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Manual for Noncommissioned Officers and Privates of Cavalry of the Army

Part 1 — INDEX.

Reading edition

Abbreviations on maps, 323

Advance guards, 210

Advance party of advance guard, 211

Advice to riflemen, 241

Aiming rifle, 235

Alignments, 235

Ammunition, 20

Arm signals, 154

Arms (see Field kit), 30

Articles of War:

Extracts from, 353

Reading, 353

Assembling Infantry equipment, 33

Ball cartridges, 20

Battle sight, 20

Bayonet, manual of:

Attacks, 75

Combat, 84

Combined movements, 83

Defenses, 79

Fencing exercises, 85

Foot movements, 85

General rules, 85

Instruction without bayonet, 81

Instruction with rifle, 74

Instruction without rifle, 74

Suggestions for fencing at will, 93

Blanket roll, 33

Calling the shot, 241

Care of feet, 47

Care of rifle, 21

Company, school of:

Close order drill—

Alignments, 146

Cossack post, 215

Course in small-arms firing, 243

Courtesies in conversation, 18

Courtesy, military, 13

English-French vocabularies, 371

Equipment:

Assembling, 33

Part of, 33

Facings, 61

Feet, care of, 47

Field kit, 30

Field service:

Outposts—

Combat, 181

Principles of Infantry training, 180

Fire:

Control, 192

Direction, 191

Discipline, 192

Ranges, 193

Firing with rests, 243

First-aid rules, 338

Flank guards, 213

Forage ration, 41

Form for last will and testament, 389

French-English vocabulary, 371

Guard duty (extracts from Manual of Interior):

Classification of interior guards, 255

Color sentinels, 271

Commander of the guard, 258

Compliments from guards, 284

Corporal of the guard, 266

Countersigns, 282

Details, 255

Flags, 296

Guard mounting, 259

Formal, 256

Informal, 256

Guard patrols, 283

Guarding prisoners, 289

Introduction, 254

Musician of the guard, 271

Orderlies, 271

Orders for sentinels, 273

Paroles, 282

Prisoners, 286

Privates of the guard, 273

Relieving the old guard, 306

Retreat gun, 298

Reveille gun, 298

Rosters, 255

Sergeant of the guard, 263

Watchmen, 283

Guard mounting, 298

Formal, 299

Informal, 297

Hygiene, personal, 43

Individual cooking, 30

Recipes, 34

International Morse code, 327

Laws governing Army, 350

Line of observation, 102

Loadings and firings, 95

Loyalty, 11

Manual of arms, 30

Manual of the Bayonet. (See Bayonet, Manual of.)

Manual of Interior Guard Duty. (See Guard duty.)

Manual of Tent Pitching. (See Tent Pitching, Manual of.)

Maps:

Abbreviations, 323

Contours, 313

Datum plane, 314

Directions, 309

Distances, 312

Ground forms, 316

Hachures, 314

Making (sketching), 322

Orienting, 311

Reading, 313

Ridges, 317

Scales, 313

Signs, 323

Slopes, 315

Stream lines, 319

Valleys, 316

Vertical intervals, 315

Marching, 223

Preparation for, 223

Markmanship, preliminary training, 233

Message blanks, 235

Metal fouling solution for cleaning rifle, 26

Military courtesy, 13

Morse, international code. (See General service code.)

National anthem, 17

Noncommissioned officers:

Corporal of guard, 352

Insignia, 353

Precedence, 352

Rank, 353

Sergeant of guard, 352

Oath of enlistment, 9

Obedience, 9

Observation, line of. (See Line of observation.)

Officers:

Insignia, 353

Precedence, 352

Rank, 353

Orienting maps, 311

Outguards, 215

Outposts, 213

Pack, 35

Close, 35

Open, 35

Patrolling, 199

Patrols:

Advance guards, 210

Outposts, 213

Personal hygiene, 43

Pickets, 215

Pistol:

Cleaning, 104

Practice, 104

Rations:

Carried on person, 37

Cooking, 37

Emergency, 41

Forage, 41

Grain, 42

Kinds of, 38

Reading maps, 309

Rear guards, 312

Regulations governing Army, 350

Rifle:

Aiming, 242

Care of, 241

Cleaning, 242

Coordination in firing, 241

Trenches, 219

Salutes:

Hand, 14

Rifle, 14

Saber, 15

Sentinels, 16

Saluting, 13

Rules governing, 15

Scales on maps, 324

Soda solution for cleaning rifle, 26

Soldier, school of:

Duties of instructor, 57

Eyes right or left, 61

Facings, 61

Instruction without arms, 58

Manual of arms, 30

Position of the soldier on attention, 59

Rifle salute, 71

Salute with the hand, 14

Salute with saber, 16

Steps and marchings, 61

Back step, 64

Change step, 65

Quick time, 62

Side step, 63

The half step, 63

To halt, 64

To march by the flank, 64

To march to the rear, 64

To mark time, 63

The bayonet, 75

The inspection, 72

The rests, 70

To dismiss the squad, 72

Solutions for cleaning rifle, 26

Squad, school of:

Alignments, 146

Instruction, 74

Kneeling and lying down, 74

Loadings and firings, 95

Observation, 102

The assembly, 172

The oblique march, 158

The use of cover, 101

To cease firing, 100

To deploy as skirmishers, 169

To fire at will, 99

To fire by clip, 99

To fire by volley, 98

To form squad, 142

To load, 96

To set the sight, 98

To stack and take arms, 73

To suspend firing, 99

To take intervals and distance, 65

To unload, 97

Steps and marchings, 61

Subsistence. (See Rations.)

Surplus kit, 32

Swabbing solution for cleaning rifle, 26

Target practice:

Advice to riflemen, 241

Aiming rifle, 235

Battle sight, 236

Calling the shot, 240

Coordination, 241

Firing positions, 238

Preliminary training in markmanship, 233

Sight adjustment, 233

Table of sight corrections, 235

Targets, 244

The course in small-arms firing, 243

Trigger squeeze, 237

Targets, 244

Tent Pitching, Manual of:

Conical wall tent, 177

Folding tents, 178

Pitch all type Army tents (except shelter and conical wall tents), 176

Striking tents, 178

Trigger squeeze, 237

Two-arm semaphore code, 231

Uniforms, 27

Care of, 27

Disposing of, 27

Dress, 28

Full dress, 28

How worn, 28

Service, 28

Use of cover, 101

Visual signaling (see Signals):

In general, 328

Flag, 329

Vocabulary—English-French, 391

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