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  Machine gun, composition and duties of members of (Germany), 283

STAFFS, division of work in, 245

STRATEGY
  Definitions of, 4, 5, 6
  Relation of tactics to, 6, 7

SUPERIORITY OF FIRE, 370, 371, 427

SUPPLY OF AMMUNITION
  Austria, 475, 479
  Deductions from various regulations, 483
  England, 475, 482
  France, 475, 480
  Germany, 475, 476
  Italy, 475, 483
  Japan, 475
  Russia, 475, 480
  Various armies (table), 475

SUPPORTS, 98, 99
  Advance of, 100
    In attack, 368
  Advantages of, 102
  Arguments against, 101, 102
  Commander, duties of, 100
  Conduct, French regulations, 455
  Defense, 410
  Deployment in attack, 369
  Distance from firing line, 98, 99
  Duties, 98
  Formations, 100
  Movements, 100
  Necessity, 98
  Purpose, 98

SURPRISE, 330
  Examples of, 331

SURRENDER, British troops in Boer War, 192

SWEDEN, column of fours, 58

SWEEPING FIRE
  Artillery, 321
  Machine guns, 263




TACTICAL FORMATIONS, Importance of, 108

TACTICAL MISSIONS, compared with united action, 401

TACTICAL UNIT, 32, 33, 34

TACTICS
  Applied, 12, 13
  Changes in, 13, 14
  Definitions of, 4, 5, 6
  Formal, 12
  Grand, 12
  Japanese infantry in Russo-Japanese War, characteristics of, 341
  Minor, 12
  Relation of strategy to, 6-7
  Russian infantry in Russo-Japanese War, characteristics of, 340