Manual for Noncommissioned Officers and Privates of Cavalry of the Army

Chapter XXIV: Appendix: Form for Last Will and Testament

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Last Will and Testament

_____________________________________________________________________

_I_, __________________________________________________________________

_of_ _____________________________________________________________________

_do make, publish, and declare this my last will and testament.
I give, devise, and bequeath to_[16] _______________________________________

________________________________________________________________________

[Footnote 16: Here insert specific legacies and devises.]

_And I do give, devise, and bequeath all the rest and residue of
my estate, both real and personal, to_ ___________________________________

________________________________________________________________________

_heirs and assigns forever_,[17] ____________________________________________

________________________________________________________________________

[Footnote 17: If the residue of the estate is given to
several persons, add here the manner in which it is to be
divided, as "in equal shares as tenants in common."]

_I hereby appoint_____________________________________________________

________________________________________________________________________

_______________________________________________________________ _executor

of this my last will and testament, and I desire that_ ______________________
_shall not be required to give bond for the performance of the
duties of that office_.

_Witness my hand this_[18]_________________________________________________

[Footnote 18: If the will is made in Nevada, or if the
testator has real estate in that State, he should affix his
seal.]

_day of_ __________________________________, _191_

______________________________________________

_Signed, published, and declared by_ ______________________________________

_________________________________________________________________________

_the above-named testator, as and for his last will and testament,
in the presence of us, who, at his request and in his
presence, and in the presence of each other, have subscribed
our names as witnesses thereto._[19]_

_________________________________________________________

Residence: _____________________________________

_________________________________________________________

Residence: _____________________________________

_________________________________________________________

Residence: _____________________________________

________________________________________________________________________

[Footnote 19: If the will is made in Louisiana, unless it is
wholly in the handwriting of the testator, there should be
seven witnesses and a notary at the "sealing up." If wholly
in his handwriting, no formalities are required.]

INDEX.

Abbreviations on maps, 323
Advance guards, 210
Advance party of advance guard, 211
Advice to riflemen, 241
Aiming rifle, 235
Alignments, 235
Ammunition, 20
Arm signals, 154
Arms (_see_ Field kit), 30
Articles of War:
Extracts from, 353
Reading, 353
Assembling Infantry equipment, 33

Ball cartridges, 20
Battle sight, 20
Bayonet, manual of:
Attacks, 75
Combat, 84
Combined movements, 83
Defenses, 79
Fencing exercises, 85
Foot movements, 85
General rules, 85
Instruction without bayonet, 81
Instruction with rifle, 74
Instruction without rifle, 74
Suggestions for fencing at will, 93
Blanket roll, 33

Calling the shot, 241
Care of feet, 47
Care of rifle, 21
Company, school of:
Close order drill--
Alignments, 146
Cossack post, 215
Course in small-arms firing, 243
Courtesies in conversation, 18
Courtesy, military, 13

English-French vocabularies, 371
Equipment:
Assembling, 33
Part of, 33

Facings, 61
Feet, care of, 47
Field kit, 30
Field service:
Outposts--
Combat, 181
Principles of Infantry training, 180
Fire:
Control, 192
Direction, 191
Discipline, 192
Ranges, 193
Firing with rests, 243
First-aid rules, 338
Flank guards, 213
Forage ration, 41
Form for last will and testament, 389
French-English vocabulary, 371

Guard duty (extracts from Manual of Interior):
Classification of interior guards, 255
Color sentinels, 271
Commander of the guard, 258
Compliments from guards, 284
Corporal of the guard, 266
Countersigns, 282
Details, 255
Flags, 296
Guard mounting, 259
Formal, 256
Informal, 256
Guard patrols, 283
Guarding prisoners, 289
Introduction, 254
Musician of the guard, 271
Orderlies, 271
Orders for sentinels, 273
Paroles, 282
Prisoners, 286
Privates of the guard, 273
Relieving the old guard, 306
Retreat gun, 298
Reveille gun, 298
Rosters, 255
Sergeant of the guard, 263
Watchmen, 283
Guard mounting, 298
Formal, 299
Informal, 297

Hygiene, personal, 43

Individual cooking, 30
Recipes, 34
International Morse code, 327

Laws governing Army, 350
Line of observation, 102
Loadings and firings, 95
Loyalty, 11

Manual of arms, 30
Manual of the Bayonet. (_See_ Bayonet, Manual of.)
Manual of Interior Guard Duty. (_See_ Guard duty.)
Manual of Tent Pitching. (_See_ Tent Pitching, Manual of.)
Maps:
Abbreviations, 323
Contours, 313
Datum plane, 314
Directions, 309
Distances, 312
Ground forms, 316
Hachures, 314
Making (sketching), 322
Orienting, 311
Reading, 313
Ridges, 317
Scales, 313
Signs, 323
Slopes, 315
Stream lines, 319
Valleys, 316
Vertical intervals, 315
Marching, 223
Preparation for, 223
Markmanship, preliminary training, 233
Message blanks, 235
Metal fouling solution for cleaning rifle, 26
Military courtesy, 13
Morse, international code. (_See_ General service code.)

National anthem, 17
Noncommissioned officers:
Corporal of guard, 352
Insignia, 353
Precedence, 352
Rank, 353
Sergeant of guard, 352

Oath of enlistment, 9
Obedience, 9
Observation, line of. (_See_ Line of observation.)
Officers:
Insignia, 353
Precedence, 352
Rank, 353
Orienting maps, 311
Outguards, 215
Outposts, 213

Pack, 35
Close, 35
Open, 35
Patrolling, 199
Patrols:
Advance guards, 210
Outposts, 213
Personal hygiene, 43
Pickets, 215
Pistol:
Cleaning, 104
Practice, 104

Rations:
Carried on person, 37
Cooking, 37
Emergency, 41
Forage, 41
Grain, 42
Kinds of, 38
Reading maps, 309
Rear guards, 312
Regulations governing Army, 350
Rifle:
Aiming, 242
Care of, 241
Cleaning, 242
Coordination in firing, 241
Trenches, 219

Salutes:
Hand, 14
Rifle, 14
Saber, 15
Sentinels, 16
Saluting, 13
Rules governing, 15
Scales on maps, 324
Soda solution for cleaning rifle, 26
Soldier, school of:
Duties of instructor, 57
Eyes right or left, 61
Facings, 61
Instruction without arms, 58
Manual of arms, 30
Position of the soldier on attention, 59
Rifle salute, 71
Salute with the hand, 14
Salute with saber, 16
Steps and marchings, 61
Back step, 64
Change step, 65
Quick time, 62
Side step, 63
The half step, 63
To halt, 64
To march by the flank, 64
To march to the rear, 64
To mark time, 63
The bayonet, 75
The inspection, 72
The rests, 70
To dismiss the squad, 72
Solutions for cleaning rifle, 26
Squad, school of:
Alignments, 146
Instruction, 74
Kneeling and lying down, 74
Loadings and firings, 95
Observation, 102
The assembly, 172
The oblique march, 158
The use of cover, 101
To cease firing, 100
To deploy as skirmishers, 169
To fire at will, 99
To fire by clip, 99
To fire by volley, 98
To form squad, 142
To load, 96
To set the sight, 98
To stack and take arms, 73
To suspend firing, 99
To take intervals and distance, 65
To unload, 97
Steps and marchings, 61
Subsistence. (_See_ Rations.)
Surplus kit, 32
Swabbing solution for cleaning rifle, 26

Target practice:
Advice to riflemen, 241
Aiming rifle, 235
Battle sight, 236
Calling the shot, 240
Coordination, 241
Firing positions, 238
Preliminary training in markmanship, 233
Sight adjustment, 233
Table of sight corrections, 235
Targets, 244
The course in small-arms firing, 243
Trigger squeeze, 237
Targets, 244
Tent Pitching, Manual of:
Conical wall tent, 177
Folding tents, 178
Pitch all type Army tents (except shelter and conical wall tents), 176
Striking tents, 178
Trigger squeeze, 237
Two-arm semaphore code, 231

Uniforms, 27
Care of, 27
Disposing of, 27
Dress, 28
Full dress, 28
How worn, 28
Service, 28
Use of cover, 101

Visual signaling (_see_ Signals):
In general, 328
Flag, 329
Vocabulary--English-French, 391

[Transcriber's note: Obvious printer's errors have been corrected. Hyphenation and accentuation have been standardised, all other inconsistencies are as in the original. The author's spelling has been maintained.

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