10. Although normally he will not fire Rapid, keep your sniper efficient in this valuable art.
11. You may at any time become a casualty, therefore train your N.C.O.’s to carry on in your absence.
PART II
Patrolling and Scouting
PATROLS AND PATROLLING:
The importance of patrolling cannot be exaggerated. It is a means of keeping in touch with the enemy and of obtaining much valuable information.
In open warfare we must patrol day and night. In trench warfare, observation to a great extent does away with patrolling by day. We should always look upon the ground between the hostile armies as being ours, and should make it so by patrols. This gives our men a greater sense of security, and also has the effect of destroying the enemy moral.
Patrolling is looked upon by some as being particularly dangerous work. This is not so if patrols are carefully carried out by trained men.
Training beforehand is essential; to send out untrained men in a haphazard manner is worse than useless.
No patrol should go out except for a distinct and definite object.