(d) Small-arms firing. Oral and practical.

Oral. Small-Arms Firing Manual, omitting special courses, targets, and ranges, competitions, and, for Infantry officers, the mounted pistol course.

Practical. The officer to demonstrate his ability to command a platoon at war strength in a problem in field firing with ball cartridges, based upon the principles of Small-Arms Firing Manual and the drill regulations of the arm of service to which the officer belongs. The expenditure of 40 rounds of ammunition (ball cartridges) for each soldier participating in the problem is hereby authorized.

(e) Minor tactics. Written and practical.

Written. The officer to solve a map problem requiring an estimate of the situation and the writing of appropriate orders to carry out his decision as commanding officer of a company at war strength acting alone or as part of a larger force.

Practical. The officer to demonstrate his ability to command a company at war strength, acting alone or as part of a larger force, in a field exercise: Based upon Field Service Regula tions; Tactical Principles and Problems (Hanna); Parts II and III of the Infantry Drill Regulations for Infantry officers, and for Cavalry officers the corresponding features of the drill regulations of that arm.

(f) Military law. Oral. A treatise on the Military Law of the United States (Davis), Chapters I to XII, inclusive, and XV; Manual for Courts-Martial.

(g) Military field engineering. Oral. Manual of Military Field Engineering (Beach), omitting Chapter XIV.

(h) Military hygiene. Oral. Elements of Military Hygiene (Ashburn).

(i) Hippology (Cavalry only). Oral. The Army Horse in Accident and Disease (War Department); Horses, Saddles, and Bridles (Carter), Chapters III, IV, VIII, XV, and XVI.

(j) Military topography. Practical. The officer to make a topographical reconnaissance requiring either a road or position sketch and a written report of the same-Military Topography (Sherrill, Part III).

First lieutenant to captain.

(k) Field Service Regulations. Oral and practical. Oral. Field Service Regulations omitting Appendices Nos. 1, 4, 5, 6, 7, and 8. (The appendices omitted, except Appendix

No. 6, are for reference only; in an examination requiring the use of data contained in any one of them, either the textbook or the appropriate data will be furnished. The subject matter contained in Appendix No. 6 is also contained in Rules of Land Warfare); Rules of Land Warfare.

Practical Terrain exercise involving the command of a company at war strength acting alone or as part of a larger force.

(1) Administration. Written. Preparation of the ordinary returns, rolls, requisitions, and other papers with which an officer must be familiar in order to perform the duties of a troop or company commander, and of an adjutant, quartermaster and commissary of a post, and of a regiment in the field. The officer will be furnished the necessary blank forms, and be permitted to consult the following: Army Regulations, manuals for the staff departments, War Department General Orders, notes on blank forms, Circular 7, Q. M. G. O., 1909, and Circular 9, Q. M. G. O., 1910.

(m) Drill regulations. Oral and practical.

Oral. The Drill Regulations of the arm of service to which the officer belongs.

Practical. The officer to demonstrate his ability

(1) To instruct and drill a company or troop at war strength.

(2) To command a company or troop at war strength, acting alone or as part of a larger force in a combat exercise. (n) Small-arms firing. Oral and practical.

Oral. Small-Arms Firing Manual, omitting special courses, and for Infantry officers the mounted pistol course.

Practical. The officer to demonstrate his ability to command a company or troop at war strength in a problem in field firing with ball cartridges, based upon the principles of SmallArms Firing Manual and the drill regulations of the arm of the service to which the officer belongs. The expenditure of 40 rounds of ammunition (ball cartridges) for each soldier participating in the problem is hereby authorized.

(0) Minor tactics. Written and practical.

Written. The officer to solve a map problem requiring an estimate of the situation and the writing of appropriate orders to carry out his decision as commanding officer of a company or troop at war strength acting alone or as part of a larger force.

Practical. The off.cer to demonstrate his ability to command a company or troop at war strength, acting alone or as part of a larger force, in a field exercise: Based upon Field Service Regulations; Tactical Principles and Problems (Hanna); Parts II and III of the Infantry Drill Regulations for Infantry officers, and for Cavalry officers the corresponding features of the drill regulations of that arm.

(p) Military law. Oral. A Treatise on the Military Law of the United States (Davis), Chapters XIII to XIX, inclusive; Manual for Courts-Martial.

(q) Field fortification. Practical. The officer, under the assumption that he is a staff officer of a squadron or battalion of his arm, to be given a problem in field fortification involving the reconnaissance and selection of a defensive position for the command. He will make a written report upon the position selected and upon the location and nature of the works that he would cause to be executed. The report, including the necessary sketches, will be completed within a time limit fixed by the board. Based upon Notes on Field Fortification (Army Field Engineer School), and upon Engineer Field Manual, Part V.

(r) Hippology (Cavalry only). Practical. Exercises in judging horses for conformation, soundness, and age.

(8) Military topography. Practical. Problems in military map reading-Military Topography (Sherrill, Part I).

(t) Packing (Cavalry only). Practical. The officer to demonstrate his ability to instruct men in the elements of packing, including the fitting of the saddle, saddling, loading a cargo of side packs, unloading, and unsaddling.

Captain to major, Cavalry and Infantry.

(u) Field Service Regulations. Oral and practical. Oral. Field Service Regulations, omitting Appendices Nos. 1, 4, 5, 6, 7, and 8. (The appendices omitted, except Appendix No. 6, are for reference only; in an examination requiring the use of data contained in any of them, either the textbook or the appropriate data will be furnished.)

Practical. Terrain exercises involving the command of a battalion of Infantry or a regiment of Cavalry at war strength, acting alone or as part of a larger force.

(v) Drill Regulations. Oral and practical.

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Practical. The officer to demonstrate his ability

(1) To instruct and drill a battalion of Infantry or a regiment of Cavalry.

(2) To command a battalion of Infantry or a regiment of Cavalry, acting alone or as part of a larger force, in a combat exercise.

(w) Minor tactics. Written and practical.

Written. The officer to solve a map problem requiring an estimate of the situation and the writing of appropriate orders to carry out his decision as commanding officer of a battalion or squadron at war strength acting alone or as part of a larger force.

Practical. The officer to demonstrate his ability to command a battalion or squadron at war strength, acting alone or as part of a larger force, in a field exercise: Based upon Field Service Regulations; Tactical Principles and Problems (Hanna); Parts II and III of the Infantry Drill Regulations for Infantry officers, and for Cavalry officers the corresponding features of the drill regulations of that arm.

(x) Field fortification. Practical. The officer, under the assumption that he is a staff officer of an independent brigade of all arms, to be given a problem in field fortification involving the reconnaissance and selection of a defensive position for the command under the conditions of the problem. He will make a written report upon the position selected and upon the location and nature of the works that he would cause to be executed. The report, including the necessary sketches, will be completed within a time limit fixed by the board. Based upon Notes on Field Fortification (Army Field Engineer School) and upon Engineer Field Manual, Part V.

(y) International law. Oral. Elements of International Law (Davis), Chapters I to IV, inclusive; IX, X, XII to XIV, inclusive; Rules of Land Warfare.

Oral.

(z) Military history and policy of the United States. (1) A general knowledge of the military history of the United States, and a detailed knowledge of the following: The First Battle of Bull Run; Jackson's Valley Campaign; The Battle of Chancellorsville; Grant's Campaign of 1864. Based upon American Campaigns (Steele).

(2) A general knowledge of the development of the military policy of the United States, based on Military Policy of the United States (Upton), pages VII to xv, 1 to 67, 107 to 142, 195 to 222, 225 to 268, and 402 to 443, omitting tables of statistics and the details of military and naval operations.

40. FOR OFFICERS OF FIELD ARTILLERY.

SUBJECTS.

Second lieutenant to first lieutenant.

(a) Field Service Regulations. Oral and practical. Oral. Field Service Regulations, omitting Appendices Nos. 1, 4, 5, 6, 7, and 8. (The appendices omitted, except Appendix No. 6, are for reference only; in an examination requiring the use of data contained in any of them, either the textbook or the appropriate data will be furnished.)

Practical. Terrain exercise involving command of a platoon or battery at war strength as part of a larger force (see "Notes on Field Artillery" by Spaulding).

(b) Administration. Written. Preparation of the ordinary returns, rolls, requisitions, and other papers with which an officer must be familiar in order to perform the duties of battalion quartermaster and commissary in post and in the field. The officer will be furnished the necessary blank forms and be permitted to consult the following: Army Regulations, manuals for the staff departments, War Department General Orders, notes on blank forms, Circular 7, Q. M. G. O., 1909, and Circular 9, Q. M. G. O., 1910.

(c) Drill Regulations. Oral and practical.

Oral. (1) Light and Horse Artillery-Drill Regulations for Field Artillery (Light and Horse), omitting Chapters V and VI, Part IV.

(2) Mountain Artillery-Drill Regulations for Mountain Artillery, Provisional, 1908, omitting Chapters V and VI, Part IV; Drill Regulations for Field Artillery (Light and Horse), Provisional, 1911, Part VII.

(3) Heavy Field Artillery-Drill Regulations for Field Artillery (Light and Horse), omitting Chapters I, II, and III, Part III, and Chapters V and VI, Part IV.

Practical. The officer to demonstrate his ability to command a battery of Field Artillery fully manned and equipped, in the solution, on the terrain, of a tactical problem. The