Military Instructors Manual. Oliver Schoonmaker

maintain silence except when transmitting or receiving firing data and charging.

      33 To retain presence of mind.

      34 To be careful not to waste ammunition.

      35 To use the thirty rounds of ammunition in the right pocket section of the belt only upon the order of an officer.

      36 To remain with the firing line after bringing up ammunition.

      37 To utilize ammunition of dead and wounded.

      38 Never to attempt to care for dead or wounded during the action.

      39 To have confidence in his ability to use the bayonet.

      40 To a firm determination to close with the enemy.

      41 To preserve the line in charging.

      42 To understand that a charge should be slow and steady (the faster men must not run away from the slower ones).

      43 To form up immediately after the charge and follow the enemy with fire, not attempting a disorganized pursuit.

      44 To understand that it is suicidal to turn his back to an enemy and that, if he cannot advance, he must intrench and hold on until dark.

      45 To count distant groups of object or beings.

      46 To recognize service targets.

      47 Never To Fire Until He Understands What The Target Is, At What Part He Is To Fire, And With What Sight Setting.

      Packs.

      Instructions For Assembling The Infantry Equipment, Model Of 1910.

      1. The Cartridge Belt.—(a) To assemble the belt.

      Place the adjusting strap on the ground, eyeleted edge to the front; place the pocket sections on the ground in prolongation of the adjusting strap, pockets down, tops of pockets to the front; insert end of adjusting strap in outer loop of metal guide, from the upper side, carry it under the middle bar and up through the inner loop; engage the wire hook on the end of adjusting strap in the eyelets; provided on the inner surface of the belt.

      (b) To adjust the belt.

      Adjust the belt to fit loosely about the waist—i.e., so that when buckled it may rest well down over the hip bones on the sides of the body and below the pit of the abdomen in front. Care should be taken that the adjustment be made equally from both ends of the adjusting strap, so that the center eyelet will be in the middle of the belt.

      (c) To fill the belt.

      Unsnap the flap of the pocket and the interior retaining strap; lay the retaining strap out flat in prolongation of the pocket, insert a clip of cartridges, points of bullets up, in front of the retaining strap; press down until the base of the clip rests on the bottom of the pocket; pass the retaining strap over the bullet points and fasten it to the outside of the pocket by means of the fastener provided; insert a second clip of cartridges, points of bullets down, in rear of the first clip; press down until the points of the bullets rest on the bottom of the pocket; close the flap of the pocket and fasten by means of the fastener provided.

      The remaining nine pockets are filled in like manner.

      2. To Attach The First-aid Pouch.—Attach the pouch under the second pocket of the right section of the belt by inserting one hook of the double-hook attachment in the eyelet, from the inside of the belt; pinch the base of the pocket, bringing eyelets close together, and insert the other hook in the same manner in the adjoining eyelet.

      Place the first-aid packet in the pouch and secure the cover.

      3. To Attach The Canteen Cover.—Attach the canteen cover to the belt under the rear pocket of the right section in the same manner as the first-aid pouch.

      Place the canteen and cup (assembled) in the cover and secure the flaps.

      4. To Attach The Pack Carrier To The Haversack.—Spread the haversack on the ground, inner side down, outer flap to the front (Fig. 4); place the buttonholed edge of the pack carrier on the buttonholed edge of the haversack, lettered side of carrier up; buttonholes of carrier superimposed upon the corresponding ones of the haversack; lace the carrier to the haversack by passing the ends of the coupling strap down through the corresponding buttonholes of the carrier and haversack nearest the center of the carrier, bringing the ends up through the next buttonholes and continuing to the right and left, respectively, to the sides.

      5. To Attach The Cartridge Belt To The Haversack.—Place the haversack and pack carrier (assembled) on the ground, inner side down (Fig. 5); place the cartridge belt, pockets down, tops to the front, along the junction of the haversack and carrier; insert hook on rear of belt suspender in the center eyelet of the adjusting strap, so that the end of the hook will be on the outside of the belt; insert hooks on ends of front belt suspenders in the eyelets between the second and third pockets from the outer ends of the belt, so that the end of the hooks will be on the outside of the belt.

      6. To Attach The Bayonet Scabbard To The Haversack.—Attach the scabbard by passing its lower end through the loop provided on the side of the haversack body, then engage the double-hook attachment in the eyelets on the outer flap on the haversack, inserting the hooks from the inside.

      Place the bayonet in the scabbard.

      7. To Attach The Intrenching Tool Carrier To The Haversack.—Fold the outer flap of the haversack over so that the meat-can pouch is uppermost; pass the intrenching tool carrier underneath the meat-can pouch and engage the double-hook attachment in the eyelets in the flap provided, inserting the hooks from the underside.

      Place the intrenching tool in the carrier and secure.