Explaining is half the work of instructing. Talk saves work—when it is the right kind of talk. For the instructor, explaining—talking is the hardest part because it means constant brushing up, reading, study, thought and planning—all of which takes time, and time counts heavily in the game of intensive training.
THIRTY-MINUTE TALKS are offered as time-savers for the instructor. They are in no sense treatises of the subjects considered—just plain, everyday talks, in language the man new to the service will be able to understand. They will save the instructor’s time by furnishing him with a guide which he may rearrange or elaborate as he chooses.
The subject matter of the Thirty-Minute Talks are as follows:
ORGANIZATION. TRAINING. INSTRUCTING. PHYSICAL DEVELOPMENT. CLOSE ORDER DRILL. EXTENDED ORDER DRILL. MILITARY COURTESY. MILITARY DISCIPLINE. CARE OF ARMS AND EQUIPMENT. ADVANCE GUARDS. OUTPOSTS. SCOUTING AND PATROLLING. COMBAT. APPROACH MARCH AND DEPLOYMENT. MUSKETRY. ORDERS AND MESSAGES. FIELD FORTIFICATIONS. MAP READING. MILITARY SKETCHING. CONTOURING.
U. S. Infantry Association Washington, D. C.
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