_The Director_: “What Captain Hall has said constitutes Captain A’s ‘Estimate of the Situation.’ These are the points that would flash through his mind as soon as he gets the information that the halt is to be made. Lieutenant Barry, what is now necessary to put the decision into effect?” _Lieutenant Barry_: “It is necessary to issue an order.” _The Director_: “How would you go about this?” _Lieutenant Barry_: “I would assemble the two platoon commanders, the platoon sergeants and the first sergeant, and have them write down my order in their message books. This would give me a sufficient number of copies for all purposes.” _The Director_: “This shows the necessity for a company commander having some means whereby several copies of an order may be made by a duplicating process—carbon paper. I believe the plan of having the first sergeant or a clerk carry a duplicating book would solve the problem. Now, Lieutenant Hunt, you may dictate Captain A’s order.” _Lieutenant Hunt_: “In order to save a repetition and at the same time let all of the company with the support know what is going on I would have the men give me their attention. My order would be: “‘There is no further information of the enemy. Our battalion halts for one hour. “‘The advance guard will establish march outposts. “‘The advance party will be posted on the main road and cover the head of the column. “‘The two flank patrols on the —— flank will be posted as march outguards and cover that flank. “‘Sergeant Hamilton with the Fourth Squad, 2nd Platoon, will establish a march outguard on the —— flank in the vicinity (point out location) and cover the —— flank of the column. The support will be posted here. “‘Messages to Support.’” _The Director_: “That seems to cover the situation. Now, how would you get this order out to all the people to whom it should go?” _Lieutenant Hunt_: “I would send it to Lieutenant W by a runner. I would send it out to the flank patrols by the section guide of the 3rd Platoon and direct him to make an inspection of the dispositions out there so as to make sure they are in position to carry out their mission. I would send it to the battalion commander by a runner.” _The Director_: “So much for the distribution of the order. What would you do now, Lieutenant Barry?” _Lieutenant Barry_: “I would now see that Sergeant Hamilton gets started on his mission, and then I would post sentinels at the support to watch out for signals from the various detachments that are out.” _The Director_: “I believe that would meet the situation very well.” Explanation