Trench and camp. [volume] (Augusta, Ga.) 1917-1919, 1918-01-02
Headquarters Twenty Eighth Division.
Camp Hancock, Augusta, Ga.
General Staff Corps,
Training Section.
December q, 1917.
Training Memorandum NO. /.

uniform training, and to produce a prop
SHY trained division along uniform lines,
the following scheme is announced:
Divisional Training Programme
organizations:
If me me sqrlH and training schedules
NV q progressive scheme covering a
beFloa OF sixteen weeks of intensive drill
@4o framing based on assigned periods
toN%hhS about forty (40) hours per week
and averaging eight ~ hours per day
excepting Sundays. Wednesdays and Sat
u aday eNR drill or training win be pre-
sciihed fo~ Sundays or for Wednesday
Oi saturday afternoons.
ON the completion of the fourteenth
cations submitting drill schedules. will
p 6f mar and forward to the Department
OF training, a general programme cover
ing ing q period OF twelve weeks lntensiYe
framing, period to commence in the week
following the completion Of the, sixteen
weeks training. This tWelve-weeS course
viii include such review of the work of
ihe SlXteen-week period aud such addi-
llohaI instruction and training, as in the
opinion OF their commanding officers, or
CARNATIONS may require.
(b) Weekly drill schedules, for the fol-
lowing week, will be approved by proper
SuperIoTs in time to be submitted directly
TO the officer in charge of the divisional
framing, before Saturday, noon, each
Week Schedules will be submitted as
indicated below:
55th Brigade, by the Brigade Com
mander
56th Brigade, by the Brigade Com
mander
65rd Brigade, by the Brigade Com
mander (Artillery.)
10Th, 1O8th and Tooth Machine Gun
BattaHons and Machine Gun Companies
Of the 109th, 10th nth and 112th IN
fantry. by the Officer in charge of Ma
chlne Gun Training.
lO3rd Engineer Regiments by the Reg
mental Commander,
E'nCinnAr Traf Nv ho -,
Commander
l03rd Field Signal Battalion, by the
BattaIan Commander.
l03rd Motor Supply Train by the Train
Commander
103rd Sanitary Train, by the Train
Commander
Io5rd Military Police, by the Command
ing OFFICER Military Police.
Headquarters Troop, by the Troop Com
mander-
Mobile Ordnance, by the Division Ord.
nance OFFICER.
Co Commanders of units indicated
above VIII prescribe tests from time to
tifne TO determine the proficiency of any
individual or unit. The results of such
teSlS VIII pc made of record and addi-
tlonaI training given to individuals or
uIll UNI round not proficient on Wednesday
ana saturday afternoon
(d) The officers enumerated below
VIII CONSTITUTE Divisional Training
Board Tor infantry training and instruc-
ton
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The Second in Command OF each of
the four Infantry Regiments.
The OFFICER in charge OF the training
OF the Machine Gun BattaIions and Com
panies.
The Brigade Adjutants of Infantry
BTigades.
Inc officers, in bold type above will
keep in constant touch with the train
ing OF his unit, the practical working out
OF the weekly schedules, the coordination
Of training within the organization These
OFFICERS Will record any tests which may
be given in accordance with (c) above
They viii keep notes on the training OF
their units and be prepared at the week
~ meeting of the Divisional Board to
report on the progress made by their
organization and to submit any recon-
mendation for the betterment Of the gen
eTal plan. The Divisional Training
Board will meet Wednesday afternoons
at 1870 O'Clock in the office of the De-
paftment of Training.
(e) Commanders of the units men
toned in (b), above, willie establish RE
FRESHER COURSES in the evening, by
each company of the officers and non
commissioned officers This course win
include a review of the days work and
q careful preparation Tor the work OF the