MOUNTED INSTRUCTION 231 



FIRST TWELVE DAY PERIOD 

 Driving Instruction, Dismounted 



(Light Batteries) 



All references are to Provisional Drill and Service Regulations for 

 Field Artillery (Horse and Light), 1917. 



Lesson 1. 



Teach the following arm signals. 

 Attention. 



(1) Forward — March, 



(2) Halt. 



(3) By the right flank, March. 



(4) By the left flank, March. 



(5) Right about, March. 



(6) Left about, March. 



Explain the formation of the battery in line, Par. 477. 



Explain the formation of the battery in section column, Par. 478. 



Explain the formation of the battery in flank column, Par. 479. 



For instruction in battery drill use each driver to represent his pair. 

 Have the three drivers of each team formed as a team, two yards dis- 

 tance between the men of each team and separate the "teams" by 

 any amount to represent the space occupied by the carriage. (The men 

 of each team can take hold of ropes to represent traces or any other 

 improvised method which will assist instruction may be used.) Have 

 the drivers of the "piece" lie handkerchiefs on their left arms. Have 

 the chief of section and caisson corporal take their posts. The idea 

 is to teach the drivers the various formations and evolutions of the 

 battery. 



Lesson 2. 



Review Lesson L 



Teach the following signals : 



(1) Countermarch, March. 



(2) Right and left about March. 



(3) Right sections, forward, March. 



(4) Right and left and oblique March. 



(5) Increase the gait. 



(6) Decrease the gait. 

 Explain Pars. 508-515, inch 



Lesson 3. 



Review Lessons 1 and 2. 



Teach the following arm signals. 



(1) Halt. 



(2) Change direction to the right and left. 



(3) Close intervals. March. 



(4) Extended intervals. March. 



(5) Right (left) by section. 



