 
Trench Life and Trench Warfare.1.—What inspections should be made on the day before the relief? 2.—State orders to be issued one hour before departure. 3.—What may be the marching orders, on the way to the trenches? 4.—Describe precautions to be taken against enemy's fire, against aeroplanes. 5.—What other precautions should be taken? 6.—What should the company commander attend to on reaching the trenches? 7.—What possible improvements of trenches are obviously called for? 8.—What special attention should be given the parapet? 9.—Give rules for drainage and sanitation. 10.—What precautions may be taken against capture of fire-trench? 11.—What does trench warfare correspond to in open warfare? 12.—What does the safety of a sector depend on? 13.—What is the fundamental duty in trench warfare? 14.—What rule determines the number of men to be posted in the fire-trench? 15.—Sum up their orders about firing before open terrain, before covered terrain. 16.—What is meant by double sentinels? 17.—Why is listening attentively even more important than keeping a sharp look out? 18.—Why should the sentinels refrain from answering the enemy's fire? 19.—What is expected of the men in the listening posts? 20.—When should the sentinels fire on a clear night? When, on a dark night? 21.—What should the sentinels do, if they hear the enemy's digging? 22.—When and where are sharpshooters posted and what is their duty? 23.—What information may patrols bring back? 24.—When should patrols be sent out and how should they be assigned? 25.—What should the sentinels along a sector know about the patrols, and the several possible patrols know about one another? 26.—Describe dress and equipment of men on patrols. 27.—Describe their method of advance. 28.—What should they do on encountering a hostile patrol? 29.—What should be the motto of men on patrol? 30.—What are some of the most useful informations about the enemy, you should try to obtain? 31.—What motto should you have about ammunition? 32.—Describe several ways of leading enemy to waste ammunition. 33.—What is the distinction between legitimate and illegitimate ruses? 34.—On what principle is the enemy's ruse of the use of blank cartridges based? 35.—How may this ruse be foiled? 36.—What should the sentinels, and what should the men on patrol do, when the enemy sends up flares? 37.—How should the enemy's machine gun fire be answered? An Enemy's Attack. 38.—Describe procedure when enemy's patrols are sighted by sentinels and when an attack develops. 39.—When are the trench mortars and the machine guns fired? 40.—How are hand grenades thrown? 41.—Where should the rifle fire be aimed? 42.—When are bayonets used? 43.—Is it sufficient to repulse an attack? 44.—What formation should be adopted for the counter attack? 45.—How is the advance made and the counter attack carried out? 46.—Describe what is meant by organization of a newly conquered trench. 47.—What should be done, if the enemy bombards the fire-trench? 48.—What should the sentinels do? 49.—What should be done if the bombardment is back of the fire-trench? 50.—What general rule applies to the use of all trench artillery? 51.—What are its ordinary objectives? 52.—How are trench mortars handled? 53.—What is meant by calling trench-artillery mobile weapons? 54.—Give a general caution for the use of all ammunition. 55.—What is essential to secure effective artillery fire? 56.—What should be done if one's own artillery fire falls short upon one's own trenches? 57.—How is coordination between artillery and infantry secured in case of a raid? 58.—What are the principal items of the morning schedule, of the afternoon schedule? 59.—Describe the preparations for leaving the trenches. 60.—What orders are given at the time of relief? 61.—What is done before the men are dismissed to their billets? 62.—How should the days in rest billets be utilized? 63.—Describe a typical day in the trenches. 64.—Describe a typical day in rest billets. 65.—What should be the supreme aim alike of men and officers? |
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