ae eee aea oh g>) peg Afl Te | (1h GeU bn. 61 eN I ee a ont | & wu OAR. le, — J r ‘, Soldier s Diary . with e Wes5 365 Detachable Pages™ _/\*, j Containing Special Military Information . essential to Soldiers on Active Service ti ®CONTENTS. Military Vocabulary Aeronautical Terms Musketry Notes Notes re Field Messages, Reports, ete. Time and Space Useful Hints and Information Military Law Detail of a Battalion for Active Service Composition of a Division on a War Footing New Zealand Expeditionary Force Foreign Moneys and Approximate Fnglish Value Calendar, 1917 Calendars 1916 and 1918 Notes End of boo! Field Message Forms MILITARY INFORMATION. Information contained in the subsequent pages has been compiled from the following official sourees:— Field Service Regulatioi t I. (reprint 1914). Field Service Pocket Book Manual of Field Engineering Manual of Military Law Musketry Regulations Treatise on Ammunition. A SHORT MILITARY VOCABULARY, INCLUDING TECHNICAL TERMS AND DEFINITIONS. Abatis—An obstacle formed of trees or branches picketed to the ground with their points towards the enemy. Accoutrements—Comprise belts, pouches, bandoliers, mess tins, haver , water bott Alignment—Any straight line on whieh a body is formed or is to form. Banquette—A place upon which men stand to fire over a Batter—The slope of the face of a structure which is not vertical. Biyouac—An encampment without tents or hutments. Basin—A small of ground surrounded or nearly sur- rounded by hills, Base—A place where the Line of Communication originates, The area where the advanced depts are situated, and where supplies are issued to field units, is called the advanced base,