“4. Have fire positions been prepared for all riflemen, the automatic rifleman and the rifle grenadier? Are the men well supplied with ammunition? “5. Are all the men familiar with the plans for defense? Do they know what to do in case the enemy attacks? “6. Have necessary arrangements been made for patrolling? “7. Have necessary arrangements been made for messing? “In the course of the inspection the support commander will make such changes in the dispositions as may be necessary and will give such instructions as he may deem desirable for the proper conduct of the duty with which the support is charged. “Having completed this inspection he will return to the support and make his report to the outpost commander. This report may be made in the form of a message and must contain information as to the location of the main body of the support, the location of each of the outguards, their strength and disposition, the extent of patrolling contemplated, and finally the place where messages are to be sent is indicated. A report such as this received from each support and detached post commander gives the outpost commander detailed information regarding the disposition of the entire outpost upon which he may base his report to the commander of the main body. “When practicable the report is accompanied by a rough sketch showing the dispositions of the support.” Procedure While at the location of outguard No. 1, the Director will point out the location of the outguard and the sentinels and question various members of the class regarding these locations and the instructions under which the outguard is operating. The class is then conducted to the location of outguard No. 3, and the same procedure is gone through with.[14] The class is then conducted to the position of the support, and Situation No. 6 is distributed. The Problem =Situation No. 6=: You, Lieutenant M, have completed the inspection of your outguards and returned to your support. _Required_: Write out the body of the report that you would send back to the outpost commander. Procedure _The Director_: “We have been over the entire front covered by our support and made a detailed inspection of the dispositions, rearranged them where it was necessary and given instructions that will insure efficient outpost service. We have now returned to the position of the support. Word has been sent out to withdraw the covering troops. It is now up to Lieutenant M to make his report to the outpost commander. I want each member of the class to consider himself as being Lieutenant M and to write out on his pad the body of the report that he would send in.” The members of the class write out the report. When this is done they are collected and redistributed as indicated heretofore. Members of the class are required to read the solutions and comment on them.