Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1911-11-03
SCHOOL Of INSTRUCTION
for NATIONAL GUARDSMEN
GENERAL ORDER NO. ISSUED DE-
PARTMENT PRESCRIBING URsEs STUDY FOR ENSUING
MoNTHs-woRk WILL BE sYsTEmATIzEo AND ITS PURPOSE
SECURE GREATER EFF Ic'ENcY STATE TROOPS

In accordance with the plan of the
war department the adjutant generals
department of the state has issued an
order prescribing a course of study
for the officers and enlisted men who
belong to the state National Guard or
ganization, looking toward efficiency
in state troops in case of war. The
order follows.
General Headquarters North Dakota
National Guard, the Adjutant Gen
erals Office, Bismarck, October 80
1911.
General Orders No. %.
For the purpose of obtaining uni
form standard of efficiency in the ma
tional guard of this state, the follow
ing regulations are prescribed for the
conduct of Armory training and
schools for officers and enlisted men
in theoretical instruction.
Z Armory Training.
The armory training will include
close and extended order drills, guard
duty, instruction in patrols, advance
and rear guard, field engineering, per-
sonal hygiene, first aid, camp santa
ton, and any other instruction that
can be given with profit in the armory
and drill halls.
Schools for Non.Commissioned Off,
GERS and Especially Selected Pri.
Yates.
Responsibility of military instruc-
ton of company nOn-commissioned Of
ncers rests with company commanders
under the supervision of battalion and
higher commanders.
Schools for the instruction of non
commissioned officers and especially
selected privates will be established
in each company of infantry.
instruction will be conducted by the
company commander, or an officer of
the company under his supervision,
and will consist of recitations, lee
lures, discussions and practical ex-
ercises. The course of instruction
will include the same subjects as pre-
scribed for armory training.
Regimental and battalion non-com-
missioned staff officers will be as
signed to a company for instruction.
Additional instruction may be given
them by regimental and battalion
staff officers.
The senior officer on duty with the
sanitary personnel of the First Regl'
ment of Infantry, will submit a sched-
ule of instruction for the non-com-
missioned officers of his organization
for the approval of the reglmentai
commander.
Schools for Officers.
All officers serving with the line
on the active list will be required to
take a preliminary course of instruc-
ton. and such non-commissioned OIL
Gers as may express a desire.
The course will be divided into three
classes, viz:
Class A-For field officers of the
Ire.
Class B-ror all other officers OF
the line.
lass C-For all medical officers.
Class "A"
Two monthly problems will be re-
ouired from each officer. These prob
lens will be under the supervision OF
CAPTAIN G. H. Williams, 10th Infantry,
United States Army, Instructor-ln-
spector. and will be designated from
Headquarters.
Class -"
The following subjects will CON-
Prise the course OF instructions:
Infantry Drill Regulations.
Small Arms Firing Regulations.
Map Reading.
''uard Duty.
Sanitation.
Studies in Minor Tactics.
Field Service Regulations.
Field Engineering.
Conferences will be held in the
various cities occupied by the guard,
lirectly under the supervision OF the
senior officer of infantry on duty
,hereat, once a week.
Examinations in all subjects stud
ed will be held December 81, 1911,
md April 30, 1912, or as soon there
.fter as practicable.
Class &C"
The following subjects will be stud
ed bv officers of this class:
Field Service Regulations.
Military Hygiene.
Service Manual.
Problems will. be given N SANTA
ion and esta! fishing first aid and
|ressing stations.