§ Very considerable changes are also to be made in the drilling of the men. The infantry drill will in future be changed, and the principle governing it will be that the company and not the battalion will be the practical unit. The commander of the company will be the instructor, and the work will go on consecutively for the eight months of the year which are not furlough months. Rifle exercises will be simplified; manual and bayonet exercises will be abolished, and bayonet fighting will replace bayonet exercise. More importance will be given to skirmishing, and signals are, as far as possible, to take the place of bugle calls. I believe this system of training will not only relieve the soldier from unnecessary parade, but will also greatly increase his efficiency.