s and
information.
(b) The personnel of raiding parties will usually include: A
commander and second in command, bayonet men, bombers,
engineers, signal men, stretcher bearers. Their numbers and
proportions are regulated by the nature and difficulty of
the task.
(c) Co-ordination with the artillery barrage is the essential of
their success. The limit of advance, extent of operations,
and time of return will therefore be set in advance and
rigidly adhered to.

H. ROLE OF THE TRENCH COMMANDER:

1. Inspections: The men will be formally inspected twice daily at
the general "stand to" by the company commander. Particular
attention will be paid to the health of the men, condition of
their feet and their clothing. Each man must have at least one
pair of dry socks always available. Arms, gas masks, and other
equipments will also be rigidly inspected.
2. Roster: The company commander will carefully supervise the
preparation of the duty roster. An obviously equal distribution
of the arduous duties involved in trench life is essential to
the maintenance of morale.
3. Reports and Records: (Additional to those already required by
regulations.) Log Book, Report of Casualties, Wind Report
(daily), Bombardment Report (daily), Intelligence Report, which
will include observer's notes and changes (twice daily), and a
daily report of Work completed and Undertaken.
4. "One principle which the trench commander should never forget is
the necessity for his frequent presence in the midst of his men.
* * * Direct contact with the troops on as many occasions as
possible is the most certain way to gain their confidence."

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Duties of the Company Commander.

1. To inspect the sector his company is to occupy, one day in
advance of occupying it.
2. To assign segments to the platoons.
3. To prepare a plan of defense.
4. To connect by liaison with the companies on his flanks.
5. To have an agent or runner at Battalion Headquarters.
6. To prepare a plan for counter attacks.
7. To report to the Battalion Commander when his company has taken
up its position:
(a) Its situation.
(b) Security.
(c) Liaison.
(d) State of position left by predecessor.
(e) Def