5. Decision; send horse to Outguard No. 3; Go to Outguard No. 3 to meet commander of patrol sent out from support.
Procedure
The class is now conducted to outguard No. 3, at which place Situation No. 8 is distributed and explained.
The Problem
Situation No. 8:
You have arrived at outguard No. 3. On your way back the outguard commander who was at the sentinel post joined you. He left the two additional men at the sentinel post. You explained to him what happened on your reconnaissance to the front.
At this moment Sergeant Hamilton, the section leader in command of a patrol of one squad from the support, arrives, and states that he has been ordered to make a reconnaissance to the front of our line of observation. Patrols are going out from the other supports to reconnoiter their fronts. Sergeant Hamilton says:
“Corporal Canes, give me all the information you have.”
Required:
State the information you, Corporal Canes, would give to Sergeant Hamilton.