United States Marine Corps - Small Wars Manual

SECTION III COMPOSITION OF THE FORCE

2-38. General.

2-39. Infantry.—a. Importance.

2-40. Infantry weapons.

2-41. Infantry individual equipment.

2-42. Mounted troops.

2-43. Engineers.

2-44. Tanks and armored cars.

2-45. Transport.

2-46. Signal troops.

2-47. Chemical troops.

2-48. Medical troops.

2-49. Artillery.

2-50. Aviation.

CHAPTER III LOGISTICS

SECTION I INTRODUCTION

SECTION II SUPPLY

3-2. Influence of Supply on a column.

3-3. Supply officers.

3-4. Storage.

3-5. Distribution.

3-6. Supply steps.

3-7. Local purchases.

3-8. Requisitions.

3-9. Depots, dumps, and distributing points.

3-10. Chain of responsibility.

3-11. Accountability.

3-12. Public funds.

3-13. Objective.

3-14. Supervision of requisitions.

3-15. Accumulation of stores.

3-16. General.

3-17. Importance of supply.

SECTION III TRANSPORTATION

3-18. General.

3-19. Railroad transportation.

3-20. Motor transportation.

3-21. Tractor-trailer transportation.

3-22. Transportation pools.

3-23. Aviation transport.

3-24. Water transportation.

3-25. Animal transpdrtation.

3-26. Important points in packing.

3-27. Pack mules.

3-28. Pack horses.

3-29. Pack bulls.

3-30. Phillips pack saddle.

3-31. McClellan saddle.

3-32. Pack equipment.

3-33. Native packers.

3-34. Marines as packers.

3-35. Bullcarts.

3-36. Trains with combat columns.

CHAPTER IV TRAINING

SECTION I CHARACTER AND PURPOSE OF SMALL WARS TRAINING

4-1. Relation to other training.

4-2. Tactical training.

4-3. Rifle company.

4-4. Machine gun company.

4-5. Mortars and 37 mm. guns.

4-6. Troop schools.

SECTION II TRAINING DURING CONCENTRATION

4-7. Training objective.

4-8. Scope of training.

4-9. Disciplinary training.

SECTION III TRAINING EN ROUTE ON BOARD SHIP

4-10. General.

4-11. Ship routine.

4-12. Time available for troop training.

4-13. Troop schools on board ship.

4-14. Size of classes.

4-15. Assignment to classes.

4-16. Subjects covered.

4-17. Essential training.

SECTION IV TRAINING IN THE THEATER OF OPERATIONS

4-18. System of training.

4-19. Facilities.

4-20. Subjects covered.

4-21. Training centers.

4-22. Troop schools.

4-23. Organization of troop schools and training centers.

SECTION V Training Instructions

4-24. Training instructions.

4-25. Training programs.

4-26. Training schedules.

CHAPTER V INITIAL OPERATIONS

SECTION I NEUTRAL ZONES

5-1. General.

5-2. Purpose, occasion, and circumstances.

5-3. Basic orders.

5-4. Instructions.

5-5. Zone force commander’s order.

5-6. Proclamation.

SECTION II MOVEMENT INLAND

5-7. Point of departure.

5-8. Mobile columns and flying columns.

5-9. Strength and composition of columns.

5-10. Protective measures covering movement.

5-11. Establishment of advanced bases inland.

5-12. Movement by rail.

SECTION III MILITARY TERRITORIAL ORGANIZATION

5-13. Purpose.

5-14. Influence of the mission on territorial organization.

5-15. Assignment of troops to areas.

5-16. Size and limits of areas.

SECTION IV METHODS OF PACIFICATION

5-17. The nature of the problem.

5-18. Methods of operations.

5-19. Occupation of an area.

5-20. Patrols.

5-21. Roving patrols.

5-22. Zones of refuge.

5-23. The cordon system.

5-24. The Blockhouse system.

5-25. Special methods.

CHAPTER VI INFANTRY PATROLS

SECTION I SMALL WAR TACTICS

6-1. Tactics during initial phases.

6-2. Tactics during later phases.

6-3. Influence of terrain.

6-4. The principle of the offensive.

6-5. The principles of mass, movement, surprise, and security.

SECTION II ORDERS AND GENERAL INSTRUCTIONS

6-6. Written orders.

6-7. Verbal orders.

6-8. General instructions.

SECTION III ORGANIZING THE INFANTRY PATROL

6-9. Definition.

6-10. Factors which govern its organization.

6-11. Size of the patrol.—a. General.

6-12. Permanent roving patrols.

6-13. Selection of units.

6-14. Elimination of the physically unfit.

6-15. Patrol and subordinate leader.

6-16. The rifle squad.

6-17. The headquarters section.

6-18. Attached units.

6-19. Guides and interpreters.

6-20. Native transport personnel.

6-21. Native troops.

6-22. Prominent native civilians.

6-23. Transportation.

6-24. Weapons.

6-25. Ammunition.

6-26. Signal equipment.

6-27. Medical supplies.

6-28. Miscellaneous equipment.

6-29. Personal clothing and accessories.

6-30. General preparations.

SECTION IV FEEDING THE PERSONNEL

6-31. Responsibility of patrol leader.

6-32. Mess equipment.

6-33. Weight of rations.

6-34. The field ratioit.

6-35. Butchering on the march.

6-36. Feeding native personnel.

6-37. Emergency rations.

SECTION V THE MARCH

6-38. General.

6-39. Hour of starting.

6-40. Rate of inarch.

6-41. Factors influencing march formations.

6-42. Influence of terrain on march formation.

6-43. Road spaces.

6-44. Location of patrol and subordinate leaders in march formation.

6-45. Location of the combat train.

6-46. Descriptive march formations.

6-47. March formations for a reenforced rifle company.

6-48. March formation for a reenforced rifle platoon.

6-49. March formation for a rifle platoon.

6-50. March formation for a rifle squad.

6-51. March discipline.

6-52. March outposts.

6-53. Camp sites.

6-54. Making camp.

6-55. Shelter.

6-56. Bivouac beds.

SECTION VI RECONNAISSANCE AND SECURITY

6-57. Methods of reconnaissance.

6-58. Reconnoitering by scouts.

6-59. Careful visual reconnaissance.

6-60. Hasty visual reconnaissance.

6-61. Reconnaissance by fire.

6-62. Reconnaissance by aviation personnel.

6-63. Airplane reconnaissance by patrol leaders.

6-64. Intelligence agents.

6-65. Questioning inhabitants for information.

6-66. Dogs on reconnaissance.

6-67. Security on the march.

6-68. Security at rest.

SECTION VII LAYING AMBUSHES

6-69. Definition.

6-70. Selection of position.

6-71. Usual characteristics of an ambush.

6-72. Occupying the position.

6-73. The ambush engagement.

6-74. Employment of infantry weapons.

SECTION VIII ATTACKING AMBUSHES

6-75. Mental preparation.

6-76. Prearranged schemes of maneuver.

6-77. Spirit of the offensive.

6-78. Fire and movement.

6-79. Authority of subordinates to act on own initiative.

SECTION IX ATTACKING HOUSES AND SMALL BIVOUACS

6-80. Attacking houses.

6-81. Attacking small bivouacs.

6-82. Destroying captured bivouacs.

SECTION X STRATAGEMS AND RUSES

6-83. Rules of land warfare.

6-84. Clearing the station.

6-85. Apprehending informers.

6-86. Spies following a patrol.

6-87. Guerrilla ruses and stratagems.

SECTION XI RIVER CROSSINGS

6-88. Introduction.

6-89. Availability of means.

6-90. Swimming.

6-91. Bridges.

6-92. Boats.

6-93. Ferries.

6-94. Fords.

6-95. Rafts.

6-96. Crossing unfordable streams with usual infantry equipment.

6-97. Crossing horses and mules.

SECTION XII SPECIAL OPERATIONS

6-98. Trail cutting.