The Training Of An Infantry Company Classic Reprint

Author : Washington Document Center
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ISBN 13 : 9781330978887
Total Pages : 28 pages
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Download or read book Training Circular No; 5 Infantry Training (Classic Reprint) written by Washington Document Center and published by . This book was released on 2015-07-08 with total page 28 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Training Circular No; 5 Infantry Training Machine-gun department First section. Heavy (rifle-caliber) machine gun. Second section. One-pounder gun.3. Engineer department First section. Sappers, bombers, pioneers. Second section. Field fortifications for line troops.4. Gas-defense department Use, care, reoaii of gas masks, etc. (b)School for officers and non-commissioned officers. (c)School for stable sergeants and farriers. (d)School for mess sergeants, bakers and cooks. (e)School for horseshoers.() School for company mechanics. (g)School of equitation. (h)School for supply officers end supply sergeants. (t) School for clerks.0 )School for saddlers and cobblers. (k)Signal school.( )School for bandsmen and buglers. (m)School for hygiene and sanitation. Also such other schools as the division commander may deem necessary.4. In the training work at least 36 hours per week, exclusive of officers and non-commissioned officers schools, will be required. To be successful the interest of the men must be maintained. This can be done by giving variety to the work. Do not keep men too long at one thing; change to something else before they become bored. Long periods of place rest should not be permitted. Short periods of physical drill of various kinds should be interspersed, especially what is called recreationary games. At drills all officers should be present in so far as necessary to secure proper supervision. Superior officers should supervise the work of subordinates. Every mistake must be corrected and the men kept to their work. While this war has called into use new weapons and new methods it has not obviated the use and necessity of the old. Most of these new things can be quickly taught to soldiers otherwise trained. A few days are all that are required for most of them, and if training cannot be completed in the United States this part is the one to be left to be done abroad. The absolute essentials for all troops and what requires most time and care to impart and should be given before sailing are:1. Discipline.2. Physical efficiency, including marching.3. Combat efficiency, bayonet, rifle and musketry.4. Development of leadership in officers and non-commissioned officers.5. Development of cohesive action, maneuver, liaison, etc. (platoon to brigade).6. Training in specialties (open warfare).7. Tactics, open warfare (platoon to brigade). About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.