The non-commissioned officers of companies, and privates likely to become non-commissioned officers, will be instructed by the officers of the company in the following subjects. The value of the instruction given to non-commissioned officers, and their knowledge in map reading, &c., will be tested by general and commanding officers. 1. _Subjects_-- (i) Map reading. (ii) Duties as commanders of sections and squads. (iii) Duties on outposts. (iv) Duties on advanced, rear and flank guards. (v) Scouting and the development of powers of observation. (vi) Duties as commanders of patrols. (vii) Writing brief reports of information gained. (viii) Defence of small posts. 2. _Method of instruction_-- The training in the subjects enumerated in para. 1 will be carried out partly by lectures, but chiefly in the field. The following points may be mentioned to show the line which should be adopted in carrying out the instruction. (i) _Map reading._--Having received theoretical instruction in this subject, non-commissioned officers should be shown how to fix their position on a map, how to identify places by means of it, and how to use it in a strange country. They should next be assembled at a point in the vicinity of the station; each provided with a map, and directed to meet the officer at some other point at a given hour, to move by a different road, and to march at a given rate. (ii) _Outposts._--By small outpost schemes, when the non-commissioned officers’ knowledge of the subjects should be tested by questions as to the positions they would suggest for the various portions of the outposts. (iii) _Reconnaissance._--By sending the non-commissioned officers out from an imaginary outpost line as commanders of patrols and directing them to furnish short reports. PART VI. CEREMONIAL. =184.= GENERAL RULES. 1. Except when it may be necessary to line the streets for ceremonies, the instructions given in this Part are to be confined exclusively to the occasions mentioned.