Say you have 16 squads.  They will run in height about as follows: 

1st squad, over 6 feet; 2nd, 6 feet; 3rd, 6 feet; 4th, 5 feet 11 inches; 5th, 5 feet 11 inches; 6th, 5 feet 10 inches; 7th, 5 feet 10 inches; 8th, 5 feet 9 inches; 9th, 5 feet 9 inches; 10th, 5 feet 8 inches; 11th, 5 feet 8 inches; 12th, 5 feet 7 inches; 13th, 5 feet 7 inches; 14th, 5 feet 6 inches; 15th, 5 feet 6 inches; 16th, 5 feet 5 inches.  If there are more squads put them in the 5 feet 7 to 5 feet 9 inches class.

(c) As soon as practicable place one member of the squad in charge for the ensuing 24 hours, change this detail every day until every man of the squad has had an opportunity to demonstrate his ability.  This will assist you greatly in the selection of your non-commissioned officers.

(d) Should the entire company be assigned in a body, line them up in a row according to height and assign them to squads.  Place the most likely looking man in each squad in charge for the time being.

3.  ISSUE OF EQUIPMENT: 

(a) The articles of camp equipment, bedding and poncho should be issued as soon as practicable.  These are necessary for the immediate comfort of the men.

(b) Hold the articles of personal equipment for issue later on.  Do not dump the entire equipment on a man all at once.  There is nine-tenths of it that he knows nothing about.  He does not know what it is for.  As the training progresses you can issue it to him, an article or two at a time until he has finally gotten all of it.  Before issuing an article, explain at a company formation, what it is for, the purpose it serves and where it is carried.

(c) Uniforms and clothing should be procured as soon as practicable.  The commanding officer will indicate whether or not the clothing will be requisitioned for in bulk or on individual clothing slips.  The supply officer will provide a quartermaster publication which shows the sizes of clothing by the numbers.  Seek out a couple of tailors in the company, have them measure the men and make a record of the sizes of clothing that they require.  Shoes will have to be fitted to each man.  Make them large enough.  The average recruit will want to wear a shoe at least one size too small for him.  When he gets the pack on and drags it around all day his feet will swell and fill his small shoes to the bursting point.  Do not let the men decide what size shoes they will wear; you decide it for them and make them plenty big.  This work of measuring the men can be started right out the first day.  The captain that gets in his requisition first, properly made out, will be the first to get his clothing.

4.  ORGANIZATION: