A CAl'ECHISM
1: What is the name of this rifle? Answer: U.S.Magazine Rifle, Model of 1906,
Caliber .30; or U«3,Rifle, Caliber .33, Model of 1906.
2; Should all men.fix bayonets at once when in action? Answer: ilo, otherwise
all fire wopld cease while bayonets are being fixed.
3« How do you salute an officer while you are acting as a sentry armed with a
rifle? Answer: By. presenting arms. •
4: If you are in civilian dress with your hat on, anl pass the uncased colors,
what do you do? Answer: off my hat and hold i't opposite the left shoul
der, with the right hand. .
5: ji/hat is the signal for eneiny in sight, *vhon you are on patrol? Answer* Held
the rifle over the heal horizontally. > • * •
6: How many infantry., marching in column of s^u'ads, .pass a given point in a
mirnte? Answer:. One hundred and seventy-five- ■* • ‘ ■
7: If you are taking a message from a lieute’iaat to' a major, woul i you use the
form, ”lft* Roe presents his ooraplirieht s to lajor Doe^ and so forth”! Answer!
No, you only "present compliments" when the message is from a senior officer
to a junior officer* rifle
8: How many officers are there in a war strength/conpnny! Answer• Five, ie. a
company commander, a secon i-in^Ooiiman 1, an l three platoon leaders*
9; How many sergeants are there in a war-strength rifle nlatoon! Answer: Three,
i.e*, a platoon sergeant (secon i-in-coniianl o* platoon) ani two section leader*..
10: How many men and officers are there iri a *var strength rifle jplatoon? Answer!
One officer and 57 men. rifle *
11: i7ith what weapons is the/company armed! Answer: Rjf.le, automatic rifle, rifle
grenades, hand grenades, bayonet and pistol*
12: riow many Caliber *30 ball cartridges, Jo del 1906, are there to a bandoleer!
AnswerSixty*
13: ‘That are the two principal kinds of hand grenades! Answer: Offensive and De
fensive •,. ’
14: That is the maximum range-of a rifle grenade! Ans*: About 200 yards*
15: That is.’tjge effective burst (danger space) of a defensive grenade! Ans.:
About 30 yards- (some fragments will fly to a much greater distance).
16: That is the effective burst of an Offensive grenade! Ans : Seven yards in
trenches or confined places; three yards in theopen, *
17: Should you ever use automatic fire with the automatic rifle! Answer: Only
18:
when it
in fog,
his
i9 impossible to
or with smoke screen,
belt when going into
when very heavy fire is needed and under conditions
aim, as luring an assault on our position at night,
How many ball cartridges does a corporal carry in
action! Answer: .Fifty«
19: That other kind of rifle airounition, andhow much, does he carry! Answer:
Fifty rounds of tracer ammunition.
20: That entrenching tools, and how many of each, are carried by a squad? Ans*
Two picks, four shovels, one bolo (or axe), aid one pair of wire cutters*
21: Vhat are the iutie9 of the conmanier of the guar J at this post in case of
fire? Answer: (X) Cause the saluting gun to be *irsd three tines; (2) Cause
the bugler of the guard to blow fire call (followed b*r thepropor location
blast); (l) send an armed member of the guvi to as watchman over
post exchange ani quarts master offices; (4) sea that the switchboard
stays constantly at the boari ani complies with his instructions; (5)
Vo)
special precautions *or the security
sends a menber of the guari carrv.in3
anl safety of the prisoners;
the
operator
takes
at night,
a lighted 1 ant 3^1 with a red globe to
arouse the fire marshal, officer 0* .the day and commanding officer in tneorder
named, and then report to the fire marshal.