Evening Republican, Volume 19, Number 69, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 23 March 1915 — New Military Manual Issued For Instruction Purposes. [ARTICLE]

New Military Manual Issued For Instruction Purposes.

The government has published under the direction of the secretary of war and the Adjutant-General of. Indiana is distributing through the various officers and privates. It is a very complete little volume, embracing drill regulations, the care of the rifle, interior guard duty, military courtesy, the bayonet exercises, the uses of advance and «ear guards and also outposts, patrols, etc. The book also gives some valuable lessons in the Spanish language, phrases that might become very useful in the event that intervention in Mexico should be employed. Elements of military hygiene and the preparation of the field ration are also parts of the well edited little volume and every soldier should procure one of the books tot his personal use. Captain Tuteur, of Company M, received ten of the books, but arrangements can be made to purchase them for all who care to have them.