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THE FIELD ARTILLERY JOURNAL 16. If the details have been ordered to connect, they move out at once at a gait designed to overtake the major, the leading instrument sergeant following the route marked by the battalion detail. The instrument sergeant of the rear detail causes his detail to drop off in the order in which they call off, Operator No. 1 being placed when he is from 100 to 500 yards in front of the leading element of the battalion, Operator No. 2 when he is from 100 to 500 yards in front of Operator No. 1, and so on, each man being careful not to lose touch with the man next in rear. The battalion is always the guide of this connecting column; that is, each man guides on and does not lose touch with the man next nearer the battalion. The signals "Halt" and "Forward" are relayed through these connecting files from the battalion to the major, or from the major to the battalion. The signal "Enemy in sight" (both arms extended, vertically overhead) is similarly relayed from the major to the battalion and means "Battery commanders report, details mark the route." When the details are used as connecting files the captains, unless otherwise directed, and the first sergeants always, remain with the battalion. Written but not oral messages may be relayed from front to rear or from rear to front. Oral messages are sent by agents. 17. If, while the battery details are acting as connecting files, the signal, "Battery commanders report, details mark the route," is received, the senior (or leading) captain instructs the leading executive to follow the route marked and the captains with their first sergeants ride forward to report to the major. The first sergeant of the rear battery in the column, as he rides forward, gathers in his detail from acting as connecting files, and places them as route markers, the instrument sergeant falling out of the column and accompanying his captain. As soon as the members of the rear battery detail are placed as route markers, the first sergeant of the centre battery continues the marking with his detail, and he in turn is followed by the first sergeant of the leading battery. It is thus 104
RECONNAISSANCE OF BATTALION POSITION seen that if the route is long or lies through difficult country the captains may reach the major with their orderlies, instrument sergeants and first sergeants only. If the major, on leaving the battalion, has directed that the route be marked by battery details, it is first done by the rear battery detail, then continued by the centre battery detail, and then by the leading battery detail in the manner above described. 18. Whenever the route is marked the leading executive officer notifies the battalion signal corporal, who then takes the reel cart ahead at a trot to report to the major. In guiding the reel cart over the route marked, the markers are careful not to move on after signalling to and receiving the counter signal from the signal corporal. 19. On approaching an observing station the adjutant and sergeant major exercise particular care to keep the detail under cover, provided cover is available. Ordinarily it will be possible for the detail to halt together under cover, while the major and the adjutant ride forward to observe or to report to a higher commander. As a usual thing the major and the adjutant dismount and turn over their horses to their orderlies before they become exposed. 20. On completing his preliminary reconnaissance, or having received his orders from a higher commander, the major or the adjutant calls "Detail" or signals by three blasts of the whistle. At that command the officer from the combat train, the reconnaissance officers, scout corporals and the sergeant major dismount and turn over their horses, the officers to their orderlies, the scout corporals to the scout privates or to reconnaissance officers' horseholders and the sergeant major to the battalion musician. If the major desires only the officers and the sergeant major to report he calls "Officers." These officers and men in reporting to the major are careful not to expose themselves. 21. The major then gives information, instructions and orders covering such of the following points as may be necessary: 105
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