ds are also kept of the company combat firing
and the proficiency test, and of the combat practice. The combat
practice records are kept until the close of the following target
season, when they may be destroyed.

=908. Company Return.= On the first day of each month a Company Return
for the preceding month is submitted to regimental headquarters. The
return gives by name all changes since rendition of last return in the
case of officers, and by number all changes in the case of enlisted
men, and shows the condition of the company at midnight of the last
day of the month for which rendered. All officers, present and absent,
are accounted for by name, and under "Record of Events," is given a
brief statement of the duties performed by the company during the
month, including marches made, actions in which engaged, etc. See next
page for a "Model" Company Return.

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=909. Ration return.= In addition to rations, on this form are
obtained soap, candles, matches, toilet paper, rock salt, vinegar for
animals, flour for paste in target practice, towels, and ice, the
allowances of which are prescribed in the Army Regulations.

The best way to show how a ration return is prepared is to give a
"model" and then explain how the figures thereon were obtained.

The figures in the above "model" were obtained as follows:

(a) The enlisted strength of Co. "H," 50th Inf., present
and absent according to the morning report of Feb. 29/16,
was 97

(b) Deduct from the above the number of men absent
according to the morning report of Feb. 29/16, and for
whom rations will not, therefore, be drawn for any part
or for the whole of the month of March, the number of men
absent being (assumed) as follows:

On furlough 3
On detached service 2
Absent sick 2
Absent in confinement 1
Present sick in hospital 4
Attached to and rationed with the band 2 14
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Balance 83

(c) Add the number of men attached to the company for
ration