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 Machine guns, Austria, 288 England, 290 France, 290 Germany, 270 Japan, 290 Russia, 290 Switzerland, 284 Mounted infantry (England), 26 Regiment, 37

ORGANIZATIONS Mixing of, 195, 226 How prevented, 96, 97 Use of improvised, 197

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PACE Diminution of length of, on various slopes, 141 Length of, and marching, 53 In various armies (table), 54

PACES, number of, per minute, 54

PACKS, removal of, 363, 364

PANIC, 27, 107, 441

PASSIVE DEFENSE, 408, 409

PATROLS, 27 Combat, 80

PEACE, eternal, 1

PENETRATION, "S" bullet, 131

PLATOON Column of twos, vulnerability of, 187 Commander, post in close order, 63 Skirmish line, 79 French 4-rank formation (with plates), 65, 66 Infantry, strength of the German, 273 One-rank, vulnerability of the, 187

PLATOONS Column of (with plate), 61, 62 How formed, 49 Machine gun battery, 273, 274 Division of the company into, 46 Three or four platoons, 48

POSITION Advance into a preparatory, 350 Advanced, 413 Battalion groups of intrenchments, 417 Communicating trenches, 421 Cover trenches, 421 Determining factors in selecting a, 414 Dummy intrenchments, 421 Foreground, clearing the, 421 Division into sections, 411 Observation of the, 420