After the senior instructor
has delivered a short induction speech, he presents each man with an identification
badge bearing a first name only.
From this point onward ,the students are known by officers and fellow recruits
merely as student “Jack” or student “Fred” or whatever name has been assigned them.
They will be confined at all times to the camp area
and when they finally leave, it will be to proceed immediately
and incommunicado to the conveyance that takes them to the scene of action.
Every item of personal equipment is supplied by the government.
The men arrive without so much as a toothbrush or pencil.
During this training period, emphasis is put on close association among members
of the same student groups.
An expert guerrilla or saboteur must not only think can act quickly for himself,
but must almost anticipate the next action of his colleague.
Individual quarters are hidden in the woods
and the students are taught to live in seclusion in conditions simulating
those they may encounter as guerrillas behind enemy lines.