manual for commanders of infantry platoons. - US Army Combined ...

IA~UAaaL~FORa COMJ bt"ANDERS- OF INFANTXCY. PeLATOOI'~''251r .
the ga~r~is is :(dedc~iting s·ent~inels in observation) to find complete,
shelter aknd remain in safety under the most violent
hostile artillery bombardcment. A4company should therefore
have six: or seven shelters, each for a2section, dlistributed betweena
the cover trench and the support trzench,.
2. LIGh-T 5IIELTER.
In azddlition to the bombproof shelters indispensable forl the
firing line, and which should be piovided without dlelay, it is
a. IaQ-~a-c)
FIG. 245.-·ig~iht shelter.
advisable to construct; i~ght shel/ters flor thle other lines and for1
the reserve positions, w~hich, until better ones can be constructed,
will furnish them with .splin~ter.-proof cover anud shelter froni the
wieather. These shelters are constructed either in the trench
itself or in rearof it. Fiigures 245, 240, 2417, 248, and 250 indicate
the various forms. The time and material~s availalble determine
the choice of these types to be adloptedf. They are temnporary
expedient~s of a provisional character, as they deter~iorate rapidly
under the eff~ects of t~he · wreather.