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Infantry
Drill Regulations
UNITED STATES ARMY
1911
CORRECTED TO APRIL 15, 1917
(Changes Nos. 1 to 19)
MILITARY PUBLISHING CO.
42 BROADWAY
NEW YORK
WAR DEPARTMENT
Document No. 394
OFFICE OF THE CHIEF OF STAFF
War Department,
Office of the Chief of Staff,
Washington, August 19, 1911.
The following System of Drill Regulations for Infantry, prepared by aboard of officers consisting of Lieut. Col. John F. Morrison,Infantry; Capt. Merch B. Stewart, Eighth Infantry; and Capt. Alfred W.Bjornstad, Twenty-eighth Infantry, is approved and is published forthe information and government of the Regular Army and the OrganizedMilitia of the United States. With a view to insure uniformitythroughout the Army, all infantry drill formations not embraced inthis system are prohibited, and those herein prescribed will bestrictly observed.
By order of the Secretary of War:
Leonard Wood,
Major General, Chief of Staff.