Manual for Noncommissioned Officers and Privates of Cavalry of the Army / of the United States 1917. To be also used by Engineer Companies (Mounted) for Cavalry Instruction and Training

TABLE OF CONTENTS.

United States. War Department

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Chapter I. Military discipline and courtesy 9
Section 1. Oath of enlistment 9
Section 2. Obedience 9
Section 3. Loyalty 11
Section 4. Discipline 11
Section 5. Military courtesy 13
Section 6. Saluting 13
Section 7. Rules governing saluting 15
Section 8. Courtesies in conversation 18
Chapter II. Arms, uniforms, and equipment 20
Section 1. The rifle 20
Section 2. Care of the rifle 21
Section 3. Cleaning the rifle 23
Section 4. Uniforms 27
Section 5. The service kit 30
Section 6. The surplus kit 32
Section 7. Assembling equipment 33
Chapter III. Rations and forage 36
Section 1. The ration 36
Section 2. Individual cooking 37
Section 3. The forage ration 41
Chapter IV. Personal hygiene and care of the feet 43
Chapter V. Extracts from Cavalry Drill Regulations, 1916 50
Section 1. Definitions 50
Section 2. General provisions, individual instruction 54
Section 3. School of the trooper, dismounted 57
Section 4. School of the trooper, mounted 112
Section 5. General provisions, elementary collective instruction 134
Section 6. Basic principles of the drill 134
Section 7. The school of the squad 139
Section 8. Tent pitching 176
Chapter VI. Field service 180
Section 1. Principles of training 180
Section 2. Combat 181
Section 3. Patrolling 199
Section 4. Advance guards 210
Section 5. Rear guards 212
Section 6. Flank guards 213
Section 7. Outposts 213
Section 8. Rifle trenches 219
Chapter VII. Marching and camping 223
Section 1. Breaking camp and preparation for a march 223
Section 2. Marches, camps 225
Chapter VIII. Target practice 233
Section 1. Preliminary training and marksmanship 233
Section 2. Sight adjustment 233
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