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48 MANUAL FOR CO1MMANDERS OF INFANTRY PLATOONS. Tantpingy.--t is very important to tiimp the earth the wvell planks against and not to leave earth anty empty wralls and sp~aces the sheeting. between tlh~e Such spaces may be strikring detected the b·ly Norx.-Neither wallls with a2stick;. the dugout noc the entrances thereto isliouldl be termedi "sa~ps. CONsTRUVCTION OF A TR\ENCH. Tr·c~c.--Tle officer in charge of thre the line work of traces the exterior on the ground side of the excavatioii statkes, (tape,e furr1owv stones, traced with a pick, etc.) andc, if hie fea~rs sei~ne errorthelt insidle b~order. He: will use wvhite tape whenever he Alss~ign~enzt of' task~s-Takiing inlto the considleratioii w-ork, the cha2rater the extent of of the soil, the at his numnber disposal, of mlen he and dietermines tool~s the pa2rties composition and thle of length the woi~rk~ing of the g~enerazl, ta~sk of .about ec~h. one TIhis pace lenlgth per man is. in in the sergearnt wrorkringS super'inten~ds party. Each several working a~s do other panrties. enlisted Corp~orazls ienc, except w~oekl those who1 aLct as sellrgeants. With p~ark tools will on ground be distr~ibuted easy to to dlig two each shovels w\orkring andl par~ty one p~ick of thr~ee or six mnen. Th~elenflgth of trenchn dug by each parlty w~ill therefiore. be 3 or 6j In hard ground one picki and one pa~rty shovel of xviii twro be iena issued or four to men, a xvorkiing W~lhen on there a2front arle two of 2 men or 4 pa2ces. per tool aslrgreat curedl efficiency as with may one be. mann Ne per tool, ais many although pazces, the if taski the tools covr@Is are twiic'e kiept constantly a~t wrork akndlthe m~ffenar~emae to wro~rk with increased vigor, since they rest half The limi~t of each- task~lis indica2tedl perpendicular in ad~vance to by the lines trace. dlrawn A sergeant workring (l2ividles Iar~lties the and men distributes into the workiing tools, behind parties the are then line. led The in column of or files the other or twros extrem-ity toxvard one of the trace, left and into then li:ne, execulor fr~ont onl in~to right Iline or of xvorkiing halting parties, in line opp~osite each party its taskr and facing the enemy.
IA~NUA;L FOR COMMPAbNDERS~ ODFINFANTRYP LATOONS. 49 Absolute silence is preserved, and precipitate' haste is avoided. Thle director of the work verifies the position of each workingi pa-rty antic then commands in a2low voice: Rcnrzovc CQ~ipm7en~ts. Alt this commaznd each man remoyes his eqyuipment and dleposits, it with his rifle 41paces in rear, comlpletes the tracing of the. lateral limits of his task (by extending the furrow· on both sides of the trench), and immedtiately bsegrins digging. M~3en await their turn to w~ork lying down in rear of the line of eqluipmnents. CoNsTRvcTroN OF A4SAP. Sap wlork is indicated belowr in the most minute detail in order that it mnay alw~ays be executedl in the samle malnner. .It is foibidlden to deviate in anly pa~rticular1 from11these methods, wrhichl nrC the result of a2long explerience and which secure the maxzimumi 1a~pidity of progress preceding ain attack. XCThen inca nie left to themselves, they generally work alter- Inately w ithl the pick and shovel, under the pretext: that it is easier aninc quicker. WVhen their offcers constrain themy to a ribid compliance with the p~rescribed mIethodl of wITork they rapidly acquire the hlabit 'and will really progress more rapidly. The, fit st opet 'tion con~sists in opening a ~skp head through the li:arapet of the trench of departure. This being. accomplished, by onle of thle processes exp~lainedl later, there is first established, 18 inches to the front, the head mask of shields or sandbags, closely lDacked~ togethier. FmnsT P'nocEss: IN' THEI IMMIDEDIATE PP.ESENcE or THE ENEM Y. SINGLE SAP. Personnel and matt~iel.-E~ach sap head sqluadl is composed of one' noncommllissioned offcer and' four sap~pers. The'latter are div;ided into two reliefs, which relieve each other yard by yard, allternately working in the sap and resting in the trench. If neessary to continue t~he w~orkr day aznd nig~ht there will be reqluired: One sergeant and 1 assistant, with 12 men, divided into three reliefs of. 4 men each, each relief being eight hourson duty. If possible 1 extra man per sap head is provided.
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Page 3: Thle followrring W7AnI DEPAlITMJENT
Page 6 and 7: B TABLE~h OF CONTEN%~aTS. Page. Cha
Page 9 and 10: MABNUIAL FOR COMMIANDERS OF: INFANa
Page 11 and 12: MlarNUaL ]FOR CO1~MANDERSTDH% OF iN
Page 13 and 14: Md;~'~ANUBOR COP~iBB3AI'tflES OF IT
Page 15 and 16: MAT·NUAL( F~OR~ COMMANE~liDERS OF
Page 17 and 18: M6ha~TANUA FORBCOMMANB~DERS OF INFA
Page 19 and 20: ELEJ~E~STAR TRA INIG OF INFtANITRYM
Page 21 and 22: MAN~B~UAL: FOR; CO~NMMANDERSE OF IC
Page 23 and 24: MANUAL FOR COMMANBDERSW OF INFANTRY
Page 25 and 26: MIA]NUALT FOR COMMAND~6~RD ERS OF I
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Page 29 and 30: MANI~UaL%FORe COM~66ANDUD3 RS OF IN
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Page 63 and 64: M~ANuAL FOR ,c.OvmMAN;DEUS OsF INFA
Page 65 and 66: MA~hiTALf FORC COMMcANDERS ObF INFA
Page 67 and 68: PART~l III. MA~TERIEAL.; CHAPTEIR I
Page 69 and 70: MANBUACL FO)R COMIMtNDERS OF IN~FAN
Page 71 and 72: MANMAL FOR COMMYANDERS OP INFANTRY
Page 73 and 74: iVIaNApL FORaCO1VIIMADEIS~ OF IN~Fd
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Page 81 and 82: IVA'NUAL FOR. CO)~WMAN~DBRS OF INFA
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130 IL~RTANUA FOR COI'd\:1~~Nfl/ANE
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138 IMA'NUAL FO~R COMCMANDERS OIFIN
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140 MANUAL FOR COMMANDERS OF INFANT
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124 MANUAL FOR; COrMbMANDERS OF INF
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160 MIYANU~JAL FOR, COMMAND~'BERS~
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