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"The Plattsburg Manual A Handbook for Military Training"


4th. Give instructions for the ammunition trains, stations for the
slightly wounded, etc.
5th. State where you can be found or where messages may be sent.

SOME GENERAL HINTS

Clear and decisive orders are the logical result of definite and sure
decisions. To guage[B] a man's caliber read his orders.
You must not be hazy and indefinite in your order. You must be clear and
definite. Be careful about your phrasing and expressions. An order
should be like a cablegram: convey every idea but contain no unnecessary
words.
Don't break up the squads or platoons or the companies. Keep the
tactical units together as much as possible.
It is marvelous how many mistakes can occur on the battlefield. Attempt
a complicated plan and its failure is reasonably assured. Have your plan
simple. The enveloping attack is the best. That is to say, have your
line longer than the enemy's so that you can attack one of his flanks.
He knows this quite as well as you and he will endeavor to perform the
same operation upon you.


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