General Principles:

Great care must be exercised in selecting a camp site, but it must never be forgotten that the tactical situation is of paramount importance.

The following principles govern the selection:

  1. Sufficient supply of pure water.
  2. Good roads, but not too near a main highway on account of dust and noise.
  3. Wood and forage must be obtainable.

The ground should:

  1. Give ample room without crowding.
  2. Have porous soil.
  3. Have high elevation to make site dry.

Avoid:

  1. Marshy ground and mosquitoes.
  2. Woods or dense vegetation.
  3. Ravines or depressions in terrain or dry stream beds subject to sudden freshets.

Water must be obtainable:

  1. Arrange immediately where to obtain
    1. Drinking and cooking water.
    2. Water for animals.
    3. Water for bathing and washing.