Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1912-02-09
OFFICER AND IS MEN
AT EVERY DRILL.
Requirements of the Service Stated in
General Orders Ne, 3,

NeuEIdl OEUGTS. NO. run LllS OlllSS
Of Adjutant General George M. Cole
give particular information to company
commanders upon a decision OF the
secretary of war, especially that part
which requires thai at least one officer
and IS men must be present at every
drill, and during the entire drill:
10. (2S266). In regard TO attendance
at drills, attention is invited to section
Is of the militia law, with reference to
the following requirements:
l. Participation in practice marches
or camps Of instruction for at least five
consecutive days.
2. Assembly for drill and instruction
at company battalion or regimental
armories or rendezvous, or for target
practice, not less than "a times.
First Relative to participation for
five consecutive days in practice
marches or camps Of instruction, sec
ton is Of the militia law requires this
attendance when not excused by the
governor" 1t Is therefore clearly with
in the province Of the governor to ex-
cuse organizations from so attending,
and this provision is inserted in the
law apparently for the purpose OF en-
a.bling the state to meet an emergency
which might arise during that part of
the year usually devoted to encamp
meats.
Second As to the requirement for
assembly for drills or target practice
"a times per year it is not within the
province of the governor to set this
aside, his authority to excuse applying
to the 1--WE consecutive days Of en-
campment OF practice march only.
As to the character Of the "a assem-
blies or rendezvous, they may be for
either drill and instruction or for tar
get practice. Ii Is merely necessary
that the number Of assemblies for drill
and instruction added to the number Of
assemblies for target practice shall be
At least "a per year. There being 81
weeks in the year, manifesty "a meet
ings is not an unreasonable require
ment. 1t therefore becomes necessary
merely TO determine what constitutes
an assembly or rendezvous for target
practice or for drill and instruction.
Clearly the law contemplates that
these shall be so interpreted as to Sc
cure reasonably beneficial results. Ac-
cordingly the secretary OF war has de-
cided that to constitute a rendezvous
either for drill and instruction or for
target practice there must be present
! at least one commissioned officer and
a minimum enlisted attendance OF 35
| men for each company, troop or bat
! loA Ol 1nAGuAISt CdNalEyy LSlu y,
| engineers and signal corps, and so per
centum Of the enrolled strength Of
| medical units. But with the further
| idea Of carrying on a progressive
| scheme Of instruction passing from
! smaller to larger subdivisions OF units
! and also of affording the states every
| facility for meeting the requirement of
| the law as to the number Of drills, it
! has been decided that q smaller aum-
| Der of enlisted men than IS may drill
/ or have target practice and yet take
| credit for this work toward securing
| the "a drills and target frings. Thus
| If there are two platoons in the com
| pany and each one holds one drill this
would be counted as one Of the "a. pro-
| vided the aggregate attendance st the
! platoon drills were at least one officer
and 35 enlisted men. Similarly, if the
| company contained four sections and
| each section held one drill. it would
| count as one Of the "A drills, provided
the aggregate attendance were one Of
ficer and IS enlisted men. Again. were
| one officer and an averag~ of seven en-
| listed men present at 4 ge target FIR
! ings, it would count as one Of the "a
! assemblies or rendezvous.
/ But in all these cases it is necessary
! that certain other conditions be also
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! with the same men drill four times IN
| neither case could 1t be considered a.
. one company drill. The idea is to i'm,
part instruction TO The entire persoune
of the company. and this VIZ uld not b,
| accomplished by limiting the iasfruc
| ton to small part of the com PAM
| only, as, for instance, one section. M
matter how many drills tn Il palffcu
! lar section might hold, IL the nthe,
three sections had no instruction. o.
/ practically none. 1t has the refore bee,
decided that credit for ciiTs og les,
| than IS enlisted men can only be ia keI
when the the different men or indi
viduals who attend number ut leaat AZ
For instances IL II men ATTENDED on
of the platoon drills and Is difsren
men attended one of the other plafeol
drills. credit could be taken for one O
the "a drills required. And IA tn
same way to illustrate, if one office
an0 ten enlisted men attended one far
get firing, Is different men anetbe
and seven another, it would count a
one Of the "a drills or readez. OH, re
qgired
L. The minimum organize don 20
infantry companies prescribed ia para
graph 2SS, militia FegEia tisT q. sisegli
include one artfflcer and 81 7slsvs tex Il
place Of ~ priyatss
The company artifosr reeei res ia
psY and allowances of a c,94 poFai O
infantry and his duties i1Iel7lsls has
Of carpenter and mechanic ana he /
particularly charged with the reaa1r a
the rife and equipment.
ArtifceTs are armed and eauipse
ands placed in the ranks as private,
, They are furnished distinguishing in
, sigma. (See page 81. uniform regula
tionE)
Company commanders, c. N. G.. in
| fantry, viii appoint artificers in &C
| cordance with the above.