6. Operations of point. 7. Elements of the order for the point. 8. Solution. Issue of orders. 9. Position of automatic rifleman in formation. 10. Second in command. 11. Training of men. * * * * * Procedure The class is now conducted forward along the route of march of the advance guard for a distance of several hundred yards. The distance should be such that the class will at least be beyond the sight of the starting point in the Terrain Exercise, so that entirely new terrain will be available. There should be a considerable stretch of road ahead in sight so that the various elements of the advance guard could be seen if they were actually on the road. The class is halted and the Director passes out the slips containing Situation No. 3. The Problem =Situation No. 3=: It is assumed that the advance guard has been marching for a period of two hours. You, Captain A, marching at the head of the support of the advance guard, have reached this point. Nothing has occurred to change the initial formation of the advance guard. _Required_: Point out the formation and location of the various elements of the advance guard at this moment. Procedure A few minutes are allowed the members of the class to look over the situation and get their new bearings. The Director reads the situation aloud and inquires whether there are any questions, which he endeavors to answer. Explanation _The Director_: “You will note that the situation indicates that the advance guard is assumed to have been marching for two hours. This would make the distance we have marched a little more than 5 miles. As a matter of fact, we have only come a few hundred yards from our starting point. You will have to draw on your imagination in this matter, disregard all things behind you, and consider only those to the front. It would consume too much time to actually go the distance assumed and it is not necessary to do so, for we are now on new terrain, which serves our purpose equally as well as if we were the full distance of 5 miles farther to the front.” Procedure _The Director_: “What are the several elements of the advance guard, Lieutenant Williams?” _Lieutenant Williams_: “First, we have the point, which is the small body of men farthest to the front; next, we have a connecting file between the point and the advance party; next comes the advance party, then the connecting files between the advance party and the support, and finally the support, which is right here on the road.” _The Director_: “Captain Hastings, what is the strength and disposition of these several elements of the advance guard?”