02515cam a22003133u 450000100060000000300070000600500170001300600020003000700050003200800410003704000110007804100170008905000070010610000380011324500400015126400510019130000470024233600260028933700260031533800360034150000310037750801820040852013450059053400670193565300310200265300570203385600680209085600430215869943UtSlPG20260610134622.0mcr n260607r20231914utu|||||o|||||||||||||| d  aUtSlPG 7aen2iso639-1 4aUD1 aKirkpatrick, E.q(Edward),d1869-14aThe training of an infantry company 1aSalt Lake City, UT :bProject Gutenberg,c2023  a1 online resource :bmultiple file formats  atextbtxt2rdacontent  acomputerbc2rdamedia  aonline resourcebcr2rdacarrier  aRelease date is 2023-02-03  aBrian Coe, Bob Taylor and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive)  a"The Training of an Infantry Company" by Major E. Kirkpatrick is a military instructional manual written during the early 20th century. The work serves as a guide to company commanders and focuses on field training methods for infantry soldiers in preparation for actual combat situations. The book draws from official training manuals and is particularly aimed at officers lacking extensive experience, providing them with practical exercises and guidelines to effectively train their troops.  The opening of this manual establishes its purpose by addressing the need for clear, practical training strategies for infantry companies. Kirkpatrick emphasizes that many prospective trainers may lack experience and offers structured exercises aimed at developing the skills necessary for commanding soldiers during battle. He lays out foundational principles of attack and defense while presenting the importance of organized training, highlighting aspects such as discipline, the significance of utilizing suitable training grounds, and the necessity for self-reliant soldier capabilities under pressure. This section sets the context for a series of progressively arranged exercises that will follow, designed to help infantry officers enhance their unit's effectiveness in real-world scenarios. (This is an automatically generated summary.)  pOriginally published:cUnited Kingdom: Gale & Polden Ltd, 1914  aInfantry drill and tactics  aGreat Britain. Army -- Infantry -- Drill and tactics4 uhttps://archive.org/details/trainingofinfant00kirkuoft/mode/2up40uhttps://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/69943