CHAPTER III

PATROLLING 45-55 CLASSIFICATION OF PATROLS 45 COMPOSITION AND STRENGTH. Commander 45 Mounted and dismounted patrols. Auto patrols 45-47 Functions of mounted orderlies 46 Cavalry and aeronautical services 47 Motor cars for patrolling 47 INSTRUCTIONS GIVEN PATROL LEADER BEFORE THE START 47-48 ACTION TAKEN BY THE LEADER BEFORE THE START 48-49 Preliminary arrangements, equipment, inspection of patrol, etc. 48-49 CONDUCT OF PATROL 49-55 Formations. Gaits 49-50 Routes. Reconnoitering 50 Advance by “successive bounds” 50 Woods and defiles 50 Detachments from the patrol 50 Houses, villages and inclosures. Rendezvous 50 Corrections to maps 50 Watering the horses 50 Civilians preceding patrol 50 Combats--when justifiable 51 Prisoners 51 Lookout points. Halts. March outposts 51 Hostile patrols. Conduct in case of attack, etc. 51 Exchange of information with friendly patrols 51 Signs of the enemy 52 Accomplishment of the mission 52 Main and secondary roads 52 Interviewing inhabitants. Bivouac of patrol 53 Hearsay evidence 53 MESSAGES. How transmitted. Relay posts 53-54 Form and contents of messages 54 WHAT TO REPORT 54-55 Prompt transmission of information 54 First certain information of enemy 54 Final reports 55 Negative messages 55 Use of telegraph and telephone 55