major; 239
Adjutant; 239, 240, 241
Officer of the guard; 240
New officer of the day; 240
Commander of the guard; 241
Guard duty in the trenches; 241
CHAPTER 13.
Company administration; 245
Notes on organization; 245
Prepare in advance to receive men; 245
Duties; 245
If in cantonments; 246
If in tents; 246
Men reporting; 246
Issue of equipment; 247
Organization; 248
Day's routine; 249
Reveille; 250
Mess; 250, 251
Sick call; 250, 251
Morning instruction; 250
Afternoon instruction; 251
Retreat; 251
School call; 251
Tattoo; 251
Call to quarters; 251
Taps; 251
Sundays and holidays; 252
Details; 252
Paper work; 252
Military correspondence; 253
Morning report; 254
Ration return; 254
Sick report; 254
Duty roster; 254
Monthly return; 255
Service record; 255
Discharge; 255
Final statement; 255
Muster roll; 255
Pay roll; 256
Names; 257
Losses; 257
CHAPTER 14.
Conferences; 259
Study; 259
Syllabus: Small problems for infantry; 261
Examinations; 269
Military science and tactics; 275
Minor tactics; 275
CHAPTER 15.
Trench warfare; 287
General principles; 287
Instructions to be issued by battalion commander; 287
Attack of a defensive position; 289
Attacking from trenches; 291
Defense of trenches; 296
Liaison; 298
Trench orders; 299
Selection of site; 302
Trench construction; 303, 307
General arrangement; 303
System of laying out trenches; 307
Revettments; 308
Sod; 310
Sand bags; 310
Concrete work; 310
Gabions; 310
Trench armament; 311
Loopholes; 311
Trench bottoms; 311
Communication trench; 313
Latrines; 315
Shelters; 315
Dugouts; 317
Sentries; 317
Position; 317
Entrances; 317
Galleries; 318
Bomb-traps; 318
Interior; 318
Depots for supplies; 318
Telephones; 319
Departure parallel; 319
Machine gun emplacements; 319
Listening posts; 321
Wire entanglements; 321
High entanglements; 321
Tracing entanglements; 322
Low entanglements; 322
Loose wire; 322
Criticisms by Lieut Henri Poire; 322
Occupation; 325
Two main classes of relief; 325
General principles of relief; 325
Mechanism of relief; 325
Attack during the march; 328
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