_The Director_: “I think your reasoning is logical and if there are no objections we will accept that method. Now the battery commander of the battery being shelled will want to know what is going on. Captain Hastings, how will you provide for this?”
_Captain Hastings_: “I will send a runner to him with a message giving him the necessary information.”
_The Director_: “Let us assume that we have arrived at the decision indicated in our discussion. How would you get the orders to the troops?”
_Captain Hastings_: “When we get up as far as it is safe to go I will signal the platoon to halt. And then call for the section leaders to report to me. When they get here I will give them the orders necessary for the execution of the maneuver.”
The Class is now conducted forward to the point where it is as far as it is safe to go and still avoid casualties from the enemy shell fire.
_The Director_: “It is considered that this is as far forward as it is reasonably safe to go. Lieutenant Y has halted the platoon and the section leaders have reported to him for orders. Now I want each member of the class to consider himself being Lieutenant Y and to write out on your pads the exact words that Lieutenant Y will say to the section leaders. Then follow this with the contents of the verbal message that you will send by runner to the battery commander.”
The necessary time is allowed for this. When the solutions are completed the Director will have one or more members of the class read aloud what they have written. The solutions are discussed and commented upon.
The Director will then distribute to the class the mimeograph slips containing the orders of Lieutenant Y and a few minutes are allowed for the members of the class to compare them with their work.
The order of Lieutenant Y will be as follows:
“The enemy is shelling the battery in our immediate front. There is no further information of our own troops.
“This platoon will go around the shelled area.
“The 1st section will go around to the —— (right) (left) side towards the rest of the battalion.
“The 2nd section will go around to the —— (left) (right) side towards the directing line.
“On arriving at the other side of the shelled area the platoon will again take up the same formation that it is in now.
