[Footnote N:  To include conferences and critique on the ground of exercise conducted.]

[Footnote O:  During the week each Battalion will be given 1/2 day’s instruction in camouflage under direction Senior Engineer Instructor.]

SCHEDULES.

November 5th-9th, 1917.

  Infantry Drill Regulations, 2 hours. 
  March in full kit, 2-1/2 hours. 
  Signaling, 1/2 hour. 
  Physical drill, 2-1/2 hours,
  Bayonet, 2-1/2 hours,
  Machine gun instruction, 7-1/2 hours. 
  Field fortification, 10 hours. 
  Conferences, 10 hours. 
  Study, 10 hours. 
In the study and conferences the following will be taken up: 
  Manual of Courts-Martial—­pp. 305 to end. 
  First Aid. 
  Personal Hygiene. 
  Camp Sanitation.

November 12th-17th, 1917.

  Physical, drill, 2-1/2 hours. 
  Bayonet drill, 2-1/2 hours. 
  Battalion ceremonies, 1-1/2 hours. 
  Battalion march, full kit, 2-1/2 hours. 
  Field fortification and trench warfare, 23 hours. 
  Study and conferences, 10 hours. 
In the study and conference’s the following will be taken up: 
  Trench Warfare. 
  Grenades
  Gas Attack and Defense. 
  Communication.

November 19th-23rd, 1917.

Physical, drill, 2-1/2 hours. 
Bayonet drill, 2-1/2 hours. 
Infantry Drill Regulations, 2-1/2 hours. 
Company administration and Army regulations, 40 hours. 
Ceremonies, parades and reviews, 5 hours.

CHAPTER 2.

Infantry Drill Regulations.

The greatest lesson of the present war is that the keynote of success is discipline.  In trenches the direct control of the men is even less than in extended order in open warfare, and only thoroughly disciplined troops with a trusted leader can hope to succeed.

The successful officer will show anger or irritation only in rare cases, and then by design:  he will know his men individually and be as considerate of them as possible, ready to do himself what he asks to have done; just in administering punishments; clear in giving his commands and insistent that they be carried out promptly; he will learn from drilling his men the quickest way a desired result can be accomplished, and to give the necessary commands in the most effective manner.

He will read his Infantry Drill Regulations through each month and will always find something that he never knew or has forgotten.  He will always consult it before going to drill.  In explaining movements he will use blackboard diagrams in conferences.  On the field he will take the fewest possible men and have movement executed by the numbers properly before the other men.  Then have all the men go through the movement a number of times.

The object of each exercise or drill should be explained to the men whenever possible.