A list of the supplies and ammunition needed should be drawn up.
Full report should be brought to the company commander, covering the work of the patrols and of the fatigue parties, and giving full details of all that has happened during the night.
Also the list of casualties in the last twelve hours with full names and nature of wound if possible.
92.--Disposal of property of dead and wounded.
The arms and complete equipment of the wounded should be sent out with them. The arms and equipment of the killed should be sent to the battalion commander. Their personal effects; money, papers, letters, etc., should be carefully collected, listed, and sent to the sergeant-major.
The men able to walk are taken to the doctor's dugout by an N.C.O.
Assign night patrols from roster. Point out itinerary while light permits. Have neighbouring sectors advised of same.
Inspection of sentinels in fire trench. Inspection of ammunition supplies.
96.--In the afternoon and in each section:
Have all the tools and supplies collected and list drawn up ready to hand over to successor against receipt for same.
Inspect equipment of men that they may be taken out completely.
Check up exact itinerary of relief in and out.
Follow same marching order as when coming in.
Have the roll called and sent to the officer of the day.
Have broken arms turned in and others issued.
Inspect shoes, clothes, equipment, tools, and replace when needed.
Have special inspection of gas-masks and replace if needed.
Have underwear washed, and personal cleanliness attended to, baths, hair-cuts, etc.
Have premises kept clean and latrines disinfected daily.
While in rest billets: Have all specialists' instruction continued: sharpshooters, bomb-throwers, signallers, etc.
and marching give the men needed exercise.
should also be provided: in the form of games, contests, entertainments, etc. They help to keep the men "fit."
The company commander should make it is his constant concern that his men be kept at the highest possible point of efficiency.
The following questions are topical. Supplements to the answers found in this book should be looked for in the larger works referred to in the preface.
1.--What inspections should be made on the day before the relief?