4. Lectures are to be given to recruits on the fact that their prospects of civil employment in after life depends entirely on their conduct whilst in the army, and that no man can be registered for employment who is not discharged with a good character, and that preference will be given to such as have exemplary or very good ones, while for police or post office employment an additional certificate of absolute sobriety is necessary. _Second Fortnight._ 1. The rifle. Names and use of its different parts. Cleaning and care of rifle. 2. Marching order, &c. 3. Hints on marching; boots, socks, clean feet, treatment of blisters. Drinking on the march. Falling out. Instances of long marching and endurance on part of the regiment. _Third Fortnight._ Skirmishing and marching. _Fourth Fortnight._ Skirmishing and use of the rifle. _Fifth Fortnight._ Skirmishing, and duties on guard, _Sixth Fortnight._ Recapitulation of previous instruction. During the lecture hour, some time should be allowed for catechism on preceding week’s instruction. The lectures on the principles of skirmishing and marching should always, if possible, be illustrated by incidents taken from actual warfare. _The Recruit on joining his Company._ A recruit after a course of three months’ training at the depôt should be sufficiently trained to be able to take his place in the ranks of his company, but until he has acquired a thorough knowledge of musketry, and can handle his rifle with skill and confidence under all conditions and in all positions, his daily instruction in musketry will be continued. The following will be the course:-- (_a_) Care of arms. (_b_) Instruction in aiming. (_c_) The firing exercises. (_d_) Instruction and practice in judging distance and in improvement of eyesight. A short exercise daily. (_e_) Instruction in firing from behind cover, and in snap-shooting. (_f_) Instruction in the theory, powers, and mechanism of the rifle and its ammunition. (_g_) Course of lectures and examinations on the whole of the above subjects. SQUAD DRILL. =3.= _Method of Instruction of the Recruit._ 1. When once the various motions have been learnt, it will be the exception and not the rule, especially with auxiliary forces, to instruct recruits by numbers. 2. The instructor muse be clear, firm, and concise in giving his directions. He must be patient, making allowance for the different capacity of the men whom he is training; and always bearing in mind that careful individual instruction is the best means of developing the intelligence, and therefore the foundation of military efficiency.