govers Part It (October 2 Detachment). "Tne fort article article will appear next week.
9p-November 20, 1839) Pert appeared tw our issue (8t week Shanghai, Feb. 3.
ENERAL—The training veal opens on October i each year.
It is customary to concentrate the majority of Corps H. Q. instructional courses into the first part of the year in order that the Officer and N, C.Os who attend can refresh their knowledge and then return to their Units to pass on the instruction received, For many years it has been the eu: stem to concentrate on Weapon Training, Tactical Lectures on the sand-table, Drill, Administrative lectures, ete, ete.
This year a departure was made. The Mu Council' required that all Volunteers should receive a throw grounding in Mob Dispersal duties and the tactics of street fighting, The programme of Corps H.Q. Instructional Courses was adapted accordingly.
With the exception of Bayonet Fighting, weapon training subjects were left out, Units being instructed 1 arrange their own refresher courses in'these subjects, The special W. T. courses for senior Unit Instructor rs-held in June and July proved of special value in view of this, Instead of Weapon Training Courses, carps Ili. gave two Cadre Courses Cboth coursed similar) for Unit Instructors. These courses "were very Sonconfaied. Phe students agreed t0 tsk for no, leave, "during "the tine they were in'progress. They wot from "la pan te. 8. pam. on. the Saturday and" from O43 am. 0 7 pam on the Sunday." bitter ime was Fitowed for meats, ete, and tt is treatly to the credit of all concerned despite fatigue, keenness and tnthusiaim: were maintained to the "An examination was held at the each course and very, satisfactory results were obtained.
Mob Dispersal and Street Fighting Bxerelses.
Group Commanders and their stars rendered great assistance to all their tinitg In connection with the outdoor "These activities were unabated at the conclusion of the period under review.
Shooting—In the normal year every volunteer has to fire through the Range Courses prescribed for his and obtain a. certain standard unit Cadre Courses As a corollary to the Cadre Courses, vos lola down that during the current season every Unit must con Guet Unit Cadre Courses. Further, Te"\was ruled. that each " volunteer must attend one of these Unit Cadre Courses before he could be quailied Bmelent" for the year. The ayllobus for all these Unit Courses was standardized as follows:
Lecture on Theory of Mob 1 period aga Is to say, there would be no prellminery practising). The reasons for this change were as follows-— ime needed to, train goth volunteer in Mob. Dispersal and Street Fighting duties, as required {u) The prohibitive, cost of smal arms ammunition, and the Urgent need for" ancial economy.
Test of Loyalty" not this syllabus was considered the basic" minimum necessary in order to give each volunteer a grounding the cadre subjects, In view of the obligatory Cadre Course, other items laid down for the year's taining, the Annual Inspec: tion Parade, ete, it was quite evident from the beginning that in order to qualify "as "Eificient" for the year, Gach volunteer would have to put n'more than the regulation minimum of 12 dvilis.. In particular Ofcers and N.C.0s would have to attend many more in order to afford every man in their units the opportunity to qualify (eu the United Cadre Course Would have to be repeated at least {wice), "The proposition was put to United Commanders, all of whom ladly agreed to make the extra effort necessary. Subsequent, activi ties, showed beyond doubt that AMI Ranks were prepared to respond in whole-hearted manner.
In addition to the cadre training described, Unit Commanders were Instructed to give special attention to the following items during the course of the year (a), Sandetable seemes, inging
it _lracticat Courses.
gut ensign tu we. Cpe bab) detoncs and Satbed "ie construction of simple. eand-
ores Motresher Courses tu the weapons With which the Unit This was a very severe test on the loyalty and good sportsmanship of the volunteer, because rifle shooting besides being an essential. part of military training, has long deen re-erded as a sport afforded to him as Some. measure of reward for hi services to the community. However, the deprivation was accepted in the Dest spirit 'Although shooting on the open! ranges suffered very much, it was ratifying to note the great' increase In the use of the miniature (22 calif bre) ranges. The.22 range provides excellent training for riflemen, and the ammunition 1s very much cheap: er. Many units have made use of the 22 range for trai emits, and also for petitions.
Earlier in the year the United States Authorities "Kindly furnished ight Springfield pattern 22 rifles for the use' of the American Units. This has added greatly tothe all-round enthusiasm.
Camps.—Unit camps began in October and continued according schedule, The practice was for units fo use the Permanent Camp on the Rie Rouge during daylight hours, and the Leclure Rooms "at Corps Headquarters during the evenings. Billeting was at Corps H. Q.
was noticeable that most units greatly extended the hours of work compared with previous years Fypleal programmes provided for (alning setivities from 2 pin. to 730 pin. on Saturdays and 045 a.m. to 630 pin. on Sundays, In addition to the Cadre Courses for Instructors, Corps H. Q. gave week-end course for Recruits and two two-night courses in milliary cies, These courses were excep fondly well attended and the stand-and of work was very satisfactory,
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