Manual of Military Training: Second, Revised EditionMoss, James A. (James Alfred)
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Manual of Military Training: Second, Revised Edition
Moss, James A. (James Alfred)
United States. Army -- Handbooks, manuals, etc.
Object and Explanation of Our System of Instruction-- 1344-1450
Individual Instruction--Theory of Sighting--Kinds of
Sights--Preliminary Drills--Position and Aiming Drills--
Deflection and Elevation Correction Drills--Gallery
Practice--Range Practice--Use of Sling--Designation of
Winds--Zero of Rifle--Estimating Distances--Wind--
Temperature--Light--Mirage--Combat Practice--Fire
Discipline--Technical Principles of Firing--Ballistic
Qualities of the Rifle--Cone of Fire--Shot Group--Center
of Impact--Beaten Zone--Zone of Effective Fire--
Effectiveness of Fire--Influence of Ground--Grazing
Fire--Ricochet Shots--Occupation of Ground--Adjustment
of Fire--Determination of Range--Combined Sights--
Auxiliary Aiming Points--Firing at Moving Targets--
Night Firing--Fire Direction and Control--Distribution
of Fire--Individual Instruction in Fire Distribution--
Designation of Targets--Exercises in Ranging, Target
Designation Communication, etc.
PART V
CARE OF HEALTH AND KINDRED SUBJECTS
CHAPTER I. =CARE OF THE HEALTH=--Importance of Good 1451-1469
Health--Germs--The Five Ways of Catching Disease--
Diseases Caught by Breathing in Germs--Diseases Caught
by Swallowing Germs--Disease Caught by Touching Germs--
Diseases Caught from Biting Insects.
CHAPTER II. =PERSONAL HYGIENE=--Keep the Skin Clean-- 1470-1477
Keep the Body Properly Protected against the Weather--
Keep the Body Properly Fed--Keep the Body Supplied with
Fresh Air--Keep the Body well Exercised--Keep the Body
Rested by Sufficient Sleep--Keep the Body Free of Wastes.
CHAPTER III. =FIRST AID TO THE SICK AND INJURED= 1478-1522
--Objectof Teaching First Aid--Asphyxiation by Gas--
Bite of Dog--Bite of Snake--Bleeding--Broken Bones
(Fractures)--Burns--Bruises--Cuts--Dislocations--
Drowning--Electric Shock--Fainting--Foreign Body in Eye,
in Ear--Freezing--Frost Bite--Headache--Heat Exhaustion--
Poison--Sprains--Sunburn--Sunstroke--Wounds--Improvised
Litters.
PART VI
MILITARY COURTESY AND KINDRED SUBJECTS
CHAPTER I. =MILITARY DEPORTMENT AND APPEARANCE-- 1523-1531
PERSONAL CLEANLINESS--FORMS OF SPEECH--DELIVERY OF
MESSAGES.=
CHAPTER II. =MILITARY COURTESY=--Its Importance--Nature 1532-1575
of Salutes and Their Origin--Whom to Salute--When and
How to Salute--Usual Mistakes in Saluting--Respect to
Be Paid the National Anthem, the Colors and Standards.
PART VII
GUARD DUTY
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