Having determined upon the wording of each paragraph, the members of the
class are required to write out the body of the order.
Where the members of the class have sufficiently progressed in their
tactical training some of the preliminary discussion and solution may be
omitted and the men be required to write out the body of the order based
on the tactical situation. The written solutions are collected by the
Director and redistributed to the class, taking care that no man
receives his own solution back again. This is productive of good
results, for if a man knows that his work is to be seen by another he
will put forth his best effort and be more careful with his work. Again,
the entire solution may be given orally and nothing reduced to writing.
In this case the Director brings out the elements by questions and
discussion, and in the end one or more members of the class are called
upon to state the contents of the body of the order. This method is
excellent for the training of officers in the giving of verbal tactical
orders.
The solution having been completed, the subject is opened up for
discussion. The members of the class are encouraged to ask questions and
express their views on the various elements under consideration.
The class is then conducted to the place where the next special
situation is to be taken up for solution, and here the same procedure as
outlined above is taken. The Terrain Exercise concludes with a short
conference, in which the Director makes a résumé of the problems,
discusses the several lessons of the day, and shows the application of
tactical principles to them.