. Camps, billets, cooking . eads, applicable to camps for a battalion or smallerunits, will be found in Chapter VI. of this book and in theAppendix. 5. Bivouacs.—(i) By day infantry pile or ground arms onthe alarm posts, articles of equipment being laid., by thearms. By night men will invariably rest with their armsand equipment by them, and may, if necessary, sleep fullyequipped. (ii) Bivou£« Staffers.—When no other materials than earthand brushwood are available, a comfortable bivouac fortwelve men can be formed, in dry weather, by digging ashallow circle in the earth, with a diameter of 18
. Camps, billets, cooking . eads, applicable to camps for a battalion or smallerunits, will be found in Chapter VI. of this book and in theAppendix. 5. Bivouacs.—(i) By day infantry pile or ground arms onthe alarm posts, articles of equipment being laid., by thearms. By night men will invariably rest with their armsand equipment by them, and may, if necessary, sleep fullyequipped. (ii) Bivou£« Staffers.—When no other materials than earthand brushwood are available, a comfortable bivouac fortwelve men can be formed, in dry weather, by digging ashallow circle in the earth, with a diameter of 18 feet ofthereabouts, and piling up the earth displaced so as to forma wall 2 feet or 3 feet high all round the circle men lie down like the spokes of a wheel in this walledhollow, with their feet towards the centre. Branches 0+trees, or brushwood firmly stuck upright into the earthenwall, improve the shelter. Other types of bivouac sheltersare shown in Figs. 13, 14, and 15. 15] BIVOUAC SHELTERS ..-->». Fig. 13.—Two forked sticks are driven into the ground, with a poleresting on them. Branches are then laid resting on the pole,thick end uppermost, at an angle of about 45 degrees, andthe screen made good with smaller branches, ferns, etc. Ahurdle may be supported and treated in a similar way-campsbilletscook00newy
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