Show 8 4 a SELF HELPS for the NEW by a united SHIM sweet army by the tb wheeler baj THE CHARGE if it n company coni pany Is 13 advancing to the firing lino line by rushes the captain luay may increase or deer decrease case tho the size ot of the fractions ho he binds forward ons ns ho he sees bees i fit in order to compi t or retard tho the movement amien the lie company forms but one unit of the firing line lint it may be sent form forward ard by a ruti of the m whole hole just as the platoon may be similarly adva advanced the captain leads ends the rush of the company and platoon run at full speed peed at the heid he id of their respective active pIn platoons platoon guides follow the line to insure at prompt and orderly execution of tile advance that Is to prevent straggling struggling or n fagging of the front the advance Is not limited homeer to the described as has nl at ready been explained t y method may be emp employed loed which successfully brines brings the attack closer to the tile enemy crawling medially ally in surprise attacks may be the most practicable and effective method to bo pursued it should be crepea cd ed here as in the first lesson in extended order drill that the use uso of the rifle is here assumed at nil events the frume worlE of extended order movement could be learned with mith broomsticks while there Is no method of haming the bifid itself even to the fixing of the bayonet without a rifle hi ili hand band but no consideration of extended order combat exercise or skirmishing m would be complete m without the charge rien on nn an armory floor extended order drill ta is usually oft with a n charge in order to inject something of the supremely exciting ilein ent of battle into what might otherwise become mechanical plodding the charge ie Is a rush an eruption into which oil all the pent up mental and emotional anten intensity aty of a battle may muy hae nn outlet eliat to he sure Is not the purpose of the charge malch Is 1 to expel tin an deneui from a given position but it does doeg become a N ant ent for the otherwise ise suppressed excitement of battle end and to that extent gathers in violence olence sl because hi cause this outburst at contri contributes buts to the force of the charge a general shoat Is important the signal for the charge sounded from front tho the post of the commanding Is 1 repeated by the mu musicians of all parts of the line the company officers both the captains and lieutenants lead the charge abe time haa has now passed for direction and control and thy the necessities call for sheer leadership therefore the off officers precede their nun encountering the danger fart the skirmishers irs with fixed bayonets spring forward together shout ing and close with mith the enemy THE PATROL the patrol la Is perhaps the most responsible and important work mork upon which on an enlisted lunn man may be en the patrol represents rits the eye eyes of the unit eyes uke those of crabs thrust out on beug fee feelers fe elere lerg so to speak bul but bich aro are still in contact with the main force and can crin be withdrawn to it the use of a patrol Is threefold it la to a detachment sent pent out from a to gain information of the country or of the enemy to prevent the enemy from information or to provide the r lessary t surprise an erroneous impression prevails tn in uninformed qu artere that the use of tho the airplane on the grout scale now witnessed la in europe has dispensed with old methods of foot patrol this Is not tho the case cae to be sure there Is in no in trench warfare in the former deive xe een ive e except perhaps in night raids but in ull till mobile operations to m which aich the m warfare on the western front in 1 now reverting the principle of the patrol Is 1 indispensable the reason that the airplane nir plane cannot substitute for the foot patrol Is that the airplane la Is seldom able in t distinguish a command behind cover or in the shelter of a forest thin this fact la Is so well uell established that artillery positions havo have been covered cover cid with bushes and trees and the guns are painted a mottled green which deceives the bird raen there Is an infinite amount of careful out nud detailed observation left aler over for foot patrols after the airplane has passed over it la is not necessary in these articles to consider covairt cavalry patrol aa As for the matter of surp surprise even unite units as friall as a company when on the firing line must bo be well protested pro tetel by patrol patrols on each ench flank each lender of a flank platoon details a man to watch for the signals of tho the patrol or patrols on hia his flank patrols or parties posted to present hostile sance should relieve the main body of the necessity of betraying its posit loa by flying on small bodies of the enemy 10 ro be surprised by an enemy at short gatege says the drill regulations 1 Is I an unpardonable ot Cens reconnaissance Is kept up throughout an action und tend it Is to the important duty of combat patrol patrols to give sec arity to exposed flanks Whet hr or nut not the patrol Is able to stop a it hostile or even nn an att attack acir it must at nil all hazards convey warning of the entin ys approach to the main if caught by a are on the flank bolij this Is the more essential because while the firing line la Is obligated to take care cure of its on own a front ita its flani flanks me particularly vulnerable to modern firearms G rearms for example n machine gun raking n a or battalion front irom the flank raught the entire command comro anci even liven when be casualties are cot not to ua med mediately lately high the moral effect of fire Is 13 known knon to be an as great na as the physical effect in fact a unit aich Is riving giving the enemy a hot fire I 1 on tho the front may quickly go to pieces STRENG STRENGTH H AND PURPOSE OF A PATROL in general it Is understood that a patrol not a coni combat lint patrol should be sent out for one purpose only and tl thia purpose ruu mut ruurt rt be clearl find firtel in the IN mind of the commander com mandir so 00 ho be may determine its proper strength string th be select its under and issue the tile proper instructions abe ill strength of a patrol may ary from front two to or three men to at company it if the compin corn pui Is a unit in a larger command InaR inasmuch much as patrol work Is nt at nil all lines it matter of discretion and st tc crecy recy it should le be just jurt strong enough to accomplish tle the stipulated purpose and no stronger not a superfluous man Is de dedred Ired should a vi start sturt forth n man short of the requisite number to make the tile and injure that all till in int portana information will reach the commander ni it may be necess necessary nry for patrols to fight their way to the design attil point by daiv as ng on enemy patrols if it there Is n pro meet of such cIn slits the patrol must bo be stronger than otherwise and invariably pro lilon I ion must be made for the escape of one man to return mith essential information while it Is in general gentral the business of a patrol to execute its purpose and if pos possible avoid fighting the purpose may be of such n nature that it inuit I 1 be executed u diether this requires fighting I 1 ng or not it if such be the case as its has just been said the strength of the patrol when bint out must be fixed proportionately on the other hand band it if the purpose Is to gain information only and of a general nature a small patrol Is better than a large one rde it i oes leas less conspicuously and conceals itself more readily thin a larger detachment two men are often sufficient suni clent for euch such work mork cs observing Ning from a point in plain lew of the command or between outwards NN whether bether message arc to be sent back and how frequently also determines the strength of the patrol and it must be inage aa enough to furnish the probable pr number of messengers without educing the patrol to less than i two tuo men two men ae the minimum since must be made against the chance that the patrol leader might be disabled in sending back mesi messages ages if the in formation Is of except exceptional ionn s Import lm anoe the patrol leader will commit the same message to fmc men who will return to the main body by different diffen differ tnt nt routes the character of the information dashed when beu the patrol Is dispatched in this connection also will NOR determine the of the detachment and double messengers or n fillies ries ot of double messengers will be provided in friendly territory a meaker patrol may be used than tor for the corresponding ep sp e in hostile territory since the patrol woud would hive the as its elegance ele tance of friendly elvIl lori and would be obliged to keep a lookout for the enem eleias only in a hostile territory on the other hand a patrol mu anut kt be wary nry of hostile cis civilians mans as welt well as hostile forets s for hostile civilians will nill be quick to the enemy of the presence of the patrol |