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Military drill at Princeton is progressing rapidly. Among the several new features added to the daily routine during the past week are bayonet instruction, problems in estimating distances, and trench work. The last mentioned feature, trench construction, has been taken up only by those men enlisted for intensive training. The work has consisted mainly of constructing combination trenches, which do not present so many difficulties in building. It was also found necessary to construct trenches of this type because the dampness of the ground where the work is being carried on did not allow any depth for digging. Sand...
...immediately afterwards the men were put through the physical drill which will from this time on be a regular feature of the daily program. There followed an hour of semaphore signalling, and the rest of the morning was spent in practice on the sub-calibre ranges and in bayonet drill. In the afternoon at half-past one o'clock section meetings were held again, as provided for in the schedule for the week, on the subject of infantry tactics. Close and extended order drills, with a period devoted to wig-wag signalling, took up the balance of the afternoon...
Tuesday: 8-9 (Section Rooms) Military Topography; Text, Grieves; pp. 17-35. 9.15-10, Physical Training by Battalion; Koehler, pp. 68-71. 10-10.30, Signalling, semaphore code. 10.30-12, Gallery practice; Bayonet fencing under Master of Fencing. 1.30-2.30, (Section Rooms) Minor Tactics; Text, Bjornstad; pp. 1-16. 2.45-3.45, Squad Drill, extended order. 3.45-4.15, Signalling, wig-wag code. 4.15-5.30, Company Drill, close order...
...Gallery Practice; Bayonet Fencing...
...Gallery Practice; Bayonet Fencing...