Manual of Military Training by James A. Moss (best value ebook reader .TXT) 📕

class="index_sub1">Subordinates face to front614
To the color624
Turning out of column by commanding officer of troops620; 621

Revoking preparatory command 64

Rewards and privileges, company 881

Ricochet shots 1425

RIFLE, care and description:
Army regulations1341
Bore1322–1324; 1328
Description1342
Importance1321
Kinds of fouling1325
Oil, how to apply1339
Oiling barrel1330
Rear-sight leaf1343
Removing metal fouling1327
Removing powder fouling. See "Piece"1326

Rifle exercises 847

RIFLE SALUTE AT:
Order or trail141
Right shoulder140

RIFLE TRAINING AND INSTRUCTION:
Adjustment of fire1428
Aiming exercise1368
Aiming point1357
Aiming and sighting1350
Appearance of objects1396
Auxiliary aiming points1431
Ballistic qualities of rifle1410
Battle sight1352 (c)
Beaten zone1413
Center of impact1412
Clock system of target designation1446; 1447
Clock system of wind designation1391
Cold, effect on shooting1397
Collective instruction1404
Combat exercises1408
Combat practice1404
Combined sights1430
Communication in fire control and direction1447 (b)
Cone of fire or dispersion1411
Defilade1420
Deflection1384
Deflection and elevation correction drills1383
Designation of targets1445–1447 (a)
Designation of winds1391
Distribution of fire1441–1444
Effect of fire1410
Effect of heat, light, etc.1397; 1403
Effectiveness of fire1416
Estimating distance1393–1395
Exercises in fire control and direction1450
Finger system of target designation1447 (a)
Fine sight1353 (b)
Fire direction and control1434–1440
Fire discipline, definition1406
Fire distribution1441–1444
Firing at stationary targets1428
Full sight1353 (c)
Gallery practice1385
Gentle reverse slopes1427
Grazing fire1423
Heat, effect on shooting1397
Hits, percentage1417
Horizontal clock face system of target designation1446
Individual instruction1349
Influence of ground1420
Light, effect on shooting1399
Location of trenches1426
Long range fire1414
Mirage1400
Moisture, effect on shooting1398
Moving targets, firing at1432
Night firing1433
Normal sight1353 (a)
Object of system1344
Occupation of ground1426
Open sight1352 (a)
Peep sight1352 (b)
Percentage of hits1417
Point of aim1357
Position and aiming drills1365
Preliminary drills1355
Program of instruction1348
Range, how determined1429
Range practice1386
Rapid fire exercise1372
Rate of fire1419
Reverse slopes1427
Ricochet shots1425
Sighting and aiming1350
Shot group1412
Sighting drills1356; 1383
Sights, kinds of1352
Sling, use1387
Slopes gentle reverse1427
Stationary targets firing at1428
Target designation1445–1447 (a)
Targets, number hit1418
Technical principles of firing1409
Trajectory1349
Trial shots, determination of range1395
Triangle of sighting1359
Trigger squeeze exercise1370
Vertical clock face system of target designation1447
Volleys, determination of range1395
Windage1384
Zero of rifle1392
Zone of effective fire1415

Right (left) about, squad 167

RIGHT (LEFT) BY:
File235
Squads226
Two's234; 235

Right, definition 48

Right (left, center) dress 154; 310; 311

Right face 104

RIGHT (LEFT) FRONT INTO LINE FROM:
Close column322
Column of platoons or squads (company)231
Column of squads or companies314
Column of two's235

Right half face 104

RIGHT (LEFT) HALF TURN:
Command67
Squad164

Right (left) oblique 163

RIGHT SHOULDER FROM:
Inspection146
Left shoulder136
Order129
Port131
Present134
Right shoulder, pieces brought to, from order at command "March"121 (Sixth)

Right (left) step, how executed 114

RIGHT (LEFT) TURN:
Company222
Squad164

Rise, how executed 176

Road sketching 1891

Route march, post of major and file closers 325

Route step 233

RUFFLES AT:
Funeral641
Review624

RULES FOR:
Carrying piece121 (First)
Ceremonies614–616
Close order (battalion)300–306
Close order, company210–214
Deployment236–242
Drills and formations57–79
Execution of manual122
Parades634; 635
Reviews617–630
Salutes75
Steps and marchings107–119

RUSHES:
Advances made under covering fire349
Begun by flank company348
Command for259
Company as whole led by captain260
Prearranged methods prohibited351
Size of rushing units346; 347
Subsequent advancing350
Use of position fire293
When impossible for company to advance as a whole258

Rust, how removed 1286

S

Saber, manual of 671–680

Safety lock 121; 185

SALUTES:
Hand106
Returned by reviewing officer618
Rifle141
Saber75; 673
With color660
See "Honors and salutes" also "Military Courtesy"

SALUTING:
By lieutenant colonel in ceremonies615
By staffs in ceremonies619
Mounted junior to dismount before saluting dismounted senior75
On marches1227
Regimental color622
The color in reviews618
When making or receiving reports75

Saluting volleys fired in close order 269

Sapping, advancing to charging point 498

Scalds, first aid 1509

Scale of map distances 1867 (a)

Scales 1861–1869

Scales of maps 1885–1888

Scaling distances from map 1865

SCHOOL OF THE:
Battalion295–363
Company202–294
Soldier97–147
Squad148–201

SCOUTING AND PATROLLING:
Eyesight and hearing1083
Cat and mouse contest1089
Concealment and dodging1087
Finding way in strange country1084
Flag stealing contest1090
Footmarks, following1088
Landmarks, observing1086
Lost, what to do1085
Mouse and cat contest1089
Points of compass1084
Requisites of good scouts1031
"Tracking"1088

Scouts; See, "Mounted Scouts"

Scratches, first aid 1510

Search lights, trench warfare 1193

Seeing at night 1094

Semaphore signaling 863

Semi-blindness 1512

Sentinel's orders 1716

Sentinels, respect for 1517

Sentries firing at night 1104

Separated officers and others placing themselves under order of nearest higher commander 390; 391

Sergeant of the guard 1642

Service calls 695

SERVICE OF INFORMATION:
Bridges, facts to be obtained about1000
Bridges, reconnoitering of992
Buildings, reconnoitering of996
Camp noises985
Camps, abandoned986
Canals, facts to be obtained about1003
Cross roads, how reconnoitered989
Defiles, facts to be obtained about1006
Defiles, reconnoitering of991
Demolitions1011
Enclosures, reconnoitering of994
Facts to be obtained about various objects998
Fords, reconnoitering of992
Heights, facts to be obtained about1010
Heights, reconnoitering of990
Houses, reconnoitering of996
Indications to be noticed by patrols983
Marches, facts to be obtained about1007
Patrolling:
Facts to be obtained about various objects by patrols998
Civilians970
Flames and smoke987
Messages979; 980
Model reports1016
Night work975
Patrol fighting977
Principles of patrolling967
Patrols:
Acting upon meeting hostile patrols971
By whom furnished962
Coördination before departure966
Definition959
Formation968
Guarding against being cut off974
Halts970
Inspection before departure961
Leaders961
Orders and instructions963
Preparation for starting965
Prisoners to be captured984
Problems1017–1019
Rate of march969
Report on return1015
Returning by different route973
Scattered patrols972
Signals978
Size960
Ponds, facts to be obtained about1007
Positions, reconnoitering of995
Railroads:
Demolitions1013
Facts to be obtained about999
Reconnaissance of positions989
Rivers, facts to be obtained about1001
Roads, facts to be obtained about998
Signs to be noticed by patrols983
Springs, facts to be obtained about1008
Suggestions for gaining information about the enemy983
Suggestions for reconnaissance of positions989
Telegraph line, demolition1012
Telegraphs, facts