distribution of Troops, Ad- try Instruction?Commands 135 vance Cavalry, Support and Orders 119 Reserve 112 Outposts 114 Field Service Regulations? Security 109 Shelter 145 Shelter During Battle 148 Firing 143 Shelter During Sieges 148 Forming the Column 124 Shelter in the Service of the General Orders 120 Interior 145 Halt Order 118 Shelter in Theatre of Opera- Information 104 tion 146 Marches and Convoys 124 CAVALRY?CHAPTER V 151 Care of Horses?General Pro’ Notes on Hippology?Confor- visioning 151 mation 167 Care of Saddlery 162 Shoeing 160 Defects and Blemishes 169 Sick Horses 160 Exercising 159 Stable Management 152 Feeding 158 Stable Duty 154 Fitting the Saddle 163 Watering 157 Grooming 154 NOTES ON TOPOO-RAPHY?CHAPTER VI 172 Contour Lines 178 Measuring by Paces 176 Conventional Signs 178 Orientation 178 Completion of Map 183 Other Features 183 Elevations 181 Position Sketches 184 Filling in Contours 182 Report 183 Location of Critical Points.. 181 Scale of Map Distance…