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Manual of Military Training Second, Revised Edition

James A. Moss · Public domain text

267,971 words · about 18 h 46 min to read

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Author
James A. Moss (1872–1941)
Language
English
Subjects
United States. Army › Handbooks, manuals, etc.
Length
267,971 words · about 18 h 46 min
Sections
49 reader sections · Table of contents

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Contents (49)
  1. Opening about 5 min
  2. Part I about 1 min
  3. II. COMPANY COMMAND under 1 min
  4. Part III about 1 min
  5. VI. =THE COMPANY ON OUTPOST=--Establishing 1080 the Outpost about 1 min
  6. IV. RIFLE TRAINING AND INSTRUCTION under 1 min
  7. V. CARE OF HEALTH AND KINDRED SUBJECTS under 1 min
  8. VI. MILITARY COURTESY AND KINDRED SUBJECTS under 1 min
  9. VII. GUARD DUTY under 1 min
  10. VIII. MILITARY ORGANIZATION under 1 min
  11. IX. MAP READING AND SKETCHING about 10 min
  12. I. INFANTRY DRILL REGULATIONS about 4 min
  13. Introduction about 2 h 3 min
  14. Introduction about 2 h 11 min
  15. II. MANUAL OF THE BAYONET about 36 min
  16. III. MANUAL OF PHYSICAL TRAINING about 32 min
  17. IV. SIGNALING about 8 min
  18. I. THE GOVERNMENT AND ADMINISTRATION OF A COMPANY about 31 min
  19. II. DISCIPLINE about 5 min
  20. Part III under 1 min
  21. I. GENERAL PRINCIPLES OF COMPANY TRAINING AND INSTRUCTION[10] about 43 min
  22. II. GENERAL COMMON SENSE PRINCIPLES OF APPLIED MINOR TACTICS[11] about 9 min
  23. Chapter III about 10 min
  24. IV. THE SERVICE OF INFORMATION about 1 h 10 min
  25. V. THE SERVICE OF SECURITY about 1 h 30 min
  26. VI. THE COMPANY ON OUTPOST about 4 min
  27. VII. THE COMPANY IN SCOUTING[13] AND PATROLLING about 15 min
  28. VIII. NIGHT OPERATIONS about 11 min
  29. IX. FIELD ENGINEERING about 23 min
  30. X. FIELD FORTIFICATIONS about 21 min
  31. XI. OBSTACLES about 12 min
  32. XII. TRENCH AND MINE WARFARE[14] about 9 min
  33. XIII. MARCHES about 10 min
  34. XIV. CAMPS about 4 min
  35. XV. CAMP SANITATION about 13 min
  36. XVI. INDIVIDUAL COOKING about 7 min
  37. XVII. CARE AND PRESERVATION OF CLOTHING AND EQUIPMENT about 15 min
  38. XVIII. CARE AND DESCRIPTION OF THE RIFLE about 12 min
  39. IV. RIFLE TRAINING AND INSTRUCTION about 1 h 35 min
  40. I. CARE OF THE HEALTH about 13 min
  41. II. PERSONAL HYGIENE about 6 min
  42. III. FIRST AID TO THE SICK AND INJURED about 26 min
  43. Chapter I about 12 min
  44. II. MILITARY COURTESY about 15 min
  45. VII. GUARD DUTY about 2 min
  46. Introduction about 1 h 13 min
  47. VIII. MILITARY ORGANIZATION about 7 min
  48. I. MAP READING about 29 min
  49. II. MILITARY SKETCHING about 1 h 22 min

The opening of VI. =THE COMPANY ON OUTPOST=--Establishing 1080 the Outpost

CHAPTER VII. =THE COMPANY IN SCOUTING AND PATROLLING= 1081-1090
--Requisites of a Good Scout--Eyesight and hearing--
Finding Way in Strange Country--What to do when Lost--
Landmarks--Concealment and Dodging--Tracking--The Mouse
and Cat Contest--Flag Stealing Contest.

CHAPTER VIII. =NIGHT OPERATIONS=--Importance--Training 1091-1108 of the Company--Individual Training--Collective Training--Outposts.

CHAPTER IX. =FIELD ENGINEERING=--Bridges--Corduroying-- 1109-1139 Tascines--Hurdles--Brush Revetment--Gabions--Other Revetments--Knots--Lashings.

CHAPTER X. =FIELD FORTIFICATIONS=--Object-- 1140-1172
Classification--Hasty Intrenchments--Lying Trench--
Kneeling Trench--Standing Trench--Deliberate
Intrenchments--Fire Trenches--Traverses--Trench
recesses; sortie steps--Parados--Head Cover--Notches
and Loopholes--Cover Trenches--Dugouts--Communicating
Trenches--Lookouts--Supporting Points--Example of Trench
System--Location of Trenches--Concealment of Trenches--
Dummy Trenches--Length of Trench--Preparation of
Foreground--Revetments--Drainage--Water Supply--
Latrines--Illumination of the foreground--Telephones--
Siege Works.

CHAPTER XI. =OBSTACLES=--Object--Necessity for 1173-1193
Obstacles--Location--Abatis--Palisades--Fraises--
Cheveaux de Frise--Obstacles against Cavalry--Wire
Entanglements--Time and Materials--Wire Fence--Military
Pits or Trous de Loup--Miscellaneous Barricades--
Inundations--Obstacles in Front of Outguards--Lessons
from the European War--Wire Cheveaux de Frise--Guarding
Obstacles--Listening Posts--Automatic Alarms--Search
Lights.

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