7.0 DRILL AND MILITARY MANUALS

NOTE:  All members of the Rifles are encouraged to obtain and become familiar with all of the reference works listed below.

A. Drill (Manual of Arms, School of the Soldier, School of the Company, School of the Battalion) will be in accordance with Silas Casey’s Infantry Tactics, 1862.
B. Camp procedures (i.e. guard mount, parade, discipline, etc.) shall be in accordance with the Revised United States Army Regulations of 1861, with Revisions to June 25, 1863 (as appropriate).
C. Members are highly encouraged to obtain and become intimately familiar with Customs of Service for Non-commissioned Officers and Soldiers (1864), by August Kautz.
D. Members are highly encouraged to obtain and become intimately familiar with Parade, Inspection, and Evolutions of the Battalion, by Dominic Dal Bello.
E. Members are highly encouraged to obtain and become intimately familiar with Instructions for Guards and Pickets, by Dominic Dal Bello.
F. Members are highly encouraged to obtain and become intimately familiar with The Hardcracker Handbook, compiled by Calvin Kinzer.
G. Members who portray officers are highly encouraged to obtain a copy of and become intimately familiar with the pamphlet, “Manual of the Sword” by Dominic Dal Bello.

0.0 Standards Home

1.0 Uniforms

2.0 Blankets, Tentage and Waterproofs

3.0 Accoutrements and Camp Equipage

4.0 Weapons

5.0 Rations and Cooking

6.0 Camping

7.0 Drill