sion.

"6. Study the ground and direct the advance in such a way as to
take advantage of all available cover and thereby diminish losses.

"7. Never deploy until the purpose and the proper direction are
known.

"8. Deploy enough men for the immediate task in hand; hold out the
rest and avoid undue haste in committing them to the action.

"9. Flanks must be protected either by reserves, fortifications, or
the terrain.

"10. In a decisive action, gain and keep fire superiority.

"11. Keep up reconnaissance.

"12. Use the reserve, but not until needed or a very favorable
opportunity for its use presents itself. Keep some reserve as long
as practicable.

"13. Do not hesitate to sacrifice the command if the result is
worth the cost.

"14. Spare the command all unnecessary hardship and exertion."

--Infantry Drill Regulations.

MISCELLANEOUS INFORMATION

For convenience, military information is considered under two heads,
namely (1) that collected in time of peace by the body of army experts
in Washington called the General Staff; and (2) that obtained by troops
in the field after war has begun. The former relates to general
conditions such as the geography, resources, and military strength of
the various nations, information necessary to enable the General Staff
to act intelligently in the event of war. The latter relates to more
local and detailed conditions out on the firing line.

For a general to act intelligently he must possess information of the
position, strength, dispositions, intentions, etc., of his opponent.
This may be obtained from a number of sources--adjoining troops,
inhabitants, newspapers, letters, telegraph files, prisoners, deserters,
spies, maps, but mostly from information-gathering groups, called
reconnoitering patrols. When the available maps do not show all the
military features of the country, officers and soldiers must go on ahead
and make maps that do.

INTELLIGENCE SECTION GENERAL STAFF

There is a special committee of the Great General Staff called the
Intelligence Section, whose business it is to weigh and classify all
information sent to it. Members of this committee are placed on duty
with large organizations (for instance, a division, a field army, etc.).

ASSUMPTION OF THE ENEMY

When reliable information of the enemy cannot be obtained, it must be
assumed that he