Appendices
Appendix A
The following is a programme which has given excellent results when training Brigade, Divisional, Corps Observers and Lovat Scouts Observers.
| 1st Day. | Lecture. | Maps and Conventional Signs. |
| Practical. | Comparison of Map with the Ground. | |
| Setting Maps. | ||
| Location of points by drawing rays. | ||
| 2nd Day. | Lecture. | The Stalking Telescope. |
| Practical. | Front Line Observation with Reports. | |
| Instruction and Practice in reading. | ||
| Map co-ordinates. | ||
| Judging Distance. | ||
| 3rd Day. | Lecture. | Contours, gradients, slopes, etc. |
| Practical. | Pegging out contours on the ground. | |
| Long Distance Observation with Reports. | ||
| Judging Distance. | ||
| 4th Day. | Lecture. | The Prismatic Compass. |
| Practical. | Taking Bearings. | |
| Working out mutual visibility problems. | ||
| Concave and convex slopes, drawing slopes. | ||
| 5th Day. | Lecture. | The use of the protractor. |
| Practical. | Plotting Bearings. | |
| Re-section problems. | ||
| Long distance Observation with Reports. | ||
| 6th Day. | Lecture. | Scales. |
| Practical. | Road Traverse. | |
| Filling in conventional signs and contours. | ||
| Long Distance Observation with Reports. | ||
| 7th Day. | Lecture. | Use of Scouts and Observers in Attack and Defence. |
| Practical. | Marching to Map co-ordinates. | |
| Selection of positions for Observation Posts. | ||
| Front Line Observation with Reports. | ||
| 8th Day. | Scheme. | Bringing in the use of Observers in Open Warfare. |
| Construction and concealment of Observation Posts. | ||
| Taking Bearings with Compass. | ||
| 9th Day. | Lecture. | Front Line Observation. |
| Practical. | Locating of points by drawing rays. | |
| Compass March (by Day). | ||
| 10th Day. | Lecture. | Aeroplane Photographs. |
| Practical. | Comparison of photos with the ground. | |
| Re-section problems. | ||
| 11th Day. | Practical. | Handing over and relief of Observation Posts. |
| Using Telescope as Director. | ||
| Long Distance Observation with Reports. | ||
| Use of Director Board. | ||
| 12th Day. | Practical. | Making and plotting a Road Traverse. |
| Making a Road Report. | ||
| Compass March (by Night). | ||
| 13th Day. | Practical. | Enlarging Map and constructing scales. |
| Work with Director Board. | ||
| 14th Day. | Recapitulation and Examinations. |