MOVING PICTURE SCHEDULE:
FRIDAY (Tonight} .-HAROLD Lloyd in "Granma*9 Boy.1' Travelogue.
MONDAY: Alice Lake in '"The Greater Claim." Comedy. News.
YtJEBNESDAY: '’The Three Must-Get-There* s" f 2 reel comedy* News.
MAIL BOAT SCHEDULE: *
The QUEEN, Monday, April’7th; the ESTEDKIH, XUesday, April
8th, and mail from the Princess, via Skagway, WEDNESDAY, April 9’tlp.
Due to’several changes ih schedule during the last few weeks,
the’ Post assumed no- responsibility for the accuracy of the mail boat
schedule. We print it as it comes to us. Ihe rumors you hear are
probably as authentic as ours.
A LITTLE MORE DOPE FOR IHE SIUDNE? OF MILITARY SCIENCE:
Among the duties of the SECTION GUIDE are the following:
(a) assists the section hader as directed; (b) aids in maintaining
fire discipline (rate of fire, observation of enemy, attention to
orders, passing on of fire data including range, target, etc., use
of cover, etc.); (c) watches platoon leader for signals and orders;
(d) replaces section leader when he is killed or wounded; (e) fol
lows the section in rushes to see all join in them and none straggle.
By referring to the duties of the section leader, published in this'
paper's issue of March 14, you will see that’ the sectidh leader is
principally watching the target; while the section guide is watching
the platoon leader for signals, and watching the men of the section
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to see that they do the right things.
The duties of the 3QUA^ LEADER are many and highly important.
Among then are: (a) enforcing orders of section and pl&con leader;
enforcing discipline of the squad; (b) ”/hen advance by infiltration is
ordered, selecting a new position and pointing it out to the men of
his squadj and getting then forward to it by covered route or by
sending nen forward by ones and twos; vc^ o onto oiling fire and move
ment of the squad according to orders he has received; (d) transmit
ting commands and signals; (e) watching conduct of his men; (f)lead
ing the squad in rushes; (g) sees his men use cover properly. He
must keep several men from bunching behind cover which is only enough
for one nan. He must keep his nen from using cover such as isolated
bushes, 3tunps, or other well-defined objects which will draw fire
but not afford protection. Small depressions, folds in the ground
or ditches are better cover and less noticeable to the enemy. The best
cover isthe fire of the squad and friendly troops, which keeps the
enemy down.so he can't fire, (h) Airing lulls in the glght, he checks
over ammunition on hand, collecting it from dead and wounded and causes
automatic magazines to be refilled; (i) keeps j.ooking forward for fir
ing positions his squad can use when they have an opportunity for mov
ing forward; (j) ’ very rarely, when other duties
do not prevent, he may himself join in the firing.
The RATE OF FIRE with a RIFLE depends on the size of the target,
its distance away, the clearness with which you can see it and your own
marksmanship. At close ranges you may fire as many as twelve shots a
minuGe at a large, distinct target. A 500 or 600 yards, you would not
fire more than three shots a minute. Firing too fast or at long ranges
wastes ammunition that may be badly needed 3ater on.