Brill

The act or exercise of training soldiers in the military art, as in the manual of arms; the exercises and evolutions taught on the drill ground; the execution of movements in unison. ill and Field Calls. — Bugle calls, numbered from 31 to 88, which include both the preparatory commands and the command of execution. The calls are sounded in the same order as the commands are prescribed in tactics. … The cannoneers "drill cartridge" is a dummy use in drilling in the service of the cartridge gun. It is a bronze casting of the shape of the service shrapnel ammunition and is fitted at the point with a movable ring graduated the same as the ring 'upon the Frank ford Arsenal 21second combination fuse. This arrangement is for the instruction of cannoneers in fuse setting. ill Regulations. — A guide providing the principles for training and for increasing the probability of succe in battle. ill Sergeant. — A noncommi ioned officer whose office is to instruct soldiers as to their duties, and to train them, to military evolutions. ill Signals. — Bugle or trumpet calls for the various drills. 'Those for mounted troops are usually cla ified with warning calls, formation calls, alarm calls and service calls.