Military Training Articles

Rules For Guides
A guide is a noncommissioned officer or a private upo...

Fainting
Symptom: Loss of consciousness. It is usually the res...

Reports To Be Made
Officers in the Officers' Reserve Corps are required ...

Side Step
Being at a halt or mark time: 1. Right (left) step, 2...

Sallie Hicks's Forefinger
Sallie Hicks was a little girl who was good most of ...

Fire Direction
A company that cannot start firing or stop firing, th...

Infantry Battalion
Four companies of infantry. (There are three battalio...

Extended Order Drills
As soon as your progress in close order is sufficient...

Miscellaneous Information
The Bayonet. The bayonet is a cutting and thrusting w...

To March By The Flank
Being in march: 1. By the right (left) flank, 2. MARC...

Water

Fill your canteen each evening, as the water wagons sometimes do not
reach camp before the morning march is commenced. Excessive water
drinking on the march is the besetting sin of the inexperienced soldier.
One swallow of water calls for another. Soon your canteen is empty. Your
stomach feels uncomfortable. You are still thirsty. If it is necessary
to replace some of the water of the body which is lost by perspiration,
and this is often necessary, first gargle out the mouth and throat and
spit the water out; then take a swallow or two, but be careful not to
drink to excess. Injudicious and excessive water drinking fills the
hospital ambulances and auto trucks with men who should be in ranks. One
half a canteen of water is sufficient for you on any march you will have
to make. After you arrive in camp and have cooled off a little, drink as
much water as you desire, but do so slowly.





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