(k) Unless work has to be performed with equipment on, jackets should be taken off (except in inclement weather) while men are actually working and put on at once when they stop.
(l) The best work is obtained from men when they are given certain definite tasks, proportionate to the time they are to work, and allowed to fall out when the task is finished. If this can not be done, a fair task must be exacted and men who idle given extra tasks after the rest are dismissed.
(m) A working party which is too big for the task in hand is worse than one which is too small, since one man who has no job generally makes several others idle.
(n) All officers and other ranks must be made to understand that working is as useful and important as fighting; that good work deserves as much credit as good fighting, and that bad work brings discredit on himself and his battalion.
(o) A covering party will be provided for digging and wiring parties outside the front trenches. When such parties are being employed an adequate garrison will be left in the front trench.
(p) The word "fatigue" will never be employed in connection with work in the trenches or other defences.
13. LOG BOOKS.—Each company commander in front line or support trenches will keep a log book (Army Book 136) in which will be entered—
(i) Work done;
(ii) Number of men working;
(iii) Hours worked;
(iv) Information obtained from patrols, sentries, or other sources, as to the enemy, his habits, and his trenches.
The above will be entered daily.
(v) Work projected or ordered, in order of importance;
(vi) A list of trench stores.