Staff Tours and Their Uses

Definition.?Staff tours or Staff rides consist in working out on the ground without troops strategical and tactical problems, and problems in staff duties?the commanders, staff and heads of administrative services are represented by officers ; the troops and impedimenta are imaginary. The director in-chief prepares a scheme of the operations with general ami special ideas upon which the work of the staff four is based. Object.?The object of staff tours is to train higher commanders, staff officers, and those who may be appointed to command or to the staff * Instructions relative to the mode of locomotion, hour, date, and place of assembly, dress to be worn, arrangements regarding camp and messing, books and stationery required, postal arrangements, and other details are issued to those taking part in the staff tour some days before it begins. Other preliminary requirements are