Chapter VII

A GUIDE FOR THE TRAINED SOLDIER’S DAILY PRACTICE.

(30 MINUTES.)

(1) 5 minutes.

(_a_) Long thrust at hand (11-12 Progressive Program of
Instruction) (not more than 8 thrusts each man).

(_b_) Short thrusts (36, 37, 38, Progressive Program of
Instruction) (not more than 10 thrusts each man).

(2) 5 minutes, steady advance over obstacles and charge 20 yards, about 100 yards in all.

(3) 4 minutes, parrying stick and thrusting (23, Progressive Program of Instruction).

(4) 4 minutes, butt strokes, each stroke twice (59, 60, 61, 62, Progressive Program of Instruction) or practise trips, etc. (69, Progressive Program of Instruction.)

(5) 6 minutes, long thrusts, short thrusts and jabs at thrusting ring, with butt strokes at pad stick, varied (68, Progressive Program of Instruction).

(6) 6 minutes, Final Assault Practice.

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Flight Without Formulae 2.50

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The Mechanics of the Aeroplane 2.50

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Resistance of Air 10.00

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The Aeroplane 2.50

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Military Aeroplanes 4.75

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Provisional Drill and Service Regulations
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Modern Guns and Gunnery 6.00

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Elements of Modern Field Artillery 1.50

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Gunner’s Examiner 1.50

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Handbook of Light Artillery 3.00

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Modern High Explosives 4.00

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Military Hygiene 5.00

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Medical Service in Campaign 1.50

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_LONGSTAFF AND ATTERIDGE_,
The Book of the Machine Gun 3.50

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_MOSS, MAJOR JAS. A._,
Non-commissioned Officers’ Manual 1.50

_MOSS, MAJOR JAS. A._,
Officers’ Manual 2.50

_MOSS, MAJOR JAS. A._,
Privates’ Manual 1.00

_NIXON, C._,
Adjutants’ Manual 1.00

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A Manual for Aspirants for Commissions
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_ROBBINS, E. J._,
Universal Drill Manual 1.00

_SELKIRK, W. O._,
Catechism of Manual of Guard Duty .50

_SOLANO, E. J._,
Musketry 1.00

_SPINELLI, MAJOR H. B._,
A Catechism of Court-Martial Duty .75

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Infantry Drill Regulations, Annotated .75

_TUPES, H., and POOLE, S._,
Manual of Bayonet Exercises and
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_WAGNER, A. L._,
Catechism of Outpost Duty .75

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Synchronous Signalling in Navigation .75

_PALEN, M. A._,
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Field Telephones for Army Use 1.00

_ZENNECK, J._,
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_ARMY SERVICE SCHOOLS_,
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Fundamentals of Military Service 1.50
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What a Soldier Should Know 1.00

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Home Guard Manual .50

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_HOLBROOK, L. R._,
Mess Officers’ Assistant 1.00

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Mess Sergeant’s Handbook 1.00

_LAWTON, MAJOR, F. H._,
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What a Company Officer Must Know 2.00

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Examination Guide, Officers’ Reserve
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Army Paperwork 2.00

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Infantry Drill Regulations (with annotations) .75

_BOND, P. S., and McDONOUGH, M. J._,
The Technique of Modern Tactics 2.65

_BJORNSTAD, A. W._,
Small Problems for Infantry .75

_GRAY, ALONZO_,
Cavalry Tactics 1.00

_GRIEPENKERL, MAJOR GENERAL_,
Letters on Applied Tactics 2.00

_HANNA, M. E._,
Tactical Principles and Problems 2.50

_HOENIG, FRITZ_,
Inquiries into the Tactics of the Future 2.00

_INGALL, J. M._,
Handbook of Problems in Direct Fire 4.00

_LAFFARGUE, A._,
Attack in Trench Warfare .50

_MAGUIRE, E._,
Attack and Defense of Coast Fortifications 2.50

_MERCUR, JAMES_,
Attack of Fortified Places 2.00

_MOSS, JAS. A._,
Applied Minor Tactics 1.00

_MOSS, J. A._,
Trench Warfare 1.25

_NICHOLSON, W. A._,
Artillery Fire 1.50

_SMITH, J. S._,
Trench Warfare 1.50

_SWINTON, E. D._,
Defense of Duffer’s Drift .25

_THUILLIER, CAPT. H. F._,
The Principles of Land Defence 5.00

_VON ALTEN_,
Studies in Applied Tactics 2.00

_SWOOPE, C. W._,
Lessons in Practical Electricity 2.00

_TURNER, G. S., and FULMER, J. J._,
Battle Fire Training 1.00

_VICKERS, L._,
Training for the Trenches 1.00

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Scouting and Patroling .25

_WALSH, H. P._,
Taking Bearings 1.00

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Primer of the Internal Combustion
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