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Name of Corps or Arm: Coast Artillery Corps

Subdivision or Organization: Battery, Motorized Gun or Howitzer

Official Designation and Rank of Officer: Battery Commander, Captain

I. Description of Duties.

Commands 4 lieutenants and 219 to 278 men. Responsible for preparation of company reports and records; for the proper equipment of his command and for the messing of the personnel. Responsible for property of the battery; guns or howitzers, motor trucks and tractors; infantry equipment of each soldier and other company supplies.

Responsible for the training and discipline of officers and men as soldiers and their instruction in loading and firing of guns or howitzers, machine guns and small arms and their proper care; in motor transportation, observation, signalling and telephonic communication; in earthwork construction, in gas defense, and in camouflage.

Responsible for the tactical movement of his battery (men, guns and equipment); tactical preparation of position for guns; orientation (by means of surveying); calculation of firing data (involving use of trigonometry and logarithms) and correction of data when firing and under fire.

When battery operates independently will assume duties of Major, requiring tactical judgment in reconnaisance, and initiative in direction and supervision of fire.

'''II. SPECIAL TECHNICAL QUALIFICATIONS.'''

Required: Working knowledge of mathematics through trigonometry and logarithms.

Desired: Knowledge of mechanics, electricity, and motor transportation.

'''III. FIRST CHOICE OF CIVILIAN OCCUPATION.'''

'''IV. OTHER CHOICES OF CIVILIAN OCCUPATION.'''

V. STAFF CORPS SCHOOL.

Will be required to attend school for three months.

'''VI. AGE LIMITS.'''

Possible Age Limit 25-45 years.

Best Age Limit 30-40 years.

'''VII. PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS.'''

Officer must be qualified for full military service.

'''VIII. MINIMUM SCHOOLING.'''

Two years of college.