2d week
2d Week.—During this week drills will be in the school of the soldier without and with arms, the proportion with arms steadily increasing.
Commencing Thursday one-half hour each half-day will be pointing and aiming drill.
| A. M. | |
| 6-30 to 7-45 | Drill for officers and instructors. |
| 7-00 to 7-30 | Callisthenics. |
| 8-00 to 9-15 | Drill—school of the soldier. |
| 9-30 to 10-15 | Verbal. |
| 10-30 to 11-45 | Drill. |
| P. M. | |
| 1-00 to 2-00 | Drill for officers and instructors. |
| 1-30 to 2-00 | Callisthenics. |
| 2-15 to 3-45 | Drill |
| 4-00 to 4-30 | Callisthenics. |
| 4-00 to 5-00 | Drill for officers and instructors. |
| 7-00 | School. |
3d week
3d Week.—Squads combined in pairs. Drill will be with arms. Part of each drill will be pointing and aiming drill and extended order, close order work being continued. Beginning Thursday an aggregate of half an hour daily will be given to bayonet exercise. The drill must be varied, change made every 15 or 20 minutes.
| A. M. | |
| 7-00 to 7-30 | Callisthenics. |
| 6-30 to 7-45 | Drill for officers. |
| 8-00 to 10-45 | Drill. |
| 11-00 to 11-45 | Verbal. |
| P. M. | |
| 1-00 to 3-45 | Drill. |
| 4-00 to 5-00 | Monday and Wednesday—estimating distance. |
| Tuesday and Thursday—intrenching, using the small tools. | |
| Friday—Instruction in guard duty by company. | |
| 7-00 | School. |
4th week
4th Week.—Squads are combined into full platoons. Five or six men are selected from each company to form the signal detachment of the company. These men are required to do at least one hour’s work a day at this from now on until thoroughly proficient, and excused from a corresponding amount of other work, preferably police and close order in the afternoon.
| A. M. | |
| 7 to 11 DRILL | Each drill to be divided approximately as to time as follows: |
| 30 minutes pointing and aiming drill. | |
| 20 minutes bayonet exercise. | |
| 1 hour close order drill. | |
| Remainder of time extended order drill. | |
| 11 to 12 | All non-commissioned officers have gallery practice and instruction in use of range finder. |
| P. M. | |
| 1 to 4 DRILL | The best officers of the company for the work take one-half the non-commissioned officers of the company for work in patrolling. The two sections alternate as to days. Remainder of company will be divided into groups. All must have gallery practice at least 5 shots per man daily. Only one group at target at a time. |
| Each group to have estimating distance twice during week. Each group to have individual cooking twice. | |
| Each group to have one hour’s instruction during week in first aid and care of feet on a march. | |
| All to be taught to form for and pitch shelter tent camp. | |
| If the necessary masks and plastrons are available practice in bayonet fencing at least three times during week for each group. If no fencing rifles are available, poles the length of the rifle and bayonet, with a good pad fastened on the end, answer the purpose. If masks are not available bayonet exercise and close order drill will fill up the rest of the time. | |
| In arranging this work the best man for it should be put in charge of each class of work. | |
| 4 to — | Company formed with full kit, except rations and ammunition, and marched first day about twenty minutes, lengthening the time each day by 10 minutes. |
| 7 P. M. | School. |