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��9:20-10:50 School of Soldier, Squad, Battery; Manual of Arms, I. D. R., Pars. 74- 1 00, 113, 114, 1 33- 1 5 1, and F. A. D. R., 131-1 69.

Conference, Care of Equipment, F. A. D. R., 653-663.

Semaphore.

Physical Drill.

Materiel. Repeat practical instruction of previous day.

Gun Squad, same as on previous day.

Study, F. A. D. R., 264-282, 972-1002; A. R., 653-703. SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 8TH

Care of Stables and Horses. Inspection under arms, dismounted — F. A. D. R., 733-735. Inspection of Quarters and Equipment in Bunks. Extra time to be used for further instruction in material, gun squad, care of equipment, etc. Many of the Regular Army officers who had acted as staff officers or instructors in the First Camp were promoted and assigned to other organiza- tions when that Camp closed.

The Second Camp had not progressed far before the majority of those who were left were assigned elsewhere and only a small number remained to act as majors of battalions and as staff officers.

Too much cannot be said for the Regular Army officers who were at Fort Sheridan. They disproved from the start the common idea that the officers of the United States Army in times of peace had lived an inactive life. These men had been kept in the finest training. Many of them, after years of education and experience, had come to Fort Sheridan at the First Camp ranking as first lieutenants and captains, yet they had built a physical

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