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Tuesday: 8-9 (section rooms) I. D. R., pp. 55-66. 9.15-10, Physical training by battalion; Koehler, pp. 148-163. 10-10.45, Bayonet combat. 10.45-11.45, First Aid demonstration by Dr. Darling and assistants. 1.30-2.30 (section rooms) Minor tactics; text, Bjornstad, pp. 48-58. 2.45-3.15, Signalling, wig-wag code. 3.15-4.15, Squad drill, close and extended order. 4.15-5.30, Company drill, close and extended order. 7.45, Lecture on First Aid by Dr. Darling...
...CRIMSON's special correspondent with the first battalion at Wakefield indicate that the work there is progressing in the most satisfactory manner possible. Having completed the firing at 200 and 300 yards Tuesday, the men yesterday shot at distances of 500 and 600 yards, after spending a morning at combat firing by platoons at unknown ranges. On the whole the shooting is excellent, and the company averages high...
...sixty days after war. The thunder of our prowess is still echoing, although no lightning has demolished Germany. Let us hope, for the sake of humor, that before the chronicle runs into the 200th day, it may be recorded that "American arms have met the German arms in honorable combat, and driven them victoriously back...
After the firing at known distances is completed, the companies will receive more practical instruction in combat firing. In this type of rifle practice squads, platoons or companies will be given fire problems under simulated campaign conditions; the enemy will be represented by suddenly appearing targets whose range must be estimated by the officers in charge...
...companies will camp for the entire week. Ample tentage has been secured, although the tents will be those formerly used by the militia, instead of the pyramid type now employed by the War Department. The men will devote the six days to rifle practice at various ranges and to combat exercises. On June 11 the second battalion will supersede, and the following Monday the third battalion will start its week of shooting...