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Manual for noncommissioned officers and privates of cavalry of the Army of the United States. 1917. To be also used by engineer companies (mounted) for cavalry instruction and training PDF

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The Project Gutenberg EBook of Manual for Noncommissioned Officers and Privates of Cavalry of the Army of the United States 1917 to be also used by Engineer Companies (Mounted) for Cavalry Instruction and Training, by U. S. War Department This eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with almost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it, give it away or re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included with this eBook or online at www.gutenberg.org Title: Manual for Noncommissioned Officers and Privates of Cavalry of the Army of the United States 1917 to be also used by Engineer Companies (Mounted) for Cavalry Instruction and Training Author: U. S. War Department Release Date: February 1, 2011 [EBook #35139] Language: English *** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK MANUAL FOR NONCOMMISSIONED *** Produced by Chris Curnow, Christine P. Travers and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net WAR DEPARTMENT MANUAL FOR NONCOMMISSIONED OFFICERS AND PRIVATES OF CAVALRY OF THE ARMY OF THE UNITED STATES 1917 TO BE ALSO USED BY ENGINEER COMPANIES (MOUNTED) FOR CAVALRY INSTRUCTION AND TRAINING WASHINGTON GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE 1917 War Department, Document No. 620. Office of The Adjutant General. ADDITIONAL COPIES OF THIS PUBLICATION MAY BE PROCURED FROM THE SUPERINTENDENT OF DOCUMENTS GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE WASHINGTON, D. C. AT 50 CENTS PER COPY WAR DEPARTMENT, Washington, June 28, 1917. The following Manual for Noncommissioned Officers and Privates of Cavalry is published for the information and guidance of all concerned. [2582824 C.—A. G. O.] By order of the Secretary of War: TASKER H. BLISS, Major General, Acting Chief of Staff. Official: H. P. McCain, The Adjutant General. TABLE OF CONTENTS. Page. Chapter I. Military discipline and courtesy 9 Section 1. Oath of enlistment 9 Section 2. Obedience 9 Section 3. Loyalty 11 Section 4. Discipline 11 Section 5. Military courtesy 13 Section 6. Saluting 13 Section 7. Rules governing saluting 15 Section 8. Courtesies in conversation 18 Chapter II. Arms, uniforms, and equipment 20 Section 1. The rifle 20 Section 2. Care of the rifle 21 Section 3. Cleaning the rifle 23 Section 4. Uniforms 27 Section 5. The service kit 30 Section 6. The surplus kit 32 Section 7. Assembling equipment 33 Chapter III. Rations and forage 36 Section 1. The ration 36 Section 2. Individual cooking 37 Section 3. The forage ration 41 Chapter IV. Personal hygiene and care of the feet 43 Chapter V. Extracts from Cavalry Drill Regulations, 1916 50 Section 1. Definitions 50 Section 2. General provisions, individual instruction 54 Section 3. School of the trooper, dismounted 57 Section 4. School of the trooper, mounted 112 Section 5. General provisions, elementary collective instruction 134 Section 6. Basic principles of the drill 134 Section 7. The school of the squad 139 Section 8. Tent pitching 176 Chapter VI. Field service 180 Section 1. Principles of training 180 Section 2. Combat 181 Section 3. Patrolling 199 Section 4. Advance guards 210 Section 5. Rear guards 212 Section 6. Flank guards 213 Section 7. Outposts 213 Section 8. Rifle trenches 219 Chapter VII. Marching and camping 223 Section 1. Breaking camp and preparation for a march 223 Section 2. Marches, camps 225 Chapter VIII. Target practice 233 Section 1. Preliminary training and marksmanship 233 Section 2. Sight adjustment 233 Section 3. Table of sight corrections 235 Section 4. Aiming 235 Section 5. Battle sight 236 Section 6. Trigger squeeze 237 Section 7. Firing positions 238 Section 8. Calling the shot 240 Section 9. Coordination 241 Section 10. Advice to riflemen 241 Section 11. The course in small-arms firing 243 Section 12. Targets 244 Section 13. Pistol and revolver practice 245 Chapter IX. Extracts from Manual of Interior Guard Duty, 1914 254 Section 1. Introduction 254 Section 2. Classification of interior guards 255 Section 3. Details and rosters 255 Section 4. Commander of the guard 258 Section 5. Sergeant of the guard 263 Section 6. Corporal of the guard 266 Section 7. Musicians of the guard 271 Section 8. Orderlies and color sentinels 271 Section 9. Privates of the guard 273 Section 10. Orders for sentinels 273 Section 11. Countersigns and paroles 282 Section 12. Guard patrols 283 Section 13. Watchmen 283 Section 14. Compliments from guards 284 Section 15. Prisoners 286 Section 16. Guarding prisoners 289 Section 17. Stable guards 292 Section 18. Flags 296 Section 19. Reveille and retreat gun 298 Section 20. Guard mounting 298 Section 21. Relieving the old guard 306 Chapter X. Map reading and sketching 309 Section 1. Military map reading 309 Section 2. Sketching 322 Chapter XI. Message blanks 325 Chapter XII. Signals and codes 326 Chapter XIII. First-aid rules 338 Chapter XIV. Laws and regulations 350 Section 1. General provisions 350 Section 2. The Army of the United States 351 Section 3. Rank and precedence of officers and noncommissioned officers 351 Section 4. Insignia of officers and noncommissioned officers 353 Section 5. Extracts from the Articles of War 353 Chapter XV. English-French vocabulary 371 Appendix. Form for last will and testament 389 MANUAL FOR NONCOMMISSIONED OFFICERS AND PRIVATES Of CAVALRY OF THE ARMY OF THE UNITED STATES. CHAPTER I. MILITARY DISCIPLINE AND COURTESY. Section 1. Oath of enlistment. Every soldier on enlisting in the Army takes upon himself the following obligation: "I, ——, do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will bear true faith and allegiance to the United States of America; that I will serve them honestly and faithfully against all-their enemies whomsoever; and that I will obey the orders of the President of the United States, and the orders of the officers appointed over me according to the Rules and Articles of War." (109th Article of War.) Section 2. Obedience. The very first paragraph in the Army Regulations reads: "All persons in the military service are required to obey strictly and to execute promptly the lawful orders of their superiors." Obedience is the first and last duty of a soldier. It is the foundation upon which all military efficiency is built. Without it an army becomes a mob, while with it a mob ceases to be a mob and becomes possessed of much of the power of an organized force. It is a quality that is demanded of every person in the Army from the highest to the lowest. Each enlisted man binds himself, by his enlistment oath, to obedience. Each officer, in accepting his commission, must take upon himself the same solemn obligation. Obey strictly and execute promptly the lawful orders of your superiors. It is enough to know that the person giving the order, whether he be an officer, a noncommissioned officer, or a private acting as such, is your lawful superior. You may not like him, you may not respect him, but you must respect his position and authority, and reflect honor and credit upon yourself and your profession by yielding to all superiors that complete and unhesitating obedience which is the pleasure as well as the duty of every true soldier. Orders must be strictly carried out. It is not sufficient to comply with only that part which suits you or which involves no work or danger or hardship. Nor is it proper or permissible, when you are ordered to do a thing in a certain way or to accomplish a work in a definitely prescribed manner, for you to obtain the same results by other methods. Obedience must be prompt and unquestioning. When any soldier (and this word includes officers as well as enlisted men) receives an order, it is not for him to consider whether the order is a good one or not, whether it would have been better had such an order never been given, or whether the duty might be better performed by some one else, or at some other time, or in some other manner. His duty is, first, to understand just what the order requires, and, second, to proceed at once to carry out the order to the best of his ability. "Officers and men of all ranks and grades are given a certain independence in the execution of the tasks to which they are assigned and are expected to show initiative in meeting the different situations as they arise. Every individual, from the highest commander to the lowest private, must always remember that inaction and neglect of opportunities will warrant more severe censure than an error in the choice of the means." (Preface, Field Service Regulations.). Section 3. Loyalty. But even with implicit obedience you may yet fail to measure up to that high standard of duty which is at once the pride and glory of every true soldier. Not until you carry out the desires and wishes of your superiors in a hearty, willing, and cheerful manner are you meeting all the requirements of your profession. For an order is but the will of your superior, however it may be expressed. Loyalty means that you are for your organization and its officers and noncommissioned officers—not against them; that you always extend your most earnest and hearty support to those in authority. No soldier is a loyal soldier who is a knocker or a grumbler or a shirker. Just one man of this class in a troop breeds discontent and dissatisfaction among many others. You should, therefore, not only guard against doing such things yourself but should discourage such actions among any of your comrades. Section 4. Discipline. "1. All persons in the military service are required to obey strictly and to

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