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Sergeant B now does exactly as he would do in actual war. 

 How does he signal to his patrol? Does he assemble his men? 

 If so, how and where? Does he send a message back to camp ; 

 and if so, by whom, and is it written or verbal? (If written, 



Sergeant B actually writes it and delivers it to Private , 



with the necessary instructions. If verbal, it is actually given 



to Private with instructions.) Captain A must in this 



case make notes of what the message was. In either case, 



Private ceases to be a member of the patrol and joins 



Captain A as an observer. He should, however, at some later 

 time be required to repeat his message to Captain A, on the 

 assumption that he kad reached camp with the same. The 

 message, whether oral or written, should be thoroughly ana- 

 lyzed and discussed. Was it proper to send a message at this 

 time? Does Sergeant B intend to remain in observation ; if so, 

 how long? (Captain A can give such information from time to 

 time concerning the hostile patrol as Sergeant B might reason- 

 ably be supposed to learn in view of his dispositions. In order 

 that Captain A may present natural assumptions, it is very es- 

 sential that in his own mind he should, at the outset, assume a 

 situation for the hostile forces and that he should consider 

 himself as in command of all hostile troops. In this particular 

 case he should assume himself to be in command of the hostile 

 patrol, acting under certain specified orders similar to exam- 

 ples given, and he should conduct this patrol in his own mind in 

 accordance with these orders, giving Sergeant B only such in- 

 formation as he might reasonably be expected to obtain in view 

 of whatever action Sergeant B takes.) Will Sergeant B at- 

 tempt to capture this patrol? If «o, how? Will he avoid fight- 

 ing and attempt to pass it unobserved ; and if so, how and why? 



In this manner the exercise is continued. Care must be 

 taken not to have the patrol leader or members state what 

 they would do, but they must actually do it. Explanations and 

 discussions may take place later. 



In a similar manner the director may inform Sergeant B (or 

 any member of the patrol) that this hostile patrol is followed 

 by a squad (on the assumption that it is the leading unit of an 

 advance guard), and the exercise is then continued along 

 these lines. 



The following are examples of assumption that might be 

 made and carried out : 



