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126 MTANUAL YEOR COMMAILNDERS OF INFANT:RY: P~LATOONS.<br />

4. The direction compass.-The compass describetil ahov~ecan<br />

serve as a "directione conILpaSS,"~ as welI as sever-al ~different,<br />

modjels constructed specially <strong>for</strong> th~is purpose ,(Rossigulol com-~<br />

i-,ass. etc.). These other inlstruments; arre acompa~nied by exp~launttory<br />

notes th~e appar~aent complicatlion <strong>of</strong> whiich sometimesi<br />

FIG. 141.<br />

i:crea~ses thelt diffiiculty. Thle problem canl, on the~ contr~ary, be<br />

solved very simply by ever~y <strong>of</strong>ficer and noncomm~lissioned <strong>of</strong>~ficer·<br />

wcithout havring to rlemember anything fr~om these~ notes. (Fiiig.<br />

1t43.)<br />

Trace in pencil the line (alb) on thle map~2,andIi aZ malgnetic<br />

meridian, if it; is not alr1eadly tracedl on the part <strong>of</strong>Lthe infl~fused.

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