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Bombers’ Training
AND
Application of Same
In Trench Warfare
LIEUT. J. R. FERRIS
63rd O. Bn., C.E.F.
WILLIAM BRIGGS
TORONTO
Copyright, Canada, 1916, by
WILLIAM BRIGGS
PREFACE
This work is intended to be used as a guide forofficers and N.C.O.’s in training bombers. The lecturesgiven at intervals as the men advance in the trainingwill emphasize the features to be observed. A syllabusfor a bombers’ school covering a period of six days isshown on page 37 as a further guide to instructors. Alist of material and equipment necessary to carry outthe syllabus is shown on page 38.
Prior to the adoption by the British War Office ofthe present method of fighting on the Western front,namely, the use of bombs and grenades (which for practicalpurposes require the same care as high explosives),it was not necessary for the rank and file of theInfantry to have any great knowledge of explosives, anywork that entailed the extensive use of explosives beingleft to the Engineers.
In the Manual of Field Engineering, 1911, there isa chapter devoted to Explosives, but as this work waswritten before the adoption of the bomb method offighting it could not be expected that the subject, astreated there, applies fully to the requirements of thisarm of the service under present-day conditions. TheInfantry being called upon to make use of explosives inthe form of bombs and grenades, makes it necessarythat they have instruction in the matter of handling,shipping and storage of them in order to avoid accidents;and a knowledge of their characteristics and propertiesto enable them to make the best use of thesealtogether necessary and useful agents.
The author is indebted to Capt. G. S. Laing andCapt. G. D. Powis for valuable assistance in this work.
J. R. F.