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3. Surprises, ambuscades, and reconnaissances.

4. Service in cantonments, camp, and bivouac, outposts, picquets, advanced picquets, reserve picquets (movable and stationary,) patrols.

5. Taking up quarters in ordinary marches and cantonments.

III. FORTIFICATIONS.

A. Field Works.

1. Object of breast-work and ditch profiles in plains. Plan of field-works; open works, salient angle, its dimensions.

2. Dead angle and dead ground. Removal of dead ground; flanking; line of defense; dimensions of re-entering angle.

3. Inclosed works; dimensions and space inclosed; works with salient angles only, and with both salient and re-entering angles.

4. Erection of works to be defended by artillery; firing en barbette, and through embrasures; platforms; magazines.

5. Communication with interior of inclosed works.