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MANUAL FOR; CO)MMANDERS OF` INFANRYBS PLATOONS. 55
Each panel has four wires: One top wvire, twTo diagonal wires,
one bottom wire.
Ycp Win0
Bottom wire
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Sergeant tracr.
F'rom the albove is dterived: the methodical organnization of the
1. Tracinag the: enztan~glement-At, sergeant or g~uide who knows
the direction the entangrlement is to take wa-flks slow~ly toward.
the directing point xvhich has been fixedlin the night, followed
by two stakie drivers, who mal~rch on; parallel paths writh interval
of about 2 paces, and echeloned so as to have about 1 pace d~istaznce.
These men at ever~y 2 paces thrust lightly in the 'grouand one
of the stakes carried by helpers.
2. ;Driv·ing the stakces.-The men are followedl by .two others
ca~rryingmauls. They are in turn accompalniedl by two assistants,
whose duty it is to hold the stakies vertica2l and holdlc:on
top of the stak~le a pad or- empty foldled sack to dleaden the sound
while driving.
3. W~ork of the woir'e squadi. Elach.panel is composed of four
wires, and two men are necessary to 'h3andle a roll of baxrbedt
wire.