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10. Always "size up" ground before you sketch it; that is, take a general view of it, noticing the drainage system (the direction in which the streams flow or ravines run), the prominent hills and ridges, the direction the roads run, etc.
11. Above all things, DON'T FAKE ANY PART OF YOUR MAP.
If the man using your map happens to strike the faked portion, he immediately condemns your whole map as incorrect. Every other part may be highly accurate, but your whole map is discredited because the user strikes the bad part first. You will naturally put little faith in the man who has told you something you know to be untrue. You will always suspect him. So it is with maps. Don't put down anything that you don't know to be correct. If any guess work is to be done, let the man using the map do it,—he knows that he is guessing and will be governed accordingly, but if you do the guessing, he doesn't know where the guessing begins and the accurate work leaves off. Don't fudge. Your name is on the map,—don't have any questionable work hitched up to your name.
[22] Sheets of working scales reading in paces, strides, minutes, etc, at a scale of 3 and 6 inches to the mile can be obtained at little cost from the Secretary, Army Service Schools, Fort Leavenworth, Kansas
(The numbers refer to paragraphs)
APar. No.
Abatis 1176
About face, how executed 105
1. About, 2. FACE, 3. Forward, 4. MARCH 229
About, turning by mounted officer 74
Abstract of clothing 905
Abstract record of memorandum receipts 901
Adjustment of fire 1428
Adjutant, formation of battalion 307; 308
Adjutant of general officer, post of 73
Adjutant's call 616; 693
Advance by crawling, etc. 261
ADVANCE BY RUSHES:
Commands259
Company as whole led by captain260
Position, fire293
When impossible for company to advance as a whole258
ADVANCE GUARD:
Commander with542
Connecting files584
Machine guns553
Meeting engagement542; 543
ADVANCE OF:
Battalion acting as part of firing line343
Company into an engagement249–257
Firing line346
ADVANCING:
Improvised formations for257
In succession of thin lines255; 256
The attack467; 471
Aerial mines 1200
Aides, post of 73
Aim, commands for 189
Aiming and sighting 1350
Aiming exercise 1368
Aiming point 1357
AIMING POINT:
Announced before or after range181
Designations, practice in repeating201
Once designated not changed unless ordered182
Use284
ALIGNMENT:
Battalion, rectifying310; 312
Command of captains in battalion drill at command guide right (left)301
Company218
Definition24
Deployed lines preserve general alignment240
Dressing companies in formation of battalion in line308
Placing left hand on hip70
Position of captain and platoon leaders in prolongation218
Position of captains in dressing companies in battalion drill302
Preservation while marching155
Rules for guides in close order210; 211
Squad154
AMMUNITION:
Bandoleers573
Combat train and major's responsibility for ammunition in belts572
Destination of combat wagons when refilled571
Expenditure of432; 433
For company, husbanding and distribution286
Issue before deployment of battalion269
Issue upon deployment of battalion331
Men not to be sent back from firing line for ammunition574
Of dead and wounded572
Rendezvous for each brigade570
Replenishment of ammunition after engagement575
Sent forward with reinforcements574
Supply360; 569–575
Thirty rounds in right pocket section573
Amusement room 879
Appearance of objects in firing 1396
Appendices, Infantry Drill Regulations 696–710
and pp. 192 a b c d
Arm, disengaged, position at double time 121 (eighth)
Arm signals 92; 401
Arrangement of companies in battalion formation 297
Art of instruction on varied ground 933
Art of leadership 372
Art of war, definition 943
ARTILLERY:
Action of infantry in case enemy has powerful artillery418
Change of target by infantry warranted in case of flanking fire against artillery424
Communication with firing line402
Covering deployment of artillery in meeting engagement541
Deployment of troops when exposed to hostile artillery463
Effect on deployed infantry usually unimportant345
Infantry against597–600
Infantry passing through deployed artillery470
In pursuit494
In withdrawal from action546
Part played in pursuit491; 494
Supported by infantry434–437
Use against machine guns555
Use in delaying action533
Withdrawal of attacking troops covered by artillery489
ARTILLERY SUPPORTS:
Charged only with protection of artillery605
Detailing of supports602
Formation and location in action604
Formation on march603
Purpose601
Asphyxiating gases 1194
Asphyxiation, first aid 1478
ASSEMBLE FROM:
Deployment
Battalion326
Company248
Squad173
Distances159
Intervals157
Platoon or squad columns254
Assembled skirmishers not while marching to rear 173
ASSEMBLY:
Arm signals92
Call693
Point indicated by company flag95
AS SKIRMISHERS:
Action of squad leaders at preparatory command237
Deployment squad170
Deployment in oblique direction245
Deployment to flank or rear246
From a column of twos or files244
From platoon or squad column253
Guide right (left or center) (being in column of squads)244
Guide right (left or center) (being in line)243
Rules for deployment236–247
To increase or decrease intervals172
'As you were' 64
AT EASE:
Applicable to any marching formation233
Extended order executed at ease55 (b)
How executed100
To march233
With arms, executed as without arms121 (fifth)
Athletic apparatus, company 880
ATTACK:
Advancing467–471
Battalion in342–356
Company in249–294
Deployment for463–466
Enveloping461; 462
Feint502
Fire attack258–261; 414–438
Flank459–462
Fortifications495–498
Frontal457; 462
General principles456–502
Holding attack499–502
Machine guns555
Opening fire417
Pursuit490–494
Range344; 426
The charge478–489
Unit, the battalion342
ATTENTION:
Command for82
Drills at are disciplinary exercises55 (a)
Forced at first word of command note of bugle or whistle82
From parade rest138
From rest and at ease resumed at order121 (fifth)
From route step or at ease233
Position of99
At trail (command) 121 (sixth)
At will fire 190
Automatic alarms trenches 1192
Auxiliary aiming points 1431
BBack Step (backward march) 115
Bacon can, care of 1308
Balance position of left hand 122 (first)
Ballistic qualities of rifle 1410
BAND:
In reviews623; 624
Post of71; 72; 299
Bandoleers ammunition in to be used first 573
Barricades 1185
Base company in advancing by rushes 348
Base, definition 25
Base squad in deployment 236–329; 243–245
BATTALION:
Adjutant, formation of battalion307; 308
Advance close in on enemy as much as possible before opening fire344
Advance when part of firing line343
Advance of firing line346
Alignment rectifying310; 311
Ammunition issue upon deployment331
Arrangement of companies in battalion297
Assembly from deployment326
Attack principles342–356
Attack unit, the342
Base company in attack329
Battalion a tactical unit295
Battalion right (left)318
Bayonets order to fix given by major355; 361
Charge, the356
Close on first (fourth) company320
Close order drill300–326
Column rectifying312
Column of companies, first company squads right (left)315
Column of squads first company, squads right (left)316
Column of squads first (fourth) company, squads right (left) (from close column)323
Column of squads first (fourth) company forward (from close line)324
Column right (left)317; 319
Combat principles327–363
Command for guides repeated by captain301
Commands repeated by captains300
Consolidation to provide war strength organizations55 (d)
Counter attack363
Covering fire rushes made under349
Defense371
Defense opening fire360
Deployment
Avoidance of premature332
Companies and detachments taking their places334
Depth of334
Designation of base company329
Designation of companies298
Dismissing309
Division of battalion into support and firing line335
Dressing battalion
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