Manual for Noncommissioned Officers and Privates of Cavalry of the Army of the United States 1917. To be also used by Engineer Companies (Mounted) for Cavalry Instruction and Training

=36.= As the instruction progresses, the recruits will be grouped according to proficiency, in order that all may advance as rapidly as their abilities permit. Those who lack ap...

=2.= Exterior guards are used only in time of war. They belong to the domain of tactics and are treated of in the Field Service Regulations and in the drill regulations of the d...

The best way to hold down the fire of the enemy and to diminish his power to inflict losses is to bring the position he occupies under well-conducted and continued fire.

=321.= The elementary collective instruction of the trooper includes the instruction in the =School of the Squad= and in the mechanism of the movements prescribed in the =School...

The following list includes the offenses most often committed by soldiers, generally through ignorance or carelessness rather than viciousness. Violations of any rule or regulat...

Effective rifle fire is generally what counts most in battle. To have effective rifle fire, the men on the firing line must be able to HIT what they are ordered to shoot at. The...

The smooth bore of the rifle is 0.30 inch in diameter. It is then rifled 0.004 inch deep, making the diameter from the bottom of one groove to the bottom of the opposite groove...

When you pick up a map, the first question is, Where is the north? This can usually be told by an arrow (see fig. 1, p. 259) which will be found in one of the corners of the map...

Afternoon (this) Cet après-midi. Army (an) Une armée. Bandage Un bandage. Bath Un bain. Bayonet Une baïonnette. Bed Un lit. Blanket Une couverture. Boy Un garçon. Bullet Une bal...

"I, ----, do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will bear true faith and allegiance to the United States of America; that I will serve them honestly and faithfully against all-th...

When a command learns that it is to make a march on the following day, presumably starting early in the morning, certain details should be attended to the evening before.

The _field ration_ is the ration prescribed in orders by the commander of the field forces. It consists of the reserve ration, in whole or in part, supplemented by articles requ...

History shows that in almost every war many more men die of disease than from wounds received in battle. Much of this disease is preventable and is due either to the ignorance o...

=1.= Each signal station will have its call, consisting of one or two letters, as Washington, "W"; and each operator or signalist will also have his personal signal of one or tw...

The bandages and dressings contained in the first-aid packet have been so treated as to destroy any germs thereon. Therefore, when dressing a wound, be careful not to touch or h...

=Assembly.=--The grouping =in order=, and in a close-order formation, of the elements of a command. The special arrangement and condition that constitute =order= for each unit a...

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DUTY, 1914..................................... 254 Section 1. Introduction.................................. 254 Section 2. Classification of interior guards............. 255 S...

Section 1. Preliminary training and marksmanship......... 233 Section 2. Sight adjustment.............................. 233 Section 3. Table of sight corrections...................

Section 1. Definitions.................................... 50 Section 2. General provisions, individual instruction..... 54 Section 3. School of the trooper, dismounted............

Section 1. General provisions............................ 350 Section 2. The Army of the United States................. 351 Section 3. Rank and precedence of officers and noncom...

Section 1. Oath of enlistment.............................. 9 Section 2. Obedience....................................... 9 Section 3. Loyalty......................................

Section 1. The rifle...................................... 20 Section 2. Care of the rifle.............................. 21 Section 3. Cleaning the rifle...........................

Section 1. Principles of training........................ 180 Section 2. Combat........................................ 181 Section 3. Patrolling...................................