Memorandum from Captain Roger T. Sermon to All Organizations

Hdgra. 129th F.F. To All Organization 9 February 1919. 877 1. The following 1a an extrast fron Infontry Drill Rogul tione relative to making puck and agaombling aquipment: "To tha the half on the and rold in the endo, forming an Rquaro from the half, the guy on the inside; fold the ponoho onoe nozesa ita shortost dimension, then tivioe itm longest dizension, and lay it in the centor of the shalter half; fold the blankot described for the ponoho and plabe it on the latter; plnoo the sheltor tent pins in the folda of the blunket, in the cantor and soross the phortent dimension; fold the adgos of the shelter half mugly oxer the blanket and ponaho and, beginning on eith- of the ehort sides, roll tiglitly and compactly. Thig forma the pack. To amsemble the pnok: Plade the pook in the pack durrior and gramp the lover auspenaion rings, one in esch hand; plnoe the right knee ag innt the bottou of the roll; mull the currier down and foroa the pagk up alose agointt the bottom of the paoked without reueving the kneo, puna the lewse carrier binding atrap ovor the paok and coure 11 by means of the op- posite budklo; in a similar mancer acouro the loser havernack binding strap and then the uppor garrier binding strap. Engage the anap hook on the paok suapenders in the lotter quepension rings. The equipment in now assembled and paoked na proapribed for the full equip- ment. To assemble the full equipment without rations Place the ansembled equipment on the ground a.s herotofore deacribed; rold up the insid'a flap of the haversabk ao that ito and alll be on a line with the top of the havergsok body; fold up the lower haver angk ntrap in the mare tannor. TO nak: up the paok: Fold the ponoho, blanket, and sheltor and n. ke up the pack as herotofore prescribed, except that the condiment and bacon. orn (the former inaide the latter) and the toiles articles and sooka are rolled in the pack. In this asse the paok is rollod, beginning on either of the long sides instend of the short a iden, as haretofore doa cribed. TO assembla the paok: Plano the priok on the haversaok and pack i ts upper end on a line with the uppor edge of the havernook body; bind it to the haveresok and Garrior by meana of tha hav the paok binding strapa; fold domn the outor flap on the haversnok and toouro it by moans of the frea and of the midale haverssck binding strap und the buokle provided on the underside of the flap: engtigo the anus heoka or the puck in the lower Bitepension rings. The agnipationt is now packed and saceubled. TO aljust the smipment to the soldier: Pat on the aquipment, alipping the Bras one at a timo through the pack suspondero an through tht pleaves of A gont; by neens of the adjusting buokles on the bolt ralma or lowor the belt until At poats woll down OVer the hip bones on the sides and below the pit of the abdomen in front; ralmo or loror it in roar until the adjueting strap lies sacothly norosa the anall of the brok; by senda of the adjusting buokles on the paok auspendora az loter the load on the baok until the top of the hiverssok is on a lovel with the top of the shouldarn, the pack from their point of attachment to the hay- ersack to the line of tangenoy with the shouldor, being horizontel The latter is absolutely assential to the proper adjuatment of the load. The position of the bolt in the shother filled or ompty. 1Plan By acder of colonel Smith: Roger T. Sezaon, ARCHIVES NATIONAL SERVICE' AMD Captain, 1,29th F. A. KECORDS Adjutant.