The following syllabus for the training of the recruit at the depôt is given as a guide, but it need not be rigidly adhered to:-- I. SYLLABUS OF TRAINING. 60 days of 4 hours each. ------------------------+------+----------------------------------- Employment. |Hours.| Remarks. ------------------------+------+----------------------------------- | | _First Fortnight._ | -- |Equipment to be issued on joining. | | Physical training | 10 |Physical Training, Sections 1 to | | 11 inclusive under Serjeant | | Instructor. Physical training | 10 |Physical Training, Sections 1 to 11 | | under Squad Instructor. Squad drill | 16 |Sections 5 to 23. Lectures and catechism | 4 | | | _Second Fortnight._ | -- |Rifle to be issued. | | Physical training | 8 |Physical training with apparatus | | under Serjeant Instructor. Physical training | 8 |Physical Training, Sections 1 to 11 | | under Squad Instructor. Squad drill | 7 |To Section 39. Rifle exercises | 5 | Musketry exercises | 7 |Musketry Exercises, Sections 1 to 3. Lectures | 4 | Marching order | 1 | | | _Third Fortnight._ | | | | Physical training | 8 |Physical training with apparatus | | under Serjeant Instructor. Physical training | 6 |Physical Training, Sections 1 to | | 11 (Dummy Rifles to be used) | | under Squad Instructor. Squad drill | 6 |To Section 44. Rifle exercises | 5 | Musketry exercises | 5 |Musketry Exercises to Section 9. Skirmishing | 7 |Sections 45 to 49. Lectures | 2 | Marching order | 1 | | | _Fourth Fortnight._ | | | | Physical training | 7 |Commence Dumb-bell Exercises, | | Physical training, Sections 27 | | to 33, under Serjeant Instructor. Physical training | 6 |Physical Training, Sections 1 to | | 11 (Rifles to be used) under | | Squad Instructor. Squad drill | 5 |To Section 44. Rifle exercises | 4 |