CHAPTER VII. 



MARCHING AND CAMPING. 



Section 1. Breaking camp and preparation for a march. 



THE EVENING BEFOKE THE MAECH. 



When a command learns that it is to make a march on the 

 following day, presumably starting early in the morning, cer- 

 tain details should be attended to the evening before. 



All men should fill their canteens, as there will probably be 

 no time for this in the morning. 



The mess sergeant should find out whether lunch or the 

 reserve ration will be carried on the march, and should attend 

 to these details in the evening in order that the issue can be 

 made promptly in the morning. 



The stable sergeant will have the stable detail fill all of the 

 feed bags for the morning's feed, and the section leaders will 

 see that each of their men has filled his grain bag with the 

 noon feed for the following day. 



The commander of the guard should be given a memorandum 

 as to what time to awaken the cooks and where their tent is. 

 The member of the guard who does this should awaken them 

 without noise, so as not to disturb the rest of the remainder 

 of the command. 



The cooks should be instructed as to what time breakfast is 

 to be served and what time to avraken the first sergeant. 



The cooks or cooks' police must cut and split all firewood for 

 the morning before 9 p. m. There must be no chopping, talk- 

 ing, or rattling of pans before reveille which will disturb the 

 rest of the command. This applies to every morning in camp. 



