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Manual for Noncommissioned Officers and Privates of Infantry of the Army of the United States, 1917

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CHAPTER I. MILITARY DISCIPLINE AND COURTESY Section 1. Oath of enlistment Section 2. Obedience Section 3. Loyalty Section 4. Discipline Section 5. Military courtesy Section 6. Saluting Section 7. Rules governing saluting Section 8. Courtesies in conversation

CHAPTER II. ARMS, UNIFORMS, AND EQUIPMENT Section 1. The rifle Section 2. Care of the rifle Section 3. Cleaning the rifle Section 4. Uniforms Section 5. The service kit Section 6. The surplus kit Section 7. Assembling Infantry equipment

CHAPTER III. RATIONS AND FORAGE Section 1. The ration Section 2. Individual cooking Section 3. The forage ration

CHAPTER IV. PERSONAL HYGIENE AND CARE OF THE FEET

CHAPTER V. EXTRACTS FROM INFANTRY DRILL REGULATIONS, 1911 Section l. Definitions Section 2. Introduction Section 3. Orders, commands, and signals Section 4. School of the soldier Section 5. School of the squad Section 6. School of the company Section 7. Company inspection Section 8. Manual of tent pitching Section 9. Manual of the bayonet

CHAPTER VI. FIELD SERVICE Section 1. Principles of Infantry training Section 2. Combat Section 3. Patrolling Section 4. Advance guards Section 5. Rear guards Section 6. Flank guards Section 7. Outposts Section 8. Rifle trenches

CHAPTER VII. MARCHING AND CAMPING Section 1. Breaking camp and preparation for a march Section 2. Marching Section 3. Making camp Section 4. Camp services and duties

CHAPTER VIII. TARGET PRACTICE Section 1. Preliminary training in marksmanship Section 2. Sight adjustment Section 3. Table of sight corrections Section 4. Aiming Section 5. Battle sight Section 6. Trigger squeeze Section 7. Firing positions Section 8. Calling the shot Section 9. Coordination Section 10. Advice to riflemen Section 11. The course in small-arms firing Section 12. Targets Section 13. Pistol and revolver practice

CHAPTER IX. EXTRACTS PROM MANUAL OF INTERIOR GUARD DUTY Section 1. Introduction Section 2. Classification of interior guilds Section 3. Details and rosters Section 4. Commander of the guard Section 5. Sergeant of the guard Section 6. Corporal of the guard Section 7. Musicians of the guard Section 8. Orderlies and color sentinels Section 9. Privates of the guard Section 10. Orders for sentinels Section 11. Countersigns and paroles Section 12. Guard patrols Section 13. Watchmen Section 14. Compliments from guards Section 15. Prisoners Section 16. Guarding prisoners Section 17. Flags Section 18. Reveille and retreat gun Section 19. Guard mounting Section 20. Formal guard mounting for Infantry Section 21. Informal guard mounting for Infantry Section 22. Relieving the old guard

CHAPTER X. MAP READING AND SKETCHING Section 1. Military map reading Section 2. Sketching

CHAPTER XI. MESSAGE BLANKS

CHAPTER XII. SIGNALS AND CODES

CHAPTER XIII. FIRST-AID RULES

CHAPTER XIV. LAWS AND REGULATIONS Section 1. General provisions Section 2. The Army of the United States Section 3. Rank and precedence of officers and noncommissioned officers Section 4. Insignia of officers and noncommissioned officers Section 5. Extracts from the Articles of War

CHAPTER XV. ENGLISH-FRENCH VOCABULARY

APPENDIX. FORM FOR LAST WILL AND TESTAMENT

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