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Facing about to give commands, staff stands fast 74

Facing about, mounted officer turns to left 74

Facing troops when giving commands 89

Fainting, first aid 1498

"Fall in" 100; 153

"Fall in" executed at order 121 (fifth)

"Fall out" 100

"Fall out" executed as without arms 121 (fifth)

Falling in with hands on hips 70

Fascines 1117; 1118

Faster, command for increasing rate of fire 191

Fear 926

Feet, care of 1229

Feint attacks 502

Field efficiency of organization 51

FIELD ENGINEERING:
Bridges:
Double lock 1114
Roadway of spar 1115
Single lock 1113
Spar 1112
Brush work 1117
Corduroying 1116
Fascines 1117; 1118
Gabions 1121-1123
Hurdles 1119
Knots:
Bowline 1130
Clove hitch 1128
Eye splice 1135
Long splice 1134
Sheep shank 1132
Short splice 1133
Square or reef 1126
Timber hitch 1129
Two-half hitches 1127
Lashings 1136-1139
Revetments 1124; 1125

Field exercises, definition 55 (c); 56

FIELD FORTIFICATIONS:
Classification 1142
Communicating trenches 1157
Concealment of trenches 1162
Cover trenches 1155
Deliberate intrenchments 1147
Drainage 1167
Dugouts 1156
Dummy trenches 1163
Example of trench system 1160
Fire trenches 1148
Hasty intrenchments 1143
Head cover 1152
Illumination of foreground 1170
Kneeling trench 1145
Latrines 1169
Length of trench 1164
Location of trenches 1161
Lookouts 1158
Loopholes and notches 1153
Lying trench 1144
Notches and loopholes 1153
Object 1140
Overhead cover 1154
Parados 1151
Preparation of foreground 1165
Revetments 1166
Siege works 1172
Sortie steps 1150
Standing trench 1146
Supporting points 1159
Telephones 1171
Traverses 1149
Trench recesses 1150
Water supply 1168

Field officers, habitually mounted 73

File definition 33

FILE CLOSER:
Darting through column of squads 221
Execution of loadings and manual of arms 212
On the right (left) flank 211
Post in column of squads 221
Post in route marches 325
To correct mistakes 71

Files, advancing by 255

Files of orders, company 891

Fill magazine 702

Finding way in strange country 1084

Fine sight 1353 (b)

Finger system of target designation 1447 (a)

FIRE:
By volley 189; 278
Classes of 179; 194; 278-280
Clip 192; 280
Commands for 179; 189; 194
Delay opening as long as possible 344
In deployment controlled by platoon leaders 269
Long range, when effective 416
Observation of 428; 429
Opening in attack 344; 417
Opening in defense 417
Purpose and nature 414; 415
Rate of 191; 292
To be directed against hostile infantry 345

Fire action 269

FIRE ATTACK:
Fire superiority sought at first firing position and to
be maintained until charging point is reached 472
Futility of advancing without fire superiority 473
General principles 258; 472
Intrenching 475
Retiring under fire suicidal 475
Signs that fire superiority has been gained 474
Size of rushing units 472
Supports and reserves occupying trenches vacated by
firing line to improve same 476

FIRE AT WILL:
How executed 190
Use 279

Fire control, company 287-290

Fire direction, company 285; 286

FIRE CONTROL AND DIRECTION:
General considerations 416
Signals 431

Fire direction and control 1434-1440

Fire discipline 291; 430; 431

Fire discipline, definition 1406

Fire distribution 427; 1441-1444

Fire fight, where and when to begin, indicated by major 341

FIRE OF POSITION:
Use of machine guns 555
When used 438

FIRE SUPERIORITY:
Futility of advancing without 473
Purpose and nature 414
Signs that it has been gained 474
Sought at first firing position 472
To be maintained until charging point is reached 472
What it accomplishes 478

Fire trenches 1148

Fire unit, platoon 287

Firing at night 1101

Firing at stationary targets 1428

Firing by sentries at night 1104

Firing, classes of 278-280

FIRING LINE:
Advance 258-261; 346
Advance as far as possible before opening fire 467
Advanced elements not to open fire on main position 471
Companies to be kept closed in on center 354
Control by signals 55 (d)
Controlled by commander when whole line has been absorbed 383
Density 446-453
Furnished by battalion 455
Placing entire battalion or regiment into 339
Premature formation to be avoided 443
Reenforcement by major 359
To advance as far as possible before opening fire 467

Firing line and support, division of battalion 335

Firings in close order 269

Firings and loadings, see "Loadings and firings"

First aid packet 1521

First aid to sick and injured 1478

FIRST SERGEANT:
Accompanies captain when company is deployed 207
Assists in fire control in case of depleted company 209
Duties 873
Never assigned as guide 207
Post 207
Report when company is formed 215

Fish hook, first aid 1499

Fits, first aid 1500

Fix bayonets, how executed 142

Fix bayonet order, given by major 355

Fixed forms covering all cases impossible 369

FIXED PIVOT, TURN ON:
Company 219-221
Squad 165
When used 66

FLAG:
Company signal carried by company musicians (now buglers) 401
Defined 1575
Of general officers, post of 73; 618
Respect paid to 1574; 1575
Signals 94; 400; 401
Signaling to artillery 437
To outline enemy 371

Flag-stealing contest 1090

FLANK:
By the right, how executed 117
Definition 35; 54
Deployment as skirmishers 246
Movements executed towards either, explained toward but
one flank 58
Unit to begin rush 348

FLOURISHES AT:
Funeral 641
Review 624

Fly, disease carrier 1460

Folding tents 691

FOLLOW ME:
In forming skirmish line 237
In rushes 259
To follow corporal 169

Footmarks, following 1088

Forced marches 1225

Fork, care 1305

FORM:
Column of companies 315
Column of squads 316
For shelter tents 181

Formation calls 693

Formation definition 36

FORMATIONS FOR:
Advancing improvised 257
Support 262

FORMATION OF:
Battalion 307; 308
Company 215
Squad 153

Form lines 1884

Forms of speech 1526

Fortifications, attack 495-498

FORWARD MARCH:
From half step, halt and mark time 113
From halt 110
From oblique 163
Pieces brought to right shoulder from order, at
command 121 (sixth)

Fractures 1483

Fraise 1178

Freezing, first aid 1502

Front, definition 37

Front, extent of in deployment 446-453

FRONT OF:
Deployed battalion 334-337
Deployed squad 171

Frontal attacks, when they may be successful 457

FRONT INTO LINE:
Battalion 314
Company 231

Frost-bite, first aid 1503

Full distance, definition 69

Full sight 1353 (c)

Full step, length and cadence 108

Funeral escort 640-645

G

Gabions 1121-1123

Gallery practice 1385

Gangrene 1482

Gases, asphyxiating 1194

GENERAL COMMON SENSE PRINCIPLES OF APPLIED MINOR TACTICS:
Art of war, definition 943
Estimating the situation 950
Maneuvers 947; 949
Map problems 945; 949
Mission, defined 950
Noncommissioned officers, responsibilities in time of war 944
Orders, tactical, preparation 952
Terrain exercises 945; 949
War game 946; 949

General officers habitually mounted 73

General plan to be furthered by subordinates 386

GENERAL RULES FOR:
Ceremonies 614-616
Drills and formations 57-79
Parades 634; 635
Reviews 617-630

Gentle reverse slopes 1427

Germs 1452

Gonorrhoea 1466

Grazing fire 1423

Grease spots, how removed 1285; 1289

Grenades and bombs 1197-1199

Ground, use of 420; 421

GUARD DUTY:
Challenging 1746
Classification of guards 1584
Commander of the guard 1603
Commanding officer 1591
Compliments from guard 1782
Corporal of the guard 1666
Countersigns and paroles 1769
Details and roster 1585
Duty of sentinels 1578
General rules concerning guard duty 1792
Guarding prisoners 1797
Guard mounting:
Formal 1840
Informal 1847
Guard patrols 1778
Importance 1576
Musicians of the guard 1700
Officer of the day 1593
Orderlies and color sentinels 1702
Orders for sentinels 1716
Paroles and countersigns 1769
Privates of the guard 1715
Relieving old guard 1850
Respect for sentinels 1577
Reveille and retreat gun 1837
Sentinels of troops stable guard 1825
Sentinels' orders 1716
Sergeant of the guard 1642
Special orders for sentinels at post of guard 1759
Stable guards 1806
Troop stable guards 1808
Watchmen 1781

GUARD MOUNTING:
Formal 1840
Informal 1847

Guard patrols 1778

Guarding prisoners 1797

GUIDE:
Announcing before executing platoons right (left) 220
Definition 38
In deployment 236
In successive formations 65
Right (left) 155
What it is, unless otherwise announced 65
When given in connection with movement, follows command of
execution 65

GUIDES:
Alignment of battalion 311
Assignment to platoons 206
Battalion formed in line 308
Battalion marching in column of companies or platoons 325
Battalion parade 636
Close on first (fourth) company 320
Column of companies, first company, squads right 315
Column right (left) battalion 317
Dressing company when battalion is in line 302
Duties in battle 389
Duties in fire fight 289
Equipped with whistles 83
Execution of loading and manual of arms as file closers 212
First Sergeant never assigned as 207
Guide 65
Guide of leading subdivision charged with step and
direction in column of subdivisions 69
In successive formation guide is toward base 65
Manual of arms, execution by file closers 212
Partial changes of direction 67
Platoon guides 210
Platoon guides accompany leader when platoon is deployed 206
Positions shown in plates of company and battalion 166
Post in column of squads 211
Post of file closers in route marches 325
Rectifying column (battalion) 313
Repeating signals 83
Taking intervals and distances 213
Taking place in front rank at command about face 229
To change guides to opposite flank 211

Guide center designate left guide of center company 301

Guide right (left) command 155

H

Half step (command) 113

HALT:
Any movement executed from, unless otherwise prescribed 59
Firing executed at 179
From half step and mark time 113
How executed 116
Piece brought to the order 121 (seventh)

Halting, skirmishers face to the front and take advantage
of cover 240

Halts on marches 1222

HAND:
Disengaged, position at double time 111; 121 (Eighth)
Left, position at balance 122 (First)
On hip falling in with 70
Salute 106

Hand grenades 1198

Harmony and contentment in company 877

Hasty intrenchments 1143

Head, definition 39

Headache 1504

Head cover, trenches 1152

HEALTH, CARE OF:
Chancroid 1466
Clap 1466
Five ways of catching disease 1453
Fly, disease carrier 1460
Germs 1452
Gonorrhoea 1466
Importance 1451
Malaria fever 1469
Mosquito, carrier of disease 1469
Syphilis 1466
Vegetables, distributer of disease 1458
Venereal disease 1466
Water, distributer of disease 1457
Yellow fever 1469

Hearing at night 1095

Hearing in scouting 1083

Heat, effect on shooting 1397

Heat exhaustion 1505

Height, men to fall in according to 203

Heliographing 864

Helmets, steel 1205

Hits, percentage 1417

Holding attack 499-502

Horizontal clock face system of target designation 1446

Horizontal equivalents 1867

Hostile Infantry, target 345

Human element in training and instruction 925

Hurdles 1119

Hygiene. See "Personal hygiene"

I

Illumination of foreground of trenches 1170

Imaginary enemy, definition 56; 370

Improvised formations for advancing 257

Incinerators, camp 1247

"Incline to the right (left)" 67

INCREASING INTERVALS:
Company 247
Squad 172

INDIVIDUAL COOKING:
Fire, how to make 1257
Importance 1256
Recipes 1258-1275

Individual intelligence, factor in warfare 924

INFANTRY:
Against artillery:
Action against artillery limbering or coming into action 600
Action against guns out of ammunition 599
Flank attack 598
Frontal attack usually futile 597
Machine guns 597
Wheel horses best targets 600
Against Cavalry:
Cavalry charge against infantry usually futile 591
Infantry attacking dismounted cavalry 596
Measures to check charges from front and flanks 592
Meeting of cavalry charge by infantry in column 595
Rifle fire main dependence of infantry 594
Standing position, best to meet charge 593
Demands upon it by modern combat 365
Duties many and difficult 366
Good Infantry can defeat superior troops of poor quality 368
Modern war requires good infantry 366
Moving to attack, passing through deployed artillery 470
Requisites of good infantry 368
Trained to bear heaviest burdens 368

Infantry Drill Regulations 24

Influence of ground 1420

Initial combat order 394

Initiative in warfare 923

Initiative of subordinates not to be hampered 384; 385; 386

Ink stains, how removed 1287

"In place halt" 63

INSPECTION:
Band 650; 653
Battalion 650; 654
Company 646-649
Display of equipment 682
Equipment 648
Of pieces when troop are formed and when dismissed 121 (Second)
Pistol 646
Prepare for 646; 649-651; 653
Quarters 647; 654
Saber 646; 680
Seniority at 630; 650

Inspection and port arms when dismissing squad 147

Inspection arms from order 145

Inspection arms, Krag rifle 698

Inspections, object of 885

INSTRUCTION:
Captain's responsibility for 202
Commanding officers accountable for 51
In use of signals 81
Of battalion, major responsible for 295
Of recruits 97-98 (a); 120
Without arms 98 (a)

Instruction given subordinates through immediate superiors 397

Instruction. See "Training and instruction"

Integrity of squads in battle 151

Intelligence, factor in warfare 924

Interest in training and instruction 922

Intermingling of units in firing line 389

Interpretations of Drill Regulations, spirit to govern 53

INTERVAL:
Action of guides in taking 213
Battalion in deployment 454; 465
Between companies in deployment 354; 447
Between files obtained by placing hands on hip 70
Between platoon columns 252
Between regiments in deployment 454
Between skirmishers 171
Definition 40
Increasing or decreasing between skirmishers 172; 247
Of file closers in column of squads 221
Plates showing intervals:
Battalion near, 300
Company near, 207
To take 156

Intrenching tools, care 1312

INTRENCHMENTS:
Construction in action 475
Order of importance of operations in construction 606
Intrenchments. See "Field Fortifications"

Introduction 50-79; 364-371

Inundations, trenches 1186

Invisibility best protection while advancing 468

J

"Jab," bayonet 824 (d)

K

Kitchen pits, camping 1246

Kitchens, camp 1245

KNEEL:
From lying down 177
From standing 174
Position of piece 185
To aim 189
Use of position 178

Kneeling trench 1145

Knife, care of 1304

Knots 1126-1135

Knowledge of subordinates 378

Krag rifle (Infantry Drill Regulations) 696

L

Landmarks, observing 1086

Largest unit executing extended order 55 (b); 328

Lashings 1136

Latitude allowed subordinates 384; 385

Latrines, camping 1243

Latrines in trenches 1169

LEADERSHIP:
General consideration 372-384
Necessary to success in battle 365

LEADING:
Company 209; 260
Platoon 250; 251; 259
Rush 260
Squad 150; 169; 237; 259; 289

LEATHER EQUIPMENT:
Cleaning 1316
Cleaning materials 1315
Oiling 1317; 1319

Left arm, position when piece is "diagonally across
the body" 122 (Second)

Left, definition 41

Left foot, stepping off with 107

Left hand, position at balance 122 (First)

LEFT SHOULDER FROM:
Order 136
Port 136
Present 136
Right shoulder 136

Leggins, how cleaned 1280

Length of steps 107-115

Library, company 879

LIEUTENANTS:
Assisting captain in fire control of depleted company 209
Assignment of platoons to 206
Duties, etc., 870; 871
Fire control 270; 287-289
Intermingling of units in firing line 389
Leading in charges 356
Posts of 71
Rushes by platoons 259; 293
Suspending fire when target disappears 294
Taking post when company is formed 215
Training 369

LIEUTENANT COLONEL:
Salute in ceremonies 615

Light, effect on shooting 1399

Lightning, struck by 1507

Line, definition 42

Line of platoons, companies, etc., definition 68

Line of skirmishers 169-172; 236-247

Lines of information 398-402

Liquid fire 1196

Listening posts, trenches 1191

Litters, improvised 1522

Loaded pieces not to be carried 121 (First)

Loading pieces before deployment 269

Loading, with Krag rifle 701

LOADINGS AND FIRINGS:
Aiming point:
Announced before or after range 181
Once designated, not changed unless ordered 182
By battalion 306
Cease firing 194
Clip fire 192
Color guard does not execute 666
Commands 179; 185-194
Continuing the fire (command) 189
Execution by file closers 212
Fire at will 190
Fire faster (slower) 191
Firing:
Executed in line and skirmish line only 179
Instruction in, preceded by command to load 179
Rear rank kneeling or lying down 179
Firings executed at halt 179
Instruction in firing to be preceded by command for loading 179
Load:
Command 185
Position of, when taken 183
Rear rank, kneeling or lying down 179
Target:
Announced before or after range 181
Once designated, not changed unless ordered 182
Loadings executed in line and skirmish line only 179
Long whistle blast 193
Pieces once loaded, so kept until command to unload 180
Position of load, when taken 183
Range and command announcing 188
Sight setting, aiming point announced before or after 181
Simulate load (command) 186
Single loader, use of piece as 186
Sling, use when deployed 184
Suspend firing 193; 194

Local successes necessary to general success 367

Location of trenches 1426

Lock pieces 700

Long blast of whistle 193; 271

Long range 275

Long-range fire 1414

Long-range fire, when effective 416

Lookouts in trenches 1158

Loopholes and notches 1153

Loose pieces 161

Lost, what to do 1085

Lying down 175; 185; 189

Lying down position, use 178

Lying trench 1144

M

MACHINE GUNS:
Concealment 564
Covering dead spaces on defensive 519
Covering withdrawal 546; 557
Effectiveness against skirmish line 559
Fire of position 438; 555
In attack 555
In defense 555
In infantry attack against artillery 597
In meeting engagements 553
Lessons of European war 561-568
Location on defense 566
Methods of transportation 563
Not to form part of firing line of attack 558
Silencing of machine guns by infantry 560
To be used for short periods 552
Use in villages 565
Weapons of emergency 551
With advance guard 553
With rear guard 554
With reserve 557

MACHINE GUN COMPANY:
Post in formations 71; 72
Post when attached to battalion 299

MAJOR:
Apportions target 340
Controls support 263
Duties and responsibilities as battalion commander 295
Duty regarding protection of flanks 412; 413
Gives order to charge 356
Gives order to fix bayonets 355
Indicates where or when fire fight begins 341
Locates trenches and obstacles 358
Order making disposition of battalion for combat 329
Orders bayonets fixed on defense 361
Post during attack 352
Post in route march 325
Reenforces firing line 359
Responsibility regarding ammunition 570
See "Battalion commander"

Malarial fever 1469

Maneuvers 947; 949

Maneuvers effective method of conducting 371

MANUAL OF:
Arms:
"By the numbers" 122 (Fifth)
Cadence 122 (Fourth)
Carrying rifle in any position 122 (Sixth)
Executed by color guard 666
General principles and the manual 120-147
Regular positions assume without regard to
previous ones 122 (Sixth)
"Without the numbers" 122 (Fifth)
Bugle 692-695
Color 658-670
Saber 671-680
Tent pitching 681-691
The color 670

MANUAL OF BAYONET:
Bayonet combat 760
Combined movements 802
Fencing at will 807
Fencing exercises 772
General remarks 711
Guard 725
Hints for instructors 823
Instruction with rifle 734
Instruction without bayonet 755
Instruction without rifle 723
Jab 824 (d)
Lessons of European war 824
Nomenclature 721
Short point 824 (d)

Map, definition 1859

Map distances 1867

Map problems 945; 949

Map problems, instruction in 954

MAP READING:
Contours 1866
Conventional signs 1874
Definition of map 1859
Determination of positions of points on map 1871
Horizontal equivalents 1867
Map distances 1867
Meaning of map reading 1860
Meridians 1870
North star 1873
Orientation 1872
Problems in scales 1864
Scale of map distances 1867 (a)
Scales 1861-1863
Scaling distances from map 1865
Slopes 1868
True meridian 1873
Visibility problem 1875

Map sketching. See "Military map sketching"

MARCH:
At funeral 641
Played as honor 624

MARCHES:
A successful march 1215
At night 1102
Care of feet and fitting of shoes 1229
Compliments not paid on marches 1227
Conduct on march 1220
Crossing bridges and fords 1223
Elongation of column 1224
Fitting shoes and care of feet 1229
Forced matches 1225
Halts 1222
Hardening new troops 1213
Long march not to be made with new troops 1214
Marching capacity 1221
Marching, principal occupation of troops in campaign 1212
Night marches 1226
No compliments paid on 1564
Physical training 1213
Preparation for march 1216-1218
Protection on march 1228
Rate of march 1220
Starting on march 1219
Straggling 1224

Marching, any movement executed when, unless otherwise
prescribed 59

Marching to rear, skirmishes, not assembled 173

Marchings and steps 107-119

MARK TIME:
Executed from half step, halt and mark time 113
How executed 112
While obliquing 163

Masks, protection against gases 1206

Mass formation, battalion 320

Meat can, care 1307

Mechanism of deployment taught by extended order 55 (b)

Meeting engagements:
Action of advance guard prior to receipt of order 543
Action of column 542
Action of the leading troops 541
Advantage accrues to side deploying the faster 539
Afford ideal opportunity to certain commanders 537
Boldness and determination of commander 536
Characteristics of 534
First troops deploying have advantage 539
Function of advance guard 542
General action 535
Machine guns, use 552
Main body not to be put into action piece meal 544
Meagerness of information 536
Mission determines method of attack 538
Post of commander 542

Memorandum receipts, company 900

Meridians 1870

Mess, company 878

Mess outfit care 1304

Messages, delivery 1530

Messages, instruction in delivering 958

Metal fouling, removing from bore 1327

Method in training and instruction 918

Military appearance and deportment 1523

MILITARY COURTESY:
Colors and standards 1575
Headdress not raised in saluting 1569
National anthem 1572
National anthems of other nations 1573
Nature and origin of salutes 1533; 1534
Prisoners do not salute 1567
Soldier walking with officer 1566
Unmilitary salutes 1568
Usual mistakes in saluting 1571
When and how to salute:
At meals 1543
At work 1547
Bringing command to present before commander salutes 1563
Commanders of detachments or other commands 1561
Dismounting before addressing, superior not mounted 1558
General rule 1539
How to salute in uniform 1551
Indoors 1545
In public places and conveyances 1560
Man addressed in formation 1559
No compliments paid at drill, on march, etc. 1564
No saluting at double time, trot or gallop 1565
Officer approaching number of soldiers in open 1546
Officer entering room occupied by soldiers 1542
Officer passing in rear of troops 1562
Passing officer on staircase 1549
Riding in wagon 1548
Rifle salute 1552
Saber salute 1553
Saluting distance 1541
Saluting in civilian dress 1555
Saluting in military manner 1556
Sentinels on post 1554
Several officers together 1557
Soldier addressing or being addressed by officer 1550
When making and receiving reports 1540
When seated 1544
Whom to salute:
Army officers 1535
Foreign, naval and military attaches 1538
Navy, Marine Corps, Volunteer and National Guard
officers 1536
Reserve Corps officers 1537

MILITARY MAP SKETCHING:
Combined sketching 1892
Contours 1882
Datum plane 1883
Different methods of sketching 1878
Form lines 1884
Kinds of military sketches 1878
Location of points by intersection 1879
Location of points by resection 1880
Location of points by traversing 1881
Outpost sketching 1890
Points for beginners to remember 1893
Position sketching 1889
Road sketching 1891
Scales 1885; 1888

Military organization 1858

Military pits 1184

Military training object of 50

Mine warfare. See, "Trench and mine warfare"

MINOR WARFARE:
Camp or bivouac protection 612
Dividing marching column into two or more detachments 611
Formations in close country 610
Formation in open country 609
Irregular operations 607
March and bivouac formations to admit of rapid action in
any direction 608
Night operations frequently advisable 613
Regular operations 606
Selection of site for camp or bivouac 612
What it embraces 606

Mirage 1400

Mission, defined 950

Mistakes, staying execution of movement for correction of 63; 64

Modern combat, demands upon infantry 365

Modern war requires good infantry 366

Moisture, effect on shooting 1398

Morning report 888

Morse code 866

Mosquito, carrier of disease 1469

Mounted enlisted men formed into a detachment for ceremonies 76

Mounted officer in making about face, turns to left 74

MOUNTED SCOUTS:
Battalion staff officers, training in patrolling and
reconnaissance 579
Dismounted patrolling 578
How used 576
Post when attached to battalion 299
To be trained in patrolling and reconnaissance 576
Use for reconnoitering 577; 578

Mouse and cat contest 1089

Movement, any executed in double time unless excepted 60

MOVEMENTS:
Begun in quick time, hastened by command, "Double time" 62
Executed toward either flank, explained toward but one
flank 58
General rules 57; 63
May be executed from halt or when marching 59

MOVING PIVOT, TURNING ON:
Company 222; 227
Squad 164
When used 66

Moving targets, firing at 1432

MUSICIANS: (now buglers)
Duties during firing 272
Equipped with whistles and repeating signals 83
Join their companies at battalion inspection 650
Post 207
To carry signal flags 94; 401
To repeat signal to fix bayonet and charge 355; 356

Musicians (now buglers) of the Guard 1700

Muster 655-657

N

NATIONAL AIR:
At funeral 641
Playing as honor at review 624

National Anthem 1572

National color does not salute 660

Next to last motion in resuming order from any
position 122 (Third)

Night firing 1433

Night marches 1226

NIGHT OPERATIONS:
Advance and rear guards 584
Approaching charging point under cover of darkness 496
Attack, time of making 588
Bayonet use 583; 586; 589
Challenging 1103
Connections 1107
Defense, measures taken to resist night attacks 590
Deployment at night 464
Equipment 1100
Finding bearings 1096
Fire action to be avoided 583
Fire not effective beyond 50 yards 590
Formations 581; 586; 589
Hearing 1095
Importance 1091
Individual training 1093
Marches 1102
Marking route outguards to supports 1105
Moving in dark 1097
Night advance followed by attack by day 585
Night entrenching 1099
Night fencing 1098
Night firing 1101
Night matches 584
Outposts 1103
Practice in offensive and defensive operations 581
Preparation 1108
Purposes 580
Readiness for action 1106
Reconnaissance 587
Secrecy 583
Sentries firing 1104
Surprise 587
Trained troops necessary 586
Training of company 1092
Unfriendly guides 583
Vision 1094
White rag, tying around muzzle of rifle 590

Nomenclature of rifle 1342

Noncommissioned officer commanding platoon or company
carrying of piece and taking of post 79

Noncommissioned officers, post of 71

Noncommissioned officers to be obeyed and respected 1525

Noncommissioned officers, company, duties 874

Noncommissioned officers confining men 875

Noncommissioned officers; instructions in map problems 954

Noncommissioned officers; reduction and resignation 876

Noncommissioned officers; responsibilities in time of war 944

"Normal" forms covering all cases impossible 369

Normal sight 1353 (a)

North star 1873

Nose, foreign body in 1507

Notches and loopholes 1153

Number of troops to be deployed in beginning 445

"Numbers, by the" 122 (fifth)

O

Obedience 1524

Object of military training 150

OBJECTIVE--
Announced before or after range 181
Once designated not changed unless ordered 182

Oblique deployment as skirmishers 245

Oblique march 162-163

Observation 200-201

Observation of target and fire 428-429

OBSTACLES:
Abatis 1176
Against cavalry 1180
Automatic alarms 1192
Barricades 1185
Cheveaux de frise 1179; 1189
Fraise 1178
Guarding obstacles 1190
In front of outguards 1187
Inundations 1186
Kinds 1176
Lessons from European War 1188
Listening posts 1191
Location 1175
Military pits 1184
Necessity for 1174
Object 1173
Palisade 1177
Search lights 1193
Trous de loup 1184
Wire entanglements 1181; 1182; 1188
Wire fence 1183

Obstacles located by Major 358

Occupation of ground 1426

Offensive necessary for decisive results 367

Office, how to enter 1527

Officer of the Day 1593

OFFICERS:
Posts of 71
To be true leaders 377
To comply with spirit of orders 377

Oil, use on rifle 1330; 1339

ON RIGHT (LEFT) INTO LINE:
Battalion 313
Company 230

Open packs 648

Open ranks 646

Open sight 1352 (a)

Opening fire on defense 360

ORDER:
Assumed in resuming attention from rest or at ease 121 (fifth)
Piece brought to, upon halting 121 (seventh)
Piece striking ground gently 122 (third)
Position in next to last motion 122 (third)
Position of piece at 123

Order and cohesion in combat 376

Order, close, definition 43

Order, extended, definition 44

ORDER FROM:
Inspection 146
Left shoulder 136
Port 128
Present 128
Right shoulder 130
Trail 140

ORDERLIES:
Carrying signal flags 400
Do not change position when commander faces about to give
command 74
Posts of 73; 78

ORDERS:
Battle 392
Brigade and division, usually written 392
Compliance with spirit of 377
Composition of combat order 395
Definition 85
Deployment 392
Deviation from 388
Encroaching upon functions of subordinates, prohibited 396
Given subordinates through immediate superiors 397
Reconnaissance to precede issuing of initial combat orders 394
Regiment, usually verbal 393
Repetition of 83
To be definite 396
Use in battalion combat 328
Verbal 393
When used 80; 85

Orders, files of, company 891

Orders for sentinels 1716

Orders, tactical preparation 952

Organization, military 1858

Orientation 1872

Outlined enemy 56; 273; 370; 371

Outpost, establishing by company 1080

Outpost sketching 1890

Outposts at night 1103

Overhead cover, trenches 1154

P

Pace, definition 45

PACK:
Close 648
Display of contents for inspection 682
Laid aside in action 382
Open 648

Packs, unslinging, old equipment 706

Paint spots, how removed 1290

Palisade 1177

Paperwork, company 887

PARADE REST:
With arms 137
Without arms 101

PARADES:
Battalion 636
General rules 634; 635
Post of color guard 663; 664

Parados 1151

Paroles and countersigns 1769

Partial changes of direction, commander of 67

Patrolling. See, "Scouting and patrolling"

Payment of soldier 1529

Peep sight 1352 (b)

Percentage of hits 1417

Periscopes 1207

Personal hygiene 1470

PERSONAL RECONNAISSANCE:
Deployment 441
Formation of plan 394

PHYSICAL TRAINING:
Commands 826
Double timing 846
Methods 825
Rifle exercises 847
Setting up exercises 826; 837
Starting positions 834
Walking and marching 845

PIECE:
Carrying in any position 122 (Sixth)
"Diagonally across the body" 122 (Second)
Loading before deployment 269
Not to be carried loaded 121 (First)
Once loaded, so kept until command to unload 180
Rules governing carrying 121
To strike ground gently in coming to order 122 (Third)
Use as single loader 186

Pitching tents 684

PLAN:
Of battle preceded by personal reconnaissance 394
Of combat, adherence to original 373

PLATES:
Battalion near, 300
Company near, 207
Equipment near, 646

PLATOON COLUMN:
Assembly from 254
Deployment 253
How executed 250
Use in advancing 249-252

PLATOON DRILL:
Assembling from deployment 248
Column right (left) (company being in column of platoon) 223
Extended order 242
On right into line (being in column of platoons) 230
Platoons column right (left) (company being in column of
squad) 225
Platoon light (left) 220
Platoons right (left) by squads (being in line) 227
Platoons right (left) front into line 232
Squads right about (being in line of platoons) 228
Squads right (left), platoons column right (left) (being
in line) 227

PLATOON GUIDES:
Close order drill 210
Duties in fire fight 289

PLATOON LEADER:
Allotment of target to 282
Control the fire in deployment 270
Duties on fire fight 288; 289
Equipped with whistles 83
Of flank platoons when company acts alone 268
Positions in verifying alignments 218
Repeating commands 214

Platoon, the fire unit of 287

PLATOONS:
Advance into an engagement 249
Assignment 206
Designation 205
Division of company into 204

Point of aim 1357

Point of rest, definition 46

Point on which base squad marches in deployment 238

Points of compass 1084

Poison, first aid 1508

PORT ARMS FROM:
Inspection 146
Left shoulder 136
Order 125
Present 126
Right shoulder 132
Position and aiming drills 1365

POSITION FIRE:
Advance by rushes 293
When used 438

POSITION OF:
Captain in dressing company 302
Load, when taken 183
Piece at order 123
Piece "diagonally across the body" 122 (Second)
The soldier 99
Position sketching 1889

POST OF:
Band 71; 299
Commander in fight 383
Color 637; 638; 650; 664; 665
File closers in column of squads 221
Major during attack 352
Major in route order 325
Mounted enlisted men 73; 76; 78
Noncommissioned officer in command of troops 79
Noncommissioned staff officers 77; 78
Officers, noncommissioned officers and special units
(band and machine gun company) shown in plates 71; 72
Reviewing officer 617
Special units 71; 72; 299
Staff officers 73

Powder fouling, removing from bore 1327

Practical instruction, purpose 369

Precision taught by drill at attention 55 (a)

Preliminary drills 1355

PREPARATORY COMMAND:
Arrangements of elements 57
To revoke 64
What it indicates 87

PRESENT ARMS FROM:
Left shoulder 136
Order 124
Port 127
Right shoulder 133

Present saber 673

Principles of combat, extent to which treated in Part I 54

Prisoners do not salute 1567

Privates of the Guard 1715

Privileges, awarding 881

Privileges, withholding 884

Program of training 919

Progression in training and instruction 917

Property, responsibility, company 886; 896

PROTECTION:
By reconnaissance 410; 412
When battalion is acting alone 330
When company is acting alone 268

Protection against surprise when company is acting alone 268

PUNISHMENT:
Awarding 915
Company 882; 883

PURSUIT:
Additional force for 483
General principles 490; 494
Pursuing fire 486
Troops used for 487

Q

Quartermaster sergeant (now supply sergeant) assignment
at drill 207

Quibbling, avoiding, in interpreting drill regulations 53

QUICK TIME:
Cadence 108
From double time 111
Movements habitually executed in 109

R

RANGE:
Classification 275-277
Command announcing 188
Determining of 276; 277; 426
Finders 277
Importance of correct sight setting 425
In attack 344; 426
In defense 426
Signal for announcing 92

Range, how determined 1429

Range practice 1386

Ranging volleys 278

Rank, definition 47

Rapid fire exercises 1372

RATE OF:
Fire 191; 292; 415; 1419
Quick and double time 108

Ration return 909

Ready 189

Reality in training 922

Rear guard, use of machines guns as part of 554

Rear marching, skirmishers, not assembled 173

Rear rank not loading nor firing kneeling or lying down 179

Rear sight, description 1343

Rear, to the, how to execute 118

RECONNAISSANCE:
Battalion acting alone 330
Combat 403-413
Company acting alone 268
Company advancing into an engagement 249
Each commander to guard against surprise 442
Meeting engagement 534; 538
Minor warfare 608
Night operations 587
Personal before deployment 441
To precede formation of plan 394

Record of rifles 902

Record of size of clothing 906

Records, company 887-909

Recruits, instruction 97-98; 120; 152-156

Rectifying column, (battalion) 312

Red bugs 1488

Reduction and resignation of noncommissioned officers 876

Reenforcement of firing line by major 359

Reenforcements, size 353

Reenforcing firing line 263-366; 354

REGIMENT:
Interval in deployment 454
Lines of communication established by 400
Muster 655-657

REGIMENTAL COLOR:
Salutes by 660
Saluting reviewing officer 622

REGIMENTAL COMMANDER:
Action in deployment of division 440
Decide equipment carried into action 382

Rejoining command after completion of task 390

REPETITION OF:
Command for guides, by captains at battalion drill 301
Commands by captains at battalion drill 300
Orders, commands and signals 83; 88

Report, first sergeant's when company is formed 215

Reports, saluting when making or receiving 75

Represented enemy, definition 56

Requisites of good scout 1031

RESERVE:
Captured position strengthened by reserves 492
Commander of troops in action habitually with reserve 383
Covering withdrawal of attacking troops 489
Deployment to enable withdrawal of faulty firing line 444
Enveloping attack 461; 462
Fire of position in decisive action 438
Furnished by units larger than battalion 455
Gives impetus to charge 481
How used 455
In attack charged with flank protection 466
In withdrawal from action 547
Machine guns as part of 557
Occupying trenches vacated by firing line to improve same 476
Of firing line, strength 449; 450
Part played by, in pursuit 491
Post and strength in holding attack 500
Post of, in attack 466
Post of, in defense 513
Post of, in delaying action 532
Reduction of reserve in case of protected flanks 452
Regimental:
Ammunition sent from 574
Use of, in case of victory 383

Respect, factor in training 929

Respect for sentinels 1577

Respect to noncommissioned officers 1525

Responsibility, devolution of 869

Responsibility for proper training 921

Rest, executed as without arms 121 (Fifth)

Rests, the 100; 101; 121

"1. Resume 2. March" 63

Retained copies of rolls, etc., company 899

Retiring under fire 475

Return saber 679

Reveille and retreat gun 1837

Reverse slopes 1427

Revetments 1124; 1125; 1166

REVIEWS:
Band 623; 624
Battalion 631-633
Battalions, after passing reviewing officer 628
Brigades, or larger commands 628; 629
Cadence at which troops pass in review 627
Commander faces command 614
Flank to pass 12 paces from reviewing officer 617
Flourishes 624
Formation of companies, battalions and regiments 616
General rules 617-630
March, played as honor 624
National air, playing as honor 624
Order in which troops are arranged 614
Passing around line 618; 631
Points where column changes direction 617
Post of reviewing officer on left of column 626
Post of reviewing officer and others 617
Reviewing officer returns only salute of commanding officer 618
Reviewing officer, post 617
Reviewing officer junior to commanding officer 630
Riding around troops 618
Ruffles 524
Salute by regimental color 622
Salute returned by reviewing officer 618
Salute by lieutenant colonel 615
Saluting by staff 615; 619
Saluting the color 618
Standing "at ease" etc., in case of brigade or larger
command 629
Subordinates face to front 614
To the color 624
Turning out of column by commanding officer of troops 620; 621

Revoking preparatory command 64

Rewards and privileges, company 881

Ricochet shots 1425

RIFLE, care and description:
Army regulations 1341
Bore 1322-1324; 1328
Description 1342
Importance 1321
Kinds of fouling 1325
Oil, how to apply 1339
Oiling barrel 1330
Rear-sight leaf 1343
Removing metal fouling 1327
Removing powder fouling. See "Piece" 1326

Rifle exercises 847

RIFLE SALUTE AT:
Order or trail 141
Right shoulder 140

RIFLE TRAINING AND INSTRUCTION:
Adjustment of fire 1428
Aiming exercise 1368
Aiming point 1357
Aiming and sighting 1350
Appearance of objects 1396
Auxiliary aiming points 1431
Ballistic qualities of rifle 1410
Battle sight 1352 (c)
Beaten zone 1413
Center of impact 1412
Clock system of target designation 1446; 1447
Clock system of wind designation 1391
Cold, effect on shooting 1397
Collective instruction 1404
Combat exercises 1408
Combat practice 1404
Combined sights 1430
Communication in fire control and direction 1447 (b)
Cone of fire or dispersion 1411
Defilade 1420
Deflection 1384
Deflection and elevation correction drills 1383
Designation of targets 1445-1447 (a)
Designation of winds 1391
Distribution of fire 1441-1444
Effect of fire 1410
Effect of heat, light, etc. 1397; 1403
Effectiveness of fire 1416
Estimating distance 1393-1395
Exercises in fire control and direction 1450
Finger system of target designation 1447 (a)
Fine sight 1353 (b)
Fire direction and control 1434-1440
Fire discipline, definition 1406
Fire distribution 1441-1444
Firing at stationary targets 1428
Full sight 1353 (c)
Gallery practice 1385
Gentle reverse slopes 1427
Grazing fire 1423
Heat, effect on shooting 1397
Hits, percentage 1417
Horizontal clock face system of target designation 1446
Individual instruction 1349
Influence of ground 1420
Light, effect on shooting 1399
Location of trenches 1426
Long range fire 1414
Mirage 1400
Moisture, effect on shooting 1398
Moving targets, firing at 1432
Night firing 1433
Normal sight 1353 (a)
Object of system 1344
Occupation of ground 1426
Open sight 1352 (a)
Peep sight 1352 (b)
Percentage of hits 1417
Point of aim 1357
Position and aiming drills 1365
Preliminary drills 1355
Program of instruction 1348
Range, how determined 1429
Range practice 1386
Rapid fire exercise 1372
Rate of fire 1419
Reverse slopes 1427
Ricochet shots 1425
Sighting and aiming 1350
Shot group 1412
Sighting drills 1356; 1383
Sights, kinds of 1352
Sling, use 1387
Slopes gentle reverse 1427
Stationary targets firing at 1428
Target designation 1445-1447 (a)
Targets, number hit 1418
Technical principles of firing 1409
Trajectory 1349
Trial shots, determination of range 1395
Triangle of sighting 1359
Trigger squeeze exercise 1370
Vertical clock face system of target designation 1447
Volleys, determination of range 1395
Windage 1384
Zero of rifle 1392
Zone of effective fire 1415

Right (left) about, squad 167

RIGHT (LEFT) BY:
File 235
Squads 226
Two's 234; 235

Right, definition 48

Right (left, center) dress 154; 310; 311

Right face 104

RIGHT (LEFT) FRONT INTO LINE FROM:
Close column 322
Column of platoons or squads (company) 231
Column of squads or companies 314
Column of two's 235

Right half face 104

RIGHT (LEFT) HALF TURN:
Command 67
Squad 164

Right (left) oblique 163

RIGHT SHOULDER FROM:
Inspection 146
Left shoulder 136
Order 129
Port 131
Present 134
Right shoulder, pieces brought to, from order at
command "March" 121 (Sixth)

Right (left) step, how executed 114

RIGHT (LEFT) TURN:
Company 222
Squad 164

Rise, how executed 176

Road sketching 1891

Route march, post of major and file closers 325

Route step 233

RUFFLES AT:
Funeral 641
Review 624

RULES FOR:
Carrying piece 121 (First)
Ceremonies 614-616
Close order (battalion) 300-306
Close order, company 210-214
Deployment 236-242
Drills and formations 57-79
Execution of manual 122
Parades 634; 635
Reviews 617-630
Salutes 75
Steps and marchings 107-119

RUSHES:
Advances made under covering fire 349
Begun by flank company 348
Command for 259
Company as whole led by captain 260
Prearranged methods prohibited 351
Size of rushing units 346; 347
Subsequent advancing 350
Use of position fire 293
When impossible for company to advance as a whole 258

Rust, how removed 1286

S

Saber, manual of 671-680

Safety lock 121; 185

SALUTES:
Hand 106
Returned by reviewing officer 618
Rifle 141
Saber 75; 673
With color 660
See "Honors and salutes" also "Military Courtesy"

SALUTING:
By lieutenant colonel in ceremonies 615
By staffs in ceremonies 619
Mounted junior to dismount before saluting dismounted
senior 75
On marches 1227
Regimental color 622
The color in reviews 618
When making or receiving reports 75

Saluting volleys fired in close order 269

Sapping, advancing to charging point 498

Scalds, first aid 1509

Scale of map distances 1867 (a)

Scales 1861-1869

Scales of maps 1885-1888

Scaling distances from map 1865

SCHOOL OF THE:
Battalion 295-363
Company 202-294
Soldier 97-147
Squad 148-201

SCOUTING AND PATROLLING:
Eyesight and hearing 1083
Cat and mouse contest 1089
Concealment and dodging 1087
Finding way in strange country 1084
Flag stealing contest 1090
Footmarks, following 1088
Landmarks, observing 1086
Lost, what to do 1085
Mouse and cat contest 1089
Points of compass 1084
Requisites of good scouts 1031
"Tracking" 1088

Scouts; See, "Mounted Scouts"

Scratches, first aid 1510

Search lights, trench warfare 1193

Seeing at night 1094

Semaphore signaling 863

Semi-blindness 1512

Sentinel's orders 1716

Sentinels, respect for 1517

Sentries firing at night 1104

Separated officers and others placing themselves under
order of nearest higher commander 390; 391

Sergeant of the guard 1642

Service calls 695

SERVICE OF INFORMATION:
Bridges, facts to be obtained about 1000
Bridges, reconnoitering of 992
Buildings, reconnoitering of 996
Camp noises 985
Camps, abandoned 986
Canals, facts to be obtained about 1003
Cross roads, how reconnoitered 989
Defiles, facts to be obtained about 1006
Defiles, reconnoitering of 991
Demolitions 1011
Enclosures, reconnoitering of 994
Facts to be obtained about various objects 998
Fords, reconnoitering of 992
Heights, facts to be obtained about 1010
Heights, reconnoitering of 990
Houses, reconnoitering of 996
Indications to be noticed by patrols 983
Marches, facts to be obtained about 1007
Patrolling:
Facts to be obtained about various objects by patrols 998
Civilians 970
Flames and smoke 987
Messages 979; 980
Model reports 1016
Night work 975
Patrol fighting 977
Principles of patrolling 967
Patrols:
Acting upon meeting hostile patrols 971
By whom furnished 962
Cooerdination before departure 966
Definition 959
Formation 968
Guarding against being cut off 974
Halts 970
Inspection before departure 961
Leaders 961
Orders and instructions 963
Preparation for starting 965
Prisoners to be captured 984
Problems 1017-1019
Rate of march 969
Report on return 1015
Returning by different route 973
Scattered patrols 972
Signals 978
Size 960
Ponds, facts to be obtained about 1007
Positions, reconnoitering of 995
Railroads:
Demolitions 1013
Facts to be obtained about 999
Reconnaissance of positions 989
Rivers, facts to be obtained about 1001
Roads, facts to be obtained about 998
Signs to be noticed by patrols 983
Springs, facts to be obtained about 1008
Suggestions for gaining information about the enemy 983
Suggestions for reconnaissance of positions 989
Telegraph line, demolition 1012
Telegraphs, facts to be obtained about 1004
Valleys, facts to be obtained about 1009
Villages, facts to be obtained about 1005
Villages, reconnoitering of 997
Vision limits of 988
Wagon roads, demolition 1014
Woods, facts to be obtained about 1002
Woods, reconnoitering of 993

SERVICE OF SECURITY:
Advance guard, general principles 1021-1024
Advance guard order 1025-1026
Advance guard problems 1033-1046
General principles 1020
Outposts:
Advance cavalry 1056
Cavalry outpost 1071
Changes for the night 1075
Communication between subdivision 1074
Composition 1053
Concealment 1068
Cossack post 1061
Definition and duties 1051-1052
Detached posts 1069
Distances between subdivisions 1055
Entrenchments 1067
Establishing the outpost 1073
Examining posts 1070
Flags of truce 1066
Formation 1054
Intercommunication 1074
Obstacles 1067
Outguards 1058
Outpost order 1073
Patrols 1064-1065
Pickets 1059
Problems 1077; 1078; 1079
Relieving outpost 1076
Reserves 1063
Sentinels 1062
Sentry squad 1060
Subdivisions 1054
Supports 1057
Problems, advance guards 1033-1046
Rear guard, general principles 1047-1050

Setting-up exercises 826; 837

SHELTER TENT:
Care of 1303
Pitching:
New model 682
Old model 707-710
Striking 687

Shock, first aid 1511

SHOES:
Care 1292
On marches 1229
Polishing 1295; 1299; 1300
Repair 1294
Selection 1293

"Short point" 824 (d)

Shot group 1412

Shots grazing enemy have approximate value of hits 291

Sick report 889

Side step 114

Siege operations 496

Siege works 1172

Sight rear, description 1343

SIGHT SETTING:
Command 188
Importance 425

Sighting and aiming 1350

Sighting drills 1356; 1383

Sights, kinds of 1352

Signal Corps, establishment of lines of communication 399

SIGNAL FLAGS:
Carried by musician (now bugler) 94; 401
Carried by orderlies 400
Description 94
Use 95

SIGNALING:
"Chop chop" signal 863
General service code 861
Heliograph, flash lantern, searchlight 864
Morse code 866
Semaphore code 863
Sound signals 865
Wigwag 862

SIGNALS:
Arm 92
Attention fixed at first motion 82
Bugle used on and off the battlefield 90
Captain of supporting company to look out for major's
signals 263
Cease firing 90
Change elevation 92
Commence firing 90
Communication between firing line and reserve 96
Flag 94; 96
For "Platoon" and "Squad," use of 93
Instruction in use of 81
Limitation of 84
Long blast of whistle:
Signifies suspension of firing 193
To be avoided as signal for cease firing in rushes 234
Movement commences when signal is understood 82
Range, to announce 92
Repetition of 83
Special prearranged 84
Training in use of, to control firing line 55 (d)
Use during firing 271
Use on firing line 431
Use of saber, rifle, or headdress in making 81
When used 80
Whistle 91

Simple maneuvers best 375

Simple movements essential to correct battle training 52

Simulate load, how executed 186

Simultaneous movements by companies or platoons in
battalion drill 305

Single loader, use of rifle as 186

Single rank 98 (a); 616

Sitting position used instead of kneeling one 178

Size of clothing, record 906

SKIRMISHERS:
Deployment:
Company 243
General rules 236-244
Squad 170
To rear 246
Face to front and take advantage of cover on halting 240
Interval between 170; 172; 247; 255; 447
Not assembled, marching to rear 173
To form from platoon or squad column 253

Skulking of troops carrying back wounded 381

Sky lines to be avoided 421

Sleeping bag 685; 686

SLING, GUN:
Adjustment and use 1387
Included in grip of piece at balance 122 (First)
Use when deployed 184

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:
Base 236; 239
Composition 149
Dressing 154
Front when deployed 171
Integrity in battle 151
Movements executed as prescribed in school of the soldier 152
Right 165
Right (left) about 167
To dismiss 147
To form 153

SQUAD COLUMN:
Deployment 253
How executed 251
To assemble from 254
Use in advancing 249; 252

Squad drill, object 149

SQUAD LEADER:
Action at preparatory command for forming skirmish line 237
Corporal is 150
Duties in fire fight 289
Post 150

SQUADS:
Deployment when company is deployed 239
Designation 205
Division of company into 203
Grouping soldiers into 148
Preservation of integrity in battle 151
Right (left) about 228
Right (left) column right (left) 226
Right (left) front into line 235

Stable guards 1806

Stack arms 160; 161

STAFF:
Does not change position when commander faces about to
give command 74
Draws and returns saber with chief 73
Habitually mounted 73
Post of 73
Saluting by, in review 619
Turning out of column in review 620; 621

Stains, how removed 1284

Standards and colors 1575

Standing trench 1146

"Star Spangled Banner" 1572

"STAR SPANGLED BANNER" PLAYED AT:
Funeral 641
Review 624

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

Striking tents 687; 690

SUBORDINATES:
Cooeperation 387
Latitude allowed and initiative 384; 385; 386

SUCCESS IN BATTLE:
Depends upon leadership, etc. 365
Factors entering into 373; 376
Object of military training 50
Principles for increasing probability of, provided for
in drill regulations 53

SUCCESSION OF THIN LINES:
Command for advancing 255
Use in advancing 249
Use and purpose 256

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

Sunburn, first aid 1485; 1518

Sunstroke 1519

Superiority of fire 414-438

SUPPORT:
Artillery 601-605
Battalion:
Battalion acting alone in defense 357
Distance from firing line 338
Division of battalion into support and firing line 335
Furnished by battalion 455
None at beginning 339
Position 337
Size 336
Company:
Captain to look out for major's signals 363
Control by major 263
Duties of officers and sergeants upon joining firing line 266
Formations for 262
Original platoon divisions to be maintained 266
Promptness in reenforcing firing line 265
Reenforcements joining firing line 264
Occupying trenches vacated by firing line, to improve
same 476
Of firing line, strength 449; 450
Post and strength, in holding attack 500
To cover withdrawal 362

Supporting artillery 434-437

Supreme will, but one in battle 387

SURPRISE:
Each commander to guard his command against 442
Human element 92
Protection against, when company is acting alone 26

Suspend firing 193; 194

Syphilis 146

T

Tactical exercises, methods of conducting 37

Tactical orders 32

Tactical principles, application of 5

Take arms 16

TAKE INTERVAL:
Actions of guides and file closers 213
How executed 156

TAKING DISTANCE:
Actions of guides and file closers 66
How executed 158

"Tanks" 1204

TARGET:
Action in defense when it disappears 294
Aiming points, use 284
Announced before or after range 181
Allotment to platoon leaders 282
Apportioned by major 340
Assignment by major 281
Change to be avoided 281
Choice of, etc. 422
Designation 201; 1445; 1447 (a)
Determination of distance to 276
Distribution of fire 282; 283; 427
Hostile firing line usual target 281; 345
Observation of 424; 429
Once designated, not changed unless ordered 182

Target practice. See "Rifle training and instruction"

Target records, company 907

Targets, number hit 1418

TEAMWORK:
Developed by thorough and uniform training 51
General principles 385-391

Technical principles of firing 1409

Telegraph code 866

Telephones in trenches 1171

Tent folding 691

TENT PITCHING:
All types except shelter and conical wall 688
Conical wall 689
Shelter 681; 682

Tent striking 687; 690

Terrain exercises 945; 949

THE COLOR:
Cased, defined 659
Meaning of "Color" 658
National, renders no salute 660
Receiving of 669
Salute by regimental 660
Where kept 659

Theoretical instruction, purpose 369

"The Star Spangled Banner," see "Star Spangled Banner"

THIN LINES SUCCESSION OF:
Commands for advancing 255
Use and purpose 256
Use in advancing 249

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 ground 933
Captain's responsibility for 202
Cheerfulness 930
Clearness 922
Commanding officers accountable for 51
Comradeship 932
Contentment 931
Courage 927
Cover, training in use of 939
Delivery of messages 958
Determination and individual intelligence 924
Fear 926
For battle, simple movements and elastic formations 52
Human element 925
Individual initiative 923
Interest 922
In use of signals to control fire line 55 (d)
Map problems 954
Method and progression 918
Object 50; 917
Of battalions, major responsible for 295
Operating against other troops 941
Practice in commanding mixed squads 940
Principles provided for in Drill Regulations 53
Program 919
Reality 922
Respect 929
Responsibility 921
See, "General Common Sense Principles of Applied Minor
Tactics"
Simultaneous instruction and training 920
Surprise 928
Thoroughness 51; 922
Vanity 922

Trajectory 1349

Traveling in strange country 1084

Traverses 1149

Treatment of soldiers 872

TRENCH AND MINE WARFARE:
Aerial mines 1200
Aids to firing 1209
Asphyxiating gases 1194
Bombs from air-craft 1202
Countermining 1211
Grenades and bombs 1197; 1198; 1199
Helmets 1205
Liquid fire 1196
Masks 1206
Mining 1210
Periscopes 1207
Protection against gases 1195
Protection against hand grenades 1203
Sniperscope 1208
"Tanks" 1204
Winged torpedoes 1201

TRENCHES:
Located by major 351
Occupied by supports and reserves, to be improved 462
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 executed 164
When used 66

Two's right (left) front into line 235

U

Umpire 55; 371

UNFIX BAYONET:
Krag rifle 694
Springfield rifle 143

Uniform, dignity of 1523

UNIT:
Attack 342
Fire 287

Units not to be broken up 378

Unload 180; 187

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

Use of ground 420; 421

V

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 executed 189
Use 278

W

Wall tents 688

War game 946; 949

Warning calls 692

Watchmen 1781

WATER:
Distribution of disease 1457
In camp 1253
In trenches 1168

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